What / Who / How: Partnerships for Land Protection - 1.25 PDH (LA CES/HSW)

Claire Casstevens is a landscape architect at OLIN, where she has contributed to the LA River Master Plan and research initiatives through OLIN Labs. At the University of Virginia (MLA '17), she was a Kenan Fellow and recipient of the Howland Traveling Fellowship. Motivated by muddy boots, she has mapped the trees of Monticello and undertaken fieldwork along the Dakota Access Pipeline with the collective Office of Living Things. She is an avid gardener and currently serves as an ambassador to a historic garden in Philadelphia.

Trevor’s work focuses on transformative landscapes, the rethinking of how we foster social life through meaningful cultural and ecological engagement and design. He has worked alternately as a designer, researcher, instructor, and advisor over 20 years in both professional practice and academia, including more than a decade with OLIN. With his background and interests in art, graphic design, and illustration, he considers ways to create immersive, embedded experiences by foregrounding cultural, technological, and ecological frameworks within the landscape. Beyond his work at OLIN, Trevor has taught extensively through faculty positions at several universities.

I was born and raised in Kingsport, Tennessee where I attended Dobyns Bennett High School. In 2010, I began attending Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). I graduated from MTSU in 2014 with a degree in mass communication. Upon graduation, I accepted a News Director position with Stonecom Radio in Cookeville, Tennessee. At Stonecom, I managed news and information for 5 Upper Cumberland radio stations. In 2020, I accepted the Cultural Administrator position for the Town of Monterey, Tennessee. My job with the Town of Monterey is wide-ranging, as I oversee economic development, parks and recreations, and local business relations.