How Carbon Credits Can Benefit Communities and Landscape Architects - 1.0 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Erin Kelly, ASLA, AICP, PLA, is a collaborative leader with expertise prototyping inclusive and cross-sector solutions to urban revitalization. She currently serves as the Director of Sustainability & Innovation for Wayne County (MI).

Erin’s mission is to lead and spur collaborative innovation in planning and design for impact. She seeks to prototype and launch beautiful, data-driven, participatory, and narrative-rich solutions to deep urban challenges that improve the quality of life for people in the cities of today and tomorrow.

Erin lives with her family and too many bicycles on Detroit’s east side.

Mark Kenber is Executive Director of VCMI and has worked for nearly three decades on market-based instruments for environmental protection, with a particular focus on carbon markets. 

His previous roles include positions at Fundación Natura in Ecuador, WWF’s International Climate Change Program, The Climate Group, Mongoose Energy Ltd, and Climate Advisers. He has also served as Climate Change Advisor to the Ecuadorian Government. Mark is a board member of ICVCM, C:C Brighton and Brighton and Hove Energy Services Cooperative.

Stephen Taglieri is the Marketing Director at the National Indian Carbon Coalition (NICC). Working in the carbon and climate space for more than half a decade, Stephen focusses on telling stories of conservation success and creating impact through the empowerment of underrepresented voices.

Outside of NICC, Stephen is the CEO and Creative Director of Kingdom Multimedia, a creative marketing agency that specializes in the development of communications strategy. Through end-to-end content development, collaborating from the design phase to marketing implementation, Stephen has crafted unique climate messaging meeting his clients’ goals. Previously, he has produced documentaries, written articles, and been the lead photographer for organizations such as the Smithsonian Institute, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and the American Forest Foundation.

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.