Practice Management (Contracts / Insurance / Finance / Personnel)

60-Minute Education Session

Emerging Professionals

SAT-B07 - Allies, Advocates, and Stakeholders: Building Up Women in Landscape Architecture

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

Lead Speaker(s)

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  Magdalena Aravena, ASLA

  Landscape Designer
  Lamar Johnson Collaborative

Speaker(s)

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  Keith Wilson, ASLA

  Owner & Principal Landscape Architect
  Wilson Design Studio
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  Haley Blakeman, ASLA, AICP

  Suzanne L. Turner Assistant Professor
  Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture, LSU

With the gender gap in landscape architecture as significant as ever, especially widening in the progression to leadership, it is increasingly critical for women to have opportunities for leadership development. This session explores the role of allies, advocates, and stakeholders and the global benefits of empowering women in leadership.

Learning Objectives:

• Explore the significant gender gap in landscape architecture, and why it tapers off toward leadership.
• Gain insight on tangible ways volunteer and leadership experience will affect personal and career growth.
• Learn strategies for finding personal stakeholders, and why they're the new mentors.
• Understand the importance of empowering and investing in women and providing opportunities for their growth.