Parks & Recreation PPN Meeting

Saturday, October 11, 2025

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM CT

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room 215

PPN Leader(s)

Bronwen Mastro, ASLA, LEED BD+C (she/her/hers)

Landscape Architect
Bend Park and Recreation District
Bend, Oregon
Dennis E. Bryers, FASLA, CLARB, PLA

Landscape Architect - Park & Recreation Planner
Park Planning Division - Omaha Parks, Recreation & Public Property Department
Omaha, Nebraska
TH

Tod E. Hueser, ASLA
Bert Lynn, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP

Capital Planning Division Director
Mecklenburg County Government
Charlotte, North Carolina
Matt Boehner, ASLA

Senior Planner
City of Columbia Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
CB

Cristobal Betancourt, ASLA, PLA, AICP
Lauren E. Schmitt, ASLA, AICP

Landscape Architect
Independent
Portland, Oregon

Join the Parks & Recreation Professional Practice Network (PPN) for an engaging opportunity to meet and network with other PPN members. The meeting will be conversation-focused, allowing for peer-to-peer learning and knowledge-sharing through a facilitated discussion focused on the public sector. Attendees will be encouraged to share ideas and best practices from their agencies and the top issues they’re encountering working in the public sector.