Donnie Longenecker is an entrepreneur and educator. His firm, DTC, provides a planning, program and project management services for a wide variety of clients and projects. Donnie also serves as a Lecturer and Continuing Education Coordinator for the University of Georgia College of Environment and Design.

Madeline is a former Akronite living in Orlando, Florida. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture degree with a French minor from The Ohio State University in 2010. After the recession, she found her way back to landscape architecture with a position at Nimrod Long & Associates in Birmingham, Alabama. She gained experience in both public and private work then obtained licensure in June 2017. Later that year, Madeline joined Dix.Hite + Partners where her current project focus includes campus, roadway and streetscape design, multi-family developments, residential design, community hardscape and landscape renovations, and exterior building color studies.

Emily graduated in 2018 from Ohio State University and moved to Louisville, Kentucky shortly after to begin her professional career. In the time since she graduated, she has gained experience in residential landscape design, design-build, parks and recreation, greenways and trail planning, commercial design, and urban landscape architecture. She currently works at Gresham Smith in downtown Louisville as a Landscape Architect. Emily took two LARE sections in the previous format and two in the current format, earning her licensure in the spring of 2024.

Angela Woodward, ASLA, is a seasoned professional with over 30 years practicing landscape architecture in California with an emphasis in construction. Her experience covers a wide range and scope of projects. Her designs create sustainable, resilient landscapes and incorporate green infrastructure into municipal, transportation, affordable housing, master planned communities and corporate campus projects. She has taught multiple LARE Workshop sessions at the ASLA Annual Meetings and serves on the ASLA LARE Prep Committee. In addition, she teaches LARE Review Courses at UCLA.

Timothy A. Schuler is an award-winning writer and design critic whose work focuses on the intersection of the built and natural environments. He is an editor at Landscape Architecture Magazine and a critic-in-residence in landscape architecture at Places Journal. His writing also regularly appears in Metropolis, Bloomberg CityLab, The Architect’s Newspaper, and FLUX Hawaiʻi, among other outlets.His essay, “The Middle of Everywhere,” about the largest remaining expanse of tallgrass prairie in North America, was included on a list of the most notable science and nature writing in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020. He lives in Manhattan, Kansas.

L. Irene Compadre, PLA is the Founding Principal & Design Director of Arbolope Studio, an award-winning Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Public Art practice based in St. Louis, MO. An experimental firm that prioritizes high-quality design, ecological resillience, and social-equity; Arbolope’s work ranges from intimate public spaces such as Strauss Park in St. Louis, to large scale masterplans including for the Universidad Technical in Loja, Ecuador and the Jefferson City Botanical Garden in Missouri's capital city. Irene holds a MLA from Washington University in St. Louis where she now teaches in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.

Kenneth Francis is a founding principal of Surroundings, a New Mexico based landscape architecture and planning studio. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from The Cooper Union in New York City and a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. While studying at Harvard, he was awarded a travel grant to research the historic and cultural landscape of the acequias in Northern New Mexico. His dedication to complex dialogue and deep exploration around issues of water and its integration into innovative design responses has resulted in an exceptional body of work that is celebrated and studied both regionally and nationally. 

Ashley Ludwig is the founder of ABLE, a landscape architecture practice based in Seattle dedicated to cultivating resilient, meaningful spaces alongside communities. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with degrees in landscape architecture and architecture, Ashley cares deeply about everyday spaces in rural and urban communities and their potential to reflect and uplift the people that inhabit them. With an engaging design approach and passion for craft, Ashley brings people into the design process to transform sites into active, beloved public spaces. Her work has received awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects and American Institute of Architects.

Stacy Passmore is a principal and co-founder of Superbloom in Denver, Colorado. Her work explores field-based methods of design research, understanding environments and communities are deeply dynamic and require designs that engage with conditions of change. Working at multiple scales of reading and representing landscapes, Stacy’s recent projects focus on the resiliency of arid landscapes and the potential for design approaches that reconsider the relationships between humans and ecological systems. Stacy holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from Harvard University, a Master of Community and Regional Planning from the University of British Columbia, and a B.A. from New York University.

Nick Maletta joined Holmes Murphy in 2009 as an intern and has quickly advanced his career within the company, serving as a Client Service Manager and currently as an Account Executive and Shareholder. In this business development role, he focuses on the professional liability needs of the AEC Community, focusing on a unique look and approach to project risk. Through this dedication to expanding his industry knowledge and identifying strong risk solutions, he builds lasting relationships with his clients and peers. 

Nick earned his B.A. in Management from the University of Iowa. He continues his professional education through his involvement with Professional Liability Agents Network (PLAN), Design Professional Risk Control Group (DPRCG) and serves as an Allied member for both the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), and many other AEC related associations. 

When he’s not at work, Nick has been active in the community. Nick also serves as a volunteer for many non-profit organizations. Nick has two beautiful daughters with his wife, Rachel, who keep him pretty active as well!

Calling Iqaluit home, Cameron has worked across Nunavut for over 15 years and had the opportunity to visit communities in all three regions of the territory. He is a board member of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) and current Treasurer and Past-President of the Nunavut Association of Landscape Architects (NuALA). Cameron has a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (Hons) from the University of Guelph and a Bachelor of Arts from Saint Thomas University.

Cameron is an urban planner and a landscape architect, with over 20 years of experience. He brings a range of international experience from master planning urban developments to habitat restoration. Cameron has worked extensively as the designer and project manager on these assignments, with expertise in following projects through from concept to completion. He has worked both in private practice and as a municipal green infrastructure and park planner, leading comprehensive greenway planning projects, and large diverse project teams. Cameron is notably a key architect of the City of Vancouver’s award-winning Rain City Strategy.

Jane leads the team responsible for creating new innovative solutions to address climate adaptation and mitigation, natural heritage protection and biodiversity loss and changing the way Canada’s largest city is built. Her work includes development and on-going implementation of many ‘firsts’ including the Toronto Green Standard, Green Roof Bylaw, Bird Friendly Guidelines, Ravine Protection Bylaw and Toronto’s Ravine and Biodiversity Strategies. Jane holds a degree in landscape architecture from the University of Guelph and a master’s degree in planning from the University of Toronto.

Amy Syverson-Shaffer is passionate about connecting people to nature and to each other. Her past work as a landscape architect and in business development frames her collaborative approach to taking on big challenges. Today, she is lending her design acumen and contextual understanding to leading sustainability for the modern craft manufacturer, Landscape Forms. Since 2023, she’s served on the ASLA Biodiversity and Climate Action Committee, working to bridge between key efforts by Landscape Architects and their industry partner community. On any given day, you'll most likely find her working in the garden.

Megan manages the Landscape Architecture Foundation's research programs including Case Study Investigation (CSI) program, Deb Mitchell Research Grant, and Landscape Performance Series initiatives. She also managed the Green New Deal Superstudio initiative (2020-2022). She has a diverse background in landscape architecture, international development, and nonprofit work. Megan has a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and Environment.

Jennifer is a Program Manager at the University of Maryland Environmental Finance Center, where she leads multidisciplinary projects in conservation finance. With a background as a professional geologist and training in environmental economics, she brings a unique combination of scientific insight and policy expertise to her work. Dr. Egan specializes in applying environmental economic tools to inform policy decisions, conduct technical analyses, and guide project design. Her current projects include conducting cost-benefit analyses for community resilience initiatives, estimating public health benefits of nature-based solutions, advancing community-led nature investment and valuation efforts, and supporting small communities in financing water and wastewater infrastructure.

Torey joined ASLA as Chief Executive Officer in August 2020. Torey has more than 25 years of experience and expertise in strategic organizational development, tactical implementation, financial stewardship and administrative leadership. He has a proven track record as an innovator and thought leader in the association world, with an aptitude for pioneering strategies to shape organizational priorities, ensure financial stability, and invigorate member recruitment and retention programs.

Prior to joining ASLA, Torey served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Prior to his leadership at AILA, Torey was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Center for American Progress (CAP), COO and later Acting President and CEO at the LGBTQ Victory Fund and Institute, Divisional Controller of MV Transportation—a privately held North American transportation management corporation—and an auditor at a CPA firm.