Speaker Bios
Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.: Inspirations for the 21st Century
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Thomas J. Campanella Born and raised in Brooklyn, Thomas J. Campanella is a professor of urbanism and city planning at Cornell University. |
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Elizabeth Hope Cushing Elizabeth Hope Cushing, Ph.D., is the author of a forthcoming book about Boston landscape architect Arthur A. Shurcliff (1870–1957), based on her doctoral dissertation for the American and New England Studies program at Boston University. |
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Tim Davis Tim Davis is a historian for the U.S. National Park Service. |
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Alexander Garvin Alexander Garvin is currently president & CEO of AGA Public Realm Strategists |
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David R. Holden David R. Holden is a retired urban planner and landscape architect currently working on a full length, comprehensive overview of the professional life of Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. |
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Dan Jones Dan Jones is chairman and chief executive officer of 21st Century Parks, a non-profit corporation that manages a partnership that seeks to develop The Parklands of Floyds Fork in Louisville, KY. |
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Dan Kildee Born and raised in Flint, Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05) is a lifelong Michigan resident who has a consistent record of results for working and middle class families. |
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Arleyn Levee Arleyn A. Levee is a landscape historian and preservation consultant, specializing in the work of the Olmsted firm. |
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Timothy Mennel Timothy Mennel is senior acquisitions editor for American history and regional studies at the University of Chicago Press. |
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Philip Morris Philip A. Morris had a 31-year editorial career with Birmingham, Alabama-based Southern Living magazine focused primarily on design. |
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Laurie D. Olin Laurie Olin, RLA, FASLA, is a partner with Olin, and a distinguished teacher, author, and one of the most renowned landscape architects practicing today. |
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Peter Pollock Peter Pollock, FAICP, is the Ronald Smith Fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. |
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Catherine L. Ross Catherine L. Ross is the Director of Georgia Institute of Technology’s Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development (CQGRD) and Deputy Director of the National Center for Transportation System Productivity and Management. |
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Jack Sullivan Jack Sullivan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture at the University of Maryland and a licensed landscape architect in Maryland and Massachusetts. |
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Eric Tamulonis Eric Tamulonis, ASLA, LEED®AP, is a principal with WRT, a national planning and design firm. |
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Harriet Tregoning Harriet Tregoning is the Director of the Washington DC Office of Planning. |
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Karen S. Walz Karen S. Walz, FAICP, is the principal in Strategic Community Solutions. |
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Robert D. Yaro Robert Yaro is President and Chief Executive Officer of Regional Plan Association, America’s oldest independent metropolitan policy, research and advocacy group. |



















