Session Guide

SUN-B05: Inside the LA Studio—Dana Brown & Associates

Sunday, October 12, 2025

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CT

Location: New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Room R06-R07

1.25 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW, AICP, NY/non-HSW, FL

Guest Speaker(s)

Dana N. Brown, FASLA, PLA, AICP, LEED AP, GIP, QSM

President and Managing Principal
Dana Brown & Associates
New Orleans, LA
Danielle Duhe, ASLA, PLA (she/her/hers)

Principal
Dana Brown & Associates
New Orleans, Louisiana
Ry’yan Clark, ASLA, PLA, NAMA

Senior Associate
Dana Brown & Associates
New Orleans, Louisiana
Chad Wilkins, Assoc. ASLA, PLA, GIP, Landscape Horticulturalist

Senior Associate
Dana Brown & Associates
Madisonville, Louisiana

Moderator(s)

Haley A. Blakeman, FASLA, PLA (she/her/hers)

Resilience and Planning Lead, Gulf Coast
Moffatt & Nichol
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Dana Brown & Associates creates beautiful and functional landscapes that respond to the ecology of the land and reflect the cultural heritage of the community. DBA integrates design and science with the goal of ensuring that the landscape provides multiple benefits. Meaningful community engagement is at the heart of our work.

Learning Outcomes:

Learn how everything is a critical part of interrelated functioning systems.
Learn how integrating design and science creates multiple benefits.
Learn how green infrastructure works at any scale.
Learn how distributed solutions to big problems work better than big solutions.