Launched in January 2019, the CAPLA Strategic Plan is comprised of values, aspirations, objectives and initiatives designed to guide the college's direction under Dean Nancy Pollock-Ellwand. Our Vision: Building a Changing World.

CAPLA's facilities are state-of-the-art, featuring bright, spacious studio space, powerful computer facilities, a world-class Materials Lab and the incredible Underwood Family Sonoran Landscape Laboratory.

CAPLA is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion at all levels of the college. In realization of the CAPLA Strategic Plan and in response to advocacy by students, alumni, faculty and staff, we commit to measures to advance EDI and are tracking our progress here.

Nancy Pollock-Ellwand, who joined CAPLA as dean and professor of landscape architecture in 2017, has a broad background in design with degrees in landscape architecture, architecture and planning.

In addition to Dean Nancy Pollock-Ellwand, CAPLA leadership includes the members of her operations team—school directors, associate and assistant deans and other directors—and the leadership of the CAPLA Council of Faculty Members and Staff Advisory Council.

The CAPLA Futures Council is a multi-perspective advisory body to the CAPLA dean. It is through the lens of this group of luminaries from the academy, practice, industry and government that we seek a regular and productive exchange to identify the grand challenges of the built environment.