Firm: Human Nature, Inc., Cincinnati

ASLA Election Year: 2017

Category: Leadership/Management

Christopher Manning, of Human Nature, Inc., was nominated for 'Leadership/Management' by the Ohio Chapter. As a public servant, Christopher leads by listening. His inspired ideas for park design and sustainable community improvement have dramatically influenced Greater Cincinnati's urban renaissance. Among his many volunteer efforts he was successful in bringing the acclaimed Cincinnati Flower Show back to the urban core on the city's riverfront. He has motivated hundreds of young designers as a teacher and through his firm's outreach. His sanitation district plan for northern Kentucky is a storm water laboratory and public park that incorporates a host of firsts in the region, including a green roof, rain harvesting, porous pavements, bioswales, wetlands, retention basins and step pools. His campus master plans garnered two LEED Gold ratings and one Platinum.