Climate & Biodiversity Action Plan Advisory Group

Biodiversity 

José Almiñana, FASLA, PLA, SITES AP, LEED AP
Principal, Andropogon Associates
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 
Keith Bowers, FASLA, PLA, PWS
Advocate and Practice Leader, Biohabitats
Charleston, South Carolina

MaFe Gonzalez, ASLA
Landscape designer and botanist,
BASE Landscape Architecture
San Francisco, California

Steven Handel, Hon. ASLA, PhD
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Nina-Marie Lister, Hon. ASLA, MCIP, RPP
Professor, School of Urban & Regional Planning
Director, Ecological Design Lab
Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto, Canada

Hitesh Mehta, FASLA, FRIBA, FAAK, Assoc. AIA
President, HM Design, and Executive in Residence and Courtesy Professor at Chaplain School of Hospitality, Florida International University
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Dr. Sohyun Park, ASLA, PhD
Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture, Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

Betsy Peterson, ASLA
Director, August Design Collaborative
Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Climate 

Megan Barnes, ASLA
Senior Program Manager, Landscape Architecture Foundation
Washington, D.C.

Dr. Jennifer Egan, PhD, PG
Program Manager, Environmental Economics and Conservation Finance, Environmental Finance Center, School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland

Sarah Fitzgerald, ASLA, PLA
Climate and Sustainability Lead and Associate, SWA Group
Dallas, Texas

Chris Hardy, ASLA PLA, CA
Senior Associate, Sasaki and Founder, Carbon Conscience
Boston, Massachusetts

Mia Lehrer, FASLA
President, Studio-MLA
Los Angeles, California

Deanna Lynn, ASLA
Landscape Designer, Wild Land Workshop
Marina, California

Ronnie Siegel, ASLA
Principal, Swire Siegel Landscape Architects,
La Canada Flintridge, California

Steven Spears, FASLA, PLA, AICP
Principal, Groundwork Development and Momark Development
Austin, Texas

Amy Syverson-Shaffer, ASLA
Sustainability Leader, Landscape Forms, Inc.
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Dr. Kongjian Yu, FASLA, PhD
Founder, Turenscape and Professor and Dean, College of Architecture and Landscape, Peking University
Beijing, China

Equity 

Chingwen Cheng, ASLA, PhD, PLA
Director and Professor, Stuckeman School, Penn State University and Past President, Council of Educators on Landscape Architecture (CELA)
States College, Pennsylvania

Grant Fahlgren
Indigenous Design Lead, PFS Studio and Co-Chair, Canadian Society Landscape Architects Reconciliation Advisory Committee
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Deb Guenther, FASLA, PLA, LEED AP, SITES AP
Partner, Mithun
Seattle, Washington

José de Jesús Leal, ASLA , PLA, APA
Principal and Studio Director, Native Nation Building Studio, MIG
Sacramento, California

Anna McCorvey, RA, LEED AP BD+C
Senior Equitable Development Manager, 11th Street Bridge Park, and Founder and Executive Director, The River East Design Center
Washington, D.C.

Gabriel Díaz Montemayor, ASLA
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Fayetteville, Arkansas

Chelina Odbert, Hon. ASLA
CEO and Founding Principal, Kounkuey Design Initiative
Los Angeles, California

Julia Watson, ASLA
Author, Lo—TEK Design by Radical Indigenism; Principal, Julia Watson llc; and Co-founder, Lo—TEK Institute
Brooklyn, New York

Advocacy 

Lisa Beyer, ASLA, PLA
Senior Manager, Nature for Urban Resilience, World Resources Institute
San Francisco, California

Roxanne Blackwell, Hon. ASLA
Managing Director, Government Affairs, ASLA
Washington, D.C.

Aida Curtis, FASLA, PLA
Principal, Curtis + Rogers Design Studio and Chair, ASLA Biodiversity and Climate Action Committee
Miami, Florida

Kona Gray, FASLA, PLA
Principal, EDSA and President, ASLA
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Daniella Hirschfeld, PhD
Assistant Professor, Climate Adaptation Planning, Urban Ecology, Environmental Justice, Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Utah State University
Logan, Utah

Vincent Martinez, Hon. AIA
President and COO, Architecture 2030
Seattle, Washington

April Phillips, FASLA, PLA
Landscape architect, artist, and past Chair, ASLA Biodiversity and Climate Action Committee
Talent, Oregon

Catherine Seavitt, FASLA
Chair of Landscape Architecture and Meyerson Professor of Urbanism; Faculty Co-Director, McHarg Center; Department of Landscape Architecture, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jean Senechal Biggs, FASLA
Resource Development Manager, Metro, and Vice President, Professional Practice, ASLA
Portland, Oregon

Jerry Smith, FASLA, PLA, EDAC, LEED AP
Founding Principal, SMITH GreenHealth Consulting
Columbus, Ohio

Jonathan Williams, ASLA, PLA
Founder, Outdoor Practice
Houston, Texas