Texas ASLA 2022 Conference Program

04.19.22 - 04.21.22

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upend: “to stand, set, or turn on one end. to change direction.”

The 2022 conference theme is “Upend.” Considering the events of last year and how established norms have changed, what other opportunities do you envision to improve the landscape of our world?

If the past few years have underlined anything, it’s that the landscape of the world is changing ever more rapidly -- with and without our influence. Shifts in global, political, and social climates are garnering more attention than ever, and our role in shaping the human-landscape interface grows in complexity.

Through hours of discussion over many weeks about how these shifts are affecting our discipline at large and the ways this year’s conference could support our fellow landscape architects in responding to the associated complexities, it became clear that many of us have found ourselves in an uneasy gap between what we know to do and what we want to do in our field.

So we rise to the challenge set before us together -- to question our own perspectives, to challenge ourselves in areas we haven’t previously prioritized, to reconsider processes that may no longer serve the new goals we must set for ourselves, and to celebrate those tried-and-true systems that continue to address the evolving needs of humanity.

In doing so, we secure a steady course for the resilient and sustainable future we all work towards.

Sometimes, we stay the course to reach our goals. Other times, we seize the opportunities to turn things upside down to look at them differently.

At the 2022 Texas ASLA Conference in San Antonio, we celebrate all the paths to a strong and healthy tomorrow.

MESSAGE FROM THE

PRESIDENT Greetings all and welcome to San Antonio for our annual Texas Conference on Landscape Architecture! I would like to begin by first thanking some important people who made this conference possible; first to the conference committee, chaired

by Tania Hernandez and Tiffany Price, second to Jennifer Fontana who tirelessly is looking for ways to improve the conference each year and ensure that you receive great value for your investment.

Lastly, a big thank you to our vendors, who amidst a pandemic, catastrophic freeze, supply chain issues and escalation have managed to continue to show up and support our chapter in a big way. Thank you!

As someone who has served Texas ASLA in various capacities over the years, I would like to celebrate the growth and progress that the chapter has made.

Through the leadership of many past presidents, we have maintained steady levels of membership, navigated pressing social issues, a global pandemic, and a return to in person events with safety and security. We were able to do all these things because the chapter has grown steadily in a fiscal capacity under the guidance of many chapter treasurers and the sharp eye of Kerrie Cribbs, our long-time accountant. Kerrie herself has embraced our “up end” conference theme and this year became the sole proprietor of her accounting firm, and as a chapter we congratulate her. Her newfound role triggered her departure from our chapter accountant role, but through the guidance and connection of Clif Hall and the support of the Executive Committee we were able to welcome a new accounting firm into the fold, Rauschuber & Dieter, PC. We are excited to continue under their guidance and thank Kerrie for her 18 years of service to the chapter.

I tried to think of ways in which Texas ASLA is executing our conference theme of Up End, and I realized that as a member supported organization that’s not a sustainable model. What I believe the Executive Committee has provided over the last many years is steady and incremental growth both at the state and section levels. Sketch Crawls, project and barrier free tours and movie nights have been programmed to build a sense of community and a support network

for our organization. All the while these events are being brainstormed, coordinated, and executed by members who serve this organization in a volunteer capacity. My final statement in this letter is to please get involved. ASLA at a national, state and local level is doing great work to protect our licensure and progress in new and innovative ways as a profession.

We can only do that if all the people we serve are represented in leadership, and we can only get that representation if we have members who volunteer.

Please find a way to get involved, big or small; run for section office, state office or join one of the many committees we have. There are innumerable ways to serve and get involved and I can tell you from experience you will reap more than you sow!

All the best,

MARISSA MCKINNEY TEXAS CHAPTER PRESIDENT

LOGISTICS welcome reception

SILENT AUCTION Visit the Conference App and select Auctions. Bidding will be available beginning Wednesday, April 20th at 8:00 am - All items will close Thursday, April 21st at 10:00 am.

All proceeds go towards the TX ASLA endowments held at the four University Landscape Architecture programs within the state of Texas.

San Antonio Botanical Gardens 555 Funston Place San Antonio, TX 78209

conference hotel San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter 101 Bowie San Antonio, TX 78205

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Your badge will be scanned before each session to track your attendance. Badge scanners will be by the entrance for the first 15 minutes of each session. Click on this link to receive your certificate of attendance with the continuing education units you earned: https://www.expobadge.com/certification/ASLA2022 Log in with the email address used when you registered for the conference.

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You will have until March 31, 2023 to download your conference transcript and certificate..

2022 conference program This year’s conference program can be found online and includes important conference information such as detailed session summaries, speaker information, vendor information, and sponsorships. It can be found at the link below or accessed by the following QR code: https://issuu.com/txasla/docs/2022_conference_program

CLASSROOM A | EXHIBIT HALL 3 CLASSROOM B | EXHIBIT HALL 3 CLASSROOM C | ROOM 217 K E Y N OT E S E S S I O N S / AWA R D S L U N C H | H E M I S FA I R B A L L R O O M EXHIBIT HALL | EXHIBIT HALL 3

street LEVEL

meeting room LEVEL

ballroom LEVEL

EXHIBITORS 100\199

400\499

100 102 103 104 106 107 108 109 110 113 114 115 116 117 118 121 122 125

S i t e O n e G r e e n Te c h The Organic Recycler Capital Flexi-Pave Te x a s N u r s e r y a n d L a n d s c a p e A s s n W h e e l e r Everde Growers Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. N a t i v e A m e r i c a n S e e d N e w E a r t h I n c .

B a r t l e t t Tr e e E x p e r t s Romtec Inc. To p N o t c h Tr e e Fa r m L L C Ko m p a n , I n c .

Netafim USA James Pole Irrigation Consultants Hunter Industries G r o u n d w o r k s Te x a s fun abounds, inc.

401 407 408 411 412 413 417 419 421 422 424 425 431 433 435 440

200\299

500\599

200 201 202 206 207 209 210 211 216 217 218 219 223 225 227

E a r t h t o n e s D e s i g n , I n c .

Ke y s t o n e H a r d s c a p e s EverGro Organic Recycling IMG T. F. H a r p e r & A s s o c i a t e s L P A N O VA F u r n i s h i n g s N a t i v e Te x a s N u r s e r y USA Shade Tr e e S t a k e S o l u t i o n s Living Earth Longhorn Inc M o s t D e p e n d a b l e Fo u n t a i n s L a n d s c a p e Fo r m s , I n c .

G C P A p p l i e d Te c h n o l o g i e s A L A M O S TO N E C O M PA N Y

501 503 506 508 509 510 512 516 517 518 520 523 525 527 532 533 534 535 536 537 540 552

300\399 301 308 309 310 311 313 316 317 318 323 324 325 327 331 337 341

L a n d s c a p e S t r u c t u r e s I n c .

Civano Growers BV Associates i n C o n - t r o l Wa t e r S y s t e m s Wa t e r S t o r a g e Ta n k s , I n c .

M i n i c k M a t e r i a l s o f Te x a s ArborStakes K r a f t s m a n C o m m e r c i a l P l a y g r o u n d s & Wa t e r P a r k s P e r m aTr a k B o a r d w a l k S y s t e m s Vo r t e x A q u a t i c S t r u c t u r e s Whitacre Greer BGP Products, LLC Clean Scapes, LP Fo r m s + S u r f a c e s G a m e T i m e b y To t a l R e c r e a t i o n P r o d u c t s Locinox

Fo r m a n d F i b e r, I n c .

SYNLawn Artificial Grass Sod Solutions Professionals Invisible Structures, Inc. AZPECTS USA Public Restroom Company Rain Bird Corporation P e r g o l a s U n l i m i t e d Te x a s Madrax/Thomas Steele The Ground Up Jonite USA webuildfun, Inc Environmental Design Inc. A u s t i n Wo o d R e c y c l i n g BrightView Landscape Development.

Paul E. Allen Co., Inc

TO R O I r r i g a t i o n U n i q u e L i g h t i n g Botton + Gardiner V i c t o r S t a n l e y, I n c .

C o r Wo r t h / R e s t r o o m Fa c i l i t i e s L t d .

Belgard Commercial Iron Age Designs Coldspring Moon Visions Lighting T h e P l a y We l l G r o u p , I n c .

Te x a s B o a r d o f A r c h i t e c t u r a l E x a m i n e r s T h e We s t e r n G r o u p Diane Collier Group Arcosa Lightweight Wickcraft Boardwalks Fo r e v e r L a w n G E N A N S A F E T Y S U R FA C I N G BJ’s Park and Recreation Products Progressive Commercial Aquatics Mountain States Wholesale Nursery NDS Inc Ka s o t a S t o n e S o u t h w e s t Epic Plastics - BendaBoard

600\699 600 602 617 621 623 624 625 627 629 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 639 640 642

D a v e y R e s o u r c e G r o u p - Te x a s Little Tikes Commercial Green Theory Design Site Source Inc. O m e g a I I Fe n c e S y s t e m s Tr e e D i a p e r To u r n e s o l S i t e w o r k s Glow Path Pavers Profile Products Construction EcoServices Contech Engineered Solutions Flex MSE McFarlin Stanford Southern Botanical Cyclone Lighting Rainbow Play Systems COVER Timberworks L O N G S H A D OW P l a n t e r s Southwest Monument & Sign

EXHIBIT

HALL sponsors TITLE SPONSOR Landscape Structures Inc.

AWARDS LUNCH SPONSOR Keystone Hardscapes

WELCOME RECEPTION SPONSOR BrightView Landscape Development

FIELD SESSION SPONSOR

Form and Fiber, Inc.

SYNLawn Artificial Grass Civano Growers AZPECTS USA Omega II

CLASSROOM A SPONSOR

LANYARDS

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS SPONSOR

Belgard Commercial

Arbor Stakes

CLASSROOM B SPONSOR

CHARGING STATIONS

fun abounds, inc.

AZPECTS USA

CLASSROOM C SPONSOR

TOTE BAGS

Kraftsman Commercial Playgrounds & Water Parks

MOBILE APP Victor Stanley

Form and Fiber, Inc.

PENS

BJs Park & Recreation Products

PLANTS

Milberger’s Landscape & Nursery

EXHIBITOR INDEX 108 227 209 316 525 433 412 113 509 325 534 503 435 309 103 308 327 512 631 632 508 639 636 600 523 200 431 552 107 202 633 532 401 331 125 337 225 533 627 617 122 206 310 411 510 118 424 540 201 116 317 223

A d v a n c e d D r a i n a g e S y s t e m s , I n c .

P a d e n S p a r k s paden.sparks@ads-pipe.com A L A M O S TO N E C O M PA N Y B r y a n M o o r e bryan@alamostone.com A N OVA F u r n i s h i n g s P a i g e M a r t i n p a i g e @ a n o v a f u r n i s h i n g s . c o m A r b o r S t a k e s K r i s t o p h e r B r o w n k r i s @ a r b o r s t a k e s . c o m A r c o s a L i g h t w e i g h t E r i c N e l s o n e r i c . n e l s o n @ a r c o s a . c o m A u s t i n Wo o d R e c y c l i n g C h r i s H o b b s mulchsales@austinwoodrecycling.com A Z P E C T S U S A G e o f f W h i t c h e r g e o f f @ a z p e c t s . c o m B a r t l e t t Tr e e E x p e r t s P a t r i c k B r e w e r pbrewer@bartlett.com B e l g a r d C o m m e r c i a l C h r i s E b b e s e n c h r i s . e b b e s e n @ o l d c a s t l e . c o m B G P P r o d u c t s , L L C M i c h e l l e M c C u l l o u g h michelle@bgpproducts.com BJs Park and Recreation Products Ke v i n H a n e s kevin@bjspark.com B o t t o n + G a r d i n e r J a m i e M a y j a m i e m @ b a r e s q u e . c o m BrightView Landscape Development, Inc. J o h n S c h l e s s e l m a n j o h n . s c h l e s s e l m a n @ b r i g h t v i e w. c o m B V A s s o c i a t e s B r i a n Va v r i n a b r i a n @ b v - a s s o c i a t e s . c o m C a p i t o l F l e x i - P a v e N o b l e A t k i n s n a t k i n s @ c a p i t o l f l e x i p a v e . c o m C i v a n o G r o w e r s N i c k S h i p l e y n i c k @ c i v a n o g r o w e r s . c o m C l e a n S c a p e s , L P B i l l N o v o s e l bnovosel@cleanscapes.net C o l d s p r i n g B r y c e Ko c k b k o c k @ c o l d s p r i n g u s a . c o m C o n s t r u c t i o n E c o S e r v i c e s J o h n M o s s m o s s @ e c o s v s . c o m C o n t e c h E n g i n e e r e d S o l u t i o n s B r i a n L o p a s brian.lopas@conteches.com C o r Wo r t h / R e s t r o o m Fa c i l i t i e s L t d .

H e c t o r G a r c i a hector@corworth.com C OV E R T i m b e r w o r k s To n y P r e s e n z a t o n y @ c o v e r t i m b e r w o r k s . c o m C y c l o n e L i g h t i n g J a s o n R e p a k j a s o n . r e p a k @ a c u i t y b r a n d s . c o m D a v e y R e s o u r c e G r o u p - Te x a s D a n a Ka r c h e r d a n a . k a r c h e r @ d a v e y. c o m D i a n e C o l l i e r G r o u p D i a n e C o l l i e r diane@colliergrouptx.com E a r t h t o n e s D e s i g n , I n c .

J u s t i n C r o c k e r jcrocker@earthtonesdesign.com E n v i r o n m e n t a l D e s i g n s I n c .

E l l e n L e w i s e l l e n l e w i s @ t r e e m o v e r. c o m E p i c P l a s t i c s - B e n d a B o a r d C h a r l e s S h y charles.shy@epicplastics.com E v e r d e G r o w e r s L a n c e R a d e m a c h e r l r a d e m a c h e r @ e v e r d e . c o m E v e r G r o O r g a n i c R e c y c l i n g M a r k M a n n y m a r k . m a n n y @ m a g n a - f l o w. c o m F l e x M S E J o e l Ke n n e d y j o e l @ t r e x i a n a . c o m Fo r e v e r L a w n J a s o n D e l p h j a s o n @ t x . f o r e v e r l a w n . c o m Fo r m a n d F i b e r, I n c .

G e r i R a d e m a c h e r i n f o @ f o r m a n d f i b e r. c o m Fo r m s + S u r f a c e s C a r e y D a v i s c a r e y. d a v i s @ f o r m s - s u r f a c e s . c o m f u n a b o u n d s , i n c .

L e i g h Wa l d e n lwalden@fabplaygrounds.com G a m e T i m e b y To t a l R e c r e a t i o n P r o d u c t s B r y a n O ’ C o n n e r info@totalrecreation.com G C P A p p l i e d Te c h n o l o g i e s B i l l M c H u g h bill.mchugh@gcpat.com G E N A N S A F E T Y S U R FA C I N G M a t t M a c h i n mnm@genan.com G l o w P a t h P a v e r s A l e x Ke t t y i n f o @ g l o w p a t h p a v e r s . c o m G r e e n T h e o r y D e s i g n J o e l F r a n s k e joel@greentheorydesign.com G r o u n d w o r k s Te x a s G e o r g e P N o t t i n g h a m gpn@datepalm.com I M G D a r r e l l P l e m o n s b i g d @ o u t d o o r i m g . c o m i n C o n - t r o l Wa t e r S y s t e m s J e s s e We l l s jwells@incontrolwatersystems.com I n v i s i b l e S t r u c t u r e s , I n c .

M a r i a n n e D a v i d s o n marianne@invisiblestructures.com I r o n A g e D e s i g n s R o y P h i l i p r o y @ m k m s a l e s . c o m James Pole Irrigation Consultants J a m e s P o l e james@jamespoleirrigation.com J o i n t e U S A To m B r a g o t o m @ j o i n t e . c o m Ka s o t a S t o n e S o u t h w e s t R a y S m i t h kasotasw@gmx.com Ke y s t o n e H a r d s c a p e s J o e y G u e d e a j o e y g @ k e y s t o n e h a r d s c a p e s . c o m Ko m p a n , I n c . K i m D u B o s e k i m d u b @ k o m p a n . c o m K r a f t s m a n C o m m e r c i a l P l a y g r o u n d s & Wa t e r P a r k s K r i s S o d e r b e r g i n f o @ k r a f t s m a n p l a y. c o m L a n d s c a p e Fo r m s , I n c .

Melissa Henao-Robledo melissahr@landscapeforms.com

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

EXHIBITOR INDEX 301 602 217 341 218 640 421 634 313 516 219 536 109 210 537 117 110 623 440 419 318 629 535 413 417 637 114 621 100 408 635 642 407 207 518 104 422 102 517 520 520 115 501 625 216 624 211 506 323 311 425 106

L a n d s c a p e S t r u c t u r e s T i m B a r r e t t t i m b a r r e t t @ p l a y l s i . c o m L i t t l e T i k e s C o m m e r c i a l Tr a v i s L e a i n f o @ l e a p a r k a n d p l a y. c o m L i v i n g E a r t h P a u l To m a s o p t o m a s o @ l e t c o g r o u p . c o m L o c i n o x J o s h u a B e r i n j o s h @ l o c i n o x . c o m L o n g h o r n I n c C h a d F i s h e r c f i s h e r @ l o n g h o r n i n c . c o m L O N G S H A D OW P l a n t e r s Ka i l e e B u r g i n k a i l e e @ l o n g s h a d o w. c o m M a d r a x / T h o m a s S t e e l e S t a c y H a l d e m a n shaldeman@madrax.com M c Fa r l i n S t a n f o r d B e n K r o c h e s k i b e n k r o c h e s k i @ m c f a r l i n s t a n f o r d . c o m M i n i c k M a t e r i a l s o f Te x a s T i m S h a n a h a n tims@minickmaterials.com M o o n V i s i o n s L i g h t i n g J o h n M i n a i n f o @ m o o n v i s i o n s l i g h t i n g . c o m M o s t D e p e n d a b l e Fo u n t a i n s R o b e r t B e a c h u m robert@beachumrec.com Mountain States Wholesale Nursery P a t t y C a s c i o patty@mswn.com N a t i v e A m e r i c a n S e e d G e o r g e C a t e s info@seedsource.com N a t i v e Te x a s N u r s e r y J a m e s P l y l e r james@nativetx.com N D S I n c J o s h u a S c h r o e d e r J o s h u a s c h r o e d e r @ n d s p r o . c o m N e t a f i m U S A R o d n e y P a t t o n r o d n e y. p a t t o n @ n e t a f i m . c o m N e w E a r t h I n c .

M i k e L i n i n g e r mlininger@newearthcompost.com O m e g a I I Fe n c e S y s t e m s E s t i Ka r o esti.karo@omegatwo.com P a u l E . A l l e n C o . , I n c .

D e b r a F i n c h info@pauleallenco.com P e r g o l a s U n l i m i t e d Te x a s R o b e r t H o f f m a n Sales@PergolasUnlimited.com P e r m aTr a k B o a r d w a l k S y s t e m F r i t z F r o m h e r z ffromherz@permatrak.com P r o f i l e P r o d u c t s M i c h a e l S c h u p p m s c h u p p @ p r o f i l e p r o d u c t s . c o m P r o g r e s s i v e C o m m e r c i a l A q u a t i c s E r i c a P e a c e erica@proaquatic.com P u b l i c R e s t r o o m C o m p a n y C h a d Ka u f m a n C h a d @ p u b l i c r e s t r o o m c o m p a n y. c o m R a i n B i r d C o r p o r a t i o n G a r r e t t D e a n gdean@rainbird.com R a i n b o w P l a y S y s t e m s E d d i e C h r i s t o p h e r eddie@rps-international.com R o m t e c I n c . C o d y D o o l e y c d o o l e y @ r o m t e c . c o m S i t e S o u r c e I n c . K i m N e a l s i t e s o u r c e @ t x . r r. c o m S i t e O n e G r e e n Te c h J i m W h i t e j w h i t e 2 @ s i t e o n e . c o m S o d S o l u t i o n s P r o f e s s i o n a l s R o b e r t o G u r g e l rgurgel@sodsolutions.com S o u t h e r n B o t a n i c a l J e n n i f e r D e Wo l f e j e n n i f e r. d e w o l f e @ s o u t h e r n b o t a n i c a l . c o m S o u t h w e s t M o n u m e n t & S i g n J o e Fa z z o n e info@swmsigns.com S Y N L a w n A r t i f i c i a l G r a s s T i n a P a l o m b i tpalombi@synlawn.com T. F. H a r p e r & A s s o c i a t e s L P H a n n a h B e a r d e n h b e a r d e n @ t f h a r p e r. c o m Te x a s B o a r d o f A r c h i t e c t u r a l E x a m i n e r s G l e n n G a r r y glenn.garry@tbae.texas.gov Te x a s N u r s e r y a n d L a n d s c a p e A s s n A m y P r e n g e r amy@tnlaonline.org T h e G r o u n d U p L u i s C h a m o r r o luis.chamorro@thegroundup.com T h e O r g a n i c R e c y c l e r T i m S a n s o n e T i m @ T h e O r g a n i c R e c y c l e r. c o m T h e P l a y We l l G r o u p , I n c .

J a m e s R o b e r t s o n james@playwellgroup.com T h e We s t e r n G r o u p J o s h u a We i l joshw@thewesterngroup.com T h e We s t e r n G r o u p J i m Fo r m b y architecture@thewesterngroup.com To p N o t c h Tr e e Fa r m L L C B i l l L a n e bill.lane@topnotchtreefarmtexas.com TO R O I r r i g a t i o n U n i q u e L i g h t i n g L a r r y S p a i n l a r r y. s p a i n @ t o r o . c o m To u r n e s o l S i t e w o r k s C a t h e r i n e L e D u k e c l e d u k e @ t o u r n e s o l . c o m Tr e e S t a k e S o l u t i o n s J e f f Tu l e y j e f f @ t r e e s t a k e s o l u t i o n s . c o m Tr e e D i a p e r H a i l i n g Ya n g i n f o @ t r e e d i a p e r. c o m U S A S h a d e Ke n d a l l P u r g a t o r i o Ke n d a l l . P u r g a t o r i o @ u s a - s h a d e . c o m V i c t o r S t a n l e y, I n c .

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SCHEDULE 04.19.22 01:30-05:30 ATTENDEE REGISTRATION |

Tuesday PM

Convention Center Lobby

02:00-04:30 TOUR 01A | (1 CEPH, HSW)

SAN ANTONIO MISSION REACH BIKE TOUR OR WALKING TOUR | Convention Center Lobby Frates Seeligson, Lee Marlowe,Irby Hightower, & Larry Clark

02:00-04:00 TOUR 01B | (1 CEPH, HSW)

JAPANESE TEA GARDEN | Convention Center Lobby Esti Karo TOUR 01C | (1 CEPH, HSW)

PARK INNOVATIONS: ECOLOGY/COMMUNITY | Convention Center Lobby Bobby Eichholz & James Gray

03:00-05:30

EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION | Convention Center Lobby

06:30-09:30

WELCOME RECEPTION | San Antonio Botanical Garden *Bus Services Available*

04.20.22

Wednesday AM

06:00-07:00 TOUR 02 | (1 CEPH, HSW)

JOGGING TOUR OF DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO | Convention Center Front Nicholas Nelson

07:30-05:00 ATTENDEE REGISTRATION |

Convention Center Lobby

08:00 SILENT AUCTION BIDDING BEGINS |

Online Bidding

08:00-09:00 SESSION 01 | (1 CEPH, HSW)

KEYNOTE SESSION / LEADERSHIP IN THE AGE OF CLIMATE CRISIS: A KEY ROLE FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS | Hemisfair Ballroom Miranda Massie

09:00-10:00 EXHIBIT HALL BREAK |

Exhibit Hall 3

10:00-11:00

SESSION 02A | (1 CEPH, HSW, Sustainable)

TREES AND THE CARBON ECONOMY | Classroom A, Exhibit Hall Daniel Woodroffe, Andrew Smiley, Michael Embesi, & Keith Mars SESSION 02B | (1 CEPH, HSW)

REMEMBER THE BORDERLANDS | Classroom B, Exhibit Hall

Anjelica Sifuentes SESSION 02C | (1 CEPH, Sustainable, ISA) ECOLOGICAL UPLIFT | Classroom C, Room 217 Miles Payton, Justin Hayes, & Cassie Gowan

11:00-11:30

EXHIBIT HALL BREAK | Exhibit Hall 3

11:30-12:30

SESSION 03A | (1 CEPH, HSW)

PRIDE + SUSTAINABILITY AT AUSTIN FC | Classroom A, Exhibit Hall Chris Jackson, Lucia Athens, Katie Coyne, & Kari Spiegelhalter SESSION 03B | (1 CEPH, HSW)

HUMAN CENTRIC DESIGN IN HEALTHCARE | Classroom B, Exhibit Hall Elaine Kearney & Samantha Whitney, AIA SESSION 03C | (1 CEPH, HSW)

“HUMANIZING” THE SMART CITY | Classroom C, Room 217 Matt Bucchin & Lenny Hughes

04.20.22

Wednesday PM

12:30-02:00 AWARDS LUNCHEON |

Hemisfair Ballroom

02:00-02:30 EXHIBIT HALL BREAK |

Exhibit Hall 3

02:30-03:30

SESSION 04A | (1 CEPH, HSW, Sustainable) LET’S GO WILD (RE-WILDING) | Classroom A, Exhibit Hall Matt Stubbs, Angela Hunt, Zach Gomez, & Dr. Tom Lee SESSION 04B | (1 CEPH, HSW)

DESIGNING WITH METAL FOR HARDSCAPES | Classroom B, Exhibit Hall Mark Armstrong SESSION 04C | (1 CEPH, HSW)

TEXAS WOMEN TAKING LANDSCAPE LEADERSHIP BY THE HORNS | Classroom C,

Room 207 Aan Coleman, Christine Ten Eyck, Elizabeth Gilbert, Margaret Robinson, & Rebecca Leonard

03:30-04:00 EXHIBIT HALL BREAK |

Exhibit Hall 3

04:00-05:00 SESSION 05A | (1 CEPH, HSW)

CAMP LAJITA: MASTER PLAN TO PROGRAM | Classroom A, Exhibit Hall Isaac Cohen, Ellen Calhoun Denk, Jody Hernandez, & Zachary Overfield SESSION 05B | (1 CEPH, HSW, Sustainable)

SUPER TREES - TSIG STRATEGIC PLAN | Classroom B, Exhibit Hall Deborah January-Bevers, Matt Baumgarten, & Keiji Asakura SESSION 05C | (1 CEPH, HSW)

A CASE FOR COMPLETE COMMUNITIES | Classroom C, Room 217 Allison Hay, Blake Coleman, Joel Deretchin, & Jeff Smith

04:00-05:30

TOUR 03 | (1 CEPH, Barrier Free Design) * REQUIRES PRE REGISTRATION* INCLUSIVE PLAY - MORGAN’S WONDERLAND PARK | Convention Center Lobby Jill Moore

05:30-07:00 TEXAS A&M ALUMNI STUDENTS RECEPTION |

River Level 008

TEXAS TECH ALUMNI RECEPTION | River Level 007 C&D UT ALUMNI RECEPTION | River Level 007 A&B

04.21.22

Thursday AM

TOUR 04 | (1 CEPH, HSW)

06:00-07:00 JOGGING TOUR OF DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO |

Convention Center Front

Nicholas Nelson

08:00-12:00 ATTENDEE REGISTRATION |

Convention Center Lobby

08:00-09:00 SESSION 06 | (1 CEPH, HSW)

KEYNOTE SESSION / PLANNING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES: WHAT’S NEXT? | Hemisfair Ballroom Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP, Hon. ASLA

09:00-09:30 EXHIBIT HALL BREAK |

Exhibit Hall 3

10:00 SILENT AUCTION BIDDING CLOSES |

Online Bidding Ends

09:30-10:30

SESSION 07A | (1 CEPH, HSW, Sustainable) TREE RISK MANAGEMENT | Classroom A, Exhibit Hall Micah Pace SESSION 07B | (1 CEPH, HSW)

LOW IMPACT DESIGN WITHIN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE| Classroom B, Exhibit Hall

Shawn Massock, Rick Haddock, Rob Maxwell, & Steve Wilcox SESSION 07C | (1 CEPH, Sustainable, ISA) THE CULINARY CONNECTION | Classroom C, Room 217 John Troy, Christine Ten Eyck, Leah Hales, & Mary Keilers

10:30-11:00 EXHIBIT HALL BREAK |

Exhibit Hall 3

11:00-12:00

SESSION 08A | (1 CEPH, HSW)

WATERLOO PARK - A BIG REVEAL | Classroom A, Exhibit Hall Daniel Woodroffe, Eric Schultz, & John Ridgon SESSION 08B | (1 CEPH, HSW)

A RULES REFRESHER FROM TBAE | Classroom B, Exhibit Hall Steve Ramirez SESSION 08C | (1 CEPH, HSW, Sustainable)

SOIL FOR GREENER CITIES | Classroom C, Room 217 Jason Radcliff

04.21.22

Thursday PM

12:00-01:00 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN 01:00-02:00

SESSION 09A | (1 CEPH, Sustainable)

SCAN, TEACH, IMMERSE: ACQUIRING SITE | Classroom A, Exhibit Hall Robert Stepnoski & Hope Hasbrouck SESSION 09B | (1 CEPH, HSW)

OPPORTUNITIES IN HIGHWAY REMOVAL | Classroom B, Exhibit Hall

Meghan Skorina, Emily Risinger, & Ines Sigel SESSION 09C | (1 CEPH, HSW, Sustainable)

CLIMATE RESILIENT PLANTS FOR TEXAS | Classroom C, Room 217

Nick Shipley

02:00-02:30 EXHIBIT HALL BREAK |

Exhibit Hall 3

02:30-03:30 TSA ADA CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS! | Andrea LaCour & Elaine Andersen

Hemisfair Ballroom

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WEDNESDAY

JOGGING TOUR OF DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO NICHOLAS NELSON

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LEADERSHIP IN THE AGE OF CLIMATE CRISIS: A KEY ROLE FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS MIRANDA MASSIE

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TREES AND THE CARBON ECONOMY DANIEL WOODROFFE, ANDREW SMILEY, MICHAEL EMBESI, & KEITH MARS

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REMEMBER THE BORDERLANDS ANJELICA SIFUENTES

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ECOLOGY UPLIFT MILES PAYTON, JUSTIN HAYES, & CASSIE GOWAN

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PRIDE + SUSTAINABILITY AT AUSTIN FC CHRIS JACKSON, LUCIA ATHENS, KATIE COYNE, & KARI SPIEGELHALTER

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HUMAN CENTRIC DESIGN IN HEALTHCARE ELAINE KEARNEY & SAMANTHA WHITNEY, AIA

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“HUMANIZING” THE SMART CITY MATT BUCCHIN & LENNY HUGHES

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LET’S GO WILD (RE-WILDING) MATT STUBBS, ANGELA HUNT, ZACH GOMEZ, & DR. TOM LEE

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DESIGNING WITH METAL FOR HARDSCAPES MARK ARMSTRONG

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TEXAS WOMEN TAKING LANDSCAPE LEADERSHIP BY THE HORNS AAN COLEMAN, CHRISTINE TEN EYCK, ELIZABETH GILBERT, MARGARET ROBINSON, & REBECCA LEONARD

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CAMP LAJITA: MASTER PLAN TO PROGRAM ISAAC COHEN, ELLEN CALHOUN DENK, JODY HERNANDEZ, & ZACHARY OVERFIELD

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SUPER TREES - TSIG STRATEGIC PLAN DEBORAH JANUARY-BEVERS, MATT BAUMGARTEN, & KENJI ASAKURA

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A CASE FOR COMPLETE COMMUNITIES ALLISON HAY, BLAKE COLEMAN, JOEL DERETCHIN, & JEFF SMITH

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06:00-07:00

C ON VE N T I ON C E N T E R F R ON T

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DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO j o gging / wa lk ing tour

Enjoy a front row seat to the sun rising over the Alamo City. The run will take place rain or shine. Headlamps or flashlights are encouraged but not required.

N I C H O L A S N E L S O N , ASLA,

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A love for design and collaboration has resulted in more than 20 years of experience practicing and teaching landscape architecture. During that time running has allowed Mr. Nelson to experience and explore natural and built environments around the world.

MIRANDA MASSIE Miranda Massie is the director of New York City’s Climate Museum, the first climate-dedicated museum in the US. The Museum has developed an activist cultural approach to community engagement with climate, recognizing that most Americans are worried about the climate crisis but unsure how to take meaningful action. Its free, accessible exhibitions, art installations, events, youth programs, and more have touched tens of thousands and received extensive recognition, broadening the climate movement with an emphasis on community, justice, and inclusion. The Museum is currently scaling out to a permanent, year-round presence in New York City.

In 2014, Miranda left a career in social justice law to lay the groundwork for the Museum.

Her prior honors as a civil rights impact litigator include Fletcher Foundation, W.E.B. Dubois Institute, and Harvard Law School Wasserstein Public Interest Fellowships, as well as a Mentorship-in-Residence at Yale Law School. She has served on numerous climate-focused design competitions, and her Climate Museum guest teaching engagements include the Masters programs in Interaction Design at the School of Visual Arts, Museum Studies at NYU, Architecture and Landscape Architecture at RISD, and Climate and Society at Columbia University.

08:00-09:00

H E MI SFA I R BA LLR OOM

WEDNESDAY

As public awareness of and anxiety about climate change grow, and the physical impacts of climate change themselves foreground the need for both mitigation and resilience in planning and design, landscape architects can play a critical leadership role by showing that we both can and must break with business, and development, as usual--and that the designed world we will come to occupy will be more functional and more beautiful as a result.

KEYNOTE SESSION

Landscape architects possess a unique leadership potential to offer meaningful pathways forward as humanity confronts the climate crisis in the United States and beyond. The work of landscape architecture, positioned at the intersection of natural systems, social systems, and design, offers inspiring opportunities for material and moral progress. In it are embedded myriad climate-pertinent choices: landscape planning and design can sequester carbon or emit it; can physically express shared community interest or intensify the divisions that slow progress; can elevate appreciation for nature and natural systems or subvert their recognition; and can advance climate justice or intensify the disparate impacts of the intensifying crisis.

These values and questions are embedded implicitly in the practice of landscape architecture; the climate crisis demands that they be made explicit.

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LEADERSHIP IN THE A G E O F C L I M AT E CRISIS: A KEY ROLE FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS

10:00-11:00

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TREES AND THE CARBON ECONOMY Planting trees is one of the most cost-effective methods to combat the climate crisis and cool our city. TreeFolks uses the Carbon+ Credits generated by their reforestation work as a metric for tracking their impact of carbon sequestration and offsets. This session explores the dynamics of our rapidly changing urban forest and how an innovative new program called Carbon+ Credits is creating a new paradigm for Urban Forest renewal.

DANIEL WOODROFFE As Founder and President of dwg., Daniel is a leading voice of the urban architectural landscape. His work explores the interrelationship between the landscape, architecture and infrastructure to express the importance of creating exceptional designs that are socially, environmentally and economically equitable and resilient. His work spans a multitude of scales and collectively focuses on adaptive reuse and urban transformations that amplify climate resilience and the creation of engaging, social spaces. He is passionate about celebrating storytelling through an honest use of authentic materials, local crafts and trades that leverage a rich sense of place and distinctiveness that is unique to each project. Through the efforts of his firm, dwg., he has helped shape the city of Austin throughout its greatest period of change. He has developed strong and diverse relationships throughout this process, exposing him to a range of perspectives, contributing to his expertise in the subject matter. His work can be found in Austin and throughout Texas, New York, Colorado, California, Florida, Nebraska, Dubai and Bahrain.

ANDREW SMILEY Andrew has 25 years of experience working in sustainability and ecological systems. Andrew began his career in sustainable agriculture in Louisiana, then relocated to Austin, TX and began work with Sustainable Food Center in 2005 in a role that evolved into the Deputy Director position. Andrew finally took his “gap year” in 2018, dedicating time to post-disaster relief with Farm Aid, agriculture policy for a political candidate, and a brief stint managing capital project and FEMA grants for the parks department. In 2019, Andrew came home TreeFolks, where he helps lead the team and steward the mission as Executive Director. Environmental sustainability, social justice, and community health will continue to inspire Andrew’s professional pursuits and personal life. During his time spent away from work, Andrew can be found biking along the trails, swimming in the springs, and paddling around the lakes, rivers, and bays of Texas.

MICHAEL EMBESI Michael Embesi is a Consulting Arborist with Bartlett Tree Experts after a long career managing the Community Tree Preservation Division at the City of Austin. Michael’s thoughtful approach with his clients brings a high level of arboriculture expertise while maximizing the significance of trees. He flourishes on Caring For People Who Care For Their Trees. Michael received his bachelor’s degree from Concordia University in Environmental Science and his Master’s from New Mexico State University in Agriculture. His service-minded career has been focused on mitigating human impacts to the natural environment, beginning as a Peace Corps Environmental Officer at St. Kitts/Nevis, and as an Environmental Scientist at NASA. In his spare time, Michael enjoys volunteering in the Texas Coastal Bend area, restoring wetlands and collecting abandoned crab traps.

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Keith Mars, AICP, CA, works for the City of Austin where he manages a group of dedicated public servants that preserve, plan, promote, and study Austin’s urban forest. His division’s portfolio includes administering tree preservation and planting regulations and implementing Austin’s comprehensive urban forest plan for public properties. Keith has a bachelor’s degree in Biology and Political Science from Carson-Newman University and a master’s degree in Forestry and Environmental Policy from the University of Tennessee.

10:00-11:00

C LA SSR OOM B, E XH I BI T H A LL

02B

WEDNESDAY

SESSION

REMEMBER THE BORDERLANDS An investigation into the forgotten and abandoned communities along the United States-Mexico border. The region connecting the U.S. and Mexico is one of the most populated and diverse areas, yet is repeatedly underserved and neglected in comparison to the rest of the United States. In Texas alone, the border stretches 1,241 miles with almost 10% of the states’ population residing in a border county. Although a large majority of communities exist in this area, the number of resources and aid that is dispersed to it is disproportionate to what is truly necessary. Counties along this region account for some of the highest poverty rates, have the least amount of educational opportunities, and may even have extensive limited access to basic human services such as clean water and sanitation. Energy given to our southern border in the past decade has been dominated by inaccurate facts and rhetoric based on political ideals and practices as opposed to the reality of life. For people living in border towns, it has become harder to be included in nationwide progression because of long lived inequality and lack of representation in diverse professions. For this research, the towns of Eagle Pass, Texas and Piedras Negras, Coahuila serve as a case study to investigate the importance of mitigating policies to support our border towns co-existing successfully as they once did decades before. Historically these communities were co-established as one organism and it is important to acknowledge what the U.S. has done to alter these communities’ quality of life by attempting to keep them separate. Not only this, but we must explore what we can do to help restore those original parameters in unconventional ways thru modern advocacy, community aid and engagement. By refuting ideas such as creating a physical divide, this research aims to question how two countries can once again exist successfully for the benefit of every community.

ANJELICA SIFUENTES Anjelica Sifuentes is currently a project landscape designer at Design Workshop in the Houston studio.

Originally from San Antonio, Texas, she grew up surrounded by the rich culture of her Mexican ancestors, sparking her interest in the relationship designers have with the past. Her experience in Texas, California and Louisiana has given her a new perspective on how human interactions directly influence the unique social, cultural, and ecological aspects of an environment. Anjelica believes that landscape architects have the ability to influence the world in a way that benefits each specific region by bridging the gap between history and innovative design. Her hopes are to continue to be an advocate for the profession through the promotion of cultural remediation and activism in landscape architecture. Anjelica was honored as a 2018 University Olmsted Scholar and was awarded the EDSA Minority Scholarship for her research and scholastic achievements. She is part of the 2018 graduating class of the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture at Louisiana State University where she won multiple awards for her research of the urbanization trends of cities along the U.S.-Mexico border. In her approach to complete her final Capstone project titled “Redefining Our Borderlands”, she used spatial programming to investigate design concepts for alternative measures of border security between Mexico and the United States. She is currently a Salzburg Global Seminar World Urban Parks Emerging Leader and a member of the Parks for the Planet 2021 program. By continuing her pursuit for racial and social equality in under-represented communities along the U.S.-Mexico border, she has been able to connect with global innovators and designers with common goals and interests.

WEDNESDAY

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ECOLOGICAL UPLIFT Every project, be it an urban office campus, a suburban teachers’ retreat, or a beloved neighborhood park, has the opportunity to integrate water, enhance biodiversity, and create wildlife habitat through Ecological Uplift. Through analysis, design, and construction, each phase has its own challenges and opportunities. An uplifted project will deliver heightened biodiversity, resiliency, and beauty in the landscape beyond a business-as-usual approach. A group of landscape architects and ecological designers describe their experiences in creating projects that exemplify Ecological Uplift. By applying thorough analysis to a site, including understanding existing and historic vegetation, hydrology, geologic and soil characteristics, and former land uses, the designer can begin to define opportunities and constraints for the site. This is exemplified by the approach to Springdale Green, a brownfield site which required detailed site assessments to understand soil toxicity and compaction and prevalence of invasive species. Design begins with understanding the site to preserve functioning ecology while repairing or enhancing other components. The Holdsworth Center found opportunities in the challenges presented by site drainage. The solution involved a series of swales and rain gardens, terminating in a constructed wetland. This approach required significant grading, which made removal of invasive species more successful, and led to introducing dozens of new native species to the site. During the transition from drawing to constructed landscape, the success of ecological uplift can hinge on getting specific details correct. On Kingsbury Commons, the approach to uplift was itself resilient by being simple and inexpensive to install, relying on the implementation of simple grassland motts. On the Dell Medical campus, the client and designers supported Siglo in thorough construction observation, allowing consistent presence on the job site to ensure correct execution.

M I L E S P AY T O N Miles Payton is a landscape and ecological designer. At Siglo Group, he focuses on planting strategies, natural area management, habitat restoration, and construction best practices. Miles has three years of experience in commercial landscape architecture in Austin and San Antonio, and draws from 14 years of ecological design experience at Siglo Group. His work is focused on rewilding, active stewardship of urban landscapes, and building ecological resilience in the face of climate change. Miles received his Masters of Landscape Architecture from The University of Texas at Austin, and in 2016 was part of the winning team in the ULI Hines Student Competition. He received his BA in Environmental Studies from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

J U S T I N H AY E S Justin Hayes has been in the landscaping industry for 22 years. Starting at UT Austin in 2008 as a gardener, he worked his way up to crew leader and eventually supervisor of the SITES Gold certified Dell Medical District landscape. He and his team won the Texas Turf Association’s “Best Turf in Texas” contest in 2012 for their work on the campus’ University Avenue landscape. He received his National Organic Farmers Association (NOFA) Organic Land Care Accreditation in 2017. In addition, he is Grow Green certified as well as Level 3 certified through the Native Plant Society of Texas. In June 2017, Justin took over the Dell Seton Medical School @ U.T. Austin. The district is now on year 5 of being successfully maintained upholding these standards. He leads tours and educates various groups about how to successfully maintain a native sustainable landscape.

C A S S I E G O WA N A rare native Austinite, Cassie brings a serious passion for plants, details, art and design to the table. She consistently seeks the poetry of place through a thoughtful conceptual approach and finds a balanced dialogue between interior and exterior spaces through drawing exploration, design and detailing. Beginning her design career in 2003, Cassie worked for several award-winning landscape architecture firms in Austin before joining dwg. Her experience ranges from design/ build ranch and estate projects to larger commercial, hospitality and civic projects.

Since joining the dwg. family in 2013, Cassie has contributed in numerous ways with her intuitive design sensibility and creativity to projects at all scales from start to finish. Some key projects include: the Arrive Hotel, Pershing, the Hotel Van Zandt, THIRST, McNay Art Museum, Fareground at 111, Riata Vista, Soho House and Music Lane, Paradox Cove, Waterloo Park among many others. With a particular affinity for all things plants, Cassie often directs the botanical visions in the studio.

Cassie studied Fine Art and received a Bachelor of Interior Architecture from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago as well as a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin in addition to Master Gardener training. In her spare time, Cassie serves on the Board of the Zilker Botanical Garden Conservancy and often mentors design students at the UT School of Architecture. A self-proclaimed plant nerd, she loves to get her hands dirty on the job site and in the garden. You might find her painting, drawing or hiking with her family on secret hill country trails.

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PRIDE + S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y AT AUSTIN FC The Austin FC Q2 Stadium was designed as a “Stadium in a Park” and a world-class soccer venue grounded in the regional ethos of Austin and Central Texas. While being a major economic generator, it is also a welcoming and proud gathering space for all people of Austin, especially Austin’s Latinx community. Even on non-match days, the City-owned parkland that surrounds the stadium remains open to the public and the variety of events occurring even when there is not a match makes this space a cultural asset to the City of Austin 365 days of the year. The site has a major trail loop, a series of versatile civic spaces, and connects to a larger major regional bike/ped transportation system coordinated with the City of Austin Urban Trails Team. The site generates both regional pride for the City of Austin’s first major league sports stadium, and neighborhood pride through access to the ‘everyday nature’ that the parkland provides to the surrounding community both now and in the future, reflecting Austin’s nature-forward values and lifestyle. Likewise, the stadium accomplishes the City of Austin’s sustainability goals at multiple scales. The design team worked extensively with the City of Austin Sustainability office to develop ambitious sustainability outcomes for both the stadium and the surrounding landscape. In this panel, lead landscape architect TBG will speak to the stadium’s ambitious vision for the stadium’s parkland and landscape design and preparations for future development at the stadium. The City of Austin’s Chief Sustainability Officer will speak to the stadium and the landscape’s innovative sustainability accomplishments and the public-private partnerships that made these possible. Asakura Robinson will speak to the design of sustainable systems and stakeholder facilitation in their role as urban ecology and sustainability consultants on the project.

CHRIS JACKSON A Principal in TBG’s Austin office, Chris is a Pennsylvania native who has called central Texas home since joining TBG in 2007 and has become deeply embedded in the local community through wide-ranging involvement. He is actively involved with many local entities focused on community enhancement like the Downtown Austin Alliance, The Trail Foundation and ASLA’s CodeNEXT Advisory Committee, which provide valuable outlets to effect change in terms of urban renewal. Chris also serves as TBG Austin’s Business Development Leader and engages projects at all scales.

L U C I A AT H E N S Lucia Athens is the City of Austin’s first Chief Sustainability Officer. Recognized internationally as an authority on sustainability, she is the author of the Island Press book Building an Emerald City: A Guide to Creating Green Building Policies and Programs. Her forthcoming book is called The Sustainability Revolutionists. Lucia began her career in public service at the City of Austin as a key member of the development team for Austin Energy’s Green Building Program in the early 1990s. From there, she spent ten years leading the City of Seattle’s Green Building Program. She rejoined the City of Austin in 2010. Lucia has served on the Board of Directors for the U.S. Green Building Council, Green Building Certification Institute, and EcoDistricts. Currently, she is on local Advisory Councils for EcoRise and the Sustainable Food Center. She also has collaborated on design projects with the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, Rocky Mountain Institute, and U.S. Global Green. Lucia represents Austin as part of the North American Climate Mayors and as a delegate to the global C40 Cities group. In addition to a Master of Science in Architectural Studies from the University of Texas, she also has a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture from Texas A&M. Locally, she’s served as a Water Efficiency Program Assistant for the City, a Water Efficiency Program Manager for the Lower Colorado River Authority, and helped to write Austin’s “Green Builder Guide”. She also helped found the Sustainable Building Coalition of Austin, a group that has since morphed into Design-Build-Live.

K AT I E C O Y N E Katie leads the Urban Ecology Studio at Asakura Robinson where she works to integrate more science into practice. The Urban Ecology Studio’s work spans planning and design disciplines and incorporates resilient design principles, landscape ecology, plant science, health science, climate science, and other bodies of knowledge into work on parks, conservation areas, urban landscapes, neighborhood and small area plans, sustainable tourism strategies, and green infrastructure planning and design. Katie’s traditional training in ecology and her education in planning and design has armed her with the tools to understand how economic, cultural, social, and ecological goals must be balanced across scales for a resilient future. She has been a part of the leadership team on numerous innovative projects including: Healthy Parks Plan for Travis, Bastrop, and Caldwell Counties, Austin FC Stadium Sustainable Design, Vision Galveston, Resilient Houston, and Dallas Water Gardens Ecological Design, among others. In 2019, Katie won the Under 40 Award for the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction category; and, was recognized as one of the top 25 women leaders in Austin as a finalist in the Austin Business Journal’s Profiles in Power Awards. Katie also serves on the City of Austin Environmental Commission, City of Austin Joint Sustainability Committee, The Trail Foundation Ecological Restoration Committee, and on the Board of Directors for Equality Texas (#yallmeansall).

K A R I S P I E G E L H A LT E R As a Senior Urban Ecological Designer for Asakura Robinson, Kari works on a broad range of sustainability and equity-related planning and design projects that enhance urban ecosystems, public health, and environmental justice. She is especially interested in how participatory design processes build ecological and social resilience in communities. Kari’s portfolio at Asakura Robinson includes notable planning and design work such as the Healthy Parks Plan for Bastrop, Travis and Caldwell Counties, the Austin State Hospital’s therapeutic landscapes, San Antonio Trail Design Strategy, and Austin’s FC Soccer Stadium. Kari received her Masters of Landscape Architecture from Cornell University and was named Cornell’s 2018 Graduate Olmsted Scholar. At Cornell, she became interested in community engagement and environmental justice, and co-wrote the “Landscape Architecture Student’s Guide to Environmental Justice,” which received an ASLA Student Award in the communications category in 2018. Kari has also been recognized through the American Planning Association as the sole landscape architect on the winning team for the APA’s 2018 Student Design Competition. Prior to beginning her MLA, she co-founded a volunteer natural resources commission to restore prairies and wetlands in her hometown of Prospect Heights, Illinois. Kari also holds a BA in Biology and a BA in Environmental Studies from Lawrence University.

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HUMAN CENTRIC DESIGN IN H E A LT H C A R E When thinking about hospitals and healthcare facilities, we generally think of them as being places you visit when you or a loved one are sick. Broadly speaking, they’re places typically not sought out for recharging or finding solace. What if hospitals and healthcare facilities could be more than places you visit when you’re ill? The strain on the healthcare system has been unwavering since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Hospitals have seen dramatic increases in patient loads while staff numbers continue to decrease due to the strain of the job. Panelists from TBG Partners will share three healthcare projects that are changing the perspective on healthcare environments and the traditional approach to designing these spaces. The South Texas Medical Center plays a vital role in San Antonio’s health and wellness. By taking a vehicle centric campus and turning it into a pedestrian-oriented environment through complete streets, open spaces and trail networks, the campus now prioritizes the health of the community. Within the Medical Center, The Texas Organ Sharing Alliance headquarters provides further meaning and solace with a Memorial Garden designed to commemorate organ donors and recipients. The garden is a sacred space for reflection, respite, and uplifting celebration, which supports healing for families and employees alike.

The Texas Health Resources campus located in Frisco, Texas, is a community health facility that helps promote well-being by empowering community members to take an active role in their health and wellness. The design team was challenged to develop a medical campus that shifts the typical, reactive healthcare facility to an engaging healthcare facilitator promoting proactive, healthy lifestyle. The campus is designed to integrate context, architecture, and the environment creating seamless connections throughout the campus reinforcing a healing environment for patients, visitors, and staff while promoting environmental stewardship.

ELAINE KEARNEY Elaine leads TBG San Antonio as Managing Principal, guiding her local team through a variety of design projects in addition to being passionately engaged with local and industry-focused organizations. Elaine is a founding member of ActivateSA, a local non-profit which advocates for bike and pedestrian connectivity.

Elaine is also the mayor’s representative on the Linear Creekway Parks Advisory Board and serves as the cochair of the ULI Placemaking local membership council. She brings a sophisticated design perspective to each project that reflects her wide-ranging professional and academic experience.

ERIC GARRISON TBG’s Director of Practice and a Principal in TBG’s Dallas office, Eric has nearly 20 years’ professional experience that includes working on elaborate projects throughout the United States and internationally. He excels at both large-scale planning and landscape design at a more focused site level, allowing him to contribute to the successful creation of numerous projects. Eric also is proficient at working through the multidisciplinary charrette process that produces extensive work product in a matter of days — he has been integral to many of TBG’s most successful charrette endeavors.

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“HUMANIZING” THE SMART CITY Our buildings, transportation, and infrastructure are becoming more intelligent, and our citizens are completely reliant on tech as part of our daily lives. Our cities are also increasingly being impacted by large-scale disruptors from climate change and extreme weather events to pandemics to fiscal challenges stemming from changes in market patterns and consumer preferences. Many are turning to Smart City technology-related solutions to help solve these complex, interdisciplinary issues. At a minimum, smart city technology can be used to improve efficiency and reduce resource consumption. But “smart” design goes beyond just improving efficiency. As it relates to our urban places and spaces, it needs to set the foundation for a livable, sustainable future, one that focuses on how technology serves and improves both the natural and human environment. In this regard, it is also about “humanizing” these technologies to best serve the needs of the people that use them. This is where our landscape architects can lead the way. This session introduces the concept of Smart Cities, its trends and benefits, its applicability to landscape architecture, and how technology is influencing and changing our urban landscapes and built environments. It will also highlight examples of innovative technological ideas and opportunities for landscape architects to “humanize” them as part of our processes and projects.

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Matt Bucchin, AICP, LEED Green Associate is currently a Regional Practice Leader with Halff Associates, Inc., at the Austin office. He has over 25 years of public and private sector experience at the city, state, and special district levels of government. Over the last 10 years, Matt has worked as a planning consultant and project manager on comprehensive, park, corridor, active transportation and downtown master planning processes and zoning and land development code projects. He also leads Halff’s Smart Cities initiative. Beyond his primary job duties, he has also taken leadership roles for several American Planning Association (APA) initiatives including being the past Division Chair for the APA’s Sustainable Communities Division, founding member of APA’s Smart Cities Interest Group, and project manager for APA’s Smart Cities and Sustainability Initiative (2014-present). Matt has been privileged to speak or lead events at many national, regional, and local conferences over the past several years related to smart cities, sustainability, and transportation, including six of the past seven APA National Planning Conferences (2014-2019; 2021).

LENNY HUGHES,

PLA

Lenny Hughes, PLA, ASLA is a Vice President and Regional Practice Leader with Halff Associates, Inc., at the firm’s headquarters Richardson office. He brings more than 25 years of experience in master planning and design of urban spaces, parks, trails, bikeways, and site landscape architecture. Over the past decade, Lenny has led the development of extremely progressive and cutting-edge projects throughout Texas and the greater Southwestern United States. He also has an extraordinary track record with successful grant applications for parks and trails, successfully securing over $100M in grants and funding within the past 10 years.

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LET’S GO WILD ( R E-W I L D I N G ) Re-Wilding is a concept that is going on across the globe and has a multitude of possibilities for each situation. Re-Wilding affects our health, safety and welfare through its impact on our surrounding environment. It also helps us create more sustainable landscapes. Effects of climate change are becoming more apparent every year and our Urban Areas taking up more of our natural ecosystems. Re-Wilding can help restore some balance by inviting nature to be a piece of our urban fabric. There are examples throughout Texas of threatened ecologies that can benefit from Re-Wilding. We need to be embracing nature and become more comfortable with a wild looking landscape throughout our cities. A place to start is our waterways. Texas is a comprised of numerous Rivers, creeks, springs and drainage ways. Typically turn our backs to the areas leaving them to be taken over by invasive species or they become only a benefit to the select few whose property backs up to them. They are also destroyed by either channelizing them or taking them underground to manage our stormwater runoff. But wouldn’t a Re-Wilded Landscape be much more equipped for such a task as managing stormwater?

Texas is also part of the path of many migratory species, though as our ecology changes we lose the important food sources for those migrating species as well as ones for year-round species. By Re-Wilding landscapes we provide food sources for those species both directly or indirectly. Finally, public policy has many codes and ordinances can put up hurdles to Re-Wilding projects, those need amending. This panel will look at 4 different aspects of Re-Wilding: Design, Policy, Native Flora and Native Fauna. Panelist will give a short presentation on their areas of focus. Then there will be several questions to the panel and each panelist will get an opportunity to respond, with a short Q&A period.

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Matt is the Managing Principal of Kevin Sloan Studio. He is a practicing Landscape Architect with more than 16 years of experience working on projects of various sizes and typology in Texas and throughout the US. Matt owes his interest in Re-Wilding to Kevin Sloan, Founder of Kevin Sloan Studio, who introduced Matt to the concept through the firm’s efforts to Re-Wild the Trinity River basin in Dallas, particularly the area known as the Balanced Vision Plan. He strives to continue the work that Kevin began with Re-Wilding and the diligence to quality design that Kevin Sloan Studio has always offered. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Texas A&M University.

ANGELA HUNT Angela is a shareholder at the law firm Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C., where she leads the firm’s zoning and land use group. Angela and her team advise clients on a broad range of local governmental issues. Angela has been involved in civic issues for many years. In 2002, she led her neighborhood’s effort to create the city’s largest conservation district, protecting the architectural integrity of nearly 1000 historic M Streets homes in Old East Dallas. Three years later, Angela was elected to the Dallas City Council where she served four terms, stepping down after eight years due to term limits. As the councilmember for central Dallas, Angela represented the city’s largest tax base and areas of greatest growth. She earned a reputation of transparency, accountability, and fiscal responsibility. During her time on the Council, Angela is best known for her opposition to the Trinity Toll Road project. She led a high-profile, citywide referendum against the road. The measure narrowly failed, but the issue became elevated in the public discourse. After leaving the council, Angela remained an outspoken critic of the Trinity Toll Road. The Dallas City Council finally voted to eliminate the controversial project in 2017. Recognition of Angela’s work includes selection as the “City’s Best Councilmember” by the Dallas Observer every year of her service. In 2008, she was chosen to receive the Marshall Memorial Fellowship, and in 2012, she received the Outstanding Alumna award from Rice University’s Department of Women & Gender Studies. Angela received her undergraduate degree from Rice University and her law degree from the University of Texas. Angela has served on the boards of the Greater Dallas Planning Council and the Better Block Foundation, and is a member of the board of the Klyde Warren Park Public Improvement District.

ZACH GOMEZ,

MPA

Zach Gomez is the Horticulture Manager for the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Zach has a Bachelor of Science and Master of Public Administration from Tarleton State University and over 20 years’ experience in professional horticulture. A lifelong Texan, Zach has a passion for gardening with the use of native Texas plants. During his tenure with the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Zach has worked on several projects which have included invasive plant removal and ecological restoration of five acres of native forest and riparian area, and the renovation of the five-acre Tinsley Garden which features over 175 species of plants native to North Central Texas. Zach’s passion for nature and restoring ecological balance is a major influence in his horticultural management philosophy.

DR. TOM LEE Dr. Tom Lee is a Professor of Biology for Abilene Christian University. He is a Clark Stevens Endowed Professor since June 2020 and is also the founder / current curator for the Abilene Christian University Natural History Collection (ACUNHC). That collection was accredited with the American Society of Mamologist in June 2002.

Other roles at ACU include the past Chair of the Department of Biology for ACU, chair of the ACU Library Committee and past Chair of the ACU Faculty Senate. Dr. Lee has field experience in various locations in North America and South America surveying mammals. During his career he has presented over 90 papers on the study of Mammals and has been published over 60 times in various publications. He has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards for his work including a new species named in his honor, a new species of Tanyuromys Pine scientific name Tanyuromys thomasleei. Dr. Lee received his Ph.D. in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences from Texas A&M University, his M.S. in Biology from Angelo State University and a B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences from Texas A&M University.

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DESIGNING WITH M E TA L F O R HARDSCAPES Throughout our history, on a daily basis, we interact with Landscape architects and designers about custom applications – either a customization of one of our standard products, or something completely new and unique. Though this is not not a formalized procedure in the sense that we at Iron Age can determine what questions come across our desk, our willingness and ability to leverage the resources we have in order to run these different requests down gives us a very good idea of the types of information that our clients need in order to see their objectives fulfilled. From metal casting in iron, aluminum, and bronze, to welding, laser and water jet cutting steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and bronze, to applying specialty applied finishes, we do it all. The attendee will learn about these various processes; their similarities and their differences, the limitations of these differing manufacturing methods, the specifics of different alloys in terms of strength, corrosion resistance, and their functional and aesthetic suitability based on a number of other criteria. This niche is a very narrow but very deep one, and this course is intended to help establish a basic “lingua franca” to assist the specifier to move more quickly and confidently through the design process, asking the best questions, and making more informed and thus efficient decisions when incorporating metals into their designs.

MARK ARMSTRONG Mark Armstrong has been in the decorative metal industry, specific to site furnishings and other architectural elements, for over 20 years, including the past 15 as co-founder and President of Iron Age Designs. With a formal education in restaurant management and culinary arts, Mark worked in both the hospitality and construction trades before his pivotal exposure to the world of artisanal foundries and specialty fabricators.

Since that time, he has been involved in the design and production of hundreds of products, helping to create functional and elegant solutions for public and private projects worldwide. The resources and relationships Mark has developed within the design community, and with a wide variety of manufacturing specialists, all inform his unique approach to this work.

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TEXAS WOMEN TA K I N G L A N D S C A P E LEADERSHIP BY THE HORNS Women Taking Landscape Leadership by the horns is a panel discussion joining female firm owners to discuss topics related to owning your own business, being your own boss, career navigation, burnout and words of wisdom. Each panelist will present the female led work that their offices curate while sharing lessons learned along the way, and positing what the future of landscape leadership looks like in Texas.

AAN COLEMAN Aan Garrett Coleman is the founder of Coleman and Associates with offices in Austin and San Antonio. 2022 marks her 41st year of practice and 35th Anniversary of Coleman & Associates. Aan spent her first 7 formative years heading up the design department of a design-build firm. This foundation rooted in implementation, procurement, costs management and construction observation has shaped her approach to our profession and her heart-felt appreciation for the labor force, growers and artisans who are essential to the success of our practice.

Aan is the recent past Chair and founding member of the Real Estate Council of Austin, a member of the Texas A&M College of Architecture Dean’s Advisory Council, Past Chair and present member of the Texas A&M LAUP Professional Advisory Board, a 7 year member of the City of Austin Design Commission, a member of the Austin Area Research Organization, and has served on the board of the Umlauf Sculpture Garden for more years than she’ll admit to.

CHRISTINE TEN EYCK Landscape architect Christine Ten Eyck is founding principal of Ten Eyck Landscape Architects based in Austin, Texas and previously in Phoenix, Arizona. During her career of over 35 years, Christine has drawn upon her intuition and knowledge to build a body of work which celebrates the inherent beauty of arid lands, the culture of its people and the sacred path of water, pioneering contemporary regionalism in the southwest. Her work illustrates the capacity for place-based landscape architecture to address pressing urban global issues such as climate, habitat, and water quality protection, while also creating restorative outdoor environments that are infused with culture and natural beauty, encourage social interaction, and foster human healing.

Dallas born, Christine received her Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Texas Tech University. She became a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) in 2003. Committed to advancing both landscape architectural practice and education, Christine has lectured at various conferences and institutions including Stanford University, University of British Columbia, The Parrish Museum, The University of Texas at Austin, Stanford, Penn State and UC Berkeley as well as conferences in Chile and Australia.

ELIZABETH GILBERT As Managing Principal, Elizabeth is focused on guiding the firm’s vision and creating an exceptional experience for both the client and the Clark Condon team. Poised and concise, her leadership supports firm growth through mentorship and company strategy. Throughout her career, she has built a diverse portfolio of public and private projects with a passion for design excellence, creativity, and community impact. She excels at relationship building and creative design solutions. An accomplished designer, she collaborates with the client and design team to create memorable spaces that inspire, educate, and intertwine with nature. Elizabeth joined Clark Condon in 2004 after graduating from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor’s of Landscape Architecture.

MARGARET ROBINSON Margaret Robinson is a Founder and Managing Principal at Asakura Robinson and leader of the Austin studio where she oversees local collaborations for civic, entertainment, cultural, commercial, and residential clients. She holds over 30 years of planning, urban design and landscape architecture experience in Texas, California, and abroad with special expertise in innovative design thinking and overall project leadership.

An expert and advocate of sustainable design, Margaret has championed the use of green infrastructure and highperformance landscape design solutions that preserve existing ecosystems, improve stormwater quality, and educate users about the benefits of sustainable construction techniques. Her award-winning portfolio includes the Landa Park Master Plan in New Braunfels, the South Central Waterfront Vision Framework Plan in Austin, and the Trail Design Strategy for the City of San Antonio.

REBECCA LEONARD Rebecca Leonard, FAICP, PLA, LEED AP, CNU-A, the founder of Lionheart Places LLC, has over 20 years of experience in landscape architecture, community planning, urban design, stakeholder engagement, and facilitation. She has designed significant projects in the realm of parks and plazas such as the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center and the Lafitte Greenway in New Orleans. She has led redevelopment and mixed-use projects such as Destination Bell Boulevard in Cedar Park Texas and Broadmoor in Austin Texas. She has master planned and designed large communities, corporate campuses, and resorts. A national leader in performance-based design, Rebecca’s desire to balance the environmental, community, and economic benefits in every project creates successful results. She collaborates closely with her clients to ensure that the plans she helps create are implemented. It is her awareness of the challenges bridging from visioning into implementation that drove her to open Lionheart, a firm committed to seeing clients realize their visions! She co-founded WxLA in 2018 – a gathering of leaders in landscape architecture that champion gender equality in the profession.

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C A M P L A J I TA : MASTER PLAN TO PROGRAM The biggest challenge the Girl Scouts organization faces today is remaining relevant in the twenty-first century. Starting with a national analysis of trends, the planning team worked at the regional scale to introduce site experience as a primary determinant in GSUSA’s property evaluation, portfolio strategy, and program offerings. This shifted the organization’s perception of how mission, site, and program work together across a system of sites to delivery dynamic experiences for girls. Through this process the team was engaged to create a mission driven master plan for Camp La Jita, 70 miles from San Antonio, that was awarded a 2019 National ASLA award for Planning & Analysis. This session will explore how a long-term relationship with a mission driven organization can result in a master plan that is responsive to the organizational needs, while both respecting history and projecting an innovative future that is responsive to a dynamic landscape. The panel includes Studio Outside designers, Girl Scouts of SW Texas, and the project Archaeologist. Together, the panel will present the Camp La Jita planning process from organizational analysis to a visionary master plan highlighted with innovative programming, archaeology & S.T.E.M., and the State Antiquities Landmark at Camp La Jita that resulted from it. Participants will hear about a Master Plan that positions Camp La Jita as one of the only, if not the only, camp in the nation where scouts are able to learn archaeology and actively participate in ongoing excavations on camp property. Together we will share the design process, the impact of this on new programs, camp attendance, and fundraising, and how this master plan has contributed to the ongoing archaeological importance of the site.

ISAAC COHEN Isaac Cohen, joined Studio Outside in July 2017 and brings a decade of experience working on all aspects of park and urban public space issues. He spent this time working with communities around the country on advocacy and fundraising to build urban park, and on engagement and research into critical issues impacting the use of public space. He brings a wealth of knowledge of Dallas neighborhoods, history, and landscapes that he hopes to integrate into the studio.

He is inspired by building relationships with the communities he works with and finding ways to represent and elevate their history, experiences, and connections to the land in an artful way. In Dallas, he has worked on a range of projects including Activating Vacancy, an arts and placemaking initiative in the Tenth Street Historic District; Little Free Libraries/ Libros Libres, a literacy and placemaking project and an analysis of the relationship between Dallas’ public park system and residential racial segregation and movement within the city. His work has been published and exhibited nationally and internationally.

ELLEN CALHOUN DENK Ellen Calhoun Denk brings over 12 years of experience and a passion for parks and environmental education to Studio Outside management. She possesses expertise with visual communication and excels at creating meaningful images that clearly present complex ideas about composition, program, and people. Ellen enjoys a dedication to creating highquality design and product. Inspired by enhancing people’s lives and experiences, Ellen strives to create designs that allow people to connect visually and cognitively with nature. With a multi-generational family tradition of ranching and gardening in southern Missouri, Ellen’s work focuses equally on both aesthetic and pragmatic concerns. Her heritage grounds her in stewardship of the land and managing working landscapes. When not working, Ellen enjoys renovating her 100-year-old house and escaping outdoors in her Oak Cliff neighborhood. Ellen’s work brings enthusiasm and commitment that fosters a distinctive office culture and mentorship to the company.

JODY HERNANDEZ As Chief Operating Officer, Jody Shaw Hernandez works closely with the Chief Executive Officer as a member of the council’s executive team and leads the strategic direction of the membership, program, outdoor education, product sales, properties, outcomes and volunteer services departments and provides direction for the design, development and delivery of council program and membership efforts. Hernandez is also the head for the council strategic learning team.

A professional Girl Scout and volunteer for many years, Hernandez comes to San Antonio from Evansville, Indiana, where she was Director of Membership Services at Girl Scouts of Southwest Indiana for five years. Within that time Hernandez oversaw the Girl Scouts of Raintree Council’s Strategic Learning Process where she recruited 25 prominent community members along with council staff to participate in assessing the overall delivery system in the Raintree Council and formulated framework for building strategy and tactical implementations for moving forward. Prior to her work in Indiana, Hernandez was employed as Director of Fund Development at the Girl Scout Council of Greater St. Louis. Hernandez also has work experience in the field of higher education, having served as Adjunct Professor, Youthful Offender Counselor, and Vice President for Campus Life at Oakland City University where she also served as dean of students and served on the president’s board. While on the president’s board Hernandez helped increase student retention by four percent.

Hernandez professional background also includes several years in the U.S. Army Reserves, for which she served as a 91 Bravo attached to a M.A.S.H. unit in St. Louis, MO, as well as to a Blackhawk Unit at Scott Air Force Base. Hernandez holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Work, as well as a Master of Public Administration and Policy Analysis from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.

ZACHARY OVERFIELD Mr. Overfield is a dedicated leader in cultural resources and environmental consulting with experience across the southern United States and Midwest. At HDR, he provides overall vision and leadership for the South Central Region (TX, LA, OK, and AR) Cultural Resources Practice, which includes an expert team of archaeologists, architectural historians, and historians. He supervises complex cultural resources investigations in support of major infrastructure projects.

He ensures projects successfully navigate the National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, National Historic Preservation Act, Antiquities Code of Texas, municipal development codes, and other applicable federal, state, and local regulations. Mr. Overfield manages intensive archaeological and historic resources surveys, cemetery investigations, burial exhumations, evaluative testing, data recovery, alternative mitigation efforts, and historic preservation documentation.

He authors and reviews technical reports for regulatory compliance across Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas and conducts quality control reviews of project data and deliverables. He leads business development opportunities for cultural resource and environmental pursuits, fosters internal and external client relationships, and collaborates with cross sector leadership to ensure the continued success of the South Central Region cultural and environmental service areas. Mr. Overfield is a Registered Professional Archaeologist and exceeds the requirements for the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archaeology.

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SUPER TREES T S I G S T R AT E G I C PLAN Trees have always been one of ecology’s super heroes. Lately their role is rapidly being magnified as society combats the growing challenges of climate change. While still valid and impactful, the historic “plant a tree” call for environmental action is quickly shifting its baseline of success towards a “plant a forest” quickly mantra. Large scale tree planting projects are viewed with a goal of creating quantifiable benefits and maximizing a diversity of ecosystem services. Recently, the World Economic Forum launched an ambitious climate initiative to support the United Nations’ goal of restoring, protecting, or planting 1 trillion trees by 2030. Accordingly, many new global efforts are now underway to maximize resiliency and to gain ecological benefits from large scale tree plantings. While not conceptually new, these ambitious projects hold great promise but are also subject to a plethora of technical challenges and often lacking in breadth of design. In 2020, Houston Wilderness initiated a Tree Strategy Implementation Group (TSIG) to expand and improve upon existing planting initiatives in the region. Comprised of public, private, and non-profit groups, TSIG synthesized tree planting goals associated with the 2020 City of Houston Resilience Plan and 2020 City of Houston Climate Action Plan. As a result, a strategic plan has been created to plant 4.6 million trees in the Greater Houston region by 2030 and is accompanied by a data driven study on methods for improved tree planting. Initial results include the identification of 14 “Super Trees” with quantifiable benefits based on their ability to store carbon, absorb water, and mitigate pollutants. Additional recommendations have been given on how to create successful forest communities throughout urban, suburban and rural areas in order to maximize resilience and biodiversity within Greater Houston’s 10 major eco-regions.

D E B O R A H J A N U A R Y- B E V E R S Deborah has been involved with public policy around the Greater Houston region and the State of Texas for over 35 years, currently serving as President & CEO of Houston Wilderness. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1985 and her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 1992.

She most recently helped create and is now implementing the 8-county Gulf-Houston Regional Conservation Plan (www.gulfhoustonrcp.org) with 3 key goals for environmental resiliency, and a 25-mile Port of Houston TREES Program targeting 1 million new native trees on riparian corridors along the Houston Ship Channel. She is lead author on Houston Wilderness’ Ecosystem Services Primer, 2nd Edition, A Six-Step Guide for Making Nature-Based Infrastructure Decisions based on the Benefits of Multiple Ecosystem Services, and the journal article entitled: A Tree Planting Framework to Improve Climate, Air Pollution, Health, and Urban Heat in Vulnerable Locations Using Non-Traditional Partners. Deborah speaks regularly at environmental conferences on the Greater Houston Region’s ecological assets and regional ecosystem services case studies.

M AT T B A U M G A R T E N As a Principal at SWA Houston, Matt Baumgarten’s interest in large-scale natural systems planning and design has resulted in resilient landscapes with lasting cultural and environmental impact. His design style focuses on the creation of immersive experiences that are grounded in ecological science and technical execution, and seek to convey a softer, more contemplative sense of place. Particular project interests include ecological restoration, watershed planning, innovative stormwater management techniques, park design, and the creation of multi-use trail facilities. Matt’s work has won several national and international awards, and he has been selected to lecture on topics ranging from large-scale creek restoration, greenway planning, and low-impact development to “agri-hood” based community design.

KEIJI ASAKURA As Founding Principal of Asakura Robinson, Keiji Asakura holds over 45 years of visionary leadership and experience in urban design, landscape architecture, and community planning that is mission-driven, holistic, and context-sensitive. His work carefully balances beauty with function, resulting in plans and designs that draw off rich historic and cultural context and offer enhanced mobility, resilience, community health, and social interaction. In his highly regarded practice, he has extensive experience with sustainable design, lowimpact development, and resilience planning and has championed the use of green infrastructure and highperformance landscape design in virtually all aspects of the public realm.

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A CASE FOR COMPLETE COMMUNITIES Habitat for Humanity’s newest Houston development, Robins Landing, goes beyond providing just affordable living options to delivering a complete community – where homes, jobs, schools, community services, parks and recreation facilities are easily accessible. In 2008, Habitat for Humanity acquired an approximately 128-acre tract of land in an underserved area in northeast Houston. Unsure of their intentions for development, Habitat for Humanity worked with ULI to explore best practices for developing a holistic community – with the goal of delivering more than just rooftops. After working with ULI, Habitat for Humanity then commissioned a market study and conducted user group surveys to better understand what buyers were looking for most in a community. Together with Habitat for Humanity, TBG then embarked on a process to develop a master plan which would integrate a mix of uses and integrate both affordable and market rate housing. Through an extensive engagement process with government officials – including city council members, law enforcement agencies, affordable housing experts, for-profit development partners and various user groups – Habitat for Humanity is one step closer to changing its model for delivering affordable housing.

Panelists, representing TBG Partners, Houston’s Habitat for Humanity, Keystone Consulting and the Houston Housing Finance Corporation, will share lessons learned and best practices for thoughtful integration of mixed-uses, leveraging surrounding community assets, forming creative partnerships and financing strategies to deliver a transformational community.

A L L I S O N H AY Allison Hay, Executive Director, joined Houston Habitat in 2013. She led the establishment of a home repair program, restoring over 600 flood-damaged homes so far, the opening of a second ReStore and the completion of a 111 affordable new home community. She now leads the development of Robins Landing, a 127-acre mixed-income, master-planned community. Hay, known for her collaboration with public, private and nonprofit partners, serves on the Houston Housing Collaborative and the Harris County Long-term Recovery Committee and the Community Advisory Group of Harris County’s MAAPnext Project. Before Houston Habitat, Allison managed a national retail operation and was a leader at a private independent school. She earned an MBA in Finance and a BA in Marketing from University of Houston and is a graduate of the Center for Houston’s Future 2012 Business/Civic Leadership Forum.

BLAKE COLEMAN A Principal based in TBG’s Houston office, Blake provides invaluable leadership in the design process while leading a team of landscape architects and planners. He also serves as firm-wide director of Strategy. He has more than 16 years of professional experience encompassing all aspects of project management and design responsibilities from conceptual phases through construction. He balances an array of project assignments with a passion for community engagement efforts, working with entities like the Urban Land Institute and the Bayou Preservation Association to improve quality of life and the built environment locally. Blake graduated from Clemson University with a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree.

JOEL DERETCHIN Joel Deretchin has been involved in the development of master planned new communities since 1974, when he joined the Newfield’s Development Corporation in Dayton, Ohio, where he was responsible for all planning and development activities. Subsequently, he served as a consultant to developers of large-scale communities and to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Mr. Deretchin retired in July 2010 as Vice President of The Woodlands Development Company, where he worked for over 33 years. At The Woodlands Development Company Mr. Deretchin was principally responsible for overseeing community management, governance, governmental and community relations, and the development of The Woodlands nationally acclaimed parks system in addition to being engaged in all facets of planning and development. Following retirement, Mr. Deretchin formed Keystone Consulting which specializes in advising developers of master planned new communities.

JEFF SMITH Jeff Smith is the Executive Director of the Houston Housing Finance Corporation (HHFC). HHFC’s mission is to provide housing for low to moderate income residents of Houston primarily through issuance of single-family mortgage revenue bonds and private activity bonds for multifamily housing. In 25+ years, HHFC has assisted over 29,000 families secure housing.

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JOGGING TOUR OF DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO NICHOLAS NELSON

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PLANNING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES: WHAT’S NEXT? MITCHELL J. SILVER, FAICP, HON. ASLA

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TREE RISK MANAGEMENT MICAH PACE

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THE CULINARY CONNECTION JOHN TROY, CHRISTINE TEN EYCK, LEAH HALES, & MARY KELLERS

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WATERLOO PARK - A BIG REVEAL DANIEL WOODROFFE, ERIC SCHULTZ, & JOHN RIDGON

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A RULES REFRESHER FROM TBAE STEVE RAMIREZ

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SOIL FOR GREENER CITIES JASON RADCLIFF

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SCAN, TEACH, IMMERSE: ACQUIRING SITE ROBERT STEPNOSKI & HOPE HASBROUCK

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OPPORTUNITIES IN HIGHWAY REMOVAL MEGHAN SKORINA, EMILY RISINGER, & INES SIGEL

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CLIMATE RESILIENT PLANTS FOR TEXAS NICK SHIPLEY

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TSA ADA CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS ANDREA LACOUR & ELAINE ANDERSEN

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DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO j o gging / wa lk ing tour

Enjoy a front row seat to the sun rising over the Alamo City. The run will take place rain or shine. Headlamps or flashlights are encouraged but not required.

N I C H O L A S N E L S O N , ASLA,

LEED AP

A love for design and collaboration has resulted in more than 20 years of experience practicing and teaching landscape architecture. During that time running has allowed Mr. Nelson to experience and explore natural and built environments around the world.

M I T C H E L L J . S I LV E R ,

FA I C P, H O N . A S L A

Mitchell a principal with McAdams, a civil engineering, land planning and landscape architecture firm. Mitchell is responsible for providing advisory services in urban planning, placemaking, parks and public space planning with an emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion. Mitchell serves as an ambassador and leader for the company in regional and national organizations and events.

Mitchell is an award-winning planner with over 35 years of experience. He is internationally recognized for his leadership in the urban planning profession, parks and public space planning and contributions to contemporary planning issues. He is the current president of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) President and former president of the American Planning Association (APA). Prior to joining McAdams, Mitchell served as the New York City Parks Commissioner overseeing over 30,000 acres of parkland.

When Mayor Bill de Blasio named Mitchell as New York City’s Parks Commissioner in 2014, he called him “a visionary.” The Mayor went on to say: “He has a passion for fairness and equality. He understands that we have to ensure that parks and open spaces are available in every community and are well-maintained in every neighborhood in this city.” At NYC Parks, Mitchell streamlined the capital process allowing the public to enjoy renovated parks sooner.

He introduced a new public realm strategy called “Parks without Borders,” launched a capital project tracking system and initiated the award winning Framework for an Equitable Future to improve the parks system that included a $318 million campaign to transform 67 of the City’s most neglected parks. The $50 million “Parks Without Borders” program earned national and international recognition for its innovative approach to urban design and helped make parks safer and more accessible.

Mitchell is one of the nation’s most celebrated urban thinkers. In 2017, ASLA selected Mitchell as an honorary member and in 2021, ASLA-NY honored Mitchell with the President’s Award for Design Excellence in the Public Realm. He was selected to Planetizen’s list of the 100 Most Influential Urbanists in the world. In addition, he has been honored as one of the top 100 City Innovators in the world by UBM Future Cities, and the Urban Times named him one of the top international thought leaders of the built environment. In 2020, he was selected by Avenue Magazine as one of five Urbanists on New York City’s Power List.

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This keynote address will discuss the evolution of parks from the mid-19th Century through the 21st century, bringing the critical role of contemporary, parks and public space planning into focus. The keynote will reveal how the role of parks has evolved over time into a vital part of a city’s essential infrastructure, and shine light on how the confluence of public health, resilience and equity initiatives can result in a development of a successful modern-day public realm.

KEYNOTE SESSION

The COVID-19 pandemic coupled with recent trends in health, resilience and equity have left practitioners wondering what’s next” for parks and public spaces. Parks have become more than green spaces with playgrounds, evolving into places for human connections, physical and mental well-being, and the first line of defense against climate change. Planning and designing for 21st century parks and public spaces must bring together more aspirational values and cross-disciplinary principles.

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PLANNING FOR THE 2 1 S T C E N T U R Y PA R K S A N D P U B L I C S PA C E S : W H AT ’ S N E X T ?

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TREE RISK MANAGEMENT Defining and identifying risk in trees is a critical step in site design when large existing trees are to be included and preserved as assets for your projects. What are the main observations we should be looking for when assessing risk in trees? How do we determine if risk is too” high”? How do we balance functional value and risk in order to add value for our clients’ properties? Professional risk assessment is an evolving practice that requires years of experience, observation, and study. Industry best practices exist to help guide consulting arborist speak the same language related to tree condition, structural defects, and overall risk ratings. All trees present risk. Understanding how to evaluate their inherent risk and communicate the potential consequences to our clients, should failure occur, is a responsibility that should not be taken lightly. This presentation will share the terminology and process of industry-approved tree risk assessment. Attendees will become better equipped to instruct clients how to manage overall risk on their properties and projects.

MICAH PACE Micah Pace, joined SavATree in July 2021 and serves as a Consulting Commercial Arborist. Prior to this he was the Consulting Urban Forester and then Director of Consulting with Preservation Tree, the Consulting Group (PTCG) from 2014-2021. Pace has also worked with both the Florida and Texas Forest Service providing urban forest management technical transfer assistance. Pace is an ASCA Registered Consulting Arborist (RCA), an ISA Certified Arborist, and a Tree Risk Assessment Qualified (TRAQ) credential holder. Micah holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Resource Management from The Ohio State University and a Master of Science in Forestry from the University of Maine. He is a Registered Consulting Arborist (RCA), Professional Urban Forester, and an ISA Certified Arborist. Micah also worked for the Peace Corps in Ecuador, South America providing a wide diversity of experiences and training. Micah is the President of the American Society of Consulting Arborists (ASCA) a national industry organization and is also proud to be Past-President of Texas Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture (ISAT). Micah works with clients to ensure they maximize the value of their trees while reducing risk. Micah assists commercial and municipal clients with tree preservation strategies during construction, Risk/Health Assessments, Tree Inventories and Management, legal cases involving trees, and many other site-specific or client-defined assignments.

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09:30-10:30

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L O W I M PA C T D E S I G N WITH PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE Harris County, Costello and 7gen Planning with have a panel discussion about the opportunities, constraints, and lessons learned on implementing Low Impact Design (LID) within roadway projects. As a panel discussion we will discuss the installation & maintenance concerns, aesthetics, functionalit, and when appropriate to use LID.

S H AW N M A S S O C K Mr. Massock is a Principal with 7gen Planning. He is a licensed Landscape Architect with 30 years of experience in planning and design. His career path has featured a wide array of experience in public, private, local, regional, and international projects involving master-planned communities, mixed-use communities, retail/commercial sites, resorts and recreational facilities, military bases, and hospitals. His core focus is on integrating the built and natural environments, believing that each generation is responsible for teaching, learning, and protecting the three generations that had come before it, its own, and the next three. In this way, we maintained our communities for millennia.

RICK HADDOCK Mr. Haddock has over 16 years of experience in land planning and landscape architecture with a core focus on integrating site design and amenities enhancement. He has worked on various public, private, local, regional projects involving master-planned communities, municipal park master plan, livable communities, retail/ commercial sites, recreational facilities.

STEVE WILCOX Stephen Wilcox, P.E, CFM, serves as Division Manager for Costello’s Hydrology and Hydraulic department.

He has concentrated his professional career in flood control design and management for public and private clients throughout the Houston region. His experience includes the development of watershed models for riverine analysis, urban drainage analysis and design, master planning for municipalities, permitting with local agencies/FEMA, and 2D hydraulic analysis of dynamic floodplain conditions. Stephen has also facilitated the acquisition of grant funding for clients for flood and erosion control projects. In his time away from the office, Stephen stays busy renovating his fixer-upper, chasing his three children at their various sporting and boy scout activities, and playing bass guitar for Sunday worship services.

ROB MAXWELL Rob is the Director of Infrastructure for Harris County Commissioner Cactus Jack Cagle. He has performed planning and engineering in Texas throughout his 30+ year career. He has worked on everything from sidewalks in small towns to freight rail expansion within the Port of Houston to his most recent experience on the US 69 Gateway to the Big Thicket Project in East Texas. In his current role, he is responsible for the Capital Improvement Plan for Precinct 4. This includes the planning, design and construction of the infrastructure for a population larger than 10 states. He’s a graduate of the University of Houston, an award-winning licensed Engineer in Texas, and a constructor of some awesome sandcastles.

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THE CULINARY CONNECTION An imperative to improve health and preserve the environment through local, organic and sustainable agriculture has been the catalyst for a 21st century trend in culinary gardening.

Botanical gardens are uniquely positioned to accommodate culinary gardens in order to educate the public about better food choices and preparation. The display of culinary plants and on-site classroom learning is often complemented by dynamic experiences in growing edible and medicinal plants, enhanced by kitchen demonstrations. This knowledge and activity can be tools for combating diabetes, heart disease and obesity. Culinary garden participants are exposed to fresh air, sunshine, physical exercise and social interaction within and among families. The panel discussion on culinary gardens in Texas will be moderated by John Troy, president of the San Antonio Botanical Garden, who will review general considerations in designing culinary gardens including historical context, programming, budget, spatial layout and sustainable practices. He will then introduce three prominent women landscape architects: Christy Ten Eyck of Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, Austin, will showcase the Culinary Garden and Outdoor Kitchen element of the San Antonio Botanical Garden’s recent expansion, a Texas ASLA Honor Award recipient. The facility partners with CHEF (Culinary Health Education for Families) to teach common sense nutrition and basic food preparation to families. Leah Hales of SWA, Dallas, will present her Texas ASLA Honor Award-winning design of a ‘Tasteful Place’ at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, described as a world-class display garden which acts as a vibrant hub for discussion and learning about food. Mary Keilers will share Clark Condon’s culinary garden design for the new Houston Botanic Garden, which will highlight some of the most culturally diverse and historically important edible and medicinal plants utilized around the world.

JOHN TROY Concentrating on residential garden design primarily in the South Texas region for 38 years, John’s design philosophy has been to individualize each project within a broad range of styles, integrating and reflecting the surrounding native landscape. As a way of giving back to the community, he has served on the board of the San Antonio Botanical Garden for over 30 years, currently serving as its president. He is a tireless advocate for spreading the message of best practices and sustainability to the public, as well as networking with allied professions. He is the recipient of the 2016 Texas ASLA Community Service award. John earned a B.A. in Biology and Fine Arts from Case Western Reserve University and a Masters of Landscape Architecture from the University of Michigan. He was an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at West Virginia University before starting his residential design practice in San Antonio.

CHRISTINE TEN EYCK Landscape architect Christine Ten Eyck is founding principal of Ten Eyck Landscape Architects based in Austin, Texas and previously in Phoenix, Arizona. During her career of over 35 years, Christine has drawn upon her intuition and knowledge to build a body of work which celebrates the inherent beauty of arid lands, the culture of its people and the sacred path of water, pioneering contemporary regionalism in the southwest. Her work illustrates the capacity for place-based landscape architecture to address pressing urban global issues such as climate, habitat, and water quality protection, while also creating restorative outdoor environments that are infused with culture and natural beauty, encourage social interaction, and foster human healing. Dallas born, Christine received her Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Texas Tech University. She became a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) in 2003. Committed to advancing both landscape architectural practice and education, Christine has lectured at various conferences and institutions including Stanford University, University of British Columbia, The Parrish Museum, The University of Texas at Austin, Stanford, Penn State and UC Berkeley as well as conferences in Chile and Australia.

LEAH HALES With over 25 years of professional experience, Leah is passionate about the creation of exceptional places for people to relax and enjoy life. Her approach to design is to create every visible space beautiful and every tangible element unique. Environments for decompression and relaxation are key to human well-being, whether in the workplace, school, park, or medical facility. Leah advocates for equitable landscapes for all people, regardless of economic status. In 2015, her team designed a pro-bono project for the True Worth Place, a homeless resource center in Fort Worth, Texas, presenting those in need with a plaza and gathering space equal in design excellence to any for-profit project: all people deserve great spaces.

MARY KEILERS Mary is a landscape architect and Principal at Clark Condon where her primary role is to create outdoor spaces that attract and invite visitors to explore areas outside. She has made extraordinary efforts to become an expert regarding native plants and grasses, their use in design and how to make the places she designs more sustainable. Over the years, she has worked closely with various nonprofits on how design professionals can aid in the conservation, restoration and rehabilitation of urbanized spaces. Plants impact people therefore Mary has dedicated a substantial amount of time researching various plant species, their history and their impact on our culture over the years. This research and horticultural understanding has aided Mary in her designs for the Houston Botanic Garden and the desire to bring a world-class garden experience to Houston.

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WAT E R L O O PA R K A BIG REVEAL Waterloo Park presents a key moment in the transformation of the mile-and-a-half long corridor emerging along the intensely burdened Waller Creek in downtown Austin. As the first in a chain of parks pieced together from a complex collection of City-owned properties and easements, multi-level jurisdictions, and cooperative developments in City infrastructure, the park confronts a uniquely complex web of permitting challenges, planning overlays, dynamic coordination criteria, and community politics. Overall, the project also straddles the ambitious programmatic goals of an urban park system and sets a high benchmark for an urban ecological corridor. Waterloo Park establishes the language for the rest of the greenway that is deployable across the staggering array of circumstances present along the Creek. The park’s design, material language and planting will be discussed as key elements that engage the imagination of its everyday users, provide an immersive experience of nature, and perform important work to improve water resources, build urban tree canopy, and create resilient niches for habitat.

DANIEL WOODROFFE As Founder and President of dwg., Daniel is a leading voice of the urban architectural landscape. His work explores the interrelationship between the landscape, architecture and infrastructure to express the importance of creating exceptional designs that are socially, environmentally and economically equitable and resilient. His work spans a multitude of scales and collectively focuses on adaptive reuse and urban transformations that amplify climate resilience and the creation of engaging, social spaces. He is passionate about celebrating storytelling through an honest use of authentic materials, local crafts and trades that leverage a rich sense of place and distinctiveness that is unique to each project. Through the efforts of his firm, dwg., he has helped shape the city of Austin throughout its greatest period of change. He has developed strong and diverse relationships throughout this process, exposing him to a range of perspectives, contributing to his expertise in the subject matter. His work can be found in Austin and throughout Texas, New York, Colorado, California, Florida, Nebraska, Dubai and Bahrain.

E R I C S C H U LT Z As Managing Principal with dwg., Eric oversees the general operations of the firm. His 20+ years of experience, has allowed him to sharpen his expertise in complex building systems, innovative construction documentation and implementation strategies. His mastery in complex city-permitting issues has made him one of the most sought-after subject matter experts for downtown development projects. He literally wrote the book on Austin’s most complicated permitting process – License Agreements when he co-authored The Book on License Agreements within the City of Austin.

JOHN RIDGON John is at the helm of Waterloo Greenway capital project, skillfully weaving together the efforts of the project managers, the City of Austin, and the design team. With roots in sustainable city planning and community engagement, he has provided forward-looking solutions to a vast array of project management, design, and programming challenges across his career. John earned an M.S. in community and regional planning from The University of Texas at Austin.

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A RULES REFRESHER FROM TBAE It’s never a bad time for a refresher on the latest rule updates, enforcement trends, and useful tips from the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners, and that’s just what we’ll do. TBAE Investigations staff will be on hand to update you on the latest developments in personnel, procedures, and regulations you need to know about, and of course a valuable Q and A session will follow.

STEVE RAMIREZ Steve Ramirez has 28 + years of regulatory experience in and around the building industry. This includes a 23 - year career with the City of Austin Code Enforcement Department where he held positions from Inspector to Division Manager. He began his work with the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners (TBAE) in October of 2015 and for the last 4 years, he’s worked as a TBAE Investigator. He attributes his interest in this industry to working with his father’s construction company from a young age. Steve has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Architectural Studies from the University of Texas at Austin and is a Certified Investigator/Inspector (Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation).

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SOIL FOR GREENER CITIES Healthy landscapes make for healthier people, and healthy landscapes begin with healthy soils. Whether on structure or at grade, mistakes in soil design can result in catastrophic landscape failures. Establishing a healthy ecosystem requires more than the use of native plants, and often overlooking the details in soils that may prevent the long-term success of a design. This session presents common misunderstandings about soil, how to properly plan for the foundation of a healthy landscape during the design process, and how to avoid critical mistakes during construction.

JASON RADCLIFF As a Principal with dwg., Jason Radcliff oversees the quality management operations of the firm. His work helps bring the firms’ dynamic and meaningful projects to fruition – always striving for more sustainable solutions through innovative green infrastructure. He is also responsible for dwg.’s research and evaluation of more sustainable building systems and ecological performance enhancements. In addition to his leadership role within the firm, Jason is keenly interested in exploring and promoting soil stewardship.

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SCAN, TEACH, IMMERSE: ACQUIRING SITE Scan, Teach, Immerse: Acquiring Site in a Pandemic discusses 3D scanning technologies to generate a virtual 3D model to advance learning when a site becomes inaccessible. The aim is to discuss accessible workflows for integrating site capture data with landscape information models to support fundamental instruction in landscape architecture or small professional practice. What happens a site is off-limits to students during the time of a pandemic? The core challenge was capturing an enclosed courtyard with a high level of detail, offering the students the sense of place and ability to measure while immersed in the 3D Point Cloud through Virtual Reality. The team employed several 3D scanning techniques to capture the entire courtyard and surrounding building facades to build a virtual base model for design exploration. The students must grasp the design challenges of a simple spatial typology plagued by inaccessibility and a complicated ground condition. The Virtual Reality model was our only means of site access. The students placed themselves virtually within the model to measure and analyze the spatial volume and lines of sight. To our continued benefit, the model provided access to significant views from the dorms that are inaccessible to us at all times. The students placed themselves at a building’s third-story window ledge, balcony, elevated decks overlooking the courtyard or within the tree canopy. The discovery of tree placement throughout the courtyard was unexpected, raising visual analysis. This resulting model provided an accurate representation of the space, the virtual experience of being in a cozy courtyard surrounded by residence halls, with the bonus of the 3D Point Cloud revealing the opportunities for design change and preservation within a beloved space on the University of Texas Campus. We will discuss workflows, software integration, and representational strategies generated from the data for visual communication and document production.

ROBERT STEPNOSKI Rob’s current research focuses on the use of UAVs for mapping and modeling paired with Information Technologies for analysis and site discovery. Specifically using the UAV to generate Aerial Photography and Video Capture of a site a varying altitude. During each flight, data is collected to produce 3D Point Clouds, Digital Surface Models (Accurate, Geo- Referenced elevation map, ready for ArcGIS, Revit, and Civil 3D workflows), Orthomosaic, (High resolute aerial map with corrected perspective), Contour Lines, (generate real-time contour lines from captured topography), and 3D Textured Models which are perfect for VR and full color 3D printing. Research into the use of the UAVs to aid first responders and simultaneously map an evolving flood plain a continued area of interest for Rob. The ability for a UAV to enter an area affected by a disaster, which a first responder should not be in, is intriguing. Virtual and Augmented Reality is yet another aspect of Rob’s research. The process of translating Building Information Models into the Virtual Information Modeling environment provides the opportunity to experience the model virtually and reveal the depth of information embedded in that model. Virtual Information Modeling is the immersive experience of Building Information Models within the Gear VR headset. The VIM can also be viewed using a desktop viewer or touchscreen. VIM technology takes full advantage of the “meta data” you enter into your Revit model. Rob’s pursuit is to further explore the depths of BIM/VIM.

HOPE HASBROUCK Hope H. Hasbrouck teaches graduate level design studios and lecture courses in Landscape Architecture in addition to past contributions to the undergraduate architecture studio sequence. In the Spring of 2020 Hope adds Texas Land &Landscape to her teaching roster. Texas Land and Landscape is a UGS signature course that discusses how the land has shaped the character of Texans and how Texans have shaped the character of their landscape.

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OPPORTUNITIES I N H I G H WAY R E M O VA L There are currently over 35 active highway removal projects in the United States and an increasing number of municipalities are exploring this urban space improvement in Texas.

Join us as we speak with a variety of perspectives in this movement and understand the opportunities presented in the form of increased urban space, reduced health effects, and redevelopment. Learn about challenges, major obstacles, and entities involved with these undertakings, and ask questions as you seek to take this information home to your community.

This session will briefly present a variety of projects in various stages of ideation, and will focus time on group discussion of problems and issues relevant to your community.

MEGHAN SKORNIA,

AICP

Meghan Skornia is a Principal in our San Antonio office. Her work focuses on small area planning, downtown planning, vacant land strategy, creative placemaking, strategic planning, and engagement strategy. A certified planner, project manager, and leader of the San Antonio and Austin Planning Studios, Meghan has held leadership roles on a variety of projects including Plan Downtown, the South Central Waterfront Vision Framework Plan, and the Walker Lake Revitalization Plan. In addition to her project work, Meghan has held speaking engagements at conferences such as the Association for Community Design Conference, International Placemaking Week, and the Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association. Meghan completed her Master’s degree in Urban Planning from the University of Kansas in 2013 and previous studies include a Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies. Locally, she frequently sits on reviews for the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin and runs the @ATXStreetHarassment Instagram account, which advocates for equity in our public spaces. Personally, she enjoys visiting the local natural swimming holes, spending time in West Texas, and continuing public design work through her collective, Banana for Scale.

E M I LY R I S I N G E R ,

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Emily guides visionary projects that meet at the intersection of design, civic engagement, and placemaking through a lens of inclusion that makes the heart of our community a better place for all. Emily serves as project manager for major downtown initiatives such as the I-35 Cap & Stitch effort, Palm District Planning Initiative, and Cypress & Shoal Creek Public Space Strategy. Recently, she helped create a Roadmap to Recovery and Resiliency that is helping to address economic recovery needs and opportunities for downtown Austin. Emily is a SITES AP Accredited Professional and a National Charrette Institute Certified facilitator.

She leads the Downtown Austin Alliance Place & Planning and Urban Mobility Committee and is an active member of the I-35 Scoping Working Group (ourfuture35.org). She brings valuable experience from her time as a senior planning consultant at Design Workshop, where she led strategic projects including parks plans, comprehensive plans, corridor plans, capital improvement plans, mobility studies, and sustainability certifications, to name a few. She received a master’s in community and regional planning and a bachelor’s degree in urban studies from the University of Texas at Austin.

INES SIGEL Ines Sigel serves as the interim executive director of LINK Houston, a non-profit organization that advocates for transportation equity. Since launching in 2017, LINK Houston has successfully shaped a $7-billion transit plan; compelled the Houston Mayor to fix Houston’s dangerous intersections and launch a zero-fatality safety campaign; influenced an alignment between affordable housing and transportation; and supported advocacy that led to the Federal Highway Administration halting a major highway expansion project and Harris County filing a lawsuit over inequities in the project. Prior to joining LINK Houston, Ines spent several years working in international exchanges, managing consular initiatives and trade missions for the Mayor’s Office in Houston; leading a study abroad program for the University of New Orleans; and coordinating the U.S. State Department’s professional exchange programs to promote citizen diplomacy. Ines holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in International Studies. She moved to the United States as a refugee from the former Yugoslavia and speaks Croatian and German.

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C L I M AT E RESILIENT PLANTS FOR TEXAS In conjunction with the 2022 ASLA conference theme, “Upend”, this program will focus on how plant cultivation has shifted in light of climate change. Climate change isn’t just about extreme heat and drought; climate change includes other shifts in weather patterns, including historic floods and extreme cold. Throughout history, plants have been cultivated and domesticated for many different reasons: bloom color, fruit size, fruit production, pest resistance, etc. Today, plant breeders are beginning to shift the focus to climate resiliency when cultivating ornamental landscape plants. A perfect example to illustrate this point is with live oak trees that were devastated by the polar vortex that struck Texas earlier this year. The seed for these oaks comes from a parental lineage stemming from Florida and temperate areas of Southeastern U.S. These oaks simply aren’t genetically capable of handling severe cold temperatures. Plant breeders, such as Civano Growers, have developed a clonal live oak variety that is capable of handling prolonged periods of freezing temperatures.

“Climate Resilient Plants for Texas” will open up thought provoking discussion about why plant cultivation has changed and how growers and Landscape Architects need to continue working together to pivot in light of our changing environment.

NICK SHIPLEY Nick Shipley co-owns Civano Growers in Tucson, Arizona, where he has been the Chief Operations and Grow Officer since 2014.

Born in Nova Scotia, Nick started working for his father in ornamental greenhouses at the age of 11. He has been an ISA-certified Arborist for over 20 years. When he and his family started Civano Growers in 1998, he was the Reclamation Manager, overseeing the salvage of native trees and cacti from desert land slated for development. Over the next two decades, the company grew into a large nursery, where Nick was Farm Manager and Head Grower. During this time, he also patented over 20 arid-adapted landscape plants and has introduced numerous hardy cultivars.

Nick currently serves on The City of Tucson Landscape Advisory Committee and is on the boards of The Desert Horticulture Conference and Smartscape, which is a water conservation education program for landscape professionals. He has is also a past board member of The University of Arizona Arboretum. Nick is dedicated to improving the urban landscape through beautiful and resilient plants.

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T S A /A D A CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS! The Texas Accessibility Standards haven’t changed since 2012, but new laws and amendments have created new requirements and code interpretations constantly change. This course will discuss what types of projects are required to comply with the TAS, and will present the most common errors we see in the field. The presentation will conclude with a discussion regarding new clarifications, rule changes, and technical memorandums issued by TDLR. As the team of RAS’s presents, who have performed reviews and inspections on over 1,000 projects through Texas over the past decade, we will highlight some of the ‘gray’ areas of the code and discuss varying interpretations.

ANDREA LACOUR Ms. LaCour brings 15 years of experience in the design industry and is a Registered Accessibility Specialist in Texas. Andrea has provided ADA consulting on over 500 projects across Texas. Andrea has worked on accessibility projects in over 8 states, and understands the differences in various accessibility requirements from the TAS, to the ADA, to Fair Housing Act. She is a sought-after presenter for professional conferences, design firms and municipalities including Austin, Baton Rouge, Charlotte, and the National ADA Symposium.

Andrea is passionate about volunteerism, serving her 8th year for Big Brothers Big Sisters and serving her fifth year with the ACE Mentor Program of Austin. She is the Curriculum Chair, teaching 100 high-schoolers an after school design project to introduce career directions in our industry.

ELAINE ANDERSEN A designer with 20 years of experience in managing projects from the design phase through final construction.

Mrs. Andersen’s design experience includes extensive knowledge of building codes, accessibility standards, and ordinances for both commercial and multifamily-residential facilities. Elaine is a Registered Accessibility Specialist in Texas, having consulted on over 500 projects in Texas. She has also performed over 100 ADA assessments across the country including California, Louisiana, North and South Carolinas. Elaine is a Navy veteran who continues to serve by providing pro-bono accessibility design services to Operation Finally Home, an organization supporting wounded veterans.

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CO-CHAIR: Tania Hernandez-Garza | LPA CO-CHAIR: Tiffany Price | dwg.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Jennifer Fontana

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speakers

welcome + events

Bobby Eichholz | Rialto Studio Olivia Pitt-Perez | Coleman & Associates

John Troy | John Troy Landscape Architecture Jake Aalfs | dwg.

Sarai Akin | Studio 9612 Clif Hall | Cross Timbers Studio Melissa Henao-Robledo | Landscape Forms

branding & graphics Rachel Brehm | dwg.

Madison Hutchings | Lionheart PLaces Reagan Morkovsky | Rialto Studio Lauren Quinn | Kraftsman

registration Cecilia Garcia-Hours | MP Studio Esti Karo | Omega Fence Systems

TEXAS ASLA CONFERENCE + EXPO

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2023 April 25-27, 2023 Fort Worth Convention Center

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