ASLA ANNOUNCES NATIONAL SPONSORSHIP
OF ACE MENTOR PROGRAM
Members Meet with ACE Representatives
to Launch Partnership
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ASLA
national and Potomac Chapter firm leaders kick off the
Society's sponsorship of the ACE Mentor Program. L-R:
(standing) ACE Executive Director Pamela Mullender,
Robert Tilson, FASLA ; ASLA President Dennis Carmichael,
FASLA; Potomac Chapter President Heather Hammatt, ASLA;
Jeff Lee, ASLA; Potomac Chapter Trustee Faye Harwell,
ASLA; Potomac Chapter President-Elect Lisa DelPlace,
ASLA; (seated) ASLA Executive Vice President Nancy Somerville
and Sunny Scully, FASLA. |
WASHINGTON, DC, January 19, 2006---The American Society of
Landscape Architects (ASLA) has joined the ACE Mentor Program
as a national sponsor and partner. ASLA will work with the
ACE program to introduce high school students to career opportunities
in landscape architecture and other design and construction
professions.
The partnership was announced at a luncheon today at ASLA
headquarters in Washington, DC, attended by leaders of the
ASLA Potomac Chapter and the ACE Washington, DC, chapter.
The ACE program targets young adults to introduce them to
the challenges and rewards of a career in the design and construction
industry and makes a special effort to reach out to minority
and underserved populations. Pamela Mullender, executive director
of the ACE Mentor Program, was on hand to launch the program
in partnership with ASLA.
“One of the key factors that makes ACE stand out from
other high school mentoring programs is its approach to the
construction industry as a whole,” said Ms. Mullender.
“This partnership with ASLA further strengthens ACE’s
mission which is to introduce students to all aspects of the
design and building professions. ASLA’s commitment to
ACE and to America’s youth is one more step to achieving
that goal.”
Nancy Somerville, executive vice president and CEO of ASLA,
noted, “Landscape architects are in demand and we want
to grow the profession and increase its diversity. The ACE
Mentor Program will provide our members with opportunities
to reach out as mentors, give back to their communities, and
shape the future of the profession.”
About ASLA
Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association
for landscape architects, representing more than 16,200 members
in 48 professional chapters and 68 student chapters. Landscape
architecture is a comprehensive discipline of land analysis,
planning, design, management, preservation, and rehabilitation.
ASLA promotes the landscape architecture profession and advances
the practice through advocacy, education, communication, and
fellowship. Learn more about landscape architecture online
at www.asla.org.
About the ACE Mentor Program of America
The ACE Mentor Program of America is a 501(c) 3 corporation
founded in 1995 as an innovative way of attracting students,
particularly minorities, women and the less privileged, into
the architecture, construction and engineering professions.
The program relies on mentors – professionals from leading
design and construction firms – to volunteer their time
and energy to introduce students to a broad range of people,
projects and career possibilities within the construction
industry. The ACE Mentor Program not only offers mentoring
opportunities, but also awards scholarships for selected graduates
of the program and summer internships. The ACE Program has
chapters across the U.S. in 32 states and the District of
Columbia. For more information about the ACE Mentor Program,
please contact Pamela Mullender, Executive Director, ACE Mentor
Program of America at (203) 323-8550 or pmullender@acementor.org.
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