keynote speakers Fábos Landscape Planning and Greenway Symposium March 31, 2007 Amherst - Massachusetts

Patrick W. Caughey, FASLA - Thomas Balsley, FASLA - Christopher Greene, ASLA Patrick W. Caughey, FASLA President of American Society of Landscape Archiects For over twenty years, Pat Caughey has successfully balanced his practice of landscape architecture with his commitment to ASLA. A graduate of the University of Arizona (Cum Laude), he is a licensed landscape architect in four states. Pat began working for the award-winning firm that now bears his name in their Phoenix office in 1985. He transferred to San Diego in 1987, became principal in 1990 and subsequently partner and owner in 1995. Today he oversees the daily practice of Wimmer Yamada and Caughey and enjoys his involvement in its many varied design projects. He is proud to have been recognized as an innovative leader in landscape design practices in the southwestern region of the U.S. with an emphasis in sustainable and water conserving landscapes. Pat’s long history of involvement with the American Society of Landscape Architects began in 1984 when he co-founded the first ASLA student chapter at ASU. In 1989 he served as Chair of the San Diego Chapter Professional Awareness Committee, was Chapter Vice President in 1990 and became Chapter President in 1993. From 1995-1998 he served as a member of the Board of Trustees and in 1998 was elected ASLA National Vice President for Professional Practice. This position afforded him tremendous opportunity to meet other members and to contribute his expertise to numerous committees and task forces. He assisted in the planning of the centennial meeting in Boston and was Co-Chair of the annual meeting in San Jose. Pat was inducted into the Class of Fellows in 2004. Despite the many opportunities he has had over the years to promote the profession, Pat’s greatest achievements have been inspiring his staff to take an active role in ASLA and in attracting national and international students to the profession through internships. Recently appointed as a National Director with ACE (Architecture Construction and Engineering mentoring program), he looks forward to being involved in attracting young people to the profession from his interaction with high school students. Thomas Balsley, FASLA Thomas Balsley Associates, New York Mr. Balsley is the founder and principal designer of Thomas Balsley Associates, a New York City-based, award-winning design firm specializing in landscape architecture, urban design and site planning. An active member of the design community, Mr. Balsley has participated as a panelist and lecturer for the Municipal Art Society, The Institute for Urban Design and The Parks Council. He has also been a guest lecturer and design critic throughout the United States, Canada and the Far East-—at the National Building Museum, the International Downtown Association, the Rhode Island School of Design, and at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. Balsley’s designs have been internationally recognized by professional and civic organizations, including The American Society of Landscape Architects, The Waterfront Center, EDRA/Places, and American Institute of Architects. He has appeared the New York Times, Land Forum, Landscape Architecture, Progressive Architecture, L’Arca, Arredo Urbano, Sculpture, International Design as well as Places, Chinese Architect, and Japan Landscape magazine. Spacemaker Press published a monograph of Balsley’s work, entitled “Thomas Balsley: The Urban Landscape" with an introduction by Peter Walker. Mr. Balsley is a registered landscape architect and a graduate of Syracuse University and the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He is certified with CLARB. In an unexpected gesture of recognition for his contributions to landscape architecture and the public, a park he designed on 57th Street in Manhattan was renamed in his honor as Balsley Park. Christopher Greene, ASLA Halvorson Design Partnership, Boston Christopher Greene is a Senior Associate and registered landscape architect with Halvorson Design Partnership in Boston. Trained as a designer and planner, he has extensive experience in shaping public landscape policy in Massachusetts and generating political support and funding for many open space, recreation, economic development and historic landscape activities. He has taught landscape planning at UMass and worked for a Massachusetts State Senator. For sixteen years, Mr. Greene worked for Massachusetts state parks, directing and creating many innovative programs, including Heritage State Parks, Olmsted park preservation, sustainable recreation management, heritage tourism, the Bay Circuit trail implementation, and town common restoration. He joined Craig Halvorson, FASLA, (UMass BSLA ’67, MLA ’70) in 1996, where his work has involved sustainable design and historic landscape master planning. Mr. Greene has a BA in Art from Wesleyan and an MLA from UMass. He was a founding member of the METLAND research team led by Dr Julius Fábos.