Craig Churchward

Firm: Avenue Design Partners, Minneapolis
Education: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
ASLA Chapter: Minnesota
Category: Leadership & Management

Craig Churchward has decades of service in private practice and public positions of responsibility that have helped expand the role of landscape architects in transportation. His leadership and advocacy regionally and nationally have resulted in transportation programs and projects that promote health, conserve and restore natural and cultural communities, enhance scenery and spur economic vitality. He was an adjunct faculty member, teaching landscape architecture design and theory at the University of Minnesota. As a consultant, teacher and frequent lecturer, he advocates a broad multidisciplinary team approach to create innovative transportation systems that enhance the lives of millions.

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L. Peter MacDonagh

Firm: The Kestrel Design Group, Edina, Minnesota
Education: BSLA, University of Minnesota
ASLA Chapter: Minnesota
Category: Knowledge

L. Peter MacDonagh is an authority on low-impact stormwater management, green infrastructure, lake and river restoration, natural area management, green roofs and soil bioengineering. The hallmark of his career is the coupling of science and the landscape architecture design for clients as diverse as public entities, schools, corporations and mining and energy companies. Knowledge gained through the lifelong study of natural landscapes ensures his master plans, management plans, parks and campuses reflect the local, native environment. As a lecturer at the University of Minnesota, he draws on his experience to instill in students how landscapes function, whether natural or constructed.

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