Andrea Parker, ASLA

Executive Director
Gowanus Canal Conservancy
Brooklyn, New York

As the Executive Director of Gowanus Canal Conservancy, Andrea works to empower a community of environmental stewards and advocates in the rapidly changing Gowanus Watershed. As an instructor at City College of New York, she engages landscape architecture students with the complex ecological, economic and cultural forces at play in New York’s dynamic urban ecology. Her previous work as a landscape designer and gardener provides a pragmatic understanding of how landscapes are designed, built and maintained. She received a BA from the University of Chicago, studied Landscape Horticulture at Merritt College, and received a MLA from the University of Virginia.

Presentation(s):

• MON-A04: Managing Stormwater with Green Infrastructure: Lessons from Practice and What's Next

  Monday, November 14, 2022
  9:00am – 10:30am PT