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 Cultural Landscape Foundation and was the recipient of the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Charles Eliot Traveling Fellowship and Wellesley College’s Shaw Fellowship. Download CV. gina@agencylp.com

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 contribute to plans that are visionary, comprehensive, and implementable. Download CV. rhiannon@agencylp.com

Matthew Macchietto is a landscape architect focused on public projects addressing social equity, community engagement, and environmental resilience. Currently a masters candidate at Harvard, Matthew is passionate about how newly migrated cultural groups perceive, influence, and relate to public space in neighborhood parks. His research and field work aims to start a conversation between disciplines on how to design community open space to be more sensitive, welcoming, and adaptable to cultural and economic change. Prior to Harvard, he received his Bachelor of Landscape Architecture with distinction from the University of Nebraska.