Nancy Rottle, ASLA
Green Futures Research and Design Lab and the University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Nancy Rottle, of the Green Futures Research and Design Lab and the University of Washington, received her nomination, in Knowledge, from the Washington Chapter. As a landscape architect and educator, she has focused on how to generate, test, and share knowledge to elevate the appreciation and stewardship of the environment. Her accomplishments derive from her ability to mine planning and design projects to fuel her insightful body of research and numerous publications. She has inspired many in scores of presentations and lectures in the U.S. and abroad. She is a skilled practitioner, an inspiring teacher, and an inspired researcher who advances the theory and practice of landscape architecture in all she does. Her BA in Education is from Fairhaven College and BLA and MLA from the University of Oregon.

John Parke Royster, ASLA
Big Muddy Workshop
Omaha, Nebraska

John Parke Royster, of Big Muddy Workshop, received his nomination, in Leadership/Management, from the Great Plains Chapter. His sustained leadership through his environmental, organizational, community, and design efforts has strengthened landscape architect licensure, provided inspiration to organizations throughout Nebraska, and enhanced the quality of built landscapes and people's lives. He strives to empower others, and the nonprofits he serves are more economically sound, environmentally positioned, and politically savvy as a direct result of his involvement. He remains a respected mentor, advocate, and advisor to three regional landscape architecture programs and continues making a difference in ways that will benefit Great Plains citizens, communities, ecosystems, and landscape architects for generations to come. His BS is from South Dakota State University and MLA from Kansas State University.

Stephen Shurtz, ASLA
City of Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Stephen Shurtz, with the City of Baton Rouge, received his nomination, in Service, from the Louisiana Chapter. His volunteer service has made him a highly visible proponent of landscape architecture and urban forestry. As Louisiana Chapter President in 2002, he helped organize the highly successful ASLA Annual Meeting in New Orleans that year. His drive to create a statewide continuing education requirement has greatly strengthened the profession in Louisiana. He regularly interacts with top-level politicians and related professionals and always emphasizes the importance of design, planning, and green infrastructure management. As an adjunct professor at LSU, he also encourages students with his design and construction experience to consider the rapidly emerging field of municipal urban forestry and landscape management. His BLA is from Louisiana State University.

Margaret Rose Staeheli, ASLA
SvR Design Company
Seattle, Washington

Margaret Rose Staeheli, of SvR Design Company, received her nomination, in Leadership/Management, from the Washington Chapter. One of the Northwest's most effective proponents of sustainable design, particularly in the wise use and management of water, she demonstrates a commitment and record of successful project implementation that has shown an ever-larger number of design professionals, government managers, and private individuals how they, too, can be effective stewards of the landscape and the resources it encompasses. In turn, she has led her staff toward creative exploration to uncover new, more elegant ways to raise the performance of basic infrastructure. Her unique combination of leadership skills, nimbleness, technical expertise, and tangible results sets the bar high and entices others to follow. Her BSLA is from Washington State University.

David Walker, ASLA
PWP Landscape Architecture
Berkeley, California

David Walker, of PWP Landscape Architecture, received his nomination, in Works, from the Northern California Chapter. His projects span the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Australia, and his vision is clearly represented in the firm's extensive portfolio. Among the more recent design efforts are the Novartis Headquarters in Basel, Switzerland—now in its 15th year of development—and Barangaroo in Sydney, the waterfront development of a former container terminal. Among his more recent accolades, Novartis was recognized in 2013 with an ASLA Honor Award. Beyond skilled conceptual design, he knows how to direct the long and complex political processes of a project through to implementation. He maintains the proverbial big idea while immersed in its finest details. He has a BFA LA from the Rhode Island School of Design and MLA from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Thomas Witten, ASLA
PBR HAWAII & Associates
Honolulu, Hawaii

Thomas Witten, of PBR HAWAII & Associates, received his nomination, in Leadership/Management, from the Hawai'i Chapter. He leads a preeminent design firm skillfully and has advanced the profession through his fervent efforts to establish a professional degree program at the University of Hawai'i. He works in an island ecosystem where the people have long valued the land and its resources. And he has built a reputation as the very best in planning communities and landscapes that address cultural and environmental sensitivities effectively while delivering complex, high quality projects to developers, landowners, and state and county agencies. He has successfully raised the position and role of landscape architecture for projects of all sizes with his extensive knowledge and professionalism. His BLA is from University of California, Berkeley.

About the American Society of Landscape Architects
Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association for landscape architects, representing more than 15,000 members in 49 professional chapters and 72 student chapters. Members of the Society use "ASLA" after their names to denote membership and their commitment to the highest ethical standards of the profession. Landscape architects lead the stewardship, planning, and design of our built and natural environments; the Society's mission is to advance landscape architecture through advocacy, communication, education, and fellowship.

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