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Licensed Landscape Architect, State of Mississippi #470
Treasurer, Mississippi Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)

|| Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor (2005-present)
    Starkville, MS
    Mississippi State University Department of Landscape Architecture
  • Courses Taught:
    LA 2323 Presentation Methods and Media
    LA 3603 Design of the Golf Environment
    LA 8522 Graduate Design Studio II

Project Manager (2003-2005)
Stuart, FL
Lucido and Associates, Landscape Architecture and Land Planning

Responsible for: Design Supervision, Scheduling, Contracts and Government Submittals.

Representative projects

  • Cityside
    West Palm Beach, FL
    Client: WCI Communities
  • Pineapple Commons
    Stuart, FL
    Client: RAM Development
  • Tesoro
    Port St. Lucie, FL
    Client: The Ginn Company
  • Harborage
    Stuart, FL
    Client: The Altman Company

Project Designer (2000-2003)
Stuart, FL
Lucido and Associates, Landscape Architecture and Land Planning

Responsible for: Planting Design, Preparation of Construction Documents, Site Observation and Government Submittals.

Representative projects

  • Evergrene
    Palm Beach Gardens, FL
    Client: WCI Communities
  • Jupiter Hills Golf Club
    Tequesta, FL
    Client: Jupiter Hills Golf Club
  • The Mall at Wellington Green
    Wellington, FL
    Client: The Taubman Company

Project Designer (1999)
Baton Rouge, LA
Eduardo Jenkins Landscape Architecture

Responsible for: Preparation of Construction Documents for Residential Landscapes.

Arts District Director (1998-1999)
Baton Rouge, LA
Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge

  • Responsible for the development of the Downtown Arts District, including program supervision and development, public relations, fundraising and management of a $60,000 budget.
  • Conceived and implemented the Baton Rouge Arts Market, a juried, monthly festival of fine arts and crafts held downtown in conjunction with the local Farmers’ Market.
  • Wrote and received grant funding from the Louisiana Division of the Arts for craft demonstrations at the Baton Rouge Arts Market.
  • Wrote and received local grant funding for production and distribution of a brochure featuring the Baton Rouge Arts Market and the Red Stick Farmers’ Market.

Instructor (1997)
Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana State University Department of Landscape Architecture

  • Course Taught - LA 1153 Basic Design for Landscape Architecture

|| Education

  • Master of Landscape Architecture
    Baton Rouge, LA
    Louisiana State University
  • American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Student Merit Award (1997)
  • Louisiana State University School of Landscape Architecture Service Award (1997)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Art
    Shreveport, LA
    Centenary College of Louisiana
  • Recipient of Willard E. Cooper Endowed Scholarship in Art (1994)
    Third Prize, The Opening, Oculus Gallery, Baton Rouge LA

|| Peer Reviewed Presentations:

  • A Source of Inspiration: Victorian Gardens of Louisiana, Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture 2006 Annual Conference.
    Are We Losing Ground to Attrition? Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture 2006 Annual Conference.

|| Invited Presentations:

  • The Principles of Design in Art and the Landscape, 51st Annual Landscape Symposium, Mississippi State University, October 18, 2006.
    The Victorian Gardens of Mississippi and Louisiana, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, July, 26, 2006.

|| Exhibits

  • Inside:Out Design Competition (with Jason Walker)
    Boston Center for the Arts
    June 20-25, 2006.

|| Funded Projects

  • Co-P.I., Northern Gulf of Mexico Cooperative Institute
    Assessing the Impact of Ordinances
    Outreach and Enforcement on the Resiliency of Gulf Coastal Watersheds
    $100,782--2006
Mississippi State University
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