Movers and Shakers

Pat D. Taylor, director of the University of Texas Arlington?EUR??,,??s program in landscape architecture, has been awarded the Merit Award for achieving ?EUR??,,??remarkable works for CIGR, the International Commission of Agricultural Engineers.?EUR??,,?? Taylor has served as director of UT Arlington?EUR??,,??s landscape architecture program since 1992.

Pat D. Taylor

The board of directors of JMT is announced that Jon S. Conner, RLA, AICP has been promoted to vice president of the Sparks, Md. office. Conner holds a bachelor?EUR??,,??s degree in horticulture from the University of Maryland and a master?EUR??,,??s degree in landscape architecture from Morgan State University. He is a registered landscape architect in Maryland and Pennsylvania as well as a certified planner.

Jon S. Conner

Recently New York native and Vermont resident Craig Rankin received a lifetime achievement award from the Vermont Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). The award was presented to Rankin by Patrick McClean, a landscape architect with the local firm Stantec and president of the Vermont Chapter of the ASLA.

Craig Rankin

National Survey & Engineering, a division of R.A. Smith & Associates, Inc., a civil engineering, planning, surveying, landscape architecture, GIS and 3D visualization consultants has added Amy Schneider as landscape architect. Schneider has a bachelor?EUR??,,??s degree in natural resources and a master?EUR??,,??s degree in landscape architecture from the University of Michigan.

 

Amy Schneider

Members of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects have elected Aris W. Stalis of the BSC Group/TerraSphere (Glastonbury) as the new president and Brian Robinson of Keith Simpson Associates (New Canaan) as the president elect to serve on its 2006-07 executive committee, the main governing body of the 250-member organization.

Aris W. Stalis

Burgess & Niple also welcomes Roumen Lefterov, PE, LEED AP, as a senior project manager in the Maryland office. Lefterov brings nearly 10 years of experience managing projects ranging from site design for private developments, to utility infrastructure improvements for municipalities throughout Maryland. He earned his BS in civil engineering from the University of Maryland.

Roumen Lefterov

Whitner Kane has joined ColeJenest & Stone, P.A., a 60-person firm Charlotte-based firm, which also operates in Raleigh, N.C., as a site designer I. She received her bachelor of science in environmental design and master of landscape architecture degrees from Auburn University.

Whitner Kane

Takanori Taira, a designer with the San Francisco Office, recently joined Horton Lees Brogden Lighting after graduating from Pennsylvania State University with an integrated bachelor/master?EUR??,,??s degree in architectural engineering with a minor in architecture and peace studies. He is a native of Tokyo, Japan and is fluent in both Japanese and English.

Takanori Taira

Land Design announced that Peter Crowley would become the firm?EUR??,,??s president as of January 1, 2007. Crowley has been with the firm for 27 years and was the founder and managing partner of LandDesign?EUR??,,??s Washington, DC office. He has been leading the efforts to create opportunities in Asia, including opening the firm?EUR??,,??s Beijing office.

Peter Crowley

Shelley P. Carleson joins ColeJenest & Stone, P.A., a provider of comprehensive land development services, as an administrative assistant II. She received her bachelor of science degree in education from Winthrop University. ColeJenest & Stone, P.A. specializes in land planning, landscape architecture, civil engineering and urban design.

Shelley P. Carleson

James Vanek joined Wight & Company in the Chicago office as a senior project manager in architecture. Vanek?EUR??,,??s civic commitment to Chicago includes serving on the board of directors for the Chicago Building Congress and the Chicago Children?EUR??,,??s Advocacy Center. He earned his bachelor?EUR??,,??s degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

James Vanek