Regular Members of the Year

Ana Cooper Named 2024 Member of the Year

The California Landscape Contractors Association named Ana Cooper its 2024 Regular Member of the Year, honoring her leadership and “can do” attitude.

The award, which is given annually to a contractor member who is involved with a significant project or accomplishment during the current year, was presented during the association’s annual Leadership Conference, which has held in Sacramento January 14-15, 2025.

Ana is currently serving her second term as CLCA’s Director of Events, and is also extremely active in her chapter and with the Nor Cal Landscape and Nursery Show.

CLCA members who nominated her for the award noted that she is an enthusiastic supporter of CLCA’s Annual Convention and Trophy Awards program. She championed creative ideas and suggestions for program improvements and was a finalist for CLCA’s Micro Influencer Award for her social media efforts.

“She is energizer bunny of CLCA and just keeps on going and going to jump in and help anywhere possible,” one nominator said.

Another nominator praised Ana for being an encouraging critical thinker who has mastered the rare talent of offering a dissenting view without alienating those who may not have the same viewpoint.

“Ana is genuine, energetic, funny, committed and great to be around,” CLCA President Lindsay Ono said while presenting the award. “She always says ‘yes’ to helping CLCA in any way she can — the word ‘no’ is not in her vocabulary.”

CLCA Regular Members of the Year

2024 Ana Cooper
2023 Sal Hernandez, MBA, ICPI
2022 Alex Salazar
2021 Andy Simpson
2020 Eric Santos, clt
2019 Eric Watanabe
2018 Frank Niccoli
2017 Regan Barry
2016 Peter Estournes, clp, clia
2015 Tim Hendricks
2014 Bruce Courter
2013 Gordon Larson
2012 Bob Wade
2011 Chuck Carr
2010 Ron Zaccaro clt
2009 Bill Schnetz clp
2008 Peter Estournes clp, clia
2007 Jon R. Alsdorf clt
2006 Bill Schnetz clp
2005 Robert Wade clp, clia
2004 Scott McGilvray & Jay Tripathi clp
2003 Mark Swink clt
2002 John Mohns clp
2001 Jeffrey W. Sheehan
2000 Jerry Allison & Pete Navarro
1999 Barbara Alvarez
1998 David Penry
1997 Frank Manocchio
1996 Jay Tripathi clp
1995 Richard Jark
1994 James P. Everett
1993 Jon Ewing
1992 Kent England
1991 Anthony Bertotti clp, clt
1990 Barry Cohen
1989 Scott McGilvray
1988 John Nishizawa
1987 Ken Gerlach
1986 Ron Deitz
1985 Wayne DuBoise
1984 Jerry Lambert
1983 Jon Alsdorf clt
1982 Richard Cohen
1981 Roger Fiske
1980 Mickey Strauss
1979 Martin Rippens
1978 Don Napolitano
1977 James Keener
1976 Efraim Donitz
1975 Frank Peccorini
1974 Frank Hirata
1973 Harold Jones
1972 Walter Bray
1971 Bert CeDillos
1970 Harry Broderick
1969 Robert L. Curtis
1968 David Dorward
1967 Richard Sapien
1966 Robert Kaplanek
1965 Jay Anders
1964 Tom Matsuoka
1963 Herbert Frank
1962 Warren Purdy
1961 Keith Card