PRESIDENT - ELECT

**PAUL KUHN, TOWN OF CARY**

Paul Kuhn is a licensed landscape architect who has worked for Cary, NC for over 18 years. Paul is currently the Capital Program Manager for Cary overseeing the $1 Billion worth of existing projects occurring in Cary. Paul oversees the twenty-year capital improvement plan for the future of Cary.

Prior to coming to Cary he worked in the private sector in Pennsylvania for about 4 years. Paul graduated from Kansas State University with a bachelors in landscape architecture and a minor in planning. He has also successfully completed a course on Municipal Administration from UNC. He is a problem solver who has planned, design and built some of the many “rst” projects in Cary. He enjoys working on a range of projects that the public will use from maintaining the current, building for current needs and planning for the future. He has worked on greenways, parks, venues, public safety and other government facility projects during his career. He has also worked closely with the development community building in the community.

Paul currently serves as NCASLA Member at Large Government Affairs as well as serves on the Conference Committee.

Lora Greco works as Cary’s Development Review Manager. In this role, Lora serves as a liaison between the business community, developers, customers, and the Town of Cary leading and coordinating the volume and pace of development project review, explaining development review processes to customers, and identifying and implementing understandable and customer-friendly solutions. She is a licensed landscape architect with nearly two decades of land planning, site design, capital project management and construction administration experience in the private and public sectors. Lora has been a member of ASLA since her undergraduate studies at NCSU's College of Design and has been a full member since 2008. She served as NCASLA's Treasurer for three years before being elected to serve as president-elect, president, and immediate past president.

Lora holds a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from North Carolina State University and a Master of City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is licensed to practice landscape architecture in North Carolina and South Carolina. Lora is excited continue supporting her fellow NCASLA members as Treasurer.

MEMBER AT LARGE- COMMUNICATIONS

LAUREN PATTERSON, POND

Lauren is a Landscape Architect and Planner with 10 years of experience leading projects from large-scale regional planning initiatives to detailed immersive designs. She has worked on a wide variety of projects throughout the U.S. and is involved in outreach and advocacy for smart planning and design initiatives throughout the country.

Currently employed by Pond in Charlotte NC, she is passionate about improving the world of transportation and development through smart design and collaboration. She has been involved in ASLA for about 7 years and is active in various aligning professional organizations as well. She currently serves as the Urban Design PPN Co-Chair and is involved in National ASLA committees.

Lauren currently serves as the Member at Large - Communications.

MEMBER AT LARGE - CLIMATE ACTION

JONATHAN, PARSONS, SEAMON WHITESIDE

Jonathan graduated from the North Carolina State School of Design with an undergrad in Landscape Architecture in 2001 and later achieved a Masters in Geographic Information Sciences and Technology from the University of Southern California. With an unconventional style and a practical eye for design, Jonathan seeks to strengthen the role of landscape architects as leaders in site development and land use planning. With over 20 years of professional design experience across the public and private sectors, his process merges his practical experience with his intuitive knowledge and understanding to create cohesive solutions and experiential spaces. Jonathan synthesizes complex projects into transformative design solutions to solve programmatic requirements through a holistic design approach. When not working, Jonathan spends time traveling, listening to live music, and spending time with his children. In the remaining spare time, Jonathan works on home renovations for family and friends as a licensed NC General Contractor.

As a now "long time" practitioner of landscape architecture in North Carolina and working with/leading teams across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic on projects of all scales I am thankful and incredibly lucky to have the experiences and mentors available along my growth. It would be a great privilege to help ASLA/NCASLA continue with its mission of upholding the traditions and values of our founding leaders while promoting innovation, expanding the diversity of our work, and building up the next generation of Landscape Architects.

SECTION CHAIR - CHARLOTTE

**NICK MUSARRA, LANDDESIGN**

Nick is a landscape designer and emerging professional at LandDesign in Charlotte. Prior to landscape architecture, Nick began his career in transportation and environmental planning gaining experience with community impact assessments as part of the NEPA process. Wanting to continue community-based work but shift his focus to design, Nick pursued a degree in Landscape Architecture at North Carolina State University where he was able to marry his experience in high-level systems with the intentional designing of spaces. Nick served as a professional development chair of the Student ASLA chapter at NCSU and sought to re-energize the mentorship program during his term.

Nick is a proud NC native growing up in Cary and attending ECU as an undergraduate. He is excited to expand his connections in Charlotte and grow his career in this dynamic region of the country. When not collaborating with designers, Nick and his partner can be found herding their cats.