Landscape Architecture Foundation 2012 Annual Report

Annual Report 2012Supporting the Preservation, Improvement and Enhancement of the Environment

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“ The Landscape Architecture Foundation is about innovative solutions, integrated thinking, and context—essential aspects of creating sustainable, thriving communities. LAF provides key leadership to move the profession forward, advance young careers, and broaden landscape architecture’s audience and impact.” — Patrick Phillips, Chief Executive Officer, Urban Land Institute (ULI)

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 �� 16

Events ��18

Finances & Development ��22

2012 Donors ��24

Board & Staff ��28

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From LAF President Lucinda R. Sanders, FASLA, PLAI wish to celebrate a wondrous year serving as the President of the Landscape Architecture Foundation. I am honored to have had the opportunity to continue a great tradition of leading the most significant organization for the future of landscape architecture and, one with global relevance.

In 2012, we continued to celebrate the noteworthy strides and the maturation of the Foundation over the last five years. LAF has grown 13% since 2008. Ensuring stability of our financial underpinnings has been critical to our successes, and this firm financial foundation has enabled us to grow our programs.

Our Landscape Performance Series now has a five-year plan with specific goals. This will bring us closer to becoming the go-to place for conversations about landscape performance. One of the most impressive initiatives is the Case Study Investigation (CSI) program, which brings together students, researchers, and practitioners to assess the post-occupancy sustainable successes of our built landscapes. This is a win-win-win program where students and faculty receive research grants, faculty and practitioners mentor students, and practitioners and the public receive an unbiased, post-occupancy evaluation of projects.

LAF committed to expand our Olmsted Scholars Program in 2013 to include a separate $15,000 award specifically for undergraduate students. This will increase the total prize dollars to $46,000 annually. We also began the search for new office space commensurate with our sustainable mission. It was important for us to provide space for our growing staff – now five strong – and to host visitors and donors in an environment where they will be able to catch up on the forward-thinking work of LAF.

Thank you to the loyal supporters of LAF who believe in the work of the Foundation and whose generosity makes all of our work possible. Our gratitude also extends to the LAF staff, the volunteers, the Executive Committee, and the Board of Directors.

I am honored to be a part of LAF. Please join me in welcoming our new Board President, Bill Main, Executive Chairman of Landscape Forms. Bill’s outstanding leadership and business acumen will continue to strengthen the Foundation, building on recent successes and advancing the critical mission of the Landscape Architecture Foundation.

With sincere optimism for the future of the planet,

Lucinda Reed Sanders, FASLA, PLACEO and Partner, OLIN

Letter

Lucinda R. Sanders, FASLA, PLAPresident


From LAF Executive Director Barbara Deutsch, FASLAThe devastation of Hurricane Sandy served as a reminder of the vital need to balance human and natural systems and processes. Landscape architects are uniquely trained to do this, and the world’s health, safety, and economic prosperity will require the best and brightest of our profession to fully participate in developing sustainable solutions.

The Landscape Architecture Foundation is increasing the capacity of the profession to meet this awesome challenge, and its impact continues to grow. I invite you to build on the following success and help achieve our 2013 priorities to show the value of exemplary design and cultivate the next generation of leaders.

Barbara Deutsch, FASLAExecutive Director

Message

2012 Achievements

� Awarded a record-breaking $120,000 to students through scholarships, fellowships, and research assistantships.

� Celebrated a growing community of 176 Olmsted Scholars in the renowned program’s fifth year.

� Established Case Study Investigation (CSI) as a full LAF program offering and funded 10 faculty-student-practitioner teams.

� Developed a strategic 5-Year Plan for the Landscape Performance Series (LPS).

� Became a Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System (LA CES) Approved Provider.

� Met with over 1,000 professionals to increase awareness about landscape performance and the resources in the LPS.

2013 Priorities

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

� Expand the Olmsted Scholars Program to include separate awards and recognition for undergraduate as well as graduate students.

� Analyze the 60 LPS Case Study Briefs to identify commonalities and gaps in the metrics and methods to improve future case studies.

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

� Continue to grow the Landscape Performance Series and begin measuring 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 making a difference through LAF. It is a privilege and pleasure to work with the Foundation’s stellar Board of Directors, talented staff, and all of the generous donors and partners who allow us to achieve our mission for years to come.

Sincerely,


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, AILA/Yamagami/Hope Fellowship

Research

Awareness and use of the LPS has been steadily increasing, with the number of LPS pageviews more than doubling to 155,000 and the number of unique users nearly tripling from 2011 to 2012. In order to build on this momentum, transform landscape architecture practice and education, measure impact, and bring the concept of landscape performance to new audiences, LAF developed and adopted a 5-year strategic plan for the LPS.

LAF also continued its outreach efforts, presenting to over 1,000 professionals at 30 venues in 2012, including the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Annual Meeting, the EPA Office of Sustainable Communities, the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) conference, the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Annual Conference, several ASLA chapter conferences, and dozens of visits to design firms and universities.

Research is a key part LAF’s strategy to increase our collective capacity to achieve sustainability through landscape architecture. Since 1986, LAF has invested $1.8 million in research initiatives.

Landscape Performance SeriesThe Landscape Performance Series (LPS) is an online interactive set of resources to show value and provide tools for designers, agencies and advocates to evaluate performance and make the case for sustainable landscape solutions. The LPS is not a rating system, but rather a hub that brings together information and innovations from research, professional practice and student work. The LPS is designed to grow over time with user participation.

In 2012, LAF added to the Benefits Toolkit, Scholarly Works, and Fast Fact Library, which now contains over 100 Fast Facts on the benefits of landscape derived from published research. The number of Case Study Briefs increased to 60 through the Case Study Investigation (CSI) program [see page 8]. With this critical mass of case studies, LAF can now analyze the collection as a whole to identify trends and gaps in order to enhance future research. This analysis will begin in 2013.


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

New LPS Case Study Briefs

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Case Study: Central Wharf Plaza —Before and After

Back to Nature—The Willow School, Gladstone, NJ

Beijing Tsinghua Urban Planning & Design Institute—Beijing Olympic Forest Park, Beijing, China

Beijing Tsinghua Urban Planning & Design Institute—Tangshan Nanhu Central Park, Tangshan, China

The Berger Partnership PS—Magnuson Park Wetlands and Active Recreation, Seattle, WA

CDF, Inc.—Charles City Permeable Streetscape Phase 1, Charles City, IA

Design Workshop—Blue Hole Regional Park, Wimberley, TX

Design Workshop—Cherry Creek North Improvement and Fillmore Plaza, Denver, CO

Design Workshop—Park Avenue/US 50 Phase 1 Redevelopment, South Lake Tahoe, CA

EDSA—Castiglion del Bosco, Montalcino, Italy

EPT Design—Frontier Project, Rancho Cucamonga, CA

KMS Design Group—Black Rock Sanctuary, Phoenixville, PA

Mountain Recreation & Conservation Authority—Tujunga Wash Greenway, Los Angeles, CA

Reed Hilderbrand—Central Wharf Plaza, Boston, MA

Sasaki Associates—The Avenue, Washington, DC

Sustainable Life Designs—Brent Elementary Schoolyard Greening: Phase 1, Washington, DC

Weiss/Manfredi & Charles Anderson | Atelier ps—Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA

Wells Appel—Pennswood Village Regional Storm Water Management System, Newtown, PA

“Working in a multidisciplinary firm, I often defend what landscape architects do and why they are needed. I send people to the LPS and they get it.”

— Kathleen Ogden, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP, Project Manager at VHB


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

In 2012, CSI was developed and formalized as a regular LAF program offering, building on the successful 2011 pilot. Twelve faculty Research Fellows, 12 student Research Assistants, and over 20 design firm liaisons participated in the 2012 CSI program to evaluate and document the performance of 30 projects, from a streetscape in Iowa to a botanical garden in New York to an Olympic Park in Beijing.

While CSI typically focuses on quantifying the benefits of built landscapes, one research team was selected to test and develop guidance for those at the end of the design phase. Researchers at Chatham University worked with designers at Mithun to collect baseline data and setup research protocols for Chatham’s 388-acre Eden Hall Campus, where construction on the first phase was just getting underway. Their work will set the stage to evaluate landscape performance over the long term at this model campus for sustainable learning and living.

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.

LAF’s experience with CSI has also underscored the need to ensure that landscape performance is part of landscape architecture education. In 2012, LAF sent a letter to the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board to this effect and began collecting examples of exercises, syllabi, and other materials used in the classroom to create a “Resource for Educators” portal on the LAF website.

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.

The 2012 CSI program was supported by a National Endowment for the Arts Art Works grant.

“The CSI program gave us a unique, inspiring and interesting experience. We will never approach design the same way again.” — Yue Zhang and Pamela

Blackmore, Utah State University, 2012 CSI Participants

Research Assistant Allison Arnold and Research Fellow Dr. Mary Myers evaluate habitat value.

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2012 Research FellowsBarry Lehrman, Cal Poly Pomona

Molly Mehling, PhD, Chatham University

Jessica Canfield, Kansas State University

Claudia Goetz Phillips, PhD, Philadelphia University

Mary Myers, PhD, Temple University

Ming Han Li, PhD, Texas A&M University

Bruce Dvorak, Texas A&M University

Bo Yang, PhD, Utah State University

Victoria Chanse, PhD, University of Maryland

Chris Ellis, PhD, University of Maryland

Byoung-Suk Kweon, PhD, University of Maryland

Nancy Rottle, University of Washington


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Word cloud showing the performance benefits documented in the 60 Landscape Performance Series Case Study Briefs.


Scholarship2 LAF is the leading source of national scholarships for landscape architecture students. Since 1986, LAF has awarded more than $900,000 in scholarships and fellowships to over 450 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 2012, 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 jury process by leading academics and practitioners in landscape architecture.© Landscape Forms


2012 Leadership in Landscape Scholarship Winners

Douglas Dockery Thomas Fellowship in Garden History and DesignAward: $4,000Fiona McAnallyUniversity of Tennessee

ASLA Council of Fellows ScholarshipAward: $4,000

Viviana CastroUniversity of Florida

ASLA Council of Fellows ScholarshipAward: $4,000

Lynette OsinubiUniversity of Georgia

Courtland Paul ScholarshipAward: $5,000

Richard KaneCal Poly, San Luis Obispo

EDSA Minority ScholarshipAward: $5,000

Jose AlvarezFlorida International University

Hawaii Chapter / David T Woolsey ScholarshipAward: $2,000John MusserCal Poly, Pomona

Landscape Forms Design for People ScholarshipAward: $3,000Laura DurgerianCornell University

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

Rain Bird Intelligent Use of Water ScholarshipAward: $2,500Julie MatthewsPennsylvania State University

Steven G. King Play Environments ScholarshipAward: $5,000Nathan DeigBall State University

Thank you to our 2012 Jurors

Douglas 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

Michael Vergason, FASLA, FAARPrincipalMichael Vergason Landscape Architects, Ltd.

Landscape Forms Design for People / Steven G. King Play Environments Scholarships JurySusan Herrington, PLAAssociate Professor of Landscape Architecture and ArchitectureUniversity of British Columbia

Jena Ponti, ASLA, PLA, LEED APSenior Landscape ArchitectBruce Boody Landscape Architect, Inc.

Kerry White, ASLA, PLA, LEED APPrincipalUrban Play Studio

Daniel Winterbottom, FASLA, RLAAssociate Professor of Landscape ArchitectureUniversity of Washington


Scholars, along with “lightning talk” updates from four of the five national winners.

LAF also announced its intent to offer a new $15,000 award for undergraduate students as part of the Olmsted Scholars Program starting in 2013. The new award will recognize the high level of talent and leadership potential present in undergraduate programs and will complement the existing $25,000 award, which will now be available only to graduate nominees.

Since its inception in 2008, Olmsted Scholars Program participation has grown steadily with nominees from 61 of the 74 universities with accredited landscape architecture programs. These future leaders of the profession form a growing community of 176 past and present Olmsted Scholars.

Olmsted Scholars Program2012 marked the fifth year of LAF’s Olmsted Scholars Program, the premier national award and recognition program for landscape architecture students. The program recognizes one outstanding student from each university in the U.S. and Canada with an accredited landscape architecture program, along with the jury-selected national award winner and finalists. Students are both honored for past achievements and recognized for their future potential to influence the landscape architecture profession.

Jack Ohly, a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, was selected as the 2012 National Olmsted Scholar and recipient of the $25,000 award. Jack received a Master of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning degree in May and is using the award to build on his previous work in agroforestry and community development in Northeastern Brazil to develop a set of regionally appropriate models for more ecologically and culturally vibrant public space.

Also honored were four national finalists, who each receive a $1,000 award. An independent jury of leaders in the landscape architecture profession selected the winner and finalists from a group of 46 graduate and undergraduate students, nominated as Olmsted Scholars by their faculty.

In September, 20 of the scholars attended a series of events in Phoenix, including a luncheon and LAF’s 27th Annual Benefit where they were honored during a special ceremony. To mark the program’s fifth year, LAF hosted a happy hour for all past and present Olmsted

2012 National Olmsted Scholar Jack Ohly leads a workshop on the design of public space with students in Itapicaru, Brazil.

2012 Olmsted Scholars Jury

Lucinda R. Sanders, FASLAPresident, LAF Board of DirectorsCEO, OLIN

Thomas Tavella, FASLAPresident-Elect, ASLADirector of Design, Fuss & O’Neill

Joseph Lalli, FASLAPresident and CEO, EDSA

Douglas Reed, FASLAPrincipal, Reed Hilderbrand

Joseph Ragsdale, ASLA, FAARDepartment Head and Associate Professor, Cal Poly Pomona

Bradford McKeeEditor-in-Chief, Landscape Architecture Magazine

Kate Tooke2011 National Olmsted ScholarDesign Associate, Dodson & Flinker Associates

2012 Olmsted Scholar Finalists

Marin Braco, State University of New York

Tina Chee, University of Southern California

Tera Hatfield, University of Washington

Fadi Masoud, Harvard University

2012 National Olmsted ScholarJack Ohly, University of Pennsylvania


First Row: Kjirsten Alexander, Ryan Ball, Marin Braco, Finalist, State University of New York, Jim Brown, Christopher Cabezas, Tina Chee, Finalist, University of Southern California, Laura Culver, Brian Curry | Second Row: Seth Denizen, Lu Ding, Jeffrey Dzikowski, Steven Eilers, Peter Ellery, Jennifer Engelke, Heather Faivre, Colby Fangman, Matthew Gonser, Walter Graeber | Third Row: Christie Green, Tera Hatfield, Finalist, University of Washington, Sean Haviland, Caitlin Jackson, Brenna Jones, Brett Kordenbrock, Elaine Kramer, Taylor Ladd, Thomas Mahone, Nhasala Manandhar | Fourth Row: Fadi Masoud, Finalist, Harvard University, Benjamin Matthews, Matt McCreary, Patsy McEntee-Shaffer, Preston Montague, Kristen Murray, Christopher Murton, Sandra Nam, Jack Ohly, Winner, University of Pennsylvania, Jana Perser | Fifth Row: Benjamin Roush, Caitlin Smith, Shawn Stankewich, Lee Streitz, Chris Torres, Lucy Wang, Wendy Wang, Kelley Woodacre

This program is made possible through the support of the following Lead Sponsor: The Toro Company; Annual Sponsors: EDSA, HOK, OLIN, Edith Harrison Henderson Fund, and Harriet Barnhardt Wimmer Fund I Wimmer Yamada and Caughey; Promotion Partner: American Society of Landscape Architects

2012 Olmsted Scholars


Andrea Gaffney, 2008 National Olmsted Scholar

“In a time of economic uncertainty, the Olmsted Scholars Program provided me with an incredible sense of security, and afforded me the time to develop my research ideas while looking for a job.”Andrea is a Designer with the SWA Group and a Lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley.

Olmsted Scholars Program - 5 Years, 176 Scholars

David Malda, 2009 National Olmsted Scholar

“The financial support made it possible for me to work on online resources and my research on urban highway landscapes. More significantly, the Olmsted award and associated LAF activities have increased my awareness of the need to link professional and academic research agendas and the potential for student initiatives to impact and influence the practice of landscape architecture.”David is a Senior Associate at Gustafson Guthrie Nichol.

Emily Vogler, 2010 National Olmsted Scholar

“Being selected as the 2010 National Olmsted Scholar is one of the greatest honors I have ever received. It has encouraged me, challenged me, and committed me to become a leader in the landscape architecture profession.”Emily is developing her research on infrastructural regionalism, working toward licensure, and taking time to watch her young daughter grow.

Kate Tooke, 2011 National Olmsted Scholar

“It feels like the doors to my future have been thrown open, and huge helping hands are reaching out to usher me forward. In my wildest dreams, I never could have imagined such an opportunity to invest in something I am passionate about so soon after graduating.”Kate is a Design Associate at Dodson & Flinker Associates.

Jack Ohly, 2012 National Olmsted Scholar

“The Olmsted Scholars Program invites us to push the boundaries of how landscape architecture is engaged and links us together in a broad community of ideas. I am deeply grateful for the opportunity it affords me to work with communities in northeastern Brazil on the social and ecological potential of design in the public realm.”Jack is a Senior Designer at Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates.


“ The ideas, projects, and commitments are so powerful. These young designers are opening up the dialogue on current issues that this generation and the landscape architecture profession will need to address.”

— Susan S. Szenasy, Hon. ASLA, Olmsted Scholars Program Juror Editor-in-Chief, Metropolis Magazine


Leadership3 Since its founding in 1966 by Ian McHarg and 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.

Leaders RoundtableEach year, LAF and Landscape Forms co-host a Leaders Roundtable to foster dialogue among distinguished design professionals about emerging trends in design and professional practice.

In June, 14 leading landscape architects met in Philadelphia to explore the impact of technology on the design of the landscape, the experience of landscape, and the way professionals conduct their practices. The meeting was moderated by landscape architect Rodrigo Abela of Gustafson Guthrie Nichol.

While participants’ use of digital technology varied, all were very aware of the way cell phones, laptops, and tablets impact the design and use of outdoor spaces. Landscape Forms produced a short video summarizing the conversation and a “Roundtable Report on Technology and the Landscape.”

“People in cities are not necessarily looking for a full-blown experience of nature, but they are interested in being outside and bringing technology with them. If we embrace technology in a helpful way and make even the smallest space incredible, that will help them notice nature in those moments when they look up from the screen.”

— Laura Solano, PLA, ASLA, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates


Richard Heriford, President of Landscape Forms, kicks off the Roundtable on Technology and the Landscape.

2012 Leaders Roundtable Participants

Rodrigo Abela, PLA, ASLA, LEED APGustafson Guthrie Nichol, Washington, DC

Stuart Appel, FASLAWells Appel, Philadelphia, PA

Elizabeth AsawaWorkshop: Ken Smith Landscape Architect, New York, NY

Ignacio Bunster-Ossa, FASLA, LEED APWallace Roberts & Todd, Philadelphia, PA

Terri-Lee Burger, PLA, ASLAAbel Bainnson Butz, New York, NY

Thomas FlynnPennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

James Gilday, PLA, LEED APMoss Gilday Group, Little Silver, NJ

Christian Hanley, MSCEOLIN, Philadelphia, PA

Signe Nielsen, PLA, ASLAMathews Nielsen, New York, NY

Richard Roark, ASLA, LEED APOLIN, Philadelphia, PA

Scott Rykiel, FASLA, LEED APMahan Rykiel Associates, Baltimore, MD

Laura Solano, PLA, ASLAMichael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Cambridge, MA

Donna Walcavage, FASLAAECOM, New York, NY

Lee Weintraub, FASLALee Weintraub Landscape Architecture, Yonkers, NY

Matthew WisniewskiMKW + Associates, Rutherford, NJ


Events4 Together, the 2012 Annual Benefit and Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes raised over $170,000 to support LAF 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.

27th Annual Benefit: Sonoran CelebrationLAF’s 27th Annual Benefit was held on Sept 28, 2012 at the Phoenix Art Museum. With over 300 guests and 22 generous sponsors, the benefit was LAF’s most successful to date, raising over $160,000.

The evening’s program included the certificate ceremony for the 2012 Olmsted Scholars, recognition of the 2012 CSI Research Fellows, and a preview of forthcoming Landscape Performance Series initiatives. To mark the fifth year of the Olmsted Scholars Program, LAF announced a new $15,000 award for undergraduates, starting in 2013. LAF was honored to have John Deere Landscapes as the Annual Benefit Lead Sponsor. Thank you to all who attended!

LAF supporters, Jose Alminana (Andropogon), Barbara Deutsch (LAF), Mark Focht (ASLA President-Elect), and Robert Bedell (OLIN) enjoy an evening with friends and colleagues, old and new.

Annual Benefit sponsors: John Deere Landscapes, IRONSMITH, Coldspring, Landscape Forms, ValleyCrest Landscape Companies, AHBE Landscape Architects, Aquatic Design & Engineering, EDSA, Ewing, HOK, Hunter Industries, Kornegay Design, Poligon, Rain Bird, Sweeney + Associates, The Toro Company, B-K Lighting & TEKA Illumination, Landscape Structures, L.M. Scofield Company, Ruppert Landscape, Sitecraft


Annual Benefit guests enjoyed mingling with friends and leaders from practice, academia, and industry over cocktails, fine food, and the unique art of the Phoenix Art Museum.


Sustainable Destination SweepstakesLAF’s 4th Annual Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes raised nearly $12,000 to support the Foundation’s research and scholarship programs. Special thanks to Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) for providing the unique prize package and to the more than 175 entrants who made donations.

Ashley Brenden, a Site Designer at SmithGroupJJR in Phoenix and an MLA student at Arizona State University won the grand prize, a 5-day trip to New York City featuring a day of private tours led by Michael Van Valkenburgh and staff. The tour will visit five MVVA-designed sustainable landscape projects, including Jacob Javits Plaza, Teardrop Park, Hudson River Park (Segment 5), Union Square Park, and Brooklyn Bridge Park and provide insider knowledge about the design and construction of each space.

“I’m still in a bit of shock that I won this incredible trip to New York City — it is certainly one of the most amazing opportunities presented to me. I look forward to exploring the City, Central Park and the work of one of our most talented modern-day landscape architects,” said Brenden.

Ashley was one of a number of SmithGroupJJR employees who helped LAF by providing on-the-ground assistance and volunteer support for the LAF Annual Benefit and other events in Phoenix. She chose to donate because of the people she met through this experience. “After meeting all these generous and kind LAF staff and board members, I knew that contributing to an organization that is doing so much to help the field was important.”

Cara Smith, pictured above with Brian Bolen, won the 2011 sweepstakes trip to EDSA’s Crosswaters Ecolodge & Spa in Guangdong Province, China.

Keith Wagner, pictured above with his wife Sara, won the 2011 sweepstakes trip to OLIN’s Carneros Inn, located between the Napa and Sonoma Valleys.

“At Crosswaters, we could connect the dots between people, place, and natural processes. We could see the garden from which our dinner was plucked; hike through bamboo forest knowing that this local material played a major role in sustaining the community, as well as providing us with a stunningly crafted villa for seven nights; and we could fall asleep to the chirping frogs and a churning river just feet away.”

— Cara Smith, 2011 Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes Winner

“The Carneros Inn was a quintessential California experience. The buildings and public spaces take advantage of the view corridors in every direction, and in October, the fall colors under blue skies enhanced every well-designed moment with nature’s surrounding texture. It was an amazing place to vacation with both our 18-month-old and with friends — we couldn’t have asked for a better time in a majestic setting. It has continued to inspire us.”

— Keith Wagner, 2011 Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes Winner


Brooklyn Bridge Park is one of the five MVVA-designed sustainable landscape projects that the 2012 Sustainable Destination Sweepstakes winner will tour with the designers.

© Elizabeth Felicella


Finances & Development5 LAF has grown significantly over the past five years, experiencing 13% growth since 2008. 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 Five Years (in millions)

Clarence & Ruth Roy Bequest Other Assets


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Summary of Activities & Changes in Net AssetsFor the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012

Revenues $ %

Contributions & Sponsorships $773,581 63%

Investment Income $240,922 20%

In-kind Contributions $163,392 13%

Government Grants $25,000 2%

Other Revenue $24,776 2%

Total Revenues $1,227,671 100%

Expenses $ %

Program Services:

Research $314,587 34%

Scholarship $79,490 8%

Communications & Outreach $187,238 20%

Supporting Services:

Management $120,853 13%

Development $233,657 25%

Total Expenses $935,825 100%

Assets $

Total Change in Net Assets $291,846

Net Assets, Beginning of Year $3,760,345

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

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

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2012 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 2012. These donors include gifts to the Annual Fund, as well as program and event sponsorships received between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012.

Thank You, Supporters!$100,000+American Society of Landscape Architects *

$50,000—$59,999JJR | Roy Fund

$40,000—$49,999Landscape Forms

$20,000—$29,999AECOM HNTBHOK Planning GroupIRONSMITHLandscape Architect and Specifier News *National Endowment for the Arts

$10,000—$19,999Cold Spring GraniteEDSAJohn Deere LandscapesKornegay Design, LLCOLINSasaki AssociatesSWA GroupValleyCrest Landscape CompaniesVenable LLP *

$5,000—$9,999AHBE Landscape ArchitectsAquatic Design & EngineeringPaul BambauerBurton Landscape Architecture StudioCLASS FundChip CrawfordMark O. DawsonDesign WorkshopEwing IrrigationChristopher Fannin

Kathleen A. GarciaDebra GuentherGustafson Guthrie NicholHunter IndustriesJames Corner Field OperationsLandscape StructuresBill MainDouglas MannJacinta McCannMichael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.

Poligon by Porter Corp.Rain Bird CorporationGregg SuttonSvR Design CompanySweeney & AssociatesThe Toro CompanyUrban Land InstituteWallace Roberts & ToddLynda Wightman

* In-kind Contributions24 | Landscape Architecture Foundation

$2,500—$4,999B-K Lighting + TEKA IlluminationGraham Landscape ArchitectureHanover Architectural PaversKelco Landscaping and Construction

L.M. Scofield CompanyVirginia MurphyThe Office of James Burnett

PWP Landscape ArchitectureReed Hilderbrand AssociatesRuppert Landscape, Inc.

Lucinda Reed SandersSitecraftSiteWorks Landscape Architecture

$1,000—$2,499AILA/Yamagami/Hope FellowshipAndrea Cochran Landscape ArchitectureFrank Arentowicz & Sara NicholsARTECHO Architecture and Landscape ArchitectureDennis CarmichaelClark Condon Associates, IncBarbara DeutschF. Christopher Dimond

EarthscapeBarbara FagaGGLOHamilton Anderson AssociatesHart HowertonHoerr Schaudt Landscape ArchitectsLandscape TechnologiesLandworks StudioMahan Rykiel AssociatesMia Lehrer + Associates

Michael Vergason Landscape ArchitectsDebra MitchellForster NdubisiCornelia Hahn OberlanderO’Brien & Sons, Inc.Oehme van SwedenThe Office of Cheryl BartonDennis OtsujiPamela Burton & CompanyPeridian International, Inc.

Quinlan + Quinlanrobert chipman landscape architect, inc.SmithGroupJJRThomas SuccopSurfacedesign, Inc.TBG PartnersTen Eyck Landscape Architects Inc.Beth Wehrle

$500—$999Chaparral, Inc.John ChipmanDiana L. Wilson Consulting Inc.Dick & Sally Brickman Fund

Estrada Land PlanningKristina HillPeter JacobsBill Kuhl

Dennis McGladeScott SebastianRhonnel & Christine SoteloStoss Landscape Urbanism

Carol WhippleJane Wolff

$250—$499Jerry L. AdamsonDwane BaumgardnerStephen BenzBarbara ClarkDavid Y. Tamura Associates, Inc.Divney Tung SchwalbeEmily Gabel-Luddy

Adam GreenspanJason HellendrungLarry HensleyJeffery L. Bruce & CompanyAnita Toby LagerThe Laurelrock CompanyMiyabara Associates

Moore Planning Group, LLCDarwina NealNelson Byrd Woltz Landscape ArchitectsJeffrey OlsonNancy PrineGlen Schmidt

Robert SmithLaura SolanoSwift CompanyEric & Mary Thoelke

$100—$249Patti AbrechtJack AndersonArnold AssociatesTary ArterburnSadik ArtuncAdele AshkarLyle AtenWilliam Baker

David C. BaldwinThomas BalsleyKinder BaumgardnerJulia BeaversAndrew BeckmanBehnke Associates, Inc.Claire R. Bennett

Brian BlakeBruce BoodyDennis BryersFrank BurggrafBV Associates, LLCHenry BymaRobert Cardoza

Casendino & CompanyNira CaseyArthur B. ChardStevie ChepurnyClark & Green AssociatesWilliam ClarkeKathryn Cochrane

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$100—$249 (continued)Susan CohenKelly ComrasKurt CulbertsonJerry Cunningham Curtis+Rogers Design Studio, Inc.Dennis DayDr. E. Thomas Deutsch, Jr.Harry DodsonMatthew DonhamThomas C. DonnellyCale DoornbosE.P. EdingerAnn EnglishEnvironmental Planning & Design, LLCEnvironmental VisionRobert EspesethWilliam EubanksCraig D. FarnsworthElizabeth FischerKimberli FlandersFlorence Everts AssociatesKelleann FosterAntonia GasperoniEric GilbeyShauna Gillies-SmithGenevra GoodwinJohn Greenlee

Halvorson Design PartnershipJoel HarmsHeather HarwoodRichard HawksJoseph HealyRichard HerifordRandolph T. HesterMary Pat HoganDan HowseMark InglertMelissa IxKaren JanoskyDennis JerkeMark JohnsonDouglas JohnstonGary KeslerRandolph KoperStephanie V. LandreganMelanie LanierMing-Han LiDavid MaldaJamie MayCarol Mayer-ReedScott A. MehaffeyJean MellottAllyson MendenhallPatrick A. Miller

Keith MitchellJon MitovichTim MoshierThomas MrozEd NiedzwieckiNeil G. OdenwaldSusan OlmstedEmily O’MahoneyPacific Marketing ResearchNadene ParzychCarolyn Pendelton-ParkerStephen PierpointAndrew PittnerPlanning Design GroupStephen PlunkardDaniel ReaLisa RienstraJon RodiekRyan Associates, Inc.Bruce SharkySharon SingletonAlexis SlaferCara L. SmithRobert SnieckusSSP Design, LLCThomas StearnsFrederick Steiner

Eric TamulonisAmy ThielenPatrisha ThomsonKate TookeShavaun TowersSuzanne L. TurnerDavid Van SchaickVITA Planning & Landscape ArchitectureVLA, Inc.Juliet VongKeith WagnerPhyllis WallenmeyerGlenn WaltersLee WeintraubJames WellingtonWilliam WenkAllen WheelerPeter WhiteGuy WilliamsJerry A. WilsonMarcel WilsonMonte WilsonJane WinslowBrett WylieBarbara YaegerBo YangCaren Yglesias

Up to $99Valerie AhyongMatthew AlcideWilliam & Lina AlcideSue Ann AllegerJose AlminanaAlison AlpernJose AlvarezZoee AstrachanShawn BalonAimee BaquialGreg Bauer

P. BaynhamAnne BeaversWilliam A. BehnkePamela BloughKeith BoudartBarbara BremAshley BrendenChristopher BrownLori BrownTeresa BuckwalterBryan Carlson

Daryl CarringtonClarissa ChungRoger D. ClemenceTerry ClementsJames CoffmanBradford CollettMarc CooperNathaniel CormierJustin CottonGlen DakeNora Daley-Peng

Sandra DavenportCathy Deino BlakeJames DifferdingLuke DriscollHugh DuffyJeron EberweinCarla EllernAnthony ExterJerico FarfanJef FasserLiesel Fenner


Donations received between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012

LAF Legacy Society Barbara DeutschClarence & Ruth Roy (in memoriam) Darwina Neal

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

Honor GiftsIn Honor of A.E. Bye, FASLA (Frank Burggraf)In Honor of Ellen Orchard (Justin Kilbride)In Honor of Alice Radford Mengel (Carolyn Pendelton-Parker)In Honor of Richard C. Webel (James Wellington)

Memorial GiftsIn Memory of David Clark (Barbara Clark)In Memory of Martin L. Halperin (Tiffany Halperin)In Memory of Dr. Robert Reich (Phil Puzick)In Memory of Chris Thiel (Gil Jevne)In Memory of Amato Panetta (Lisa Smedira)

Up to $99 (continued)Scott FiorovichDan FischerPolly FurrAndrea GaffneyLarry GershLisa GimmyWilliam Glaner Andrea GlaweApril GonzalesGood SearchMargaret GrahamWilliam A. GreenHeather GreenawayWilliam GrundmannJanice GustaferroTiffany HalperinRobert HarrisWilliam HavensCraig HeckmanRobert HewittJeffrey HodgsonGreg HoerDeborah HoweJoseph HudakJohn HuennekensCharles D. HyamsJohn Hykes

J.A. Brennan Associates, PLLCGil JevneLinda JewellJohn Charles Smith & AssociatesMike JonesDirk JongejanKaren KennedyOm KhurjekarJustin KilbrideJoy KueblerLand Design SolutionsLandscape PerceptionsMichael LentzCristina LewandowskiPamela LinnAudra LoftonKaren LoweNathan LozierDave LyckeGreg MaherFrank L. MaravigliaGeoffrey MartinJean MazabrasCharles M. McCullochHitesh MehtaRichard MeyersJoel & Deborah Minkoff

Melanie MoserMagaret Ann MullinsErendira MurrallesDavid MyersNed NabetaDottie O’CarrollJuanita OchoaNancy Q. O’DonnellKristi ParkLisa PearsonKenneth PeregonPaul ProcopioPhil PuzickDale RahnKaren ReamsBrian ReetzScott ReinholtWellington “Duke” ReiterJohn RobertsEmily RogersMichael RosenbergNatalie RossHarvey M. RubensteinKyle SasakiSally SchaumanGary ScottJulieta Sherk

Patrick SinnottSiska Aurand Landscape Architects, Inc.Lisa SmediraKirk SmithLeslie H. SmithJulie SnellRyan SotirakisEric StanleyBarry StarkeLee StreitzHal StringerBiff SturgessDavid SwansonJohn SwintoskyCynthia TalleyAustin TaoLissa ThompsonTony TyznikMeredith UpchurchJames P. UrbanKate WalkerThaisa WayJames K. WheatStephen WhiteMatthew WittJ. Daniel WojcikMihaela Zaharescu


Board & Staff7 LAF’s work would not be possible without the vision, talent, and commitment of the Board of Directors and staff. The 2011-2012 Board, consisting of members from landscape architecture practice, academia, industry, agencies, and allied professions, took the reins on November 1, 2011 and served through September 28, 2012.

2011-2012 LAF Board of Directors

President Lucinda R. Sanders, FASLACEO and PartnerOLINPhiladelphia, PA

Immediate Past PresidentKathleen A. Garcia, FASLADirector of PlanningCity of Del MarSan Diego, CA

President ElectBill Main, Honorary ASLAExecutive ChairmanLandscape FormsKalamazoo, MI

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

Vice President, DevelopmentGregg Sutton, ASLAPrincipalEDSAFort Lauderdale, FL

Vice President, CommunicationJacinta McCann, FAILA, LEED APExecutive Vice PresidentAECOMSan Francisco, CA

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


Emily VoglerCambridge, MA

Kinder Baumgardner, ASLA, CSLAManaging PrincipalSWA GroupHouston, TX

Uwe BrandesSenior Vice President, Initiatives Urban Land InstituteWashington, DC

Nate Cormier, ASLA, LEED APPrincipal Landscape ArchitectSvR Design CompanySeattle, WA

Chip Crawford, FASLASenior PrincipalForum StudioSt. Louis, MO

Debra Guenther, ASLAPrincipal MithunSeattle, WA

Jennifer Guthrie, ASLAPartnerGustafson Guthrie NicholSeattle, WA

Mia Lehrer, FASLAFounding PrincipalMia Lehrer + AssociatesLos Angeles, CA

Douglas L. Mann, FASLAInfrastructure Chief Sales OfficerHNTB Plano, TX

Deb Mitchell, FASLA, LEED APSenior Vice PresidentSmithGroupJJRChicago, IL

Ginger Murphy, ASLADeputy CoordinatorUSDA Nat. Res. Conservation ServiceWashington, DC

Glenn Walters, ASLAPrincipalDesign WorkshopAsheville, NC

Lynda WightmanIndustry Relations ManagerHunter IndustriesMissoula, MT

Jonathan Mueller, FASLAPast President ASLACoeur D’Alene, ID

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

Directors

ASLA Representatives

Matthew AlcideDevelopment Manager

Linda Ashby, ASLAProgram Manager

Emily DeDadOffice Manager

Barbara Deutsch, FASLAExecutive Director

Emily Rogers, ASLA2012 Scholarships Coordinator

Heather WhitlowDirector of Programs and Communications

LAF Staff

LAF Staff: Matthew Alcide, Heather Whitlow, Barbara Deutsch, Emily DeDad, and Linda Ashby.Special thanks to AECOM and SvR for the design of this Annual Report.

Olmsted Scholar Representative


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Landscape Architecture Foundation 2012 Annual Report

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