Profile: Karen Beck

 

Karen Beck

ASLA Chapter: Rhode Island

Category: Service to the Profession

Company/academic title: Commonwealth Engineers & Consultants Inc., Providence

Education: Bachelor in resource development with a concentration in landscape design from the University of Rhode Island in 1984.

Karen Beck was nominated for her dedicated and active involvement with the chapter?EUR??,,????'???s activities since its inception. She has served on the chapter?EUR??,,????'???s executive committee for a decade and has continuously coordinated the chapter?EUR??,,????'???s LARE review courses, which she founded 20 years ago. Her 10 years of service on the Rhode Island State Board of Licensure ensured that the state?EUR??,,????'???s Landscape Architecture Practice Act was enforceable and protected the public?EUR??,,????'???s health, safety and welfare. Ms. Beck also organizes the chapter?EUR??,,????'???s ?EUR??,,????'??Landscape Designer Forum,?EUR??,,????'?? held at the annual Rhode Island Spring Flower and Garden Show.

Thoughts on Becoming a Fellow: ?EUR??,,????'??The recognition of one?EUR??,,????'???s peers for a job well-done is one of the greatest feelings in the world. It is also incredibly humbling when you see your name next to those persons who you looked to for inspiration and guidance during your education and even afterwards as a practicing professional.?EUR??,,????'???EUR??,,????'??+Karen Beck, 2009 Class of Fellows