Libby Page
Nashville, Tennessee
Ms. Page attended The Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, PA and Tulane University in New Orleans, LA, graduating with a BA in American History. Ms. Page serves on the boards of Historic Nashville, Cumberland Science Museum, and Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville. She has served as Chairman of the 2000 Swan Ball, a major fundraiser for Cheekwood Museum of Art and Botanical Garden, 1994 Antiques and Garden Show, 1988 Cumberland Caper, and 1986 Iroquois Steeplechase benefiting the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. Ms. Page is a florist and an event planner at The Tulip Tree, Inc. in Nashville for over 20 years with weddings and parties in TN, KY, NC, GA, and AL.
Kalvin Platt
Saulsalito, California
Mr. Platt received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Florida in 1953 and a Master’s degree in City Planning from Harvard University in 1959. From 1980-1982, he served as Director of the Land Development Studio at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, he currently serves as Chairman and Consulting Principal of SWA Group, Inc. and was the former CEO and President. Mr. Platt has been honored with numerous awards for excellence throughout his career.
website: SWA Group
Douglas Reed FASLA
Boston, Massachusetts
Mr. Reed received a BLA from Louisiana State University and a MLA from Harvard University. He is president of Reed Hilderbrand Associates, Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a firm specializing in landscape architecture and planning. Additionally, he is an instructor at Radcliffe Seminars in Landscape Design, a design critic at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, and guest faculty member at the University of Virginia Department of Landscape Architecture. Mr. Reed is a member of the Boston Landmarks Commission and serves on the Board of the Institute for Child and Adolescent Development.
website: Reed Hilderbrand Associates Inc.
Charlene K. Roise
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ms. Roise is president of the historical consulting firm Hess, Roise and Company. Founded in 1990, the firm specializes in architectural and landscape history, social and intellectual history, and the history of technology. Ms. Roise holds a Master of Arts degree in Historic Preservation from Boston University and completed her undergraduate work at Saint Olaf College. She has served on the Board of Advisors of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the board of directors of Preservation Alliance of Minnesota, and is currently on the board of Artspace Projects. In 2001, she received a seven-month leadership fellowship from the Bush Foundation.
website: Hess, Roise and Company
Jan Rothschild
Takoma Park, Maryland
Ms. Rothschild received a BA from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Ms. Rothschild is associate director at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, in charge of communications, marketing, community and government affairs, online media and visitor’s services. Before joining the Whitney she served for eight years as chief communications officer at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, overseeing the publications, graphic design, public relations, marketing, advertising, and online media divisions for the Corcoran Museum and Corcoran College of Art and Design. Previously, Ms. Rothschild has been manager of public relations for both the American Society of Landscape Architects and the American Planning Association.
Behula Shah
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ms. Shah received her Graduate Certificate in Landscape Design History from the Radcliffe Seminars Graduate Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a M.Phil. in Plant breeding from the University of Cambridge, England, and a B.Sc. in Biological Sciences from the University of Sussex, England. She is currently a faculty member and the Director of Landscape Studies in Horticulture (post baccalaureate) programs at Chatham College, Pittsburgh and has been responsible for the curriculum design and course development for these programs. She has recently been involved in the design and developments of a graduate program, a Master of Arts in Landscape Studies to be introduced at Chatham College in 1999. She is also at present the Acting Director for the Chatham College Arboretum. Ms. Shah is a co-founder of the Landscape History Collaborative, an informal organization that promotes dialogue amongst organizations and individuals in Pittsburgh interested in landscape history.
Glenn Stach RLA
Ashville, North Carolina
A native of Pasadena, MD, Glenn received his BLA from Virginia Tech focusing on cultural landscape studies, interning with the National Park Service to author a Cultural Landscape Report for Antetiam National Battlefield. He continued this course of study through project work with firms in Virginia and most notably with Heritage Landscapes, Vermont. Glenn brings this knowledge to the Asheville office of Design Workshop, advocating firm-wide the legacy of the landscape and its contribution to an informed design process. In addition to professional works, Glenn serves on the Advisory Board for the State Historic Preservation Office of North Carolina and is building support to raise the awareness of the historic landscape resources within the state.
website: Design Workshop