Karen Cesare

Term Expires 12-21-2026
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Karen Cesare
Secretary - PIMA
Karen Novak Cesare was elected to her first six-year term on the CAWCD Board representing Pima County on November 4, 2014 and re-elected to a second term on November 3, 2020. Ms. Cesare was born in Phoenix and is a third generation Arizonan. She is a registered Landscape Architect in Arizona and California and has owned and operated Novak Environmental, Inc. since 1998. Ms. Cesare graduated from the University of Arizona with both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Landscape Architecture from the College of Agriculture – School of Renewable Natural Resources.
Ms. Cesare previously served and chaired the City of Tucson’s Citizens’ Water Advisory Committee and CAP Oversight Committee and served and chaired the Arizona State Board of Technical Registration.
In 2024 Karen was named to the Council of Fellows for the American Society of Landscape Architects in recognition of her service to her profession and the community over the course of her career.
Ms. Cesare is married to Jeffery J. Cesare. Their adult children; Nick and his wife Melissa, Cristi and Angelique, all live in Tucson.