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Concurrent Education Session

Learning to Lead and Grow in Your Career

FRI-D07: Not Your Garden-Variety Landscape Architects: Leading Nontraditional Careers

Friday, October 10, 2025
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM CT
1.25 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW

Don’t see yourself in a landscape architecture firm? Neither did we. How three landscape architects followed their own path, are working outside the boundaries of the private sector, and are making a difference in their communities and for the profession.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Learn how different careers for landscape architects, outside of private design firms, are making a difference in their communities and for the profession.
  • Learn how a leadership role in local government is transforming the City of Virginia Beach through interdisciplinary partnerships and a focus on creating places of sustained value.
  • Learn how a public university applies stewardship principles that protect and uplift an institution’s most cherished assets, and advance initiatives that foster a more inclusive, diverse, and healthy campus community.
  • Learn how a museum is influencing a sustainable and equitable North, and inspiring creativity and imagination for what is possible by advancing community initiatives.