Terrain Talks: The Future is Resilient
Join ASLA KY for our first ever virtual conference through a series of monthly live online webinars. CEUs will be offered to those in attendance and requires registration prior to the event. Thanks to University of Kentucky Department of Landscape Architecture for being this month's webinar sponsor!
Speaker Bios
Louis R. Johnson, PLA: Louis is an award-winning landscape architect, urban designer and project executive in the firm’s landscape architecture studio. His previous experience spans 11 years, having worked on projects of various scales across the Midwest and Southeast. Louis’ experience covers broad regional and urban design and corridor planning and design, as well as detailed landscape architectural site design. He is a leader in the field of urban design and landscape architecture, having most recently spoken at state and national planning conferences about implementing successful, innovative community design processes. Louis was recently appointed by Mayor Linda Gorton to serve as an advisor on Lexington, KY’s Sustainable Growth Task Force and sits on the board of the Congress for the New Urbanism’s Midwest chapter.
Matt McLaren, P.E., SITES: With a diverse background in all aspects of site civil engineering, Matt is a valuable asset to the Gresham Smith team. Matt is a SITES certified professional and excels in site design, stormwater analysis and design, green infrastructure and LID principals, grading, and erosion prevention and sediment control plan design. Matt is also a proven leader, currently serving as Gresham Smith’s Land Planning leader for the State of Kentucky engaging in both mentorship and project team management, and drafting documents to convey engineering topics to the public, elected officials and design professionals.