Raised in a family of farmers in rural Michigan, Lisa developed a formative respect and commitment to nature at a young age. Her 14 years of broad landscape design experience, coupled with her knowledge of horticulture and agriculture informs her pragmatic approach to design. As a Landscape Architect and Educator, her role spans design, research and execution realms, where she has led high profile landscape projects, including the award-winning Governors Island Hills project in New York City. Prior to founding her own consulting firm that bridges design + ecology, Site Science in 2017, Lisa held project leader positions with West 8 urban design + landscape architecture, Future Green Studio, MNLA New York, and Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects Chicago. In addition to leading design projects at Site Science, Lisa serves as an assistant teaching professor of landscape architecture and practitioner-in-residence at The Pennsylvania State University where she challenges her students to solve complex design issues through research, conversation and collaboration. Her work has been published for the Landscape Architecture Foundation, and in Landscape Architecture Magazine, World Landscape Architecture, and Metropolis POV. Lisa received both her Bachelors of Science in Resource Ecology & Environmental Policy and her Masters in Landscape Architecture from the University of Michigan.