Firm: JACOBS, Sacramento
ASLA Chapter: California Sierra
Category: Leadership/Management

Jeffrey Townsend's 30 years of achievement in professional leadership and management in the private sector embody a sustained record of advocacy in government affairs and his passion for improving his community's quality of life. His experience in interdisciplinary team-building has consistently put him in community building leadership roles. He is his firm's international resource, and his leadership has elevated the role of landscape architects generally in new areas of influence. He is also a leader in the advocacy of landscape architecture at the national, state and local levels, and has been instrumental in promoting and preserving landscape architect licensure in California. In Sacramento, his community leadership includes his significant impact on its urban forest, levees, complete streets and related urban design initiatives.