Institution: Saint Paul, Minnesota Parks and Recreation Department
ASLA Chapter: Minnesota
Category: Leadership/Management

Jody Martinez is a trusted, respected and highly regarded leader. She has been instrumental in the improvement of the quality of St. Paul communities through bold planning initiatives and skillfully designed and executed parks, open space, parkways, trails and other essential public realms. Her leadership and project results drive multi-departmental teams as she manages numerous major initiatives throughout the city. She has proven the value that landscape architecture brings to quality planning and design results, and most St. Paul city departments request her division's landscape architectural services. She believes strongly that a well designed, integrated and meaningful public environment is essential to a city's positive growth and prosperity, and she further believes that landscape architects can lead these efforts.