SuLin Kotowicz, FASLA

VIRIDIS Design Group, Grand Rapids, MI
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Michigan Chapter | Service

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Michigan Chapter | Service

SuLin Kotowicz's dedication to the profession of landscape architecture and ASLA expresses the core values of service, while weaving advocacy, mentorship, and volunteerism throughout her personal and professional life in a joyful and inclusive manner. She is a tireless advocate for women in the profession and is committed to supporting students while elevating and empowering women of color into leadership positions. Nationally, she has served on the ASLA finance and investments committees and the executive committee, and as a juror and a speaker. Drawing on her acumen for finance, she also instructed hundreds of landscape architecture business owners on tools for managing finances. Recognizing her many varied contributions, ASLA chose SuLin to be a candidate for the 2021 President-Elect. At the state level, she advocated successfully for a Practice Act and later helped stop an effort to deregulate landscape architecture. Her effective advocacy earned her the Michigan Chapter 2008 Emerging Professional of the Year award and the 2016 Distinguished Member of the Year. In practice, SuLin has been a staunch advocate for mobility and alternative transportation, and she designed and constructed Grand Rapids's first universally accessible playground. She has been an integral part of the city's 21st century mobility strategy and development of streetspace guidelines. SuLin's exceptional vision and momentum for the profession and ASLA continue to inspire and empower the next generation of landscape architects.