Gina Ford is a landscape architect, co-founder and principal of Agency Landscape + Planning. Underpinning her two decades of practice are a commitment to the design and planning of public places and the perpetuation of the value of landscape architecture via thought leadership, teaching, writing and lecturing.  Her work has received awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects, the American Planning Association and the American Institute of Architects, among others. She is on the board of directors for the City Parks Alliance and the stewardship council of The Cultural Landscape Foundation. She received the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Charles Eliot Traveling Fellowship, the Wellesley College’s Shaw Fellowship and the Boston Society of Architect’s Women in Design Award of Excellence. Download CV. 

An urban planner with a background in architecture, Rhiannon Sinclair's work focuses on complex urban systems across multiple scales. She uses data-driven strategies to better understand and enhance the relationship between people, buildings, systems and the public realm. Rhiannon has considerable experience communicating information to broad audiences to promote strong community exchange and empowerment within a planning process. In her work, she finds that the role of this type of exchange and master plan facilitation contributes to plans that are visionary, comprehensive, and implementable. Download CV.

Susannah Ross is a landscape architect with experience managing complex urban landscape design and construction. Susannah is passionate about the design of public open spaces in urban settings. She enjoys exploring the potential of landscape design to enrich the daily life, health and well-being of both city dwellers and urban ecology, as well as to shape the core identity of a city. She welcomes the challenge of designing to meet the needs of a diverse set of interests in a complex physical context. Download CV.

Radhika Mahan is a landscape architect and project manager with a passion for bridging the gap between design and implementation to achieve high quality craftsmanship in her built work. She is experienced in managing projects from strong initial design ideas through to excellence in detailing, through all phases of design and construction. Radhika's work has spanned complex built landscapes and significant large-scale master planning projects, both national and international.

Multidisciplinary, yet foremost a planner, Allen Penniman specializes in weaving planning, urban design, and real estate development into the equitable revitalization of distressed urban neighborhoods. Prior to joining Agency, Allen served as a Design Director for the City of Detroit, where he led planning for $69M in neighborhood reinvestment and $58M in flood recovery and resiliency investment. In Detroit and elsewhere, Allen’s work has involved reactivating commercial corridors, realizing housing development, sustaining post-industrial creative districts, and reinventing streets to support joyful public life. He has taught or critiqued at the University of Michigan, RISD, and his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania. On Saturdays, you'll find Allen either neck deep in a DIY project or rooting for his obscure and floundering, but beloved, English soccer club.

Kari Roynesdal is an urban planner and designer who is passionate about public space in cities and how planning practice intersects with community activism and grounds social and cultural identities of place. She recently graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Design with concurrent degrees in Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture. She also has an undergraduate degree in Architecture from the University of Virginia. During her time at the GSD, she was a recipient of an ASLA Honor Award and funded travel research through the Penny White Project Fund. In her spare time, she loves baking, a good bowl of ramen, and biking around Cambridge.

Matt Khinda is an urban planner and designer based in Brooklyn, NY. His approach to planning is equally analytical and aspirational, helping communities and city leaders pursue bold ideas within practical constraints. Prior to Agency, Matt worked with the Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design to bring big projects to small towns across the U.S., and led public sector innovation projects as a civic designer in the New York City Mayor’s Office. In 2020, he was awarded the Forefront Fellowship for emerging leaders in urban planning and policy by the Urban Design Forum. Matt received a Master of Urban Planning from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and an undergraduate degree in Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. Outside of work, he loves to play pick-up soccer and basketball in New York City’s many parks.

Justina Cheng is an urban planner specializing in spatial data analysis and technical communication. Holding a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering and a Master of Science in Sustainability, both from Tufts University, she is passionate about exploring the power of data to tell human stories that help solve urban and environmental problems. Justina strives to make technical information accessible to non-expert, and believes that relationship-building across disciplines and communities is key to inclusive and equitable planning. When Justina isn't fiddling with maps or coding in Python, she loves crafting, photography, and spending time outside.

Yiyang Li is a landscape/urban designer passionate about the social and political dynamics in urban space. Before Agency, she had a brief adventure in property development and strategic consulting to disentangle how urban development reproduces or dismantles inequities. She is glad to join a team that shares her belief in inclusive planning and thoughtful design. Yiyang recently graduated with a Master in Landscape Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design. Originally from China, she enjoys spicy food and great films, and can be found relaxing near the water during her spare time.

Maria Noguera is an urban planner and designer and a recent graduate of the University of Houston's College of Architecture and Design. While at the University of Houston, Maria was a part of the Community Design Resource Center, which inspired her interest in working with communities to apply transformative and equitable design strategies. She also spent time researching the effects of climate change in neighborhoods of color. She is passionate about the power that urban design has to create more resilient and people-centered cities. In her spare time Maria enjoys volunteering with local organizations, cooking international cuisines, and working with her hands.

Arisa Shibusawa Lohmeier is a landscape designer who believes public space can help us deepen our personal and collective kinship with nature. Growing up between Chicago, Boston, Honolulu, and Providence, Arisa is passionate about the power of design to nurture one's sense of belonging to place and community. Arisa holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from Brown University. Outside of work, Arisa enjoys learning Chinese, eating ice cream, and spending time on the couch with her cat Mabel.

Jiaqi Wang is a landscape designer who is passionate about creating inviting, functional, and sustainable public spaces. A graduate of the University of Virginia’s Master of Landscape Architecture program, Jiaqi believes that landscape design is a socio-ecological practice that closely relates to community engagement. Before joining Agency, he worked on several award-winning residential projects in Virginia and contributed to the success of various public realm projects in Missouri, including institutional landscapes, playscapes, botanical gardens, and waterfront parks. Outside of work, Jiaqi enjoys hiking, biking, watching old movies, and spending time with friends.

Eleanor Ryan is a graphic designer and graduate of Rhode Island School of Design where they majored in graphic design and minored in Nature, Culture, and Sustainability Studies. Their degree project at RISD focused on wetland environments of Rhode Island and creating a safeguard against rising water levels in a shifting climate. Eleanor’s nature-inspired and engagement-centered design work addresses community needs through the lens of sustainable land use and stewardship. In their free time, they enjoy painting and sewing, and they often can be seen scootering around the streets of Boston.

Jess is an urban planner and researcher committed to planning and design approaches that empower people to create the systems and infrastructures they need to live and thrive in their communities. Jess previously worked with Glasgow City Council on climate resilience strategies and the Urban Institute in Washington, DC on advancing place-based interventions to address social and economic injustices. Jess holds a Master of Urban Planning from the Harvard Graduate School of Design where they completed travel-funded research on memory and community repair following conflict and environmental disaster. They received bachelor's degrees in biology and political science from The Ohio State University; and in their spare time, Jess enjoys watching documentaries, writing screenplays, and playing soccer.