2025
October: Began term as President-Elect for INASLA
October: Attended the national ASLA Conference 2025 in New Orleans, LA
October: Guest critic for landscape architecture studio review at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
August: Promoted to Associate at Merritt Chase
August: Completed exams and became a licensed landscape architect
March: Guest lecture for landscape architecture seminar at WashU Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
February: Participating member on INASLA Associate Director Search Committee
February: Reviewer for Harvard GSD Portfolio Week
January: Guest lecture for a landscape representation course at UC Davis
2024
November: Closing Plenary, “Building Momentum,” for 2024 Creative Placemaking Conference by The Summit County Land Bank and ArtsNow in Akron, OH
October: Attended the national ASLA Conference 2024 in Washington, D.C.
October: Monument Circle Park wins the People’s Choice Award at Indy Chamber’s Monumental Awards and a Placemaking Award from Accelerate Indiana Municipalities (AIM)
September: Landmark Columbus Foundation announces Monumental Gestures, a new major arts initiative focused on Indianapolis
September: Guest lecture for a landscape architecture studio at UVA - The A School
September: Guest lecture for a professional practice course at The Ohio State University - Knowlton School
September: Organized the INASLA Awards Gala and Conference on Landscape Architecture in Muncie, IN - a two-day, sold-out event with 230 attendees from across the state, 20 speakers from across the country, and 14 education sessions offering CEUs
June: Panelist for the 4th International Placemaking Week in Baltimore, MD
April: Speaker for Indianapolis Creative Mornings on the theme “Perspective”
April: Guest lecture for landscape architecture seminar at WashU Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
March: Speaker for LABash Conference at UC Davis on “Designing for Joy & Delight”
February: Reviewer for Harvard GSD Portfolio Week
January: Monument Circle Park featured in the January print issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine
January: Guest lecture for a landscape representation course at UC Davis
2023
November: Guest critic for graduate landscape architecture studios at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
November: Began term as Co-Vice President for INASLA
October: Attended the national ASLA Conference 2023 in Minneapolis, MN
October: Re-investing in a Legacy Landscape: The Franklin Park Action Plan wins Award of Excellence in Analysis & Planning for the 2023 ASLA Professional Awards
September: Selected to be a 2023 WxLA Scholar and receive professional development support from WxLA, an advocacy initiative championing equality in landscape architecture
August: Attended the INASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture in Indianapolis, IN
July: Alongside a team of partners, Merritt Chase designs and opens Monument Circle Park to 15,000+ visitors in the first month
July: Guest critic for a graduate architecture/urban design studio at University of Cincinnati DAAP
March: “Chatting with the Urban Sketchers at Central Library” in the Indy Correspondent
February: Guest lecture on soils research and landscape visual representation for graduate architecture seminar at University of Detroit Mercy
February: Guest panelist for an architecture photography course at IU Architecture
February: Reviewer for Harvard GSD Portfolio Week