Rene L. Cardinaux, AIA
CCAEA arose from the County General Services Association. Back in 1988 or so, General Services Directors met in Palm Springs and asked staff members to join them for a series of presentations and round table discussions about facility design, capital projects, and facility management. CCAEA’s first President remembers this about meeting with the Directors: “After meeting all of them I asked how many would be willing to let me contact all the architects and engineers in their departments so we could share our experience and expertise…I sent letters out and set a meeting for mid-1989. Everybody responded enthusiastically and we were on our way; first meetings were six months apart as there was so much to share. Sometime in 1991, we got organized and I was elected the first President of the group and stayed in that role for four years.”

Here is an interview featuring Rene talking about the value of public architecture and his work in Sonoma County.