David J. Yocca

David Yocca is motivated by a desire to cultivate healthy, inspiring places that promote sustainable living. Mr. Yocca directs the landscape architectural and planning disciplines at Conservation Design Forum (www.cdfinc.com) and has led a wide array of planning and design efforts there since 1996.

In his role at CDF, Mr. Yocca he has developed master plans for conservation villages, parks, urban neighborhoods, and communities as well as participating in the visioning, design, entitlement, and implementation process for numerous sustainable sites, including schools, hospitals, museums, interpretive centers, churches, homes, and businesses.

Mr. Yocca has helped to pioneer the integration and application of infiltration-based, green infrastructure practices and materials in the United States, including ecological green roof systems, porous pavement, and constructed bioretention/rain garden/bioswale elements. He serves as the principal landscape architect for many of CDF’s leading edge, high profile green efforts.

Mr. Yocca is nationally recognized as a leading green practitioner. He is a LEED Accredited Professional, and one of a number of like-minded green professionals helping to develop the Sustainable Sites Initiative (www.sustainablesites.org).

In his role at CDF, Mr. Yocca has helped to promote and educate about sustainable practices, and frequently lectures at workshops, conferences, and universities on a variety of topics.