SAT-A08: A Seat at the Table: Landscape Architects in the Public Sector

Saturday, November 12, 2022

11:00am – 12:15pm PT

Location: Moscone Center, Room 201-202

1.25 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW, AICP, FL

Lead Speaker(s)

Jean Senechal Biggs, ASLA

Transportation Planning Manager
City of Beaverton
Beaverton, Oregon

Speaker(s)

Adrian L. Smith, FASLA

Team Leader, Staten Island Capital Projects
NYC Parks
Flushing, New York
Matt Williams, ASLA

Urban Planner
Planning & Development Department, City of Detroit
Detroit, Michigan

Landscape architects have long played roles in government agencies. What’s the prospect for the future? Through a dynamic conversation, three public sector practitioners reflect on their career paths and the value of landscape architects leading from inside public agencies.

Learning Outcomes:

Understand the key differences between public sector, private sector, and non-profit work that landscape architects do
Understand some of the career trajectories of landscape architects in the public sector (historically & conceptually)
Understand the critical skills necessary to push projects forward in the public sector
Discover the historical importance that government projects have had in increasing the prominence of the profession of landscape architects