| • | Committee Member of the Embankments, Dams and Slopes Committee of ASCE (2008-present)
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| • | ASCE University Program Evaluator for the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET)
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| • | Editorial Board Member, ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (2007-present)
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| • | Member of the Deep Foundation Institute (DFI) Testing and Evaluation Committee (2005-present)
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| • | Committee Member, Recommended procedures for implementation of DMG SP117 (“Guidelines for evaluating and mitigating seismic hazards in California”) for analyzing and mitigating landslide hazards in California (2001-2002)
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| • | Editor and Committee Member, Recommended procedures for implementation of DMG SP117 (“Guidelines for evaluating and mitigating seismic hazards in California”) for analyzing and mi-tigating landslide hazards in California (1999-2000)
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| • | Chair of the Los Angeles Geotechnical Technical Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (1999-2000).
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| • | Vice-Chair of the Los Angeles Geotechnical Technical Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (1998-1999).
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| • | Treasurer and Secretary of the Los Angeles Geotechnical Technical Section of the American So-ciety of Civil Engineers (1996-1998).
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| • | 1st and 2nd Director of the Los Angeles Geotechnical Technical Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (1994-1996).
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| • | Committee Member of the Geotechnical Engineering Career Awards Committee, for the National Science Foundation (1997).
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| • | Committee Member of the Slope Stability Committee for the Los Angeles County Department of Building and Safety (1995-1996).
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| • | Committee member of the American Society of Testing Materials Committee on Soil and Rock (1990-present).
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| • | Subcommittee chairman for the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California for Foundations (1990 - 1992).
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| • | Committee member of the American Society of Testing Materials Committee on Waste Man-agement (1992-present). |