Regional & Student Directors
OPEN
Region 1 Director
Claire Napawan
Region 2 Director
Professor
Landscape Architecture + Environmental Design
UC Davis
Lori A. Catalano, PLA
Region 3 Director
Associate Professor
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Colorado State University
Jessica Canfield
Region 4 Director
Associate Professor
Kansas State University
David Barbarash
Region 5 Director
Associate Professor
College of Architecture
Purdue University
James Schulte
Region 6 Director
Visiting Lecturer
University of Georgia
Gareth Doherty
Region 7 Director
Associate Professor and Program Director
Graduate School of Design
Harvard University
Muhammed Ali Ornek
Region 8 Director
Assistant Professor
Istanbul Technical University
Nadia Amoroso
Region 9 Director
Associate Professor
Landscape Architecture
University of Guelph
Mintai Kim
Region 10 Director
University of Virginia
Professor
Isiah Dashiell
CELA Student Director (2023-2024)
Student
University of Maryland
Chadwick Bowlin
CELA Student Director-Elect (2023-2024)
Student
The Harvard Graduate School of Design