The Biosphere Group, Inc.

East Office: Georgia
West Office (coming soon): Utah

ABBREVIATED RESUME.....

OBJECTIVE:
Provide leadership that facilitates growth of The Biosphere Group, Inc. to become an internationally respected one-stop provider of
professional service that improves the quality of life for all living things on Earth in the following disciplines: landscape architecture,
ecological site planning, master planning, building architecture, and in construction, installation and maintenance.

EXPERIENCE / CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

1996 Centennial Summer Olympic Games

Represented The Georgia Institute of Technology to the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) in
programming and planning the Olympic Village, the Olympic Festival in the International Zone, the NBC Today Show, the
Olympic Aquatics Center, the boxing venue at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum, the Village Transportation Center,
Village operations, the Olympic Village security system with the United States Department of Defense and served on the
Natatorium Advisory Committee
Represented Georgia Tech on the ACOG/Atlanta City ‘Look of the Games Committee.
Secured $250,000 of free landscaping from Trees Atlanta for the Olympic Village. Designed and coordinated installation.
Provided the State Attorney General with tactical strategy and technical expertise to negotiate a 10-fold increase from
the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games in Campus restoration funds from a proposed $70,000 to $750,000.

Campus Master Planning

Facilitated implementation for 27 capital projects in 4 years at the Georgia Institute of Technology totalling
$2,000,000,000.
Directed implementation of Georgia Tech’s 1991 & 1997 Campus Master Plans. Developed planning parameters and
supported planning process of two 25 member Master Planning Committees.

Community Spokesperson & Chief Strategist

Successfully led over 1,000 community members and presented their cases to County Board of

Commissioners

two

major

battles lasting several years with Blue Circle, Inc, and Crymes Industries,

Inc., and won both!

The

Crymes

controversy was

the

second largest in the history of DeKalb County,

which reached the Georgia

Supreme Court.

Neighborhood involvement

eventually

prevailed over

formidable big-business coercion, and

Crymes’ best lawyers.

Georgia Tech Plaza

Managed design and development of this pedestrian heart of Campus that served as ACOG’s Olympic International
Festival Space.
Strategized with Tech’s Vice-President for External Affairs and persuaded an influential alumnae to make the largest
single contribution ($750,000) to the project, which was the key catalyst that advanced a 15 year goal to reality.
Developed and made presentations to Georgia Tech's 40th and 50th Reunion Class Officers who selected my project
over a dozen other presentations made by College Deans.
Coordinated raising $1,870,000 in donated funds, the largest Alumnae donation in Georgia Tech’s history for site
development.
Chaired the Design Review Committee composed of 12 individuals representing diverse interests from Colleges,
Schools, Alumni, and students along with the consultant team during the 3-year project.
Managed the project to a successful completion within budget and on time for the Olympic Games.
The Georgia Tech Plaza site was broadcast to an estimated 2,100,000,000 TV viewers around the World during the 21
days of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games as the backdrop for the NBC Today Show.

Atlantic Station

Represented Georgia Tech on Atlanta’s Neighborhood Planning Unit “E” Board to work with Jacoby Development and
the City of Atlanta to plan the redevelopment of the Atlantic Steel brownfield site. This 144-acre site is the largest single
parcel of urban redevelopment in the United States since the Civil War.
Worked with the team to identify Midtown, Ansley Park, Loring Heights, Sherwood Forest, Home Park, Ardmore 28th
and Georgia Tech neighborhood issues and opportunities, establish priorities, resolve concerns, negotiate with the
developer, and strategize zoning, planning and implementation methodology.

Atlanta Midtown Master Planning

Represented Georgia Tech on the Midtown Alliance Master Plan Committee to guide development of their Blueprint.

Midtown Alliance Advisory Board

Represented Georgia Tech on the Midtown Alliance Advisory Board to coordinate our Campus Master Plan with the
Blueprint Master Plan on implementation planning and design. (1998 to 2002)

BluePrint Master Plan / Streetscape & Pubic Spaces Committee

Represented Georgia Tech on these sub-committees to guide planning and design for streetscapes and public spaces.
Streetscapes include Peachtree Street, Piedmont Avenue, West Peachtree Street, Spring Street, 10th Street, & 14th
Street,

Society for College and University Planning

Presented a paper at the 2001 Annual Conference in Boston, Mass. with MIG, Inc. and Square Peg Design entitled “The
Wayfinding Master Plan for the Georgia Institute of Technology.”
Presented a paper at the 1993 Annual Conference of the in Minneapolis, Minnesota with Sasaki Associates entitled “The
Role of the Campus Master Plan in Olympic Development at Georgia Tech”

City Planning / Sustainable Urban Development Graduate Course

Worked with four classes of graduate students at Georgia Tech in Professor Anne Steineman’s course on sustainability.
Presented 'real life' issues of the GT Campus Master Plan and advised students on project scope and development.

American Medical Association Economic Summit Conference

Presented Georgia Tech’s ‘A Matter of Degree’ neighborhood planning issues in Burlington, Vermont as their honorary
speaker.

City of Atlanta Neighborhood Planning Unit “E” (NPU-E)

Represented The Georgia Institute of Technology on the NPU-E Board, which is one of 24 neighborhood-planning units
in Atlanta that handles 75% of all the zoning, special exception and variance requests in the City.
My involvement built trust between Georgia Tech and her neighbors, healed relations, and facilitated teamwork to achieve
mutually beneficial development goals that resulted in win-win outcomes.

Metro-Atlanta Urban Watershed Initiative (MAUI)

Represented Georgia Tech on the Atlanta’s City-wide initiative to improve watersheds in the 7 metro-county region
Developed plans for riparian right-of-ways to reduce non-point source pollution, and managing storm water on-site by
restoring hydrologic cycles thus restoring stream base flows and reducing downstream flooding and drought.

Corporation for the Olympic Planning in Atlanta (COPA)

Represented Georgia Tech to COPA, a Citywide organization created to plan, design, and implement Olympic related
development within the Olympic Ring before and after the 1996 Summer Games.
My involvement facilitated a coordinated development effort between GT’s North Avenue Research Area and COPA’s
North Yards Business Park.

City of Atlanta Pedestrian Safety Task Force

Served at Georgia Tech's representative to this task force appointed by the Mayor from which Atlanta’s pedestrian
advocate organization called PEDS was created.

Community Planning Liaison

Coordinated planning with Home Park, Midtown, Centennial Place Homes, Bellwood Neighborhood, English Avenue
Neighborhood, Antioch Baptist Church Redevelopment Corporation and business entities.

General Faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology

Elected member for professional accomplishments. Member for 29 years. Served on numerous design review
committees for student classes in the College of Architecture.

Foreign Study and Travel

Learned Spanish and culture of Latin American people while studying in Venezuela, SA and traveling through Columbia,
SA. Also traveled in England.

ROLES & SERVICE:

Campus Master Planner

Facilitated implementation for all capital projects, totaling 27 capital projects in 4 years totalling $2,000,000,000.
Developed Institute planning parameters and process for managing the 1997 campus master planning project. Assisted
in consultant selection and provided staff support for the planning process.
Assisted Wallace Roberts Todd LLC to develop the 1997 Campus Master Plan.
Developed sector plans and additional studies required for the effective site-specific design integrated with the campus
fabric.
Managed planning & design consultants to develop wayfinding and other implementation plans. Office of Capital Planning
& Space Management

Manager of Campus Planning and Landscape Architecture

Wrote proposal to Georgia Tech’s senior Administration that organized a new Capital Planning & Space Management
Office where I served as Campus Master Planner.
Managed Campus Master Planning & Landscape Architecture with a staff of 6 professionals.
Instrumental in developing and managing the planning process of the 1991 Campus Master Plan.
Coordinated Institute planning with The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games to adapt Georgia Tech’s campus as
the Olympic Village for the 1996 Centennial Summer Olympic Games where 16,000 international athletes and officials
from 197 countries lived.
Provided site planning for all new capital improvement totaling $250,000,000 in new facilities and $100,000,000 in
infrastructure improvements, which was the largest growth in the shortest time in the history of Georgia Tech thus far.
Managed consultant planning & design services for Georgia Tech’s 350-acre urban campus with a daily population of
20,000 students, faculty, and staff.
Managed fund raising, planning, design and development of Georgia Tech Plaza; a multi-cultural social gathering area
that is the pedestrian heart of Campus that served as the Olympic Festival Center during the 1996 Summer Games.
Represented Georgia Tech to the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, coordinated with the City of Atlanta and the
P.A.T.H. redevelopment of Techwood/Clark Howell Homes (the oldest public housing project in the nation), planned for
personal rapid transit service within the Campus connected to MARTA’s Midtown and North Avenue Stations, assisted
with planning the multi-modal Vertigate for Midtown Atlanta, spoke to various audiences including the Tech Family and
Alumni, presented the Campus Master Plan dozens of times to internal and external audiences, coordinated with the City
of Atlanta zoning and review process, and represented Georgia Tech on the City of Atlanta Neighborhood Planning Unit
E Board.
Organized and chaired the first Georgia Tech Master Plan Student Advisory Committee to work more closely with
students in the process of implementing the Campus Master Plan.
Established the first re-cycling program on Campus working with GT’s Environmental Forum.
Office of the Vice-President for Facilities at the Georgia Institute of Technology

Manager of Landscape Architecture and Land Planning

Guided development of $20,000,000 in campus site improvements.
Team worked with other professionals in developing $150,000,000 in new building construction.
Traveled with a team of Georgia Tech representatives to England to inspect En-Tou-Cas installations of Sport-Turf.
Managed the subsequent project of installing the largest Sport-Turf field in the USA on the Georgia Tech campus.
Correlated planning and design with The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
Coordinated campus master planning, design and construction with the Student Government Association, the Campus
Planning and Safety Committee and The Environmental Forum.
Managed staff landscape architects in planning, design and contract document preparation.
Directed consultant selection process.
Provided contract negotiation, bidding, and construction management services
Assisted the Georgia Tech Foundation and the Georgia Tech Athletic Association, separate legal entities of Georgia
Tech, in developing the Chandler Baseball Stadium, the George Griffin Track, the Earle E. Bortell Outdoor Tennis
Center, Bill Moore Indoor Tennis Center and the Edge Athletic Center.
Provided construction inspections, coordinated with Landscape Services at Plant Operations Division, to landscape
campus sites.
Facilities Office representative to Alumni for project development and implementation of reunion gifts, including the first
visitor center.
Served on the Centennial Planning Committee to celebrate Georgia Tech’s 100th Anniversary.
Office of the Vice-President for Facilities at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Campus Landscape Architect

Supervised design staff to design and install site development and landscape projects in harmony with campus master
plan
Institute representative to Alumni Class Reunions
Worked with 50th reunion gift giving to develop projects
Coordinated with student planning organizations
Office of the Vice-President for Planning, The Georgia Institute of Technology

Landscape Architect

Planned and design site development in all inter building space
Conducted site analysis, design, and preparation of contract drawings and technical specifications
Provided construction supervision services
Office of the Vice-President for Planning / The Georgia Institute of Technology

Paul J. vander Horst & Associates

Provided consulting services in landscape architecture, urban planning & design, land planning and master planning.

The Real Estate Analysis Group

Provided real estate development and investment analysis, real estate research and development feasibility studies.

United States Forest Service

Conducted site analysis, design, recreation planning, preparation of construction drawings, labor and cost material
estimates, and pollution abatement program field analysis.
Uinta National Forest, Provo, Utah.

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

Community Spokesman

Served several times as the community spokesman for the Dekalb South Chamber of Commerce, the City of Lithonia,
the City of Stone Mountain, 60 Positive Action Lithonia Businesses, 566 southeast Dekalb County Petitioners, and
residents of Lake Capri in presentations to the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners.

Chief Community Strategist

Personally prepared and delivered several presentations to the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners
Blue Circle Aggregates, Inc. - Lead strategic case preparation, research coordination, identification of community
concerns. Negotiated with Blue Circle to amend their plans to develop heavy industrial uses adjacent to residential, which
would reduce neighborhood quality and housing values. Developed step-down zoning to establish appropriate
adjacencies and buffers between incompatible land uses. Negotiated to a win-win agreement to petition the County to re-
zone. Presented proposal to DeKalb County Planning Board and the Board of Commissioners, which was accepted.
Crymes Industries, Inc. - Successfully opposed Industries application to re-zone a large parcel of woodland in southeast
DeKalb County to use as a regional landfill. This issue was the second largest controversy in the history of the County
and reached the Georgia Supreme Court. I made two presentations to the County Board of Commissioners that resulted
in the citizens I represented winning over formidable big-business coercion, and Crymes, best lawyers.

EDUCATION: (5 college university degrees including BLA and foreign study. Summa or Magna Cum Laude graduate from all.
Additional details not posted for ID Theft security reasons.)

OTHER TRAINING:

Covey Leadership Training
Project Management Course / Young, Clark & Associates
Pursuit of Excellence Quality Seminar / Milliken
Dale Carnegie Course in Effective Speaking and Human Relations

HONORS & AWARDS:

American Society of Landscape Architects/Certificate of Merit Award
Design Honors / 4 semesters
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
Outstanding Junior Award
Hilda Ward Citation for Academic Excellence
Fairchild Hiller American Awareness Award
Phi Theta Kappa National Honor Society
Long Island Horticultural Foundation Scholarship
Dean's List for 5 years

ACTIVITIES:

Licensed Landscape Architect #417, Georgia 1975-Present
Society for College and University Planning
American Society of Landscape Architects
Georgia Water Wise Council /Board of Directors
National Xeriscape Council
Little League Coach
Extensive Church leadership & service
Patented the Jet-Ski-Pak, Jacorba Enterprises

COMPUTER SKILLS:

AutoDesk AutoCAD
AutoDesk Architectural Desktop
VectorWorks Landmark & Architect
Pro Landscapes
Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Adobe PageMaker
Adobe Photoshop

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