Eileen Takata

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, Landscape Architect

Eileen Takata is a Landscape Architect, Lead Planner, Watershed Program Manager and Public Involvement Specialist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District. She led the Los Angeles River and the East San Pedro Bay Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Studies. Nationally she facilitates conflicts and teaches stakeholder engagement, collaborative techniques, planning and leadership. Eileen’s varied experience also includes campus planning, infrastructure policy advisor for an elected official, graphic facilitator, watershed planner, landscape architect, non-profit organizational development and grant writing. She lives in an old orange grove house in Riverside with husband Rick Thomas and son Seth.