design should always tell a story.
Here’s a little of my own.
Director of Park Planning & Design
tolerable musician
occasional welder
PAinter
GOOD PAL
EDUCATION
M.L.A.—University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
College of Environmental Design
Masters Landscape Architecture, May 2008
B.A.—Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin
Major: Environmental Science, May 2003
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Director of Park Planning & Design — RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture
Austin, TX | 2014 - present
Park Planner IV—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Austin, TX | 2012 – 2014
Principal—Environmental Design Studios, LLC
Watkinsville, GA | 2010 – 2013
Project Manager, Designer - various planning and design firms from 2004-2010.
Board of Directors - Austin Outside
Projects Committee Member - The Trail Conservancy
HONORS, AWARDS, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2023 TX ASLA Merit Award
Thriving Together: The Mueller Southeast Greenway. Austin, TX Project Lead & Landscape Architect of Record.
2022 TX ASLA Honor Award
San Gabriel Park Phase I & II, Georgetown, TX. Project Lead & Landscape Architect of Record.
2021 Austin Green Awards Winner
Colony District Park, Playground & Fitness. Austin, TX. Project Lead, Construction Administration
2021 Texas Conservation Symposium
Speaker - They Contain Multitudes: Designing native habitat systems into the dense urban development at Mueller in Austin, TX.
2020 Texas Trails & Active Transportation Conference
Speaker - More Than Just a Mile: How a scrappy .9 mile trail navigated its way through federal oversight, 6 years of planning and one very tall bridge.
2018 Texas Trails & Active Transportation Conference
Speaker—Springs, Karsts & the 100 yr Flood: Design Thinking for Trails in Environmentally Sensitive Zones.
2018 Texas Conservation Symposium
Speaker—Spring Restoration at San Gabriel Park, Revisited
2017 Texas Conservation Symposium
Speaker—Spring Restoration at San Gabriel Park
2010 GA ASLA Honor Award
Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery Rehabilitation, Project Team Member, The Jaeger Co.
2007 GA ASLA Award of Excellence
Callaway Gardens Stormwater Management Master Plan, Project Team Member, Breedlove Land Planning.
2002 Recipient—Chester Cook Research Grant, Lawrence University
Statistical study of vegetational ecology on beach and dunes community in Door Co. Wisconsin
SOFTWARE, skills, ETC.
AutoCAD (Civil, Maps3D); ArcGIS; Adobe CC Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier Pro; Sketchup; Microsoft Office Suite including MS Projects; GSuite; Procore; Deltek Vision; ProTools…but would rather put a pen to paper any day.
Avocational or general experience in carpentry, woodworking, flatwork, MIG welding, & hole digging.
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATIONS
State of Texas—Licensed Landscape Architect
License number: 2908
TxDOT - Local Government Project Procedure Qualified LGPP - #72751, 08/2019
State of Georgia—Licensed Landscape Architect
License number: LA-001683 (inactive)
PSMJ’s A/E/C Project Management Certified
Course #0007693, 07/2015