Development Trends

Education Session - Panel Format

MON-C07 - Alt-Practice Outside the LA Studio: Exploring the Breadth of the Profession

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

Moderator(s)

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  Betsy Anderson, Associate ASLA

  Landscape architect
  National Park Service

Panelists(s)

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  Sean Batty, ASLA

  Director, Stations and Guideways Department, Capital Projects Division
  TriMet
• BD

  Barbara Deutsch, FASLA

  Executive Director
  Landscape Architecture Foundation
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  Pamela Galera, ASLA

  Principal
  City of Anaheim

Landscape architects are systems integrators in a world with ample specialization and deductive thinking. To unlock the strength beyond the private design firm and open space projects, we will focus on four careers demonstrating the real impact of landscape architects and explore how it can be applied “outside the studio.”

Audience Participation Link: Join.fxptouch.com/r152

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how successful practitioners have developed different career paths founded on their landscape architecture training and experience.
• Understand the tools necessary for emerging professionals to pursue work effectively in government and non-profit roles.
• Gain insight on the process and challenges of pursuing diverse career paths.
• Learn about the importance of collaborative opportunities between public and private sector practitioners.