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.

Steve Woods is a landscape architect with a wide range of creative design experience in both public and private landscapes of varying scales. Once named by the ASLA Professional Practice Network as one of “Landscape Architecture's greatest unknown landscape architects”, his passion rests in the merging of art, history, community, and function, especially in urban landscapes. Areas of experience include design leadership for corporate headquarters, Middle Eastern new city planning, hospitality and entertainment venues, and mixed-use urban developments. Other interests include baking, painting, board games, travel and relaxing on or near water as often as possible.

Eamonn Hutton is a landscape architect with experience designing public landscapes at multiple scales. Eamonn has contributed design, planning, and research to a variety urban projects, including built landscapes and strategic parks master planning. He has a particular interest in the design of urban public spaces through an engaged public process and the role of technology in innovative spatial planning. Download CV.

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.

Abigail Fiala is a landscape architect from St. Louis by way of Chicago. She holds a Master's of Landscape Architecture from Kansas State University and has worked on a wide range of public and private projects at all scales. Abigail's passion lies in the transformative power of landscape and creating spaces that foster mental and physical healing. She strives to create spaces that provide equitable, accessible experiences with nature that soothe the body and mind. Outside the office Abigail spends her time teaching group fitness classes, enjoying live music, and reading as many novels as she can.

Landscape designer and coffee enthusiast, Mackenzie Wendling is passionate about urban public space. He believes that altruism is essential to creating just, resilient, and sustainable design solutions for the 21st century. Mac holds a Masters in Landscape Architecture from Kansas State University, where he was awarded the ASLA Merit Award. His work has received recognition from the ASLA Central States, the Kansas American Planning Association, The Walt Disney Company, and the Urban Land Institute. Outside of the studio, he enjoys studying history, philosophy, politics, and getting lost in the city.

Laura Brusson is a landscape designer passionate about the interconnectivity of human experience, environmental health, and the magic of place. Laura has worn many hats before finding landscape architecture, including conducting research in evolutionary biology and working in ecological restoration. Originally from France, Laura holds a Masters in Landscape Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin, where she was awarded the ASLA Certificate of Honor. Outside of work, Laura spends her free time re-learning to play piano, birdwatching, and playing with her dog Teagan.

Mary Taylor is an urban planner and recent graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Previously, she earned a Master of Architecture from Hampton University and received a UDream Fellowship in Urban Design at the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture. Her past work experience spans community development, placemaking, and affordable housing development. Mary is interested in the intersection of planning and public health, specifically how just cities can generate positive community mental health outcomes. She enjoys music, writing, and films directed by people from underrepresented and marginalized groups.