Climate & Biodiversity Action Committee Members

Committee Chair: 

Aida Curtis, FASLA
President, Curtis + Rogers Design Studio 
Miami, FL 

Subcommittee Co-Chairs & Network Chair: 

Jennifer Dowdell, ASLA
Co-Chair, Biodiversity Subcommittee 
Biohabitats
Baltimore, MD  

Christian Runge, ASLA
Co-Chair, Biodiversity Subcommittee
Mithun
Seattle, WA

Laura Marett, ASLA    
Co-Chair, Equity Subcommittee 
SCAPE Landscape Architecture
Wellesley, MA

Jose Juan Terrasa-Soler, ASLA
Co-Chair, Equity Subcommittee 
MARVEL
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Alejandra Hinojosa, Affil. ASLA
Co-Chair, Climate Subcommittee 
LPA Design Studios
Dallas, TX

Mariana Ricker, ASLA
Co-Chair, Climate Subcommittee
SWA Group
San Leandro, CA

Adrian Smith, FASLA
Co-Chair, Advocacy Subcommittee 
NYC Parks and Recreation
NY, NY 

Jonathan Williams, ASLA
Co-Chair, Advocacy Subcommittee 
Outdoor Practice 
Cypress, TX 

Scott Bishop, ASLA
Chair, Climate & Biodiversity Action Network 
Bishop Land Design 
Quincy, MA

Executive Committee Liaison: 

Andrew Wickham, FASLA
Vice President, Programs 
LPA Design Studios 
Sacramento, CA 

Staff Liaisons:

Katie Riddle, ASLA, Managing Director, Programs
Jared Green, Hon. ASLA, Senior Manager, Climate Action 

Past Chairs: 

April Phillips, FASLA
Scott Bishop, ASLA
Vaughn Rinner, FASLA

Members (organized alphabetically by last name):

Jason Bernagros, ASLA
Jacobs
Portland, OR

Julianne Birdsall, Assoc. ASLA
Half Associates, Inc. 
Houston, TX  

Sara Bolivar, ASLA
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, TN
 
Meg Calkins, FASLA
NC State University
Raleigh, NC  

Bryce Carnehl, Corporate ASLA
Hunter Industries
San Marcos, CA

Lisa Casey, ASLA
Dallas, TX

Joe Chambers, ASLA
MKSK  
Washington, D.C.  

Jordan Clark, Affil. ASLA
TBG Partners
Dallas, TX  

Willa DeBoom, ASLA, PLA 
SWA Group
Houston, TX
 
Jose de Jesus Leal, ASLA
MIG, Inc.
Sacramento, California 

Radu Dicher, ASLA
SWA Group
Aliso Viejo, CA

Emily Dunaway, ASLA
Dana Brown & Associates, Inc.
Baton Rouge, LA

Sarah Fitzgerald, ASLA
Dallas, TX

MaFe Gonzalez, ASLA
BASE Landscape Architecture
San Francisco, CA  

Deb Guenther, FASLA
Mithun
Seattle, WA

Sara Hadavi, ASLA
Penn State University
State College, PA

Jie Han, Assoc. ASLA
Berkeley, California  
 
Chris Hardy, ASLA
Sasaki
Newton, MA

Weston Henry, ASLA
Los Angeles, CA
 
Julia Howe
SCAPE Landscape Architecture 
Brooklyn, NY

Benjamin Jensen, Assoc. ASLA 
HOK
Washington, D.C.  

Kathleen Juarez, ASLA
SCAPE
New York, NY  
 
Maria Landoni, ASLA
Sur Landscape Architecture
Kansas City, MO

Suzette Lopane, ASLA
Westchester County
Poughquag, NY  

Mary McCall, ASLA
Charlottesvile, VA 

Krithika Mohan, ASLA
Toole Design Group
Chelsea, MA  
 
Charles Oropallo, ASLA
Arvada, Colorado 
 
Ronnie Siegel, ASLA
Swire Siegel Landscape Architects
La Canada Flintridge, CA
 
Jerry Smith, FASLA
SMITH | GreenHealth Consulting, LLC
Columbus, OH 

Xi Sun, ASLA
Coen + Partners
Minneapolis, MN 
 
Amy Syverson-Shaffer, ASLA
Landscape Forms 
Philadelphia, PA
 
Grant Thompson, ASLA
RDG Planning & Design
Ames, IA    

Liuyun Wang, Assoc. ASLA
TBG Partners
Dallas, TX

Rachel Watson, ASLA
CLH Design, Inc. 
Fuquay Varina, NC  

Boqian Xu, ASLA
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX

Guangzhao Zhang, Student ASLA
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

If you would like to contact any ASLA climate experts in your region, please contact [email protected]