LAF Legacy Award

"LAF would not exist as it does today without Dennis’s leadership and service over 20 years ago. Dennis helped lead a significant transition with grace, strategic foresight, and the best interests of both ASLA and LAF. He was and remains an inspirational force for good." 

— LAF CEO Barbara Deutsch, FASLA

During his 12-year tenure on the LAF Board of Directors from 1993 to 2005, Dennis served as Vice President of Development and as the 1999-2000 President of LAF. He served in an Ex Officio capacity while he was the 1994-95 President of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Since its founding LAF has always been a separate organization from ASLA but for most of its first 35 years, LAF operated within ASLA, sharing staff and office space. Dennis served on the LAF Board during the period when it decided to create the infrastructure to operate independently of ASLA, so that both organizations could focus on their distinct missions.  Dennis was Chair of the 1997-1999 LAF Second Century Campaign which was launched to make this transition possible and establish an endowment to sustain LAF's operations over the long term. Dennis’s dedicated and exceptional leadership transformed LAF, setting the stage for it to grow into the organization it is today. 

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“Since joining the Board, Lucinda has always stepped up and said, ‘yes’ to taking on big challenges and exploring big ideas. Her leadership took LAF to new places it had never been before. LAF is so grateful to Lucinda for her generosity of time, talents, resources, and passion.”

— LAF CEO Barbara Deutsch, FASLA

Lucinda served on the LAF Board of Directors from 2008-2016, holding several positions, including Vice President of Finance and President. In 2013, she took on the role of Vice President for LAF’s new Leadership Committee, charged with developing a strategy for partnerships and leadership. This work led to the creation of the LAF Fellowship for Leadership and Innovation, which drew heavily on Lucinda’s experience as President and CEO of OLIN, her experience as an educator at the University of Pennsylvania, and her doctoral studies in transformational leadership. Since the first cohort of LAF Fellows in 2017, Lucinda has served as a co-lead facilitator for the program. Applying her unique approach to leadership, she empowers the people around her to become their best selves.

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"Richard's vision and leadership helped bring to fruition two bold initiatives that were catalytic for LAF and the landscape architecture discipline. We are forever grateful for Richard's service and dedication to LAF, and for bringing the hopes and aspirations of the discipline together in clear and impactful ways." 

— LAF CEO Barbara Deutsch, FASLA

Richard served on the LAF Board from 2014 to 2018. An influential leader and prolific writer, Richard’s presence and vision strengthened the LAF Board and helped the organization turn ideas into action, in particular LAF’s 2016 Summit on Landscape Architecture and the Future and the resulting New Landscape Declaration. As a Board Emeritus, Richard conceptualized the idea of the Green New Deal Superstudio and served on the core planning team. The Superstudio, which ran from 2020 to 2021, was an open call to design schools, professional practices, individuals, and others to translate the core goals of the Green New Deal—decarbonization, justice, and jobs—into design and planning projects. The Superstudio’s success and the ideas it inspired informed the most important conversations emerging in design today.

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