BSLA Leadership

We are volunteer-led, volunteer driven. Join us!

Here, BSLA Past-Presidents Luisa Oliveira and Kaki Martin help build a pop-up park — part of the “Chelsea Cool” BSLA Design Challenge

Staff

  • Gretchen Rabinkin, AIA; Affil. ASLA

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Volunteers

2025 BSLA Executive Committee — “ExComm”

  • Michelle 'Mich' Crowley

    PRESIDENT

  • Luisa Oliveira, ASLA

    PAST-PRESIDENT

  • Lauren Butts, ASLA

    SECRETARY

  • Dan Gordon, ASLA

    TREASURER

  • Jessalyn Jarest, ASLA

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    through 2025

  • Carolina Carvajal

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    through 2026

  • Haipeng Zhu

    MEMBER-AT-LARGE

    through 2026

  • Tom Ryan

    TRUSTEE

    through 2025

  • Steven Mansfield, ASLA

    SECTION CHAIR

    Maine

  • Nate Burgess, ASLA

    SECTION CO-CHAIR

    Western Mass

  • Jeffrey Dawson, Affil. ASLA

    SECTION CO-CHAIR

    Western Mass

2025 Committee Leaders

Advocacy – Rachel Guilfoil (MA), Deborah Myers (MA), John McMeeking (ME) 

Climate Action – Jason Hellendrung 

Design Awards – Jean-Paul Charboneau, Ming-Jen Hsueh

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion – John Amodeo, Ricardo Austrich, Carolina Carvajal, Adam Molinski, Luisa Oliveira, Estello Raganit

Emerging Professionals – Karl Alamo, Nigel Cummings, Miranda Hulme, Jonathan Kuhr, Amanda Leifer, Yuqing Zhang

Fellows – Kaki Martin, FASLA, chair, Michael Boucher, FASLA, Shauna Gillies-Smith, FASLA, Doug Jones, FASLA, Mark Lindhult, FASLA, Laura Solano, FASLA, Bob Uhlig, FASLA

"Inside/Out" – Kathy Lynch

K-12 Outreach – Joe James, Deborah Myers

MembershipOpen – Want to get involved? Email gretchen@bslanow.org

Sketch BostonOpen – Want to get involved? Email gretchen@bslanow.org

2025 Student Chapters

Boston Architectural College

Harvard Graduate School of Design

UMass Amherst

Northeastern University

We are volunteer-led, volunteer driven! Where should we go, together?

Use the button above to connect with a few of our many volunteer leaders.

BSLA thrives thanks to the generosity of dozens of volunteers.

THANK YOU.

We are grateful that you’re part of our community.