SPEAKERS

JENNA E. MILLER

Deputy Director, Urban Design and Policy / NYC Public Design Commission

Jenna is a transdisciplinary designer focused on advancing equity in the public realm, and as a LEED Accredited Professional in Building Design and Construction, she has designed and managed a breadth of public and private design/build and architectural projects in the U.S. and abroad. Jenna is Co-Founder of New York City-based design firm RUEd’ ARCH, as well as Deputy Director of Urban Design & Policy at the NYC Public Design Commission (PDC), where she authored Designing New York: Streetscapes for Wellness and oversees interagency public realm design and policy initiatives.

CHRIS REED Founding Director

/ STOSS

Chris Reed is Founding Director of STOSS, where he leads the design and content of each project. A designer, researcher, strategist, teacher, and advisor, Chris is recognized internationally as a leading voice in the transformation of landscapes and cities and was a recipient of the 2012 CooperHewitt National Design Award in Landscape Architecture. While running STOSS and its projects, Chris is also a Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. His commitment to teaching is not only a way to develop the next generation of landscape architects, but also keeps STOSS on a constant quest for new ways of seeing, thinking, and doing, which has helped put the firm at the forefront of the profession.

TIMOTHY SCHULER

Contributing Editor / Landscape Architecture Magazine

Timothy A. Schuler is an awardwinning journalist and magazine writer whose work focuses on the intersection of the built and natural environments. An editor at Landscape Architecture Magazine since 2015, his writing has appeared in Metropolis, Bloomberg CityLab, The Architect’s Newspaper, Places Journal, Curbed, and FLUX Hawai’i, among other outlets. His essay, “The Middle of Everywhere,” was included on a list of the most notable science and nature writing in The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020. He lives in Kansas.