Interested in ASLA Fellow? Recognizing leadership over time…
Fellowship is among the highest honors the ASLA bestows on members and recognizes the contributions of these individuals to their profession and society at large based on their works, leadership and management, knowledge, and service. The designation of Fellow is conferred on individuals in recognition of exceptional accomplishments over a sustained period of time. Individuals considered for this distinction must be full members of ASLA in good standing for at least ten years and must be recommended to the Council of Fellows by the Executive Committee of their local chapter, the Executive Committee of the ASLA, or the Executive Committee of the Council of Fellows.
In 2022, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) will elevate 27 members as Fellows for their exceptional contributions to the landscape architecture profession and society at large. Election to the ASLA Council of Fellows is among the highest honors the ASLA bestows.
Boston is proud to have four members in this 2022 group of Fellows:
John Amodeo in Works
Maria Bellalta in Knowledge
Deneen Crosby in Works
Mark Klopfer in Works
Please join us in congratulating these members of our chapter!
Click to learn more about ASLA members elevated to Fellow in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.
The BSLA Fellows Committee will start to meet in October 2022 to determine the chapter’s nominees for the class of 2023.
Please consider recommending to BSLA one or more qualified people for nomination as ASLA Fellow. Fellowship is one of the highest honors in the profession. It is typically awarded to ASLA members who have demonstrated exceptional achievements and contributions over an extended period of time. Each year BSLA nominates four to six candidates for consideration by the ASLA Council of Fellows. These candidates are from our entire chapter, Massachusetts and Maine. Nomination from the chapter does not guarantee elevation to Fellow.
The person or people you recommend need to meet the ASLA eligibility requirements:
Be a current ASLA Full Member or International Member in good standing.
Have achieved at least 10 continuous years of full membership at the time of nomination.
Have demonstrated exceptional contributions over an extended period of time.
Have made a significant positive impact on the public and the profession.
Have received recognition for those contributions from multiple sources.
Click to view the list of BSLA members with 10 years of ASLA membership eligible for 2023 Fellow nomination. The database of all current ASLA Fellows is located here. Please don’t recommend current Fellows. You may nominate yourself.
People can be nominated in one of four categories:
Please send the names and a brief description of the qualifications of your suggested nominee(s) to the chapteroffice@bslanow.org by November 11, 2022.
This local BSLA deadline allows the BSLA Fellows Nominating Committee time to determine which candidates to put forth from the chapter, and then work with the four-six candidates in preparing their applications for the national deadline.
PLEASE NOTE: The “Boston” chapter includes all of Massachusetts and Maine. We are fortunate to have an extraordinarily deep pool of candidates; many more are qualified than BSLA can support in any given year. Our chapter is grateful to have nearly 170 individuals who meet the ten year membership eligibility requirement. NOT all suggested people will be nominees.
We seek to put forth a range of up to six candidates who represent the professional range or our chapter, including nominees from both smaller and larger offices; with practices based in smaller cities and rural towns as well as the Boston metro area; and with varying approaches to the practice of landscape architecture, from academic to the public and nonprofit sectors to private offices.
The deadline to ASLA National for nomination submission packages is February 15, 2023. ASLA uses an online submission system. Complete information, including helpful hints and sample nominations, can be found on the ASLA Council of Fellows website.
Thank you for helping us develop a diverse list of highly qualified people for BSLA to consider nominating to ASLA for Fellow.
— BSLA Fellows Nominating Committee
in alphabetical order
Michael Boucher, FASLA
Mark Lindhult, FASLA
Kaki Martin, FASLA (BSLA president)
Marion Pressley, FASLA
Cheri Ruane, FASLA (BSLA trustee)
Tom Ryan, FASLA
JP Shadley, FASLA
Cynthia Smith, FASLA