landscape architecture foundation 2013 annual report

Annual Report 2013Supporting the Preservation, Improvement and Enhancement of the Environment

© John December© Hitchcock Design Group

“ Through its research and educational programs LAF sends a clear and true message: landscape architecture creates lasting social, economic and ecological value. As it approaches its 50th year, LAF has never been stronger or better positioned to help us make a productive impact on the world around us.”— Richard Weller, University of Pennsylvania

Mission

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The mission of the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) is to support the preservation, improvement and enhancement of the environment. LAF invests in research and scholarship to increase our collective capacity to achieve sustainability.

Founded nearly 50 years ago, the Landscape Architecture Foundation has been the nexus of inquiry and innovation for the profession. Today, our mission to support the preservation, improvement and enhancement of the environment has never been more relevant.

Through its philanthropic activities, LAF advances the profession’s influence through:

Research. Facilitating the creation and dissemination of knowledge about sustainable landscape solutions.

Scholarship. Supporting outstanding students to cultivate the next generation of sustainability leaders.

Leadership. Strengthening the profession to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

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Scholarship ��10

Leadership ��14

Events �� 16

Finances & Development ��20

2013 Donors ��22

Board & Staff ��28

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From LAF President Bill Main, Hon. ASLAI am pleased to report to you that the Landscape Architecture Foundation experienced an exceptional year in 2013, making exciting and significant progress in research, scholarship, and leadership.

Twenty-three new case studies for the Landscape Performance Series were completed through the innovative Case Study Investigation (CSI) program. CSI brings faculty, students, and participating firms together to do post-occupancy studies of exemplary landscape projects. The Landscape Performance Series is providing important new processes and ways of thinking for the profession and for future projects.

The Olmsted Scholars Program continues to recognize and support truly outstanding and inspiring future leaders. Sixty-seven landscape architecture programs participated in 2013. Meeting the nominees and hearing their stories is an experience that deeply touches everyone involved and builds faith in our future. This is a program that changes lives.

Transformative initiatives like these are only possible when we join forces and work together. The Landscape Architecture Foundation has successfully pooled our contributions, big and small, financial and personal, and channeled them artfully into the exciting programs described throughout this annual report.

Executive Director Barbara Deutsch has brought together an exceptional staff and a creative and committed Board of Directors. Together, they have dedicated themselves to improving the world around us by leveraging the efforts of landscape architects. It has been a rare honor and privilege to serve as President of the Landscape Architecture Foundation. It has been rewarding and eye-opening to meet and work with so many amazing people in the LAF network.

Please join me in welcoming our new board president Jacinta McCann, Executive Vice President and Global Leader, Design + Planning and Economics at AECOM. Jacinta’s insights and leadership will help LAF continue to achieve success and to make a positive difference in the world.

Thank you for your support. Let’s pledge ourselves to continuing this vital work and moving forward together.

Sincerely,

Letter

Bill Main, Hon. ASLAPresident

Bill Main, Hon. ASLA Executive Chairman, Landscape Forms


From LAF Executive Director Barbara Deutsch, FASLAWell-designed landscapes play a vital role in creating sustainable, livable, and economically-vibrant communities. As the environmental issues we face grow more urgent and the connection between environment and human health becomes more apparent, the power of landscape to not only mitigate, but also to heal and regenerate is paramount.

The Landscape Architecture Foundation is working to increase our collective capacity to achieve sustainability, cultivate the next generation of leaders, and ensure that landscape is central part of development projects at all scales. I invite you to join us in building on the following successes to accomplish our 2014 priorities to broaden our reach and deepen our impact.

Barbara Deutsch, FASLAExecutive Director

Message

2013 Achievements

� Awarded a record-breaking $125,000 to students.

� Recognized 67 Olmsted Scholars, including the first $15,000 undergraduate National Olmsted Scholar along with the $25,000 graduate winner.

� Produced 23 new LPS Case Study Briefs through the Case Study Investigation (CSI) program with 8 faculty-student-practitioner teams.

� Awarded $22,500 to researchers to analyze the first 60 LPS Case Study Briefs and develop a guidebook to metrics and methods for evaluating performance.

� Offered five $2,500 mini-grants to faculty to develop and test models for integrating landscape performance in design education.

� Met with over 1,400 professionals to increase awareness about landscape performance and the innovative resources in the LPS.

2014 Priorities

� Continue to provide much needed financial assistance, recognition, and research opportunities for students.

� Develop and launch a separate, stand-alone website for the Landscape Performance Series to reach new audiences and increase impact.

� Launch a new web-based Resources for Educators module to share models for integrating landscape performance in design education.

� Publish and promote a guidebook on metrics and methods to evaluate landscape performance.

� Offer quarterly webinars and self-study resources related to landscape performance.

� Continue to grow the LPS and measure its impact to transform landscape architecture practice, design education, and the demand for sustainable landscape solutions.

Barbara Deutsch, FASLA

Thank you for your good work and support of these transformative initiatives. It is inspiring to work with LAF’s amazing Board of Directors, talented staff, generous donors, and thought-leading partners and to see the lift we generate together.

Sincerely,


Research

be a guidebook on metrics and methods for evaluating performance, expected in mid-2014.

To accelerate the adoption of landscape performance in design education, LAF launched a two-year $25,000 teaching grant initiative, offering five $2,500 mini-grants to select university faculty for the Spring 2014. Participants will work with LAF to develop and test models for integrating landscape performance into standard landscape architecture course offerings.

Research is a key part LAF’s strategy to increase our collective capacity to achieve sustainability through landscape architecture. Since 1986, LAF has invested over $2.1 million in research initiatives.

Landscape Performance SeriesThe Landscape Performance Series (LPS) is an online interactive set of resources to evaluate performance, share best practices, and make the case for sustainable landscape solutions. This award-winning platform showcases evidence-based environmental, social, and economic benefits of landscape, sharing information and innovations from design research, academia, and professional practice.

Awareness and use of the LPS has increased steadily, with 36,000 unique visitors and nearly 200,000 pageviews in 2013. LAF presented the LPS to 1,400 professionals at 50 venues and developed a half-day workshop on the process of evaluating performance to show impact.

In March, LAF awarded $22,500 to researchers from Utah State, Kansas State and Temple Universities to catalog and analyze the metrics and methods in first 60 LPS Case Study Briefs and make recommendations to improve the rigor of future case studies. The product will

1“The concept of landscape performance bridges the gap between allied professions. Everyone can understand the benefit and purpose of landscape architecture when we can talk about what the landscape actually does economically, socially, and ecologically.” – Landscape Performance Series User

The Landscape Performance Series is made possible with support from Founding Partner: JJR|Roy Fund; Annual Sponsors: AECOM, American Society of Landscape Architects, CLASS Fund/Ralph Hudson Environmental Fellowship, and AILA/Yamagami/Hope Fellowship; Education Grant Sponsor: ICPI Foundation for Education & Research


Case Study BriefsDatabase of projects with quantified landscape benefits.

Benefits ToolkitCalculators and tools to estimate landscape performance.

Fast Fact LibraryA searchable collection of landscape benefits from published research.

Scholarly WorksTop student theses and dissertations related to landscape performance.

LPS Components

Case Study Brief: Dutch Kills Green, New York, NY

Alameda County Surplus Property Authority—Tassajara Creek Restoration Project, Dublin, CA

Conservation Design Forum—Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Patient Tower, Park Ridge, IL

Conservation Design Forum and InSite Design Studio—Ann Arbor Municipal Center, Ann Arbor, MI

de la fleur LLC—One Drop At A Time, Elmhurst, IL

Design Workshop, Inc.—Capitol Valley Ranch, Pitkin County, CO

Design Workshop, Inc.—Cascade Garden, Pitkin County, CO

Design Workshop, Inc.—Riverside Ranch, Pitkin County, CO

Fred Phillips Consulting—Yuma East Wetlands, Phases 1 and 2, Yuma, AZ

Hitchcock Design Group—Boneyard Creek Restoration, Champaign, IL

Jacobs/Ryan Associates—Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Smart Home, Chicago, IL

Living Habitats—Chicago Botanic Garden Lake Shoreline Enhancement Projects, Glencoe, IL

MIG, Inc.—Napa River Flood Protection Project (1998-2012), Napa, CA

The Office of James Burnett—Klyde Warren Park, Dallas, TX

OLIN—Simon and Helen Director Park, Portland, OR

PWP Landscape Architecture—University of Texas at Dallas Campus Enhancements, Richardson, TX

Richard Burck Associates—Watch Factory, Phases 1 and 2, Waltham, MA

SmithGroupJJR—Carmel Clay Central Park, Carmel, IN

SmithGroupJJR—William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor, Phase 2 Lowland Park, Detroit, MI

Stoss Landscape Urbanism—Erie Street Plaza, Milwaukee, WI

SWA Group—Buffalo Bayou Promenade, Houston, TX

Terry Guen Design Associates—63rd Street Beach, Jackson Park, Chicago, IL

WRT and Margie Ruddick Landscape (MRL)—Dutch Kills Green, New York, NY

Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP — Randall Children’s Hospital, Portland, OR

© WRT

Increased bicycle traffic by 12% to 3,500 cyclists per day.Helped reduce pedestrian and cyclist fatalities from a high of 18 to <1 per year.Increased estimated market value of surrounding properties by 37%.

New LPS Case Study Briefs


The Case Study Investigation (CSI) program is a unique research collaboration that matches LAF-funded faculty-student research teams with leading practitioners to document the benefits of exemplary high-performing landscape projects. Teams develop methods to quantify environmental, economic and social benefits and produce Case Study Briefs for LAF’s Landscape Performance Series.

Nine faculty Research Fellows, 12 student Research Assistants, and over 20 design firm liaisons participated in the 2013 CSI program to evaluate and document the performance of 24 projects, from Detroit’s Milliken State Park to private residences in Aspen to the 1,000-acre Napa River Flood Protection Project. [See p. 7]

The CSI program is highly collaborative with the goal of better integrating the innovative work being done by academia and practice to advance our knowledge of landscape performance. The program also provides participants much-needed research and professional development opportunities.

By investing in this research, LAF hopes that CSI can be a key impetus in moving the landscape architecture profession toward designing every project with specific performance objectives, routinely collecting performance data, and integrating landscape performance in design education.

Research Fellow Taner Ozdil, PhD and Research Assistants Dylan Stewart and Sameepa Kashyap Modi from the University of Texas at Arlington survey users of Dallas’ Klyde Warren Park.

Case Study Investigation (CSI)

2013 CSI Research FellowsMaria Bellalta, Boston Architectural College

Aidan Acker, Boston Architectural College

M. Elen Deming, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Jinki Kim, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

G. Mathias Kondolf, PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Mary Pat Mattson, Illinois Institute of Technology

Taner R. Ozdil, PhD, University of Texas at Arlington

Roxi Thoren, University of Oregon

Bo Yang, PhD, Utah State University

The 2013 CSI program was supported by a National Endowment for the Arts Art Works grant, the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, and the Illinois Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

“ Before CSI, we talked about how projects performed, but we didn’t use those words. We didn’t build a baseline of evidence. It was all anecdotal. Now, for every project we do, we have metrics on our radar screen.” — 2013 CSI Firm Liasion

“ I feel like I am a step ahead of most students entering the work force because of the critical thinking skills I have developed through CSI.”

– 2013 CSI Research Assistant


Locations of the 80 exemplary projects documented as LPS Case Study Briefs. (International projects not shown.)

Landscape Performance Series Case Study Locations

New Case Studies (2013) Existing Case Studies (2010-2012)

Not shown:Sydney, AustraliaBeijing, ChinaShanghai, ChinaTangshan, ChinaTianjin ,ChinaProvince of Siena, ItalySeoul, South Korea

Scholarship2 LAF is the leading source of national scholarships for landscape architecture students. Since 1986, LAF has awarded over $900,000 in scholarships and fellowships to nearly 500 students. These awards support new generations of landscape architects by recognizing leadership, rewarding superior student performance, encouraging diversity, supporting original research, and assisting students with unmet financial need.

Leadership in Landscape Scholarships & FellowshipsLAF’s Leadership in Landscape Scholarship Program supports future landscape leaders through named, endowed awards ranging from $2,000-$5,000. In 2013, LAF awarded $39,500 through nine different scholarships and fellowships.

Eligible candidates are undergraduate or graduate students enrolled at colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada. Additional requirements vary by scholarship/fellowship. Winners are chosen through a competitive process by leading academics and practitioners in landscape architecture.© Landscape Forms


2013 Scholarship JurorsDouglas Dockery Thomas Fellowship in Garden History and Design JuryJoan Hirschman Woodward, FASLA, FCELAProfessor Emerita of Landscape ArchitectureCalifornia State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Stephanie Rolley, FASLA, AICPProfessor and Head of Department of Landscape Architecture | Regional & Community PlanningKansas State University

Lisa Delplace, ASLAPrincipal and CEOOehme van Sweden Landscape Architects

Landscape Forms Design for People Scholarship JuryDaniel Winterbottom, RLA, FASLAProfessor of Landscape Architecture, University of Washington

Kent AndersonPrincipal, Hamilton Anderson Associates

Sheila Condon, FASLAPrincipal and CEO, Clark Condon Associates

Steven G. King Play Environments Scholarship JuryJena Ponti Jauchius, PLA, EDAC, LEED AP BD+CBruce Boody Landscape Architect, Inc.

Kerry White, RLA, ASLA, LEED TMUrban Play Studio

Susan HerringtonProfessor, University of British Columbia

2013 Leadership in Landscape Scholarship Winners

Douglas Dockery Thomas Fellowship in Garden History and DesignAward: $4,000Molly BriggsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

ASLA Council of Fellows ScholarshipAward: $4,000Tania HernandezTexas A&M University

ASLA Council of Fellows ScholarshipAward: $4,000Quynh PhamUniversity of Georgia

Courtland Paul ScholarshipAward: $5,000Allison HannaTemple University

EDSA Minority ScholarshipAward: $5,000Ayaka MatthewsWest Virginia University

Hawaii Chapter / David T Woolsey ScholarshipAward: $2,000Angelica RockquemoreUniversity of Washington

Landscape Forms Design for People ScholarshipAward: $3,000Courtney SmithClemson University

Peridian International Inc./Rae L. Price, FASLA ScholarshipAward: $5,000Jimmy TaCal Poly, Pomona

Rain Bird Intelligent Use of Water ScholarshipAward: $2,500Jillian BroeckelCal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Steven G. King Play Environments ScholarshipAward: $5,000Kimberly Cloward DrownUtah State University


Olmsted Scholars ProgramLAF’s Olmsted Scholars Program is the premier national award and recognition program for landscape architecture students. The program recognizes and supports students with exceptional leadership potential, and in 2013 LAF added a separate $15,000 award for undergraduates.

Leann Andrews, University of Washington, received the $25,000 graduate prize and plans to use it to return to Lima, Peru to implement her certificate capstone project: a community gardening and ecological restoration initiative in a distressed informal ‘slum’ community.

McKenzie Wilhelm, Ohio State University, is the first to receive the new $15,000 undergraduate award and plans to use it to travel to Bristol Bay and the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska to research and develop speculative designs for alternative mining practices and interventions to enhance and protect salmon habitat.

Also honored were six national finalists, who each receive a $1,000 award. An independent jury of leaders in the landscape architecture profession selected the winners and finalists from a group of 39 graduate and 28 undergraduate students who were nominated as Olmsted Scholars by their faculty.

In November, 37 of the scholars attended a series of events in Boston, including a luncheon, office tours, and LAF’s 28th Annual Benefit where they were honored during a special ceremony. These future leaders of the profession form a growing community of 243 past and present Olmsted Scholars.

2013 Graduate Scholars

National Olmsted ScholarLeann Andrews, University of Washington

National Olmsted Scholar FinalistsJose Alvarez, Florida International University

Tina Chee, University of Southern California

Graham Prentice, University of Pennsylvania

Graduate Olmsted Scholars JuryBill Main, Hon. ASLAPresident, LAF Board of Directors & Executive Chairman of Landscape Forms

Mark A. Focht, FASLA, PLAPresident-Elect, ASLA & First Deputy Commissioner, Philadelphia Parks + Recreation

Joseph J. Lalli, FASLAChairman and Principal, EDSA

Lucinda Sanders, FASLACEO, OLIN

Perry Howard, FASLAAssociate Professor and Coordinator, North Carolina A&T State University

Andrew SpieringLand8 Media, LLC

Jack Ohly2012 National Olmsted ScholarAssociate, Michael Van Valkenburgh and Associates

2013 Undergraduate Scholars

National Olmsted ScholarMcKenzie Wilhelm, Ohio State University

National Olmsted Scholar FinalistsZachary Barker, State University of New York

Pamela Blackmore, Utah State University

Eliza Rodrigs, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Undergraduate Olmsted Scholars JuryJacinta McCann, FAILAPresident-Elect, LAF Board of Directors & Executive Vice President, AECOM

Susan Hatchell, FASLA, PLAImmediate Past President, ASLA & President, Susan Hatchell Landscape Architecture, PLLC

Jim LaicheBusiness Manager, The Toro Company

Elizabeth Brabec, JD, ASLAProfessor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

George SchmokPublisher/Producer, Landscape Communications, Inc.

The Olmsted Scholars Program is made possible through the support of Lead Sponsor: The Toro Company; Annual Sponsors: EDSA, HOK, OLIN, Sasaki Associates, and Thomas C. and Gerry D. Donnelly; Promotion Partner: American Society of Landscape Architects


2013 Olmsted Scholars

Top: Leann Andrews, Winner, MLA, University of Washington, McKenzie Wilhelm, Winner, BSLA, Ohio State University | First Row: Danae Alessi, Jose Alvarez, Finalist, MLA, Florida International University, Zachary Barker, Finalist, BLA, State University of New York, Andrew Bernard, Lisa Biddle, Pamela Blackmore, Evan Blondell, Melissa Boffa, Ella Braco, Ashley Brenden, Glenis Canete, Elizabeth Carroll, Emilie Carter | Second Row: Tina Chee, Finalist, MLA, University of Southern California, Isaac Cohen, Carson Cooper, Dayton Crites, Tracie Curry, Deryn Davidson, Nicholas Denney, Catherine Druken, Lauren Ewald, Linda Fortin, Garrett Frank, Nathan Frazee, Bryce Frost | Third Row: Walter Graeber, Kristan Harrison, Tyrel Hill, Elizabeth Hixson, Forrest Hunt, Yinglin Ji, Tyler Kiggins, Nicholas King, Stephanie Kopplin, Colin Kreik, Taylor LaRocque, Jacob Leon, Pengzhi Li | Fourth Row: Katherine Lloyd, Eric Lucas, Cassidy Michaux, Grace Miller, Nicholas Mitchell, Luke Murphree, Jesse Nicholson, Jessica Pilon, Elizabeth Podowski, Graham Prentice, Finalist, MLA, University of Pennsylvania, Lori Race, Elissa Claire Ritchey, Eliza Rodrigs, Finalist, BLA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst | Fifth Row: Amarilys Rosa, Gabriella Salvemini, Devon Santy, David Shimmel, Dustin Smith, Joseph Starbuck, Dylan Stewart | Seventh Row: Rebecca Sunter, Maria Torres, Stephen Trigueiro, Andria Truax, Janice Tung, William Unkle


Leadership3 Since its founding in 1966 by leading landscape architects of the day, LAF has worked to strengthen the profession and collaborate with leaders in practice, academia, and industry to provide thought leadership in designing sustainable landscape solutions. LAF also supports the development of emerging student leaders and young professionals.

XTreme LAXTreme LA is a creative challenge for the design leaders of tomorrow. This unique professional development program teams select young professionals and students with prominent landscape architects for an intense two-day charrette, in which participants develop design solutions for a significant local or regional challenge in a host city.

The fifth XTreme LA Challenge was the most critical and complex to date. Held on April 3, 2013 at the University of California, Berkeley, participants were asked to develop design strategies and responses to address the impacts of projected sea level rise in the San Francisco Bay area around Berkeley Pier.

Thirteen young professionals, who were identified by their firms as rising leaders, came from around the country to work with 15 students from the UC Berkeley graduate

program in landscape architecture under two distinguished team leaders: Kevin Conger, President and CEO of CMG Landscape Architecture, and Brian Jencek, Managing & Design Principal at Hargreaves Associates San Francisco.

The two teams worked together to create a common kit of parts, then divided to develop two radically different proposals: “Soft and Safe” and “Pierscape.” Presentation of these approaches spurred lively conversation among the policy-makers, designers, and scientists in attendance.

Xtreme LA was developed by Landscape Forms and is co-sponsored by LAF. In addition to fostering critical thinking, team building, and creative expression, the program provides a unique opportunity for intergenerational professional development.


XTreme LA participants present their work to an audience of local designers, scientists, and policy-makers.

2013 XTreme LA ParticipantsHostsRichard Heriford, President, Landscape Forms

Barbara Deutsch, Executive Director, Landscape Architecture Foundation

Kristina Hill, PhD, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley

Team LeadersKevin Conger, President and CEO, CMG Landscape Architecture

Brian Jencek, Managing & Design Principal, Hargreaves Associates,

Young ProfessionalsValerie Ahyong, SmithGroupJJR

Ellen Calhoun, StudioOutside

Anna Cawrse, Design Workshop

Andrew Elmer, Populous

Lauren Hackney, PWP Landscape Architecture

David Malda, Guthrie Gustafson Nichol

Sean McKay, Altamanu, Inc.

Whitney Proffitt, Coleman & Associates

Christian Runge, Mithun

Wesley Salazar, Kudela & Winheimer

Lexi Tucker, Miles Associates

Haley Waterson, CMG Landscape Architecture

Aaron Williams, SAA Design Group, Inc.

StudentsJoe Burg Nate Kauffman

Mael Castellan Kevin Lenhart

Daniel Collazos lana MacWhorter

Eden Ferry Erica Nagy

Marta Gual-Ricart Daniel Prostak

Johanna Hoffman Mariel Steiner

Rae Ishee Rebecca Sunter

Erik Jensen© Landscape Forms


Events4 Together, LAF’s 2013 Annual Benefit and Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes raised over $210,000 to support the foundation’s research and scholarship programs. Thank you to all of the sponsors, participants, and volunteers whose financial and in-kind support made these events so successful.

LAF 28th Annual Benefit: Rising TideThe LAF 28th Annual Benefit was held on November 15, 2013 at the Boston Harbor Hotel’s Wharf Room. With 400 guests and 32 sponsors, the benefit raised a record-breaking $200,000. LAF was honored to have IRONSMITH as the Annual Benefit Lead Sponsor.

The evening’s program included an update on the Landscape Performance Series and its impact, recognition of the 2013 CSI Research Fellows, and a ceremony honoring the 2013 Olmsted Scholars, including the $25,000 graduate national winner and the first winner of the new $15,000 undergraduate award. Thank you to all who attended!

LAF supporters enjoyed an evening with friends and leaders from design practice, academia, and industry.

Annual Benefit sponsors: IRONSMITH, Landscape Forms, Coldspring, John Deere Landscapes, ValleyCrest Landscape Companies, ANOVA, Aquatic Design & Engineering, B-K Lighting + TEKA Illumination, DeepRoot, EDSA, Hunter Industries, Kornegay Design, L.M. Scofield Company, Landscape Structures, Nemetschek Vectorworks, Playcore, Poligon, Rain Bird, Ruppert Landscape, Sweeney + Associates, The Toro Company, Davey Resource Group, Dennis Y. Otsuji FASLA, Ewing, Hanover Architectural Products, Kelco Landscaping, Maglin, Park West Companies, Permaloc, Sitecraft, and Stantec; Promotion Partner: American Society of Landscape Architects


Annual Benefit guests enjoyed spectacular harbor views, cocktails, and local food while celebrating the rising tide of landscape performance and the next generation of leaders in the profession.


Sustainable Destination SweepstakesLAF’s 5th Annual Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes raised $10,000 to support the foundation’s research and scholarship programs. Thanks to the 162 participants who made donations and entered to win and to the sweepstakes sponsors for providing the unique prize package.

Miko Mikus, a MLA student at the University of Georgia, won the grand prize: a one-of-a-kind trip to Seattle, featuring tours of some of the city’s most acclaimed landscape architecture projects led by the designers themselves. Mikus and a guest will spend a full day touring sustainable sites in Seattle and one full day on Bainbridge Island.

“Seattle is one of the top destinations for designers and design students, so this is a very welcome opportunity to experience the city under the guidance of the city’s top landscape architects!” said Mikus. “I have told other students how I won the sweepstakes, but still don’t believe it myself.”

Miko Mikus learns that he won the sweepstakes from LAF Board President Bill Main.

2012 sweepstakes winner Ashley Brenden (second from right) toured five MVVA-designed sites in New York City with senior designers from the firm.

“ We cannot thank LAF and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) enough for the wonderful trip to NYC! The tour day with team members from MVVA was certainly one we will never forget. Scott and I got to see first-hand how these projects contribute to a sustainable social and environmental network. We are so grateful for the time Michael Van Valkenburgh, Laura Solano, Steve Noone, Matt Urbanski, Jason Siebenmorgen, and Marisa Rodriguez spent with us.”

— Ashley Brenden, 2012 Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes Winner

Seattle Tour SitesGas Works Park Guide: Richard Haag

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Headquarters Guide: Jennifer Guthrie, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol

Olympic Sculpture Park Guide: Julie Parrett, Seattle Design Commissioner

Bell Street Park Guide: Nate Cormier, SvR Design Company

Woodland Park Zoo’s Zoomazium and Humboldt Penguin Exhibit Guides: Deb Guenther, Mithun; Monica Lake, Woodland Park Zoo; and Jim McDonough, Portico Group

Bloedel Reserve Guide: Ken Yocom, University of Washington

IslandWood Guide: Deb Guenther, Mithun and Islandwood staff

Sweepstakes sponsors: Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, SvR Design Company, Mithun, EverGreen Escapes, Northwest Playground Equipment, Landscape Forms, Sheraton Seattle Hotel, and IslandWood


© Rich Haag Associates

Gas Works Park is one of seven acclaimed landscape architecture projects that the 2013 winner will tour with the designers themselves.


Finances & Development5 LAF has grown significantly over the past five years, with net assets surpassing pre-recession levels. This is attributable to the relevance of the LAF mission, its leadership, the many loyal donors in the profession, and LAF’s prudent investment strategies.

Net Assets Over the Last Seven Years (in millions)

$2.0

$2.4

$2.8

$3.2

$3.6

$2.6

$3.0

$3.4

$3.8

$2.2

$4.0

$4.2

$4.4

20082007 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Other Assets

Clarence & Ruth Roy Bequest


Statement of Activities & Changes in Net AssetsFor the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013

Revenues $ %

Contributions & Sponsorships $597,150 43%

Investment Income $496,973 36%

In-kind Contributions $212,167 15%

Grants $35,000 3%

Other Revenue $32,079 2%

Total Revenues $1,373,369 100%

Expenses $ %Program Services:Research $387,838 35%

Scholarship $162,297 15%

Communications & Outreach $219,225 20%

Supporting Services:Management $85,791 8%

Development $242,743 22%

Total Expenses $1,097,894 100%

Assets $

Net Assets, Beginning of Year $4,052,191

Net Assets, End of Year $4,327,666

Total Change in Net Assets $275,475

The Landscape Architecture Foundation is nonprofit charitable organization as qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Revenue

Expenses

Development22%

Management8%

Communications & Outreach20%

Scholarship15%

43%

Research35%

Other Revenue2%

Investment Income

3%

15%

36%

In-kind Contributions

Grants

Contributions & Sponsorships

Expenses

Revenue



AECOMAquatic Design & EngineeringCivitas, Inc.ColdspringHunter Industries

ICPI Foundation for Education & ResearchIllinois Chapter of ASLAOLIN

The Richard H. Dreihaus FoundationSasaki AssociatesSWA GroupVenable LLP *

2013 Donors6 The Landscape Architecture Foundation is grateful to the following individuals and organizations for their financial support of the Foundation’s research and scholarship programs in 2013. These donations include gifts to the Annual Fund, program and event sponsorships, and the deductible portion of Annual Benefit tickets.

Thank You, Supporters!

$100,000+American Society of Landscape Architects *

$50,000—$59,999JJR | Roy Fund

$40,000—$49,999Landscape Forms

$30,000—$39,999IRONSMITH

* In-kind Contributions22 | Landscape Architecture Foundation

EDSAHOK Planning Group

Landscape Architect and Specifier News *National Endowment for the Arts

The Toro CompanyValleyCrest Landscape Companies

$20,000—$29,999

$10,000—$19,999


AHBE Landscape ArchitectsAltamanuAnchor QEAAndrea Cochran Landscape ArchitecturePhil ArnoldJ. Dwane BaumgardnerDennis CarmichaelCMG Landscape ArchitectureC. Christopher DegengardtBarbara DeutschF. Christopher DimondBarbara FagaKathleen A. Garcia

GGLOHart HowertonHoerr Schaudt Landscape ArchitectsJeffery L. Bruce & CompanyThe Estate of Casey KawamotoSteven G. KingKlopfer Martin Design GroupJoseph J. LalliLandscape Technologies Landworks StudioLee and AssociatesM. E. O’Brien & Sons, Inc.Mahan Rykiel Associates

MIGDebra MitchellVirginia MurphyNievera Williams DesignThe Office of Cheryl BartonPamela Burton & CompanyParker Reogriguez Inc.Peridian International, Inc.Pressley AssociatesRabben/Herman Design OfficeRhodeside & Harwell, Inc.robert chipman landscape architect, inc.Lucinda R. Sanders

J. Kipp ShrackSiteWorks Landscape ArchitectureSmithGroupJJRstudioOutsideThomas SuccopSWG TreesSWT DesignTBG PartnersTen Eyck Landscape Architects Inc.Terry Guen Design Associates, Inc.W. Architecture and Landscape Architecture, LLCBeth WehrleWilliam Wenk

ANOVADavey Resource GroupEwingGraham Landscape ArchitectureAdam Greenspan

Maglin Site FurnitureMathews NielsenMichael Vergason Landscape ArchitectsForster NdubisiOehme van Sweden

Dennis Y. OtsujiThe Office of James BurnettPark West CompaniesPermaloc CorporationReed Hilderbrand Associates

SPJ Lighting, Inc.StantecValleyCrest Design Group

Paul BambauerRobert & Carolyn BeldenB-K Lighting + TEKA IlluminationBurton Landscape Architecture StudioCLASS FundMark O. DawsonDeepRootDesign Workshop

Thomas C. & Gerry D. DonnellyForum StudioGustafson Guthrie NicholJames Corner Field OperationsKornegay Design, LLCL. M. Scofield CompanyLandscape StructuresBill Main

Jacinta McCannMia Lehrer + AssociatesMichael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.MithunNemetschek VectorworksPlayCorePoligon by Porter Corp.

PWP Landscape ArchitectureRain Bird CorporationRuppert LandscapeSvR Design CompanySweeney & Associates

Sadik ArtuncCharles CampagnaJohn ChipmanDick & Sally Brickman Fund

Barry EsslingerAndrea GaffneyKristina HillCarol Macht

David MaldaDarwina L. NealSebastian & AssociatesJohn T. Shields

Laura SolanoStuart FoundationLynda WightmanJane Wolff

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$2,500—$4,999

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Amereq, Inc.Matthew AnackerKathleen ArmstrongGeorge ArvanitisAdele AshkarJeffrey AtenAmanda BaileyWilliam BakerDavid C. BaldwinJim BallantyneKen BassettFrederick BonciBruce BoodyErik BoyerBill BrowningDennis BryersIgnacio Bunster-OssaBV Associates, LLCHenry L. BymaRobert CardozaCasendino & CompanyMary Anne CassinEdward CastroRichard CentolellaArthur Chard, Jr.Clinton & AssociatesKathryn CochraneCharles Douglas Coolman

Claude CormierNate CormierGeorge CurryLinda DaleyRJ DarlingJim DavisDennis DayThomas DoolittleAnn EnglishEnvironmental Planning & Design, LLCFernando ErazoRobert EspesethBob EvansChristopher FanninLila FendrickElizabeth FischerWilliam L. Flournoy, Jr.Mark A. FochtRene FransenMichelle FrierEmily Gabel-LuddyJeffrey GamboniJay GehlerShauna Gillies-SmithLiz GoodfellowGenevra GoodwinRobert GundersonHalvorson Design Partnership

Karen HannaJoel HarmsWilliam HavensJoseph HealyRandolph T. Hester, Jr.William HibbsRyan HighJeffrey HodgsonMary Pat HoganPamela HolzapfelLeonard J. HopperMark InglertJim JacobsMargot JacobsJohn R. JenningsDennis JerkeLinda JewelDouglas M. JohnstonMikyoung KimPaul KissingerP. Jeff KnoppJoy KueblerWilliam KuhlAnita Toby LagerStephen LederachMichael LehrerGuy LittekenPat Loheed

Cameron R. J. ManSteve MantonKatharine MartinCarol Mayer-ReedChuck McCullochRoger MellickJean MellottTawna MertzPatrick A. MillerAnn MilovsoroffGary MockThomas L. Mroz, Jr.Ann MullinsDeborah NevinsPatricia O’Donnell & Jim DonovanSusan OlmstedNancy OwensAndrew PittnerJoe A. PorterF. Truitt RabunResource DesignRichard Burck Associates, Inc.John Mack RobertsIain RobertsonJon E. RodiekStephanie RolleyJoe RuncoVirginia L. Russell

Jerry L. AdamsonStephen BenzBarbara G. ClarkChip CrawfordDavid Y. Tamura Associates, Inc.Divney Tung SchwalbeSusannah DrakeDebra Guenther

Jason HellendrungLarry R. HensleyJeffrey HouPeter JacobsTimothy MarshallDennis McGladeAllyson MendenhallMiyabara Associates

Morrow Reardon Wilkinson MillerBarbara NolanNorthwest Playground Equipment, Inc.Jeffrey K. OlsonNancy PrineRidge Landscape ArchitectsSavanna Designs, Inc.Andrew Schmidt *

Alexis SlaferStewart EngineeringGregg SuttonSwift CompanyThe LaurelRock CompanyUrban Trees + SoilsVictora and George A. Ranney, Jr. Fund

$250—$499

$100—$249

* In-kind Contributions


Terry RyanTom RyanRyan Associates, Inc.Cynthia W. SmithJerry SmithRobert SnieckusGraham SonesBiff Sturgess

Barbara SwiftEric TamulonisDrew TedfordLissa ThompsonKate TookeTroller Mayer Associates, Inc.David Van SchaickKeith Wagner

David WalkerPhyllis WallenmeyerKenneth WeikalLee WeintraubAnne WellingtonCarol A. WhippleBrian WilhelmRolla J. White

Jerry A. WilsonTom WittenMark WoolbrightTim WoolleyDana WorthingtonPatrick WyssBo YangMihaela Zaharescu

Angelo AbbateJohn AhernMichael AlbertJoel AlbizoLina AlcideMatthew AlcideSue Ann AllegerCharles AndersonJ. Robert AndersonJack G. AndersonLyle AtenBrian E. BainnsonMark H. BayerLaura BeckeringAdrian BenepeKarl Von BiebersteinPamela BloughMelissa BoffaUwe BrandesBarbara BremGary A. Brendle, Sr.Jorg BreuningPeter BriggsJudy BrittenumTravis BrooksCharyl B. BrownJim BrownFrank BurggrafJessica Canfield

Bryan CarlsonLisa CatoJanice CervelliJon ChamplinMichelle ChudzikJennifer ClasterRoger D. ClemenceSusan CohenBradford CollettMarc Steven CooperCristina CorderoPaula CortesPeter Del TrediciM. Elen DemingE. Thomas Deutsch, Jr.Jazmin DiazMervin DickinsonJames DifferdingLuke DriscollKelly DukeEarth Design Associates, Inc.Jeron EberweinE. P. Edinger, Jr.Anthony ExterJulius FabosLeslie FangerCraig D. FarnsworthBoris FeldblyumKelly Ferguson

Sharon FloroWilliam FoleyCarol FranklinLouis C. FuscoGrace GaoMegan GardnerAntonia GasperoniLarry GershGood SearchJack GoodnoeMary GordonChris GreenWilliam A. GreenHeather GreenawayJanice GriffinMelissa GuerreroDouglas HadleyDennis HansenHillary HanzelRobert HarrisHeather Hardie HarwoodCraig HeckmanJames HerouxJerry HillJason HodgesGreg HoerClaudia HornMark H. HoughCharles Howell

Dan HowseJoseph G. HudakEaren HummelCharles D. HyamsJoan HydeTheresa HyslopDorothée ImbertJ.A. Brennan Associates, PLLCJohn Charles Smith & AssociatesJulie JohnsonMark L. JohnsonPatrick JohnstonJeffrey JonesDirk JongejanChrista JordanLucy JoyceRebecca KanferPat KatzColleen KaufmanKean Landscaping, Inc.Shawn KellyOm KhurjekarMatthew KirkwoodKevin KlassmanColin KreikMark LaceyLand Design SolutionsStephanie V. LandreganAnthony Le

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Charlene LeBleuDavid LehmerIgnacio LeonCristina LewandowskiConrad LindgrenAudra M. LoftonMichael LoFurnoRobin LollarDavid LyckeAndrew MageeLauren MandelFrank L. MaravigliaKirt MartinDeborah MartonElizabeth MatthewsJean MazabrasEmily R. McCoyDrew McDermottGavin McMillanRichard MeyersJoel & Deborah MinkoffKeith MitchellSuzanne Mortier Melanie MoserElizabeth MossopErika Mueller

Ruth MurayamaHannah MurrayDavid MyersMary MyersEdward NiedzwieckiKate NotmanCornelia Hahn OberlanderNeil G. OdenwaldNancy Q. O’DonnellRobert OrestanoMary PaduaNadene ParzychLisa PearsonKenneth PeregonPGAdesign incDanielle PieranunziMaxwell PineauNancy PrinceKevin QuachScott ReinholtBarbara RestainoLindsay ReulJolene RieckSusan RieffVaughn RinnerClaire Ritchey

Eliza RodrigsEmily RogersHarvey M. RubensteinVictor RydlizkyElena SaportaTerry SavageNeal SchafersTimothy SchmalenbergerRita ShaheenMatthew SicklePatrick SinnottCara SmithDouglas SmithRobert W. SmithJulie SnellFritz SteinerHendrik SterenbergJared StinehagenMartha StrausChip SullivanDavid SwansonAustin TaoLeslee A. TempleHelen ThompsonDustin ThornleyMary Beth Timm

Daryl TobyDavid TomblinStephanie TuiteTony TyznikBob R. UhligMeredith UpchurchBrian VavrinaGreg VelisMark Von WodtkeDixi WangThaisa WayAdrianne WeremchukPamela WhitePeter WhiteStephanie WhiteAaron WilliamsKatherine WilsonJane F. WinslowWilliam P. Winslow, IIIJ. Daniel WojcikJudith WongYue WuSteven YavanianJanice ZafonteJessica Zafonte

LAF Legacy Society AnonymousBarbara DeutschJay GrahamDarwina NealClarence & Ruth Roy (in memoriam)

The LAF Legacy Society comprises supporters who have remembered LAF in their will or estate plans.

Honor GiftsIn Honor of Elaine Bassat & Hector Diaz (Jasmin Diaz)In Honor of Carl Johnson (Jack Goodnoe)In Honor of Andy Mandell (Colleen Kaufman)In Honor of Helen & Alyssa Sickle (Matthew Sickle)

Memorial GiftsIn Memory of David Clark (Barbara G. Clark)In Memory of Elaine Gessner (Martha Straus)In Memory of Jean E. Griffin (Janice Griffin)

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LAF Annual Benefit Sponsors and local supporters enjoy a private rooftop reception hosted by the LAF Board of Directors.


Board & Staff7 LAF’s work would not be possible without the vision, talent, and commitment of the Board of Directors and staff. The 2012-2013 Board, consisting of members from landscape architecture practice, academia, industry, agencies, and allied professions, took the reins on September 28, 2012 and served through November 13, 2013.

2012-2013 LAF Board of DirectorsPresident Bill Main, Hon. ASLAExecutive ChairmanLandscape FormsKalamazoo, MI

Immediate Past PresidentLucinda R. Sanders, FASLACEO and PartnerOLINPhiladelphia, PA

President ElectJacinta McCann, FAILAExecutive Vice PresidentAECOMSan Francisco, CA

Vice President, FinanceMark O. Dawson, FASLAPrincipalSasaki AssociatesWatertown, MA

Vice President, DevelopmentGregg Sutton, ASLAPrincipalEDSAFort Lauderdale, FL

Vice President, CommunicationNate Cormier, ASLAPrincipalSvR Design CompanySeattle, WA

Vice President, ResearchForster Ndubisi, PhD, FCELA, FASLAProfessor and Department HeadTexas A&M UniversityCollege Station, TX

Vice President, EducationKristina Hill, PhD, Affiliate ASLAAssociate Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental PlanningUniversity of California, BerkeleyBerkeley, CA



Paul BambauerPresident and CEOIRONSMITH, INC.Palm Desert, CA

Kinder Baumgardner, ASLA, CSLAManaging PrincipalSWA GroupHouston, TX

Uwe BrandesExecutive DirectorMasters of Urban & Regional PlanningGeorgetown UniversityWashington, DC

Ignacio Bunster-Ossa, FASLAPrincipalWallace Roberts & ToddPhiladelphia, PA

Chip Crawford, FASLASenior PrincipalForum StudioSt. Louis, MO

Chris FanninSenior Vice President, Regional DirectorHOKHong Kong

Adam Greenspan, ASLASenior Design PartnerPWP Landscape ArchitectureBerkeley, CA

Debra Guenther, ASLAPrincipal MithunSeattle, WA

Jennifer Guthrie, ASLADirectorGustafson Guthrie NicholSeattle, WA

Mia Lehrer, FASLAFounding PrincipalMia Lehrer + AssociatesLos Angeles, CA

Allyson Mendenhall, RLAAssociate, Dir. of DW Legacy DesignDesign WorkshopDenver, CO

Deb Mitchell, FASLA, LEED APSenior Vice PresidentSmithGroupJJRChicago, IL

Ginger Murphy, ASLAAssociate ChiefUSDA Nat. Res. Conservation ServiceWashington, DC

Laura Solano, ASLAPrincipalMichael Van Valkenburgh AssociatesCambridge, MA

Lynda WightmanIndustry Relations ManagerHunter IndustriesMissoula, MT

Jane WolffAssociate ProfessorUniversity of TorontoToronto, ON

Ming-Han Li, PhD, PE, RLACELA Vice President for ResearchAssociate Professor, Dept. HeadTexas A&M UniversityCollege Station, TX

Directors

CELA Representative

LAF StaffSusan Hatchell, FASLAASLA Past PresidentPresidentSusan Hatchell Landscape ArchitectureRaleigh, NC

Nancy C. Somerville, Hon. ASLAExecutive Vice President / CEOAmerican Society of Landscape Architects Washington, DC

ASLA Representatives

Olmsted Scholar Representatives

David Malda, LEED APDesignerGustafson Guthrie NicholSeattle, WA

Emily VoglerCriticRhode Island School of DesignProvidence, RI

Barbara Deutsch, FASLAExecutive Director

Heather WhitlowDirector of Programs & Communications

Katharine Burgess, AICPProgram Manager

Matthew AlcideDevelopment Manager

Emily DeDadOffice Manager

Leslie Johnson2013 Scholarships Coordinator

LAF Staff: Emily, Matt, Katharine, Heather, and Barbara

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