Speaker List

Alabama

Baltzer, Katie (she/her/hers)

Coastal Projects Manager
The Nature Conservancy

Mobile, Alabama

Homan, Kelly G.

Assistant Professor
Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

Arizona

Coseo, Paul (he/him/his)

Program Head and Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture + Urban Design + Environmental Design
Arizona State University

Phoenix, Arizona

Martens, Lora

Urban Tree Program Manager
City of Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona

Ogata, Irene (she/her/hers)

Urban Landscape Manager
City of Tuscon

Tucson, Arizona

Simmons, Dustin (he/him/his)

Principal | Landscape Architecture Practice Leader - West/Southwest
SmithGroup

Phoenix, Arizona

BC

Fujita, Mari A.

Associate Professor
University of British Columbia, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

VANCOUVER, BC

CA

Baker, Scott D. (he/him/his)

Founding Principal
RELM

Los Angeles, CA

Bauer, Dana (she/her/hers)

Partner and Design Principal
Elysian Landscapes

Los Angeles, CA

Bon, Lauren

Artist
Metabolic Studio

Topanga, CA

Bouzanquet, Danette

Youth Engagement Manager
Friends of the LA River

LOS ANGELES, CA

Brach, Abbey Chamberlain.

Director & Curator
Hollyhock House, Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

Carter, Everett S. (he/him/his)

Associate
SALT Landscape Architects

Los Angeles, CA

Castro, Christian (he/him/his)

Transportation Engineer
Port of Los Angeles - Engineeering

San Pedro, CA

Chan, Wendy

Senior Landscape Architect
MIG

Los Angeles, CA

Christensen, David

Design Principal
RELM

Los Angeles, CA

Diers, Dillon

Partner
OJB

Solana Beach, CA

DuSolier, Alma L. (she/her/hers)

Landscape Architect
Hood Design Studio

Oakland, CA

Dyer, Dawn

Principal
Studio-MLA

Los Angeles, CA

Dyer, Jan

Principal
Studio-MLA

Los Angeles, CA

Flynn, Hannah Michael

Designer
Stillwater Sciences

Los Angeles, CA

Gamache, Dante

Senior Landscape Designer
Studio-MLA

Los Angeles, CA

Giang, Ray

Partner
ProFun

Tustin, CA

Goers, Heather

Architectural Historian
Historic Preservation & Heritage Consulting

West Hollywood, CA

Gonzalez, MaFe

Landscape designer
BASE Landscape Architecture

San Francisco, CA

Hanna, Mark (he/him/his)

Senior Service Director
Geosyntec Consultants, Inc

Los Angeles, CA

Hee, Michael

Technical Director
Studio-MLA

PASADENA, CA

Henson, Jessica M.

Partner
OLIN

LOS ANGELES, CA

Johnson Yang, Samantha M.

Tribal Ecologist
Gabrieleno Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians

San Gabriel, CA

Krebs, Mark

President
PACE Advanced Water Engineering

Fountain Valley, CA

Lynn, Deanna

Landscape Designer
Wild Land Workshop

Marina, CA

Majewski, Kelly m. (she/her/hers)

Special Projects Manager
Metabolic Studio

Los Angeles, CA

Marecki, Eric

Associate Principal
Studio-MLA

Los Angeles, CA

Mark, Robin (she/her/hers)

Director of Partnerships
SALT Landscape Architects

Los Angeles, CA

Martinez, Kela M.

Regional Principal
DOWBUILT

Los Angeles, CA

Martinez, Severin

Supervising Transportation Planner
Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT)

Los Angeles, CA

McCallum, Gerard

Project Manager
Wilson Meany

Inglewood, CA

McWiliam, Eric

Director
OJB Landscape Architecture

Solana Beach, CA

Pae, Hannah

Landscape Designer, Artist
Terremoto Landscape

Los Angeles, CA

Pearson, John Lambert.

Senior Landscape Architect
RIOS

Los Angeles, CA

Rau, Tom

Principal, Landscape Architect
Urban Water Group Inc

Los Angeles, CA

Reid, Mark

Landscape Designer
EPTDESIGN

Los Angeles, CA

Robinson, Alexander (he/him/his)

Associate Professor
USC School of Architecture

Los Angeles, CA

BR

Rumble, Brad

Elementary School Principal
Esperanza Elementary (LAUSD)

Los Angeles, CA

San Diego, Alex

Director
Studio-MLA

Los Angeles, CA

Schwerner, Adam A.

Director of Horticulture & Resort Enhancement
Disneyland Resort

Anaheim, CA

Siegel, Ruth

Senior Project Manager, Botanical Gardens & Grounds
The Huntington

Los Angeles, CA

Small, Thomas A.

CEO
Culver City Forward

Culver City, CA

Soto, Saira G.

Student, Co-founder of NAMLA Student Chapter at UCLA
UCLAx Landscape Architecture Program

Los Angeles, CA

Sullivan, Chip (he/him/his)

Professor
UC Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

Torres, Christopher (he/him/his)

Founding Principal
Agency Artifact

Alhambra, CA

YV

Valachovic, Yana

Policy Institute, Associate Director
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources

Eureka, CA

Vaughn, Alexa (she/her/hers)

Landscape Designer, Accessibility Specialist, PhD Student
Sasaki / UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

CW

Webb, Craig

partner
Gehry Partners

Los angeles, CA

Williams, Erin (she/her/hers)

EGD Practice Lead
Toole Design Group

Los Angeles, CA

Woo, Rosten

Artist/Designer
Rosten Woo

Los Angeles, CA

Zerger, Cindy

Director of Design
Toole Design

San Rafael, CA

California

Adams, Leigh (she/her/hers)

Educator, designer, advocate
APLD

Altadena, California

Ascensio, Marcelino

Senior Civil Engineer
City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Engineering

Los Angeles, California

Bagalayos, Dezaraye (she/her/hers)

Co-Associate Executive Director
Allensworth Progressive Association

Visalia, California

Baldauf, Brian

Deputy Executive Officer
Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority

Los Angeles, California

Barthakur, Amitabh (he/him/his)

Partner
HR&A Advisors

Los Angeles, California

Benton, Chad A.

Branch Manager
BrightView Landscape Development, Inc.

Los Angeles, California

Bihan, Rene (he/him/his)

Managing Principal
SWA Group San Francisco

San Francisco, California

Bornstein, Carol

Horticulturist, Educator, Author
Carol Bornstein Design

Santa Barbara, California

Brief, Pamela

President
Pamela Studios Landscape Architecture Inc.

La Crescenta, California

Brooks, Travis

Restoration Ecologist
Land IQ

Sacramento, California

Brown, Isaac T.

Principal Scientist
McMillen

La Mirada, California

Carmichael, Robin W.

Landscape Architect
Pamela Burton & Company

SANTA MONICA, California

Castro Carlson, Brenna (she/her/hers)

Senior Associate
Atlas Lab

Sacramento, California

Cattlett, Charlie

Associate Design Director
OJB Landscape Architecture

Solana Beach, California

Christensen, Jon

Adjunct Assistant Professor
UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Venice, California

Chung, Connie J. (she/her/hers)

Managing Partner, Los Angeles
HR&A Advisors

Los Angeles, California

Cochran, Andrea CR.

Founder/ President
Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture

San Francisco, California

Collignon, Kate

Partner
HR&A Advisors

San Francisco, California

Corotis, Benjamin (he/him/his)

Principal / Founder
ADBC Architecture

Oakland, California

Detweiler, Zoe Grace.

Landscape historian & designer
USC School of Architecture

Culver City, California

DiBernardo, William (he/him/his)

Founding Partner
Sit—Still Landscape Architecture

Los Angeles, California

Dinkin, Leslie

Senior Design Coordinator
Kounkuey Design Initiative

Los Angeles, California

Elliott, Nathan S. (he/him/his)

Managing Principal
OJB Landscape Architecture

San Diego, California

Erickson, Alyssa

Landscape Designer
Landscape Architecture

Berkeley, California

Fan, Xiaojian (she/her/hers)

Associate
Design Workshop

Los Angeles, California

Feldman, Daniel J.

Senior Manager, Horticulture
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Los Angeles, California

Feldmann, Ben V. (he/him/his)

Principal
Studio-MLA

Los Angeles, California

Ferry, Eden

Senior Associate
Studio-MLA

Los Angeles, California

Foster, Kara Holekamp. (she/her/hers)

Landscape Architect
Terremoto

Los Angeles, California

Franklin, Jonathan L.

Senior Planning and Design Associate
Kounkuey Design Initiative

Los Angeles, California

Garfias, Katie (she/her/hers)

Senior Landscape Architect
Walt Disney Imagineering

Glendora, California

Garrene, Bryan (he/him/his)

Principal Landscape Architect
Walt Disney Imagineering

Anaheim, California

Garza, Kimberly (she/her/hers)

Principal
ATLAS Lab Inc.

Sacramento, California

Godshall, David

Landscape Architect, Co-Founder and Principal
TERREMOTO

Los Angeles, California

Gorton, Brianna

Sustainability Planner
LA County Parks

Alhambra, California

Greenspan, Adam

Design Director
PWP Landscape Architecture

Berkeley, California

Hawkinson, Julia E. (she/her/hers)

Facilities Asset Development Director
Los Angeles Unified School District

Los Angeles, California

Healy, Nora (she/her/hers)

Development and Communications Associate
Kounkuey Design Initiative

Los Angeles, California

Henry, Cory (he/him/his)

Founder + Design Director
Atelier Cory Henry, LLC

Valencia, California

Hernandez, Daniel G. (he/him/his)

Project Manager
Baldwin Hills and Urban Watersheds Conservancy

Los Angeles, California

Higgins, Lila M. (they/them/theirs)

Director of Education and Horticulture
California Native Plant Society

Kensington, California

Hirsch, Alison B. (she/her/hers)

Professor
University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

Hom, Hanson

Urban Planning Consultant
Self-employed

Alameda, California

Horn, Megan A. (she/her/hers)

Principal
Studio-MLA

Los Angeles, California

Hung, Jennifer (she/her/hers)

BD and Marketing Manager
SWA

San Francisco, California

Isacoff, Jen

Interim Director, People, Places & Practice Learning Hub
Trust for Public Land

San Francisco, California

Jones, Jennifer A.

Principal
Terremoto Landscape

Los Angeles, California

Kadara, Tekoah A.

Co- Associate Executive Director
Allensworth Progressive Association

Delano, California

Kameon, Judy

Founding Principal
Elysian Landscapes

Los Angeles, California

Kano, Chester (he/him/his)

Deputy Director
County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation

Alhambra, California

Kanter, Maxwell A. (he/him/his)

Founder
Saturate and Test Plot

Los Angeles, California

Katz, Nurit (she/her/hers)

Chief Sustainability Officer
UCLA

Encino, California

Kevorkian, Sarah (she/her/hers)

Deputy Chief of Wildfire Resilience
Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority

Los Angeles, California

Kiers, Haven (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
University of California, Davis

Davis, California

Kim, Hongjoo

Principal
HKLA

Los Angeles, California

King, John A.

Writer
Retired

Berkeley, California

Kjer, Tori

Executive Director
Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust

Los Angeles, California

Kochanowski, Greg T.

Partner / Director of Design
Practice

Pasadena, California

Koch, Caroline

Water Policy Director
WaterNow

San Francisco, California

Kondolf, Matt (he/him/his)

Professor
University of California Berkeley

Berkeley, California

Landregan, stephanie V. (she/her/hers)

Director
Altadena Green

Glendale, California

Latané, Claire (she/her/hers)

Professor and Chair
Cal Poly Pomona

Pomona, California

Leal Loera, José de Jesús (he/him/his)

Principal and Native Nation Building Studio Director
MIG, Inc.

Sacramento, California

Lehrer, Mia

President
Studio-MLA

Los Angeles, California

Longcore, Travis

Adjunct Professor
UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Los Angeles, California

Main, Kelly Leilani.

Founder and Executive Director
Buy-In Community Planning, Inc.

Oakland, California

Mann, Gordon

Arboriculture and Community Forestry Coordinator
The Institute of Soil Genomics for Healthy Community Forestry

Auburn, California

Marchinski, Alex

Senior Project Designer
RIOS

Los Angeles, California

Margulies, Esther

Professor of Practice, PLA
Office of the Designed Landscape inc + USC

Venice, California

Mather, Evan

Principal, Director of Landscape Architecture and Los Angeles Operations
MIG, Inc.

Los Angeles, California

McKnight, Jared Edgar

Senior Associate, Designer + Researcher
WRT

Sherman Oaks, California

Moffitt, Alyssa M.

Landscape Architect, Principal, Climate Action Chair
Terra Brava Landscape Architecture, ASLA Southern California Chapter

Santa Barbara, California

Mok, Jennifer M. (she/her/hers)

Landscape Architecture Studio Executive
Walt Disney Imagineering

Glendale, California

Moritz, Max A. (he/him/his)

Wildfire Specialist/Adjunct Professor
UC Cooperative Extension/Bren School, UC Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, California

Mott, Dan M.

Environmental Educator
FoLAR

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California

Neff, Adé E.

Founder
Ride On! Bike Shop

Los Angeles, California

Nouri, Younes

Northern California Resilience Lead
Moffatt & Nichol

Oakland, California

O’Leary, Rachel E. (she/her/hers)

Partnership and Equity Supervisor
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)

Sacramento, California

Parekh, Kush

Principal
Studio-MLA

Los Angeles, California

Peters, Jonathan

Executive Architect
Walt Disney Imagineering

Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Prince, Julia L. (she/her/hers)

Associate Landscape Architect
Design Workshop

Los Angeles, California

Raj, Nina (she/they)

Founder
Altadena Seed Library

Pasadena, California

Raman, Nithya

Councilmember
City of Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

Rangel, Marco (they/them/theirs)

Senior Project Designer
Studio-MLA

Los Angeles, California

Read Pappaterra, Elisa A.

Landscape Architect, Principal
studio pappaterra

pasadena, California

Rice, Scott (he/him/his)

President / Managing Principal
Community Works Design Group

Riverside, California

Richane, Amber

Principal Design and Planning Manager
City of Santa Monica

Santa Monica, California

Ricker, Mariana Z.

Associate Principal
SWA Group

San Francisco, California

RIley, Eric V. (he/him/his)

Planning Principal
Kounkuey Design Initiative

Los Angeles, California

Rojas, James T.

Urban planner, artist, community engagement specialist
Place It!

Alhambra, California

Saponara, Nick

Executive Officer, Transit Oriented Communities
LA Metro

Los Angeles, California

Schlickman, Emily (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
University of California, Davis

Davis, California

Smart, Richard (he/him/his)

Regional Park Superintendent
County of Los Angeles, Department of Parks & Recreation.

Los Angeles, California

Stevens, Clark

Architect, Director of Resource Design
Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mtns

topanga, California

Strader, Alex

Director
Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture

Berkeley, California

Susskind, Jonah

Director of Climate Strategy
SWA

Petaluma, California

Swanseen, Sarah M. (she/her/hers)

Senior Landscape Architect and Planner
OLIN

Los Angeles, California

Syphard, Alexandra D.

Senior Research Scientist
Conservation Biology Institute

La Mesa, California

Tilford, Katie (she/her/hers)

Director of Development and Communications
Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants

Sun Valley, California

KT

Toomey, Kasey

Partner
TERREMOTO

Oakland, California

Toy, Jen W.K (she/her/hers)

Executive Director
Test Plot

Berkeley, California

Waterson, Haley (she/they)

Founding Principal
Plural

San Francisco, California

Wessel, Jacob Katz.

Senior Director, Office of Strategic Innovation
Los Angeles Metro

Los Angeles, California

Westbrook, Liz (she/her/hers)

Partner
Zander Westbrook Design

Berkeley, California

Wickham, Andrew W. (he/him/his)

Project Designer
LPA Design Studios

Sacramento, California

Zell, Jennifer (she/her/hers)

Director of Regenerative Design Studio
MIG, Inc.

Long Beach, California

CO

Becker, Jenn

Digital Technology Strategist
Confluence

windsor, CO

Cawrse, Anna

Principal, Denver Office Director
Sasaki

Denver, CO

Colorado

Curl, Kelly A. (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
Colorado State University

Fort Collins, Colorado

Finkowski, Kelly

Landscape Architect
Dig Studio

Denver, Colorado

Gieryic, Chelsea

Associate
Livable Cities Studio

Denver, Colorado

Jordan, Scott A.

Senior Director
Civitas Inc.

Denver, Colorado

Lawson, Daniel J.

Facility Manager
National Park Service, Rocky Mountain National Park

Aspen, Colorado

Lipovsky, Diane M. (she/her/hers)

Principal/Co-Founder
Superbloom

Englewood, Colorado

Passmore, Stacy

Principal
Superbloom

Denver, Colorado

Phillips, Fred

Founder
Fred Phillips Consulting

Ridgway, CO, Colorado

Tal, Daniel A. (he/him/his)

Digital Studio Manager
Confluence

Littleton, Colorado

Viitanen, Will

Associate Principal
Livable Cities Studio

Golden, Colorado

Wenskoski, Meredith (she/her/hers)

President + Founder
Livable Cities Studio

Denver, Colorado

Williams, Kevin P. (he/him/his)

Manager of Horticulture
Denver Botanic Gardens

Denver, Colorado

Connecticut

Compton, Jeannette

President & CEO
Mill River Collaborative

Hamden, Connecticut

Sorge, Gary

Vice President
Stantec

New Haven, Connecticut

District of Columbia

Barnes, Megan

Senior Program Manager
Landscape Architecture Foundation

Washington, District of Columbia

Birnbaum, Charles A.

Founding President + CEO
The Cultural Landscape Foundation

Washington, District of Columbia

Smith, Glenn LaRue L. (he/him/his)

Partner
PUSH studio, LLC

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia

Florida

Curtis, Aida M.

President // Chair Person
Curtis + Rogers Design Studio, Inc. // ASLA Biodiversity and Climate Action Committee

Miami, Florida

Jackson, Jennifer Burke.

Principal, Community Practice Studio Leader
JLG Architects

Panama City, Florida

Nichols, Celia R. (she/her/hers)

Principal Landscape Architect
Nichols Landscape Architecture, Inc.

Lutz, Florida

Rovira, Roberto J. (he/him/his)

Professor and Principal
FIU and Studio Roberto Rovira

Homestead, Florida

Georgia

Berglund, Cameron A.

Lecturer
UGA College of Environment and Design

Athens, Georgia

Dials, Grace

Director of Design Management
SCAPE Landscape Architecture

Atlanta, Georgia

Leighty, Lauren A. (she/her/hers)

Vice President | Campus Planning Studio Leader
SmithGroup

Atlanta, Georgia

Lipscomb, Micah S.

Associate Principal
Perkins&Will

DECATUR, Georgia

Wiener, Aaron L.

Landscape Architect - Outdoor Recreation Planner
National Park Service

Decatur, Georgia

Illinois

Barry, Brian

Senior QA/QC Technical Manager
Site Design Group, Ltd.

Chicago, Illinois

Gleason, Heather (she/her/hers)

Director, Planning and Development
Chicago Park District

Chicago, Illinois

Haynes, Avery (any pronouns)

Planting Design Specialist
Hoerr Schaudt

Chicago, Illinois

Ishikawa, Hana

Design Principal, Partner
Site Design Group, Ltd.

Chicago, Illinois

Johnson, Clare (she/her/hers)

Project Manager
Site Design Group, ltd.

Chicago, Illinois

Jones, Jenna (she/her/hers)

Principal
Site Design Group, Ltd.

Chicago, Illinois

Jordan, Jack (he/him/his)

Executive Director
Climate Action Evanston

Chicago, Illinois

Rio, Malcolm J. (he/him/his)

Doctoral Candidate
Columbia University

Chicago, Illinois

Rock, Robert

President & CEO
Rock Design Associates

Bannockburn, Illinois

Weidl, Brett (she/her/hers)

Principal
MKSK

Chicago, Illinois

Zlevor, Kelsey (she/her/hers)

Senior Planner
Mental Landscapes / Epstein

La Grange Park, Illinois

Indiana

Evans, Sarah (she/her/hers)

Midwest Landscape Architecture Group Leader
V3 Companies

Indianapolis, Indiana

Liongson, Danica (she/her/hers)

Associate
Merritt Chase

Indianapolis, Indiana

Iowa

Aravena, Magdalena A. (she/her/hers)

Principal Landscape Architect
Studio Siembra

Des Moines, Iowa

Kansas

Hartsig, Ted

Senior Soil Scientist
Olsson, Inc.

Overland Park, Kansas

KS

Canfield, Jessica (she/her/hers)

Professor
Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Louisiana

Riedel, Sophie

Landscape Architect
Waggonner & Ball, a Moffatt & Nichol Studio

New Orleans, Louisiana

MA

Fernandez, Diana (she/her/hers)

Deputy Chief of Urban Design
City of Boston

Boston, MA

Ford, Gina

FASLA
Agency Landscape + Planning

Cambridge, MA

Maryland

Booth, Ryan

Senior Associate Landscape Architect
Alta Planning + Design

University Park, Maryland

Egan, Jennifer

Program Manager, Environmental Economics & Conservation Finance
Environmental Finance Center, University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland

Glase, Nick (he/him/his)

Principal & Cofounder
Unknown Studio Landscape Architecture

Baltimore, Maryland

Kenney, Elliott (she/they)

Landscape Designer
Freelance

Silver Spring, Maryland

Massachusetts

Beheshti-Rhodes, Anna

Senior Civil Engineer | Project Manager
Arup

Medford, Massachusetts

Chen, Albert Z.

Senior Associate
Stoss Landscape Urbanism

BOSTON, Massachusetts

Chrisco, Zachary

Principal
Sasaki

Boston, Massachusetts

Everett, Morgan (he/him/his)

Director, Public Initiatives & Real Estate
MASS MoCA

North Adams, Massachusetts

Hardenbergh, Hannah (she/her/hers)

Landscape Designer
Klopfer Martin Design Group

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Hardy, Chris R.

Associate Principal
Sasaki

NEWTON CENTER, Massachusetts

Hensold, Brie

Principal
Agency Landscape + Planning

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Hsueh, Ming-Jen

Senior Associate
Sasaki

Boston, Massachusetts

Kett, John A. (he/him/his)

Managing Principal
Reed Hilderbrand

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Kozik, Marya (she/her/hers)

Director of Community and Economic Development
City of North Adams

North Adams, Massachusetts

Langan, Matthew

Associate Principal
STIMSON

Marlborough, Massachusetts

Lefcourt, David

City Arborist/Tree Warden
City of Cambridge DPW

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Mark-Ng, Elsa (she/her/hers)

Associate Studio Manager
Agency Landscape + Planning

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Martin, Jeremy (he/him/his)

Associate Principal - Technical Director
Reed Hilderbrand

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Ng, Jennifer

Business Development Director
Klopfer Martin Design Group (KMDG)

Boston, Massachusetts

prakkamakul, ponnapa (she/her/hers)

Senior Associate
Sasaki

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Ross, Susannah

Director Landscape Architect
Agency Landscape + Planning

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Ryan, Thomas R. (he/him/his)

Founder
Ryan Associates

Waltham, Massachusetts

Scherling, Ian (he/him/his)

Associate Principal
Sasaki

Watertown, Massachusetts

Solano, Laura L. (she/her/hers)

Partner
MVVA, Inc.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Tooke, Kate (she/her/hers)

Principal
Agency Landscape and Planning

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Valentine, Glen

Principal
Stimson Studio

Belmont, Massachusetts

Michigan

Davis Williams, Ujijji

Principal
JIMA Studio

Detroit, Michigan

Miller, Jayne S. (she/her/hers)

Principal
PROS Consulting

Ypsilanti, Michigan

Syverson, Amy C.

Sustainability Lead
Landscape Forms

Kalamazoo, Michigan

Minnesota

Callahan, Anna K. (she/her/hers)

Associate Director, Minnesota Parks and Schoolyards
Trust for Public Land

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Grinde, Gabrielle (she/her/hers)

Principal Landscape Architect
HKGi

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Hedlund, Jordan (he/him/his)

Landscape Designer
HKGi

Richfield, Minnesota

Moore, Jill (she/her/hers)

Inclusive Play Specialist
Landscape Structures

Golden Valley, Minnesota

Schmitz, Hannah

Landscape Designer
HKGI

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Waldo, Ben

Associate Principal
SWA Group

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Mississippi

Bailey, Steven P.

Landscape Researcher
Engineering With Nature, US Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Research and Development Center Coastal and Hydraulics Labratory

Vicksburg, Mississippi

Missouri

Hurd, Brian

Founder
CDTA Partners LLC

Creve Coeur, Missouri

Landoni, Maria

Landscape Architect
Sur Landscape Architecture

Kansas City, Missouri

Nebraska

Bassey, Monique (she/her/hers)

Visiting Assistant Professor
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Lincoln , Nebraska

Gredys, Ross (he/him/his)

Owner / CEO
Rebellion Fabrication

Bennington, Nebraska

Laravie, Steve (he/him/his)

Executive Director
Blue Heron Tiospaye

Lincoln, Nebraska

New Jersey

Handel, Steven N. (he/him/his)

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Ecology
Rutgers University

Bridgewater, New Jersey

Heavers, Nathan

Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
Temple University

Princeton, New Jersey

McCann, Maggie (she/her/hers)

Administrator Urban State Parks
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Mount Ephraim, New Jersey

New Mexico

Fragua, Paul

Director of Native Nations Strategy and Relations
MIG, Inc.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Klein, Rena (she/her/hers)

Senior Partner
AVEC

Corrales, New Mexico

New South Wales

Cantwell, Matthew Paul. (he/him/his)

Founder and Creative Director
Secret Gardens

Botany, New South Wales

New York

Banh, Tami N.

Landscape Architect, Visiting Faculty
University of Pennsylvania

Brooklyn, New York

Bender, Alexander (he/him/his)

Co-Founder + Managing Partner
Tri-Lox

Brooklyn, New York

Bopp, Steven (he/him/his)

Studio Director for Planning
Central Park Conservancy

New York, New York

Castilla, Isabel (she/her/hers)

Associate Partner
Field Operations

New York, New York

Delk, Michelle J. (she/her/hers)

Partner, Landscape Architect
Snohetta

Brooklyn, New York

DiDonato, Caitlin J. (she/her/hers)

Principal
Stantec

New York, New York

Ferguson, Lena (she/her/hers)

Project Director, Capital Program
New York City Economic Development Corporation

New York, New York

Gaur, Ishita (she/her/hers)

Director
Marvel

New York, New York

Golan, Sagi (he/him/his)

Deputy Director of Urban Design
NYC Department of City Planning

Brooklyn, New York

Gold, Julia

Partner
SiteWorks

New York, New York

Gordon-Smith, Henry (he/him/his)

Founder & CEO
AGRITECTURE

New York, New York

Guzman Palacios, Juan

Director
Marvel

New York, New York

Hamann, Jenny (she/her/hers)

Senior Associate
Stantec

Long Island City, New York

Hilbert, Deb (she/her/hers)

Asst. Prof. of Arboriculture and Urban Forestry
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, New York

Holland, Zoe (she/her/hers)

Associate
STIMSON

Brooklyn, New York

Kedem, Yotam

Partner, Head of US office
Precise Int Corp

New York, New York

Kennedy, Elizabeth J. (she/her/hers)

Principal
Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architect, PLLC

New York, New York

Kilburn, Chelsea

Senior Associate
STOSS Landscape Urbanism

New York, New York

Kuebler, Joy

President/ Founder
PLAYCE Studio

North Tonawanda, New York

Lee, Steven T. (he/him/his)

Principal
SWA

New York, New York

Llano, Carolina (she/her/hers)

Senior Director of Art, Design & Technology
NYC Office of the Mayor, Public Design Commission

Brooklyn, New York

Llinás, Eduardo M.

Director of Outreach, Engagement & Design
Alliance for Paseo Paseo

Queens, New York

Lock, Gentry K. (she/her/hers)

Principal, Landscape Architect
Stantec

New York, New York

Mahon, Gareth

Partner and Managing Principal
RKLA Studio

New York, New York

Nervig, Ruth (she/her/hers)

Partner
SiteWorks

New York, New York

O'Keefe, Edward

Chief Executive Officer
Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation

New York, New York

Orff, Kate (she/her/hers)

Founder and President
SCAPE

Forest Hills, New York

Parker, Andrea (she/her/hers)

Executive Director
Gowanus Canal Conservancy

Brooklyn, New York

Peck, Dylan F.

President
Alpine Construction & Landscaping Corp

New York, New York

Poulson, Rashid F.

Director of Horticulture
Brooklyn Bridge Park

BROOKLYN, New York

Prem, Grace E. (she/her/hers)

Senior Management Lead
SCAPE

BROOKLYN, New York

Ries, Ariel

Gardener 3
Central Park Conservancy

Brooklyn, New York

Rivera Diaz, Yadiel J. (he/him/his)

Partner
MARVEL

Brooklyn, New York

Slocum, Kara (she/her/hers)

Civil and Resilience Engineer
Arup

New York, New York

Smith, Adrian L. (he/him/his)

Team Leader, Capital Projects Division
City of New York Department of Parks & Recreation

Flushing, New York

Truong, Chi Chi (he/him/his)

Senior Civil Engineer
Arup

New York, New York

Tryba, Kimberly A. (she/her/hers)

Co-Founder + Managing Director
LILA Studio LLC

New York, New York

Watson, Julia N. (she/her/hers)

Founder & Co-Founder
Lo—TEK Office for Intercultural Urbanism & Lo—TEK Institute

East Hampton, New York

Wirth, Gena

Design Principal
SCAPE

NY, New York

Wu, Jenna M. (she/her/hers)

Designer
SCAPE Landscape Architecture, DPC

New York, New York

Yang, Jean

Assistant Professor
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestr

Syracuse, New York

Yannaccone, Dan (he/him/his)

Principal
MNLA

New York, New York

North Carolina

Boone, Kofi M. (he/him/his)

Professor
NC State University

RALEIGH, North Carolina

Borden, Matthew A.

Research Scientist - Plant Pathologist
Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories & Arboretum

Charlotte, North Carolina

Brooks, Jennifer L. (she/her/hers)

Design and Construction Project Manager
Mecklenburg County

Charlotte, North Carolina

Calkins, Meg (she/her/hers)

Professor of Landscape Architecture
North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina

Dodge, William H. (he/him/his)

Co-Founder | Artist | Design Principal
A Gang of Three

Raleigh, North Carolina

Hood, Shakira (she/her/hers)

Landscape Designer
Stimmel Associates

Charlotte, North Carolina

Lunsford, Brandon (he/him/his)

Historian
Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation

Charlotte, North Carolina

Palacios Rodriguez, Brenda A. (she/her/hers)

Co-Steward
Indigenous Collective Group (ICG)

Morganton, North Carolina

Not Applicable

Hwang, Yun Hye

Associate Professor
National University of Singapore

Singapore, Not Applicable

NY

Colombo, Elena

President, Owner
Colombo Construction Corp DBA FireFeatures

New York, NY

Dugdale, Philip (he/him/his)

Principal
Sasaki

New York, NY

Higgins, Sean

Senior Project Manager
GFP Real Estate

New York, NY

McMahon, Matt

Director
Snøhetta

Brooklyn, NY

OH

Lipschitz, Forbes

Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
Ohio State University

columbus, OH

Ohio

Coffman, Kelly B.

Principal Planner
Cleveland Metroparks

Cleveland, Ohio

Colich, Kimberly

Stormwater Program Manager
Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

Cleveland, Ohio

Ontario

Wiseman, Owen

Director, Canada
NatureQuant

Ottawa, Ontario

OR

Cazares, Efren

Mycologist-Soil Biologist
MycoRoots

Corvallis, OR

Oregon

Alcott, Emily

Principal Ecologist & Fluvial Geomorphologist
Inter-Fluve

Hood River, Oregon

Shandas, Vivek (he/him/his)

Professor and Consultant
CAPA Strategies

Portland, Oregon

Simms, Shannon (she/her/hers)

Principal
Mayer/Reed

Portland, Oregon

PA

Kelley, Aaron

Director
Field Operations

Philadelphia, PA

Pennsylvania

Astheimer, Sarah Weidner. (she/her/hers)

Partner
Fieldoperations

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Beamer, Tiffany J. (she/her/hers)

CO-CEO + Partner
OLIN

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Brightman, Terrie (she/her/hers)

Senior Associate
Rock Design Associates LLC

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chase, Nina (she/her/hers)

Founding Principal
Merritt Chase

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Cramer, Keiko Tsuruta. (she/her/hers)

Principal
WRT, LLC

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Duckworth, Aiman E. (he/him/his)

Senior Landscape Architect & Ecologist
Biohabitats

York, Pennsylvania

Hansplant, Laura

Principal & CEO
Studio Sustena

Abington, Pennsylvania

Leaskey, Sarah

Chief Operations Officer
Refugia Design

Wayne, Pennsylvania

Pevzner, Nicholas (he/him/his)

Asst. Prof.
University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Roark, Richard S.

CO-CEO and Partner
OLIN

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Weaner, Larry

Principal
LWLA

Glenside, Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

Colon-Izquierdo, Edmundo R.

Principal
ECo

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

Balon, Andrew J. (he/him/his)

Arborist
The Bartlett Tree Experts

Lincoln, Rhode Island

Martin, Chris (he/him/his)

Director of Special Projects
Providence Department of Planning & Development

Providence, Rhode Island

South Carolina

Carson, PhD, Margaret A. (she/her/hers)

Native Affairs Analyst
National Park Service

Columbia, South Carolina

Texas

Caldwell, Peter J.

Associate Professor of Practice
Texas A&M University

Houston, Texas

Clark, Jordan (he/him/his)

Director of Design Performance & Sustainability
TBG Partners

Dallas, Texas

Florian, Tenna (she/her/hers)

Partner
Lake Flato

San Antonio, Texas

Hansen, Maggie E. (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

Leonard, Rebecca R.

CEO
Lionheart

Austin, Texas

Orr, Jennifer L.

Owner, PLA
Lionheart Places, LLC

Austin, Texas

Rives, Chelsey

Founder | Principal Consultant
Volcano Heart Coaching & Consulting

San Antonio, Texas

Starling Rampy, Amy

Senior Associate, Programs Manager
TBG Partners

Austin, Texas

TX

Chipman, Robert

Founder
Robert Chipman Landscape Architect, Inc

West Lake Hills, TX

Hinojosa, Alejandra (she/her/hers)

Sustainability Specialist
LPA Design Studios

Dallas, TX

Utah

Olmedo-Gonzalez, Renato (he/him/his)

Public Art Program Manager
Salt Lake City Arts Council

Salt Lake City, Utah

Uusimaa

Broberg, Anna (she/her/hers)

Co-Founder & COO
Maptionnaire

Helsinki, Uusimaa

VA

Popa, Tim

Communications Director
Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects

Charlottesville, VA

Virginia

Curulli, Giuseppina Irene. (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Practice
Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

McCall, Mary

Founder
Quite Contrary Studios

Charlottesville, Virginia

Zhang, Wei

Education Coordinator
The Institute of Soil Genomics for Healthy Community Forestry

Ashland, Virginia

WA

Jensen, Amelia

Senior Associate
Mithun

Seattle, WA

Malda, David C.

Principal
GGN

Seattle, WA

Washington

Blalock, Jackson

Marine & Estuarine Resilience Program Manager
Pacific Conservation District

South Bend, Washington

Durgerian, Laura (she/her/hers)

Associate Principal
Mithun

Seattle, Washington

Gray, John (he/him/his)

Project Manager
FORMA Construction

Seattle, Washington

Guthrie, Jennifer (she/her/hers)

Founding Principal
GGN

SEATTLE, Washington

Hara, Mami

CEO
US Water Alliance

Seattle, Washington

Hou, Jeff (he/him/his)

Professor
National University of Singapore

Seattle, Washington

Jones, Matt

Senior Principal
Magnusson Klemencic Associates

Seattle, Washington

Keeley, Kasia (she/her/hers)

Senior Associate, Landscape Architect
Mithun

Seattle, Washington

Keene, Dakota

Partner
Mithun

Seattle, Washington

Langworthy, Ashley

Principal + Founder
Miasto

Seattle, Washington

Lohse, Kristen (she/her/hers)

Senior Principal Urban Designer, Trails & Wayfinding
Toole Design

Seattle, Washington

Payne, John C. (he/him/his)

Partner
SiteWorks LLC

Olympia, Washington

Torres de Janon, Carlos (he/him/his)

Educator, Designer
Self-Employed

Seattle, Washington

Webster, Leslie (she/her/hers)

Planning Manager
Seattle Public Utilities

Seattle, Washington

Welch, Isabella

Landscape Architect
Design Workshop

Renton, Washington

Woolley, Jeremy (he/him/his)

Owner’s Representative | Alternative Project Delivery Advisor
Parametrix

Tacoma, Washington

Wisconsin

Hauer, Richard James.

Director of Urban Forestry
Eocene Environmental Group

Stevens Point, Wisconsin

West, Paul C. (he/him/his)

Senior Scientist
Project Drawdown

Madison, Wisconsin

Wyoming

Brown, Jessica Hendryx

Branch Chief of Project Management
National Park Service

Jackson, Wyoming