Shawn T. Kelly, FASLA, President-Elect
Shawn T. Kelly, FASLA, is married with three grown children. He
was born in Colorado, grew up in Arizona, and was originally licensed as a
Landscape Architect in California. He is currently licensed in Wisconsin.
Shawn is the Principal of Kelly Design Group, LLC, a
Landscape Architecture firm located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. KDG produces
full service concept to construction drawings for a variety of project scales
and scopes. All projects include
stormwater management, with an edge toward water harvesting, water quality
improvement, and place based design.
Shawn is also a full-time member of the Faculty at the
University of Wisconsin, Madison, in the Department of Landscape Architecture,
where he has taught the core courses in the accredited Bachelors program for twenty-one
years. At the university, Shawn is also the Director of the Center for
Sustainable Design, which he created and manages. Shawn has been recognized by
the students as a valued educator and lifelong mentor.
Shawn has been honored to be a prolific speaker at a host of
education opportunities for professional development hours, at multiple states’
ASLA meetings, and at related profession’s annual meetings. The topics of his
talks ranges from sustainable practice, resilient landscapes, stormwater
harvesting, to cultural specificity, transdisciplinary action research,
transformational learning theory in design, and the ethical practice of
Landscape Architecture.