EMERGING PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE (EPC)
What is an "Emerging Professional?" (Definition provided by National ASLA)
Emerging Professionals are those with less than 10 years of practice experience.
Emerging Professional Chair (Definition provided by National ASLA)
The chapter volunteer who initiates leadership and career development opportunities, provides a sense of community, and integrates emerging professionals into the professional world.
Emerging Professional Committee Goals (Goals provided by National ASLA)
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Communicate with student chapters and landscape architecture program faculty; assist in the transition to ASLA Associate membership
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Organize an emerging professional committee to increase membership and involvement in organization
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Coordinate LARE prep opportunities and other licensure support programs
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Initiate leadership and management training and provide opportunities to showcase the work by emerging professional chapter members
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Serving as a point of contact for emerging professionals within the chapter
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
EPC Co-Chair
Tiara Wuethrich
Ayres Associates
EPC Co-Chair
Lydia DeBauche
Saiki Design
Emma Wenman
MSA Professional Services, Inc.
Hannah Cramer
MSA Professional Services, Inc.
Luisa Dummann
Waukesha County Parks
Paige Bernhardt
Ayres Associates
Jenna VanBoxtel
ISG
Aaron Rooney
Sigma Group
Avi Clancy
RDG
INITIATIVES
Park(ing) Day 2025 on Monroe Street
Can you believe Park(ing) Day has already come and gone? It was such a fun day on Monroe Street in Madison on Friday! The Emerging Professionals are extremely grateful to the students from Badger ASLA and sponsors from Midwest Playscapes, Inc., KOMPAN Inc Americas, and ForeverLawn, Inc. for helping them out on the day of the event! Thank you to all who helped make this event a success, we couldn't have done it without you! (Including Techo-Bloc, Landscape Forms, Vestre, Thomas Steele Site Furnishings, Ganshert Landscapes, and Monroe Street Arts Center) Our social at Camp Cantina was also a success, with delicious food and good conversations. We love our Wisconsin ASLA community!
Terrace Town 2026 at Monona Terrace
The Wisconsin ASLA Emerging Professionals played a key role in organizing and volunteering at the Terrace Town open house event, where students and their families gathered to enjoy a hands on tile placement game featuring a variety of stormwater management strategies. After filling the grid with tiles, participants added up their points to see if they could beat the goal and earn the title of Stormwater Superhero. Thank you to the dedicated professionals and student volunteers whose enthusiasm helps inspire young learners and strengthens the visibility of landscape architecture in our communities.
Park(ing) Day and Mentorship Kickoff 2024
What a fabulous day for our WI ASLA Park(ing) Day event in Madison! Months of idea generation and planning with our Emerging Professionals and UW-Madison Student Chapter resulted in an engaging setup. We had countless people stop by to ask "what is this?!" and we got to tell them all about landscape architecture! The collaboration also created the perfect opportunity to kickoff our WI ASLA Mentorship Program for the 2024-2025 school year. What a great day!
Park(ing) Day 2023
Park(ing) Day was a blast! The WI ASLA Emerging Professionals hosted the event on the UW-Madison campus near Memorial Union. This years theme was "Pollinator Places" so the group spent the day educating the public about pollinator communities, their habitats and how to assist in creating thriving ecosystems for them through landscape architecture and our everyday lives. Thank you to all our sponsors for supporting this effort by providing materials and financial assistance to make the event a success!
Interested in Joining the Committee?
Reach out to Lydia or Tiara! Or email admin@wiasla.com.