George Pla

George L. Pla is a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist whose work spans business, civic and philanthropic activities that hold the common theme enhancing communities throughout California.George L. Pla is President, CEO, and founder of Cordoba Corporation, a statewide full-service civil engineering, construction management, and program management firm specializing in transportation, education, water and energy infrastructure. Cordoba is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with offices in Oakland, Santa Ana, San Diego and San Bernardino.For over 30 years, he has provided the leadership and vision to grow Cordoba into one of the top civil engineering and construction management firms providing services to large public infrastructure projects throughout the western United States. Cordoba is currently ranked by Engineering News-Record as one of the Top 100 Professional Services Firms in the nation. Pla’s successful founding and continued leadership of Cordoba Corporation is featured in a curriculum case study used by the Harvard Business School.Pla’s civic and philanthropic activities include serving as a Regent Emeritus at Loyola Marymount University, Presidential Associate at the University of Southern California, and co-founder of the USC Latino Alumni Association. Pla currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the Southern California Leadership Council. He is a co-founder of the City Club, a premier private business club in Los Angeles that embraces and reflects the diversity and spirit of the city. Pla is a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Science Center Foundation, and chaired the planning and engineering efforts of the historic transport of the Space Shuttle Endeavour through the streets of Los Angeles. Pla is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Catalina Island Conservancy, which stewards approximately 42,000 acres on Catalina Island through a balance of conservation, education and recreation.