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Robert Kronenberg (BLA 1991) is the chief of the area 1 planning division for the Montgomery County Planning Department in Silver Spring, Maryland. He oversees the master plan and development review functions for this area of the county, which includes Bethesda, Silver Spring, Takoma Park, and Friendship Heights. His background is in landscape architecture and planning, with more than 14 years of service at the Maryland National-Capital Park and Planning Commission in a number of capacities.

Rhett Keller joined Shipes Landscaping, Inc., in 1996 after receiving his Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from LSU. Rhett is a licensed landscape architect in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. He is the vice president, landscape architect, and general manager at Shipes Landscaping, a design/build landscape company that installs landscapes, irrigation, hardscapes, lighting, fountains, in-ground trampolines, and performs general maintenance on properties. View more of Rhett’s work at landscapearchitectrlk.com.

Rhett’s Portfolio

Alex Strader graduated magna cum laude from LSU with a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture in 2011. He practiced as a designer and project manager at Reed Hilderbrand in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 2011–14, designing and realizing institutional, public, and residential projects. He joined the Baton Rouge office of Jeffrey Carbo Landscape Architects in August 2014. He has served as a guest critic at the Harvard Gradute School of Design and Boston Architectural College.

Thomas Wright received his Master of Landscape Architecture from LSU in 1978. He is now retired, after leading a fabulous career with the US Forest Service with an emphasis on outdoor recreation design and management, scenery management, and universal access. He was initially registered in Arkansas in 1979, with subsequent registrations in Texas and Virginia. Thomas also retired from the US Navy Reserve after 22 years of service. He settled in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and is married with one son and four grandchildren. Now the Wrights spend their time travelling to every corner of the world.

Noel Aveton, ASLA, received his BLA from LSU in 1995. Noel’s years of experience include landscape architecture and master planning of public and private developments as well as major urban design and mixed-use projects. As director at Callison in Dallas, Texas, Noel leads the planning and landscape architecture efforts, which includes working with clients around the globe. In addition to the development of projects, Noel served in various positions with the American Society of Landscape Architects, specifically the Texas chapter, where he sat on the executive committee as president.

Marsa Zayed in Aquaba, Jordan by Noel Aveton (BLA 1995), director of Callison

Lewis T. May (BLA 1969, MLA 1973) is an associate principal and urban design director of Page, a multidisciplinary architecture and engineering firm with offices in the United States and abroad. May is one of the nation’s most accomplished master-plan designers, with more than four decades of experience in planning, urban design, and landscape architecture for projects throughout the Middle East, Asia, and Africa as well as North America.

May has had a significant influence on the built environment of the Middle East by leading design teams on the planning of dozens of cities and urban centers, including new town plans for ARAMCO, communities for Internal Security Forces Housing Projects, sites for the Peace Sun, Peace Shield Master Plan Base Installation Strategies, and master plans for cities such as Accra, Ghana; Jeddah North, Saudi Arabia; and others. May is also the author of the award-winning book Landscape Architecture in Saudi Arabia.

After post-graduate service in the US Army, May joined the nationally renowned firm of Caudill Rowlett Scott where he directed the firm’s global planning and landscape architecture studio for more than two decades. In 1996, Lewis joined the Houston office of Page as Director of Planning with similar responsibilities.

May’s extensive portfolio includes more than 300 campus facility master plans at prestigious institutions around the world, including Harvard University, Carnegie Mellon University, the United States Military Academy (West Point), University of Virginia, Templeton College at Oxford University, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, King Abdul-Aziz Military Academy, and University of Houston System.

Recognized with many awards for his writing and design, May has lectured at numerous universities and professional associations. In 1993, he was recognized by the American Institute of Architects as “one of the outstanding landscape architects and planners in America.” In addition, he has been appointed to serve on two policy committees, the Texas Center for Society and Health Policy and the Center for Population Health, for the Baker Institute at Rice University.

He shares this extensive knowledge with students through teaching positions, including at the University of Houston’s Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture where he founded the Center for Ecology and served as its director. He is currently a visiting critic/adjunct faculty in the architecture programs at Texas Tech University, University of Hawaii, and Universidad de Monterrey. He earned his Bachelor and Master of Landscape Architecture from LSU.

Registered to practice landscape architecture in Texas, May is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects and a member of the American Planning Association. He also holds certification from the Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards.

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