2024 Class of Fellows, Jerany L. Jackson, FASLA, St. Louis Chapter

Great River Engineering, Springfield, MO
by Great River Engineering

St. Louis Chapter - Category: Service

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St. Louis Chapter - Category: Service

For more than three decades, Jerany Jackson has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to landscape architecture by giving generously for the benefit of the profession and the public. In both her words and actions, Jackson demonstrates the importance of Landscape Architects as design professionals and problem solvers. As a practitioner, she has worked in multidisciplinary architecture and engineering firms, collaborating daily with allied professionals. Jackson was a governor-appointed member to the Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Professional Landscape Architects, where for ten years she actively fostered an environment of excellence and professionalism within the landscape architecture division and the greater 15-member board, helping shape the regulatory framework and ethical standards that guide Missouri practitioners. Jackson has served CLARB for 20-plus years and continues to serve in many leadership positions, including as president. She also worked to transition the Landscape Architect Registration Exam to be fully computerized, to initiate a partnership with ASLA to defend against threats to the deregulation of licenses practice, and to move the organization's bylaws from constituency-based to competency-based leadership selection. Jackson continues to teach design as an adjunct professor at both the university and community college level. Volunteering with many community organizations, she has contributed thousands of hours of pro bono work, always remaining flexible, resilient, and true to herself as a Landscape Architect, allowing her to practice her craft in a genuine and authentic way.