SUN-C04 - Mid-career Check-in: Management, Leadership, and Maybe Even Motherhood

Sunday, November 17

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Location: 30DE

1.25 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW, AICP, FL

Lead Speaker(s)

Keiko Tsuruta Cramer, ASLA

Principal
WRT

Speaker(s)

Jennifer Orr, ASLA

Principal, PLA
Studio Balcones
Sierra Bainbridge, ASLA

Senior Principal and Managing Director
MASS Design Group
Justine Heilner, ASLA

Senior Landscape Architect
Prospect Park Alliance

Four females at mid-career discuss their diverse career paths and leadership roles in the office, in the field, and at home, as mothers. Then let's all discuss the opportunities and obstacles for finding meaningful work and what more can be done to support female leaders in the profession.

Learning Objectives:

Explore and learn about the diversity of the field through four diverse career trajectories.
Discuss career obstacles and how to maneuver them as you grow in your career, especially as a female.
Discuss and list strategies for how we as a field can do more to support strong female leadership.
Discover and share the trials and tribulations of managing work–life balance and what can be done to create work environments that better support work–life balance.