Charles R. Smith, Jr., FASLA
Preston Development Company, Cary, NC
Charles "Chuck" Smith is a creative, thoughtful, and principled leader who has dedicated his career to supporting and promoting the profession at the national, state, and local levels. With more than a decade of senior leadership at the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB), where he is currently President, he and other leaders worked to change the public's perception of the profession as well as advancing its standing nationally among the other licensed professions. His four decades of service and leadership in the state ASLA chapter have helped make it an example for other chapters nationwide. Chuck's strategic efforts were instrumental in the state upgrading the licensing law from a title act to a practice act. He represented the profession for 12 years on the North Carolina Board of Landscape Architects as an appointee by three different governors, where he held multiple offices and co-authored the Bylaws, the Code of Professional Conduct for landscape architects licensed in the state, and Board rule revisions. Chuck's work designing greenways, parks, and other public spaces as well as his exemplary stewardship overseeing the development of more than 15,000 acres of large master-planned communities reflect his value-driven leadership, all while devoting time and energy to local issues and projects in his community.
