Partners
Sustainable Sites is a partnership of the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the United States Botanic Garden in conjunction with a diverse group of stakeholder organizations.
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association for landscape architects, representing more than 17,000 members in 48 professional chapters and 68 student chapters. Landscape architecture is a comprehensive discipline of land analysis, planning, design, management, preservation and rehabilitation. ASLA promotes the landscape architecture profession and advances the practice through advocacy, education, communication and fellowship. Members of the Society use their “ASLA” suffix after their names to denote membership and their commitment to the highest ethical standards of the profession.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin is dedicated to increasing the sustainable use and conservation of native plants and landscapes. Founded in 1982 by Lady Bird Johnson, the former first lady, the Wildflower Center maintains an extensive native plant botanic garden and offers professional and adult education. The Wildflower Center also conducts research on landscape restoration and plant conservation at its 279-acre site, promoting the role of native plants in addressing ecological problems. Recent research initiatives focus on native turf grasses, green roof technology in a sub-tropical climate, prairie restoration methods including prescribed fire, the control of invasive species and ways in which native plants can aid in combating climate change in urban landscapes.
United States Botanic Garden
Dating from 1820, the United States Botanic Garden (USBG) is one of the oldest botanic gardens in North America. The Garden informs visitors about the importance and fundamental value of plants to the well-being of humans, all nations, and our planet, and highlights the diversity of plants worldwide, as well as their aesthetic, cultural, economic, therapeutic and ecological significance. Formally placed under the jurisdiction of the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress in 1856, the U.S. Botanic Garden has been administered through the Office of the Architect of the Capitol in the Legislative Branch since 1934. With nearly a million visitors annually and located on the National Mall, the USBG strives to demonstrate and promote sustainable practices for individuals, organizations and institutions.
Participants
Product Development Committee
The Product Development Committee is a coalition of stakeholder groups charged with overseeing the development of Standards and Guidelines for sustainable site design, construction, operation and maintenance. The members are:
American Society of Landscape Architects
Deb Guenther, ASLA
Principal, Mithun
and
José Almiñana, ASLA
Principal, Andropogon Associates, Ltd.
www.asla.org
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Steve Windhager, Ph.D.
Director, Landscape Restoration Program
www.wildflower.org
United States Botanic Garden
Ray Mims
Conservation Horticulture
www.usbg.gov
U.S. Green Building Council
Deon Glaser, ASLA
LEED Program Coordinator
www.usgbc.org
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Jean Schwab
GreenScapes Program Manager
www.epa.gov/greenscapes
National Recreation and Park Association
Richard J. Dolesh
Director of Public Policy
www.nrpa.org
The Nature Conservancy
Valerie Vartanian
Horticulture and Landscape Professions Liaison
Global Invasive Species Team
http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/horticulture.html
National Association of
County & City Health Officials
Karen R. Nikolai
Community Design Liaison, Hennepin County
www.naccho.org
Center for Sustainable Development, University of Texas at Austin
Fritz Steiner, Ph.D., FASLA
Dean, School of Architecture
www.utcsd.org
American Society of Civil
Engineer’s Environment and Water Resources Institute
Karen C. Kabbes, P.E., D.WRE
President, Kabbes Engineering, Inc.
and
Mike Clar, P.E., D.WRE
Assistant County Engineer, Department of Land Use
New Castle County, DE
www.ewrinstitute.org
Technical Subcommittees
The Technical Subcommittee are a voluntary group of professionals from diverse locations and backgrounds who provide technical expertise in specific areas of focus.
HYDROLOGY
Michael Barrett, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE
Center for Research in Water Resources
University of Texas at Austin
www.crwr.utexas.edu
Mike Clar, P.E., D.WRE
Assistant County Engineer, Department of Land Use
New Castle County, DE
American Society of Civil Engineer’s Environment and Water Resources Institute
www.ewrinstitute.org
Robert Goo
Smart Growth Team Leader
Nonpoint-Source Control Branch
United States Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov/owow/nps
William Hunt, Ph.D., P.E.
Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Urban Stormwater Management
North Carolina State University
www.bae.ncsu.edu/people/faculty/hunt/
Tom Liptan, ASLA
Landscape Architect/Environmental Specialist
City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services
www.portlandonline.com/bes
Ed MacMullan
Senior Economist
ECONorthwest
www.econw.com
Eric Strecker, P.E.
Principal
Geosyntec Consultants
www.geosyntec.com
Steve Windhager, Ph.D.
Director, Landscape Restoration Program
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
www.wildflower.org
David Yocca, ASLA, RLA, AICP, LEED AP
Principal Landscape Architect/ Planner
and
James Patchett, ASLA, LEED AP
Founder and President
Conservation Design Forum
www.cdfinc.com
Megan Turnock
Graduate student
Master of Landscape ArchitectureSchool of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
University of British Columbia
MATERIALS
Meg Calkins, RLA, ASLA
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture
Ball State University
www.bsu.edu/landscape
Kimberly Cochran, Ph.D.
Environmental Engineer
Office of Solid Waste
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov/osw
Nora Goldstein
Executive Editor
BioCycle Magazine
www.jgpress.com/biocycle.htm
Alison Kinn Bennett
Co-Chair EPA Green Building Workgroup
Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov/oppt
Jean Schwab
GreenScapes Program Manager
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov/greenscapes
HUMAN WELL-BEING
Frances Kuo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director, Landscape & Human Health Laboratory
Dept. of Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences/ Dept. of Psychology
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
www.lhhl.uiuc.edu
Karen R. Nikolai
Community Design Liaison, Hennepin County
National Association of
County & City Health Officials
www.naccho.org
Robert Ryan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
www.umass.edu/larp
Jerry Smith, ASLA, LEED AP
Senior Landscape Architect, HDR
www.hdrinc.com
Lynne Westphal, Ph.D.
Project Leader & Research Social Scientist, People and Their Environments
Northern Research Station, US Forest Service
www.nrs.fs.fed.us
Kathleen L. Wolf, Ph.D.
Research Social Scientist
College of Forest Resources
University of Washington
www.cfr.washington.edu/research.envmind/
SOIL
Susan D. Day, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Urban Forestry
Department of Forestry
Virginia Tech
www.forestry.vt.edu
David McDonald
Resource Conservation Planner
Seattle Public Utilities
www.seattle.gov/util/rescons
Fritz Steiner, Ph.D., FASLA
Dean, School of Architecture
Center for Sustainable Development, University of Texas at Austin
http://soa.utexas.edu
James Urban, FASLA
Owner
Urban Trees + Soil
VEGETATION
Nina Bassuk, Ph.D.
Professor and Program Leader
Urban Horticulture Institute
Cornell University
www.hort.cornell.edu/UHI
Jacob Blue
Landscape Architect/Ecological Planner
Applied Ecological Services
www.appliedeco.com
Nick Kuhn
City Forester
City of Albuquerque, NM
www.cabq.gov/sustainability
Chris Martin, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Applied Biological Sciences
Arizona State University www.poly.asu.edu/ecollege/appliedbiologicalsciences
Mark Simmons, Ph.D.
Ecologist
Landscape Restoration Program
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
The University of Texas at Austin
www.wildflower.org
John Peter Thompson
Chairman
Behnke Nurseries Co.
www.behnkes.com
Kathleen L. Wolf, Ph.D.
Research Social Scientist
College of Forest Resources
University of Washington
www.cfr.washington.edu/research.envmind/
Valerie Vartanian
Horticulture and Landscape Professions Liaison
Global Invasive Species Team
The Nature Conservancy
http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/horticulture.html