Speakers

Director, Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation

Mayor, City of Cleveland

Mayor, City of Fort Worth

Mayor, City of Austin

Mayor, City of Greenville, SC

Director of Marketing, Greenfields Outdoor Fitness

Director, City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department

Cities Connecting Children to Nature Program Manager, City of Austin Parks & Recreation Department

Director, Lewisville Parks and Recreation Department

Green Stormwater Infrastructure Program Manager, City of Tucson Water Department

Founder & Principal, Public Sphere Projects

Executive Director, Capital Trees

Principal, Belleville Placemaking

Director of Health Equity, MIG

Program Director, City Parks Alliance

Campus Manager, City of San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department

Principal, PORT

President & CEO, Riverside Park Conservancy

University Faculty Scholar, College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University

Urban Planner, City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation

Senior Director, Parks and Recreation Division, City of Mobile Public Works Department

Associate Director of Professional Development & Partner School Director, North Carolina State University Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management

Chair of Landscape Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Ecology, Sasaki

Capital Planning and Development Administrator, City of Tucson Parks and Recreation Department

Vice President – Planning, New York Power Authority/New York State Canal Corporation

Pennsylvania State Director, Trust for Public Land

Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente

Assistant Director of Programs, City Parks Alliance

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Interim Director of Park Projects, Parks & People, Inc.

Founder, Creative Policy

Climate Adaptation & Resilience Manager, City of Austin Office of Climate Action & Resilience

Chief Program and Public Spaces Officer, Downtown Detroit Partnership

Commissioner, City of Atlanta Department of Parks & Recreation

Program Officer, William Penn Foundation

Senior Planning Manager, City of Boulder Parks and Recreation Department

Director of Education, Park Pride

Principal, Agora Partners

Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Community Programs Manager, Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms

Founder / CEO, KOEN Consulting

CEO, The Trail Conservancy

Assistant Director, City of Raleigh Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department

President, Capital Area Master Naturalists

Director, District of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation

Director, City of Richmond Richmond Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities Department

Associate Director, Policy and Public Affairs, Trust for Public Land

Director, City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department

Programs and Operations Manager, City of Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities

Sustainability & Resilience Program Manager, City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department

Principal, byGeorge Consultants

Managing Principal, Clark Condon

Competitive Programs Manager, Land and Water Conservation Fund, National Park Service

Trails and Transportation Planner, Great Springs Project

Senior Project Manager, Houston Parks Board

Senior VP of Program, Student Conservation Association

Principal, Public Realm Strategies, OJB Landscape Architecture

Associate Urban Designer, Design Workshop

President & CEO, Park Pride

Conservation Director, Memorial Park Conservancy

Senior Capital Projects Manager, Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities for the City of Richmond, Virginia

Community Partnerships Leader, Kaizen Labs

Senior Manager of Planning & Design, The Bentway

Senior Civil Engineer, Arup

Capital Planning Manager, New York State Canal Corporation

Principal, Design Workshop, Inc.

Associate Landscape Architect, SmithGroup

Director of Impact Evaluation and Community Science, Groundwork USA

Recreation & Community Inclusion Coordinator, City of Brownsville Parks and Recreation Department

Principal, RATIO

Environmental Program Coordinator, City of Austin Watershed Protection Department

Executive Vice President – Land Planning, Gresham Smith

Principal, Potrero Group

Program Specialist, National Recreation and Park Association

Performance and Operations Specialist, City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation

Managing Principal, TBG Partners

Program Manager, Children & Nature Network

Partner and Managing Principal, Reed Hilderbrand

Deputy Chief of Wildfire Resilience, Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority

Recreation Manager, City of Tempe

Director of Research, The Trust for Public Land

Landscape Architect and Planner, Design Workshop

President, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Director of Fiscal Services, Seattle Parks Foundation

Principal, Design Workshop

VP of Marketing, Gathering Place

Principal, HR&A Advisors, Inc.

Executive Director, City Parks Foundation

High Line Network Coordinator, Friends of the High Line

Executive Director, Moncus Park

Park Development Division Manager, City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department

VP of Development, Dix Park Conservancy

Founder/ CEO, The Urban Alchemy Collective

Board Member, World Urban Parks

SWMD Transformation Project Director, Texas Trees Foundation

Associate Principal, Arup

Founding Director and Senior Advisor, Clockshop

CEO, Greenfields Outdoor Fitness

Park Manager, DowntownDC Business Improvement District

Executive Director, Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy

President & Administrator, Prospect Park Alliance

Inclusive Play Specialist, Landscape Structures

Executive Director, City Parks Alliance

Parks Practice Lead, McAdams

Director of Parks and Greenspace, Kinder Foundation

Senior Associate, Sasaki

Sr Land Use and Sustainability Planner, Longwood Collective

President, Buffalo Bayou Partnership

Senior Landscape Architect and Project Manager, Greenworks

Director, Urban Design Studio

Community Planner, DC Department of Parks and Recreation

Director, City of Houston Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities

Executive Director, Friends of Shelby Park and Bottom

Capital Projects Planner, City of Richmond, Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities

Community Engagement Manager, Petaluma River Park Foundation

Chief of Staff, Fairmount Park Conservancy

Project Manager, Greensboro Downtown Greenway, Greensboro Downtown Greenway/Action Greensboro

President, Sears Pool Management Consultants, Inc.

Equity & Inclusion Program Manager, City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department

Partner, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.

Director of Individual Giving & Donor Relations, Austin Parks Foundation

Director of Community Strategies, Trust for Public Land

Urban Planner, Principal, Agency Landscape + Planning

Executive Director, I-195 Redevelopment District

Community Planner/Parks Planner, Perez Planning + Design

Assistant Director, Culture, Arts and Nature, Chicago Park District

Executive Director, Milwaukee Parks Foundation

Senior Director, High Line Network, Friends of the High Line, Inc

Managing Director of Consulting, Potrero Group

Senior Fellow for Climate and Opportunity, Center for an Urban Future

Director, City of Alexandria Department of Recreation, Parks & Cultural Activities

Chief Marketing Officer, The Trail Conservancy

Assistant Director, City of Douglasville Parks and Recreation

Senior Director, Parks and Trails, Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

Executive Projects Director, The Trail Conservancy

Athletics Community Liaison & Adapted Sports and Recreation Community Programs Coordinator, TIRR Memorial Hermann

Senior Business Developer, PlanIT Geo

Advocacy Director, City Parks Alliance

Principal, Interface Studio LLC

Senior Program Manager, National Recreation and Park Association

Deputy Commissioner, City of Atlanta Department of Parks and Recreation

Director of Parks & Community, LAND studio

Executive Director, Travis County Parks Foundation

Principal, Site Design Group, Ltd.

Senior Advisor, Public Sphere Projects

Professor of Landscape Architecture, Seoul National University

Cities Connecting Children to Nature Program Manager, City of Austin Parks & Recreation Department

Vice President of Government Relations, Waterloo Greenway Conservancy

Director of Park Planning & Design, RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture

Manager, City of Austin, Office of Climate Action and Resilience

CEO, The Trail Conservancy

Consulting Engineer, Austin Parks & Recreation

Supervisor Schoolyards and Grounds, Austin ISD – Sustainability Office

Events Manager, Austin Sunshine Camps

Program Development Coordinator, Austin Parks & Recreation

Night Sky Program Director, Travis County Parks Foundation

Director of Community Engagement, Pease Park Conservancy

Executive Director, Shoal Creek Conservancy

Division Manager, Historic Preservation, Austin Planning, City of Austin

Founder, Cultured Forest

Vice President of Park Operations, Waterloo Greenway Conservancy

Chief of Park Operations, The Trail Conservancy

Chief Planning and Design Officer, Waterloo Greenway Conservancy

Chief Development Officer, Austin Sunshine Camps

ADA Project Coordinator, Austin Parks and Recreation

Chief Marketing Officer, The Trail Conservancy

Executive Projects Director, The Trail Conservancy

Education Coordinator, Zilker Botanical Garden Conservancy