Urban Tree Program Manager
City of Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona
Lora Martens grew up in Northern California, as a wild child of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. She holds a B.S. in Environmental Studies from UC Santa Barbara and a MLA from Arizona State University. A licensed landscape architect, she spent 11 years in private practice in California and Arizona, focusing on the environmental, social and cultural benefits of landscapes. She later founded a private firm and taught at ASU. Lora now serves as the Urban Tree Program Manager within the Office of Heat Response and Mitigation for the City of Phoenix, working to equitably expand heat mitigation practices.
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