Chapter Awards
The intent of the Professional Awards Program is to celebrate seminal works of Landscape Architecture built or designed in the State of Maryland and to recognize the practitioners and teams behind them. The program serves as a platform to highlight projects that demonstrate a superior quality of design and execution, garnering attention from fellow-practitioners, legislators, related disciplines, and the public at large.
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Lifetime Achievement Award
Established in 2014, the Lifetime Achievement Award is given annually to recognize an individual for monumental contributions to the field of Landscape Architecture in the State of Maryland. Awardees have demonstrated excellence throughout their career in areas including practice, advocacy, service, education, mentorship, and research, and they embody the essential qualities of a leader in our profession.
2025 - Jack Sullivan
2024 - Deborah Schwab
2023 - Sandy Clinton
2022 - Dennis Nola
2021 - Bob Gorman
2020 - Robert Alter
2019 - James Urban
2018 - Carol Macht
2017 - David Locke
2016 - John Slater
2015 - Jay Graham
2014 - Catherine Mahan
Mid-Career Achievement Award
To recognize and celebrate an individual who has demonstrated extraordinary passion and commitment to the profession of landscape architecture, the community, and/or a firm in the State of Maryland; in the middle stage of their professional life (between 15 and 25 years of professional experience in Landscape Architecture).
2025 - Kevin Gaughan
2024 - Heidi Thomas
2023 - Brian Reetz
2022 - Om Khurjekar
2021 - Colleen Vacelet
Emerging Professional Award
To recognize and celebrate an individual who has demonstrated extraordinary passion and commitment to the profession of landscape architecture, the community, and/or a firm in the State of Maryland; in the early stage of their professional life (less than 5 years of professional experience in Landscape Architecture).
2025 - Javiera Diaz-Ortiz
2024 - Gaëlle Gourmelon
2023 - Lauren Gray
2021 - Michael Pullano
Spencer Ellis Award
The Maryland Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects established the Spencer Ellis Award to honor the service of Spencer P. Ellis to the environment. His career in landscape architecture included work at the Dept. of Natural Resources, MD State Forests and Parks, the Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, and Program Open Space. The award is given annually to a program or organization that has made a significant contribution to the preservation and conservation of the local environment in Maryland.
2025 - Lynne Forsman & Elvia Thompson
Co-Founders of Annapolis Green
2024 - Stephanie Oberle
Director of Brookside Gardens
2023 - Michael E. Busch
Former Speaker of the House of Delegates
2022 - Parks & People Foundation
2021 - William Baker
President of Chesapeake Bay Foundation
2020 - Suzanne Etgen
Executive Director of Anne Arundel County Watershed Stewards Academy
2019 - Delegate Dana Stein (District 11) & Delegate Stephen Lafferty (District 42A)
Maryland House of Delegates
2018 - Neighborhood Design Center
2017 - Spa Creek Conservancy
2016 - Partners for Open Space
2015 - Jack Neil
Jack Neil & Associates
2014 - Mel Wilkens
Spa Creek Conservancy
2013 - Delegate Barbara Frush (District 21)
Maryland House of Delegates
2012 - Downtown Partnership of Baltimore
2011 - Elizabeth Bobo (District 12B)
Maryland House of Delegates
2009 - Ed Snodgrass
Emory Knoll Farms
2008 - James Kraft (District 1)
Baltimore City Council
2007 - Sean McGuire
Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Office of Sustainability
2006 - Gennady Schwartz
Chief of Capital Development, Baltimore City Recreation & Parks
2005 - Neighborhood Design Center
2004 - Ellen Moyer
Mayor of Annapolis
2003 - Tom & Kitty Stoner
TKF Foundation
2002 - David Pittenger
Director of the National Aquarium in Baltimore