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Maury Miller directed his career path toward golf architecture by apprenticing with civil engineers and land planners in Houston, Texas, following graduation. In 1979, he began his tenure with golf architect Tom Fazio and was project coordinator for Wild Dunes Links, considered Fazio’s first solo course design. Maury performed full-time construction observation and was responsible for directing construction through completion in 1980. He has participated in the design, construction, and development of a number of other high-profile golf courses in the United States and Japan. In 2001, he joined Victor Lissiak’s firm and participated in the development of Garland’s Harbor Point, Bent Tree Country Club clubhouse expansion, and a number of multi-family projects with Humphrey Architects. Following the economic recession, Maury relocated to Austin, Texas, in 2010 to “re-create” his career. He has partnered with a select group of contractors to perform design/build for high-end residential projects.

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Elizabeth Janiszewski Ahmed, BLA 1991, is a vice president at AECOM, based out of Los Angeles. AECOM is an American multinational engineering firm that provides design, consulting, construction, and management services to a wide range of clients on every continent. AECOM is 87,000 professionals strong, where ideas get turned into icons. AECOM delivers clean water and energy; builds iconic skyscrapers; plans new cities; restores damaged environments; connects people and economies with roads, bridges, tunnels and transit systems; designs parks where children play; and helps governments maintain stability and security.

In her role as an executive, Elizabeth is in charge of connecting expertise across services, markets, and geographies to deliver transformative outcomes worldwide. Her work has taken her to many places around the globe with a five-year stay in Japan and, most recently, to India, Singapore, and China. She earned her MBA from Pepperdine’s University Graziadio Business School in Malibu. Elizabeth has been married to Saj Ahmed, a healthcare executive, for 13 years and has two children Maya and Grayson.

Peter Petschek received his Master of Landscape Architecture from the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture in 1987. After graduation, he worked at EDSA in Fort Lauderdale for two years, then at Knoll in Germany for two years. He moved to Switzerland to work at Kienast (1992-96) and since 1991 has been teaching at HSR University of Applied Sciences in Rapperswil, Switzerland.

Linda Barfield has been active in the field of urban forest management since becoming an International Society  of Arboriculture (ISA) certified arborist in 1994. She has provided leadership in the Southern chapter of the ISA and is currently a member of the mid-Atlantic chapter as well as the American Society of Landscape Architects-Potomac Chapter. Linda works with the County of Fairfax, Virginia, as an urban forester and recently completed coursework to become a master watershed steward in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. She is a registered landscape architect in Maryland and Puerto Rico.

After graduating from the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture in 2002, Michael Percy moved to Texas to work for MESA Design Group in Dallas, where he previously interned. He later moved to Austin to join the Urban Design and Planning Department at HNTB, where he held the position of design lead and operations manager. Michael eventually pursued his passion in residential design by serving as the design director for Root Design Company, a design-build firm in Austin. In 2013, he teamed up with local Austin architect, Travis Greig, to form Greig-Percy Collaborative, a multidisciplinary firm offering both architecture and landscape architecture design services.

In January 2017, Michael joined the CARBO team as a senior associate in their new Baton Rouge headquarters. This latest move brings him home to Louisiana after practicing in Texas for nearly 15 years. Michael began his career working as CARBO’s first intern in 1997 and looks forward to contributing to the continued growth of the firm.