2014 Leadership Determined for CT's Landscape Architecture Profession

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Dec. 27, 2013 - PRLog -- Members of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (CTASLA) have elected David Verespy, of Rock Spring Design Group, LLC in Trumbull, to be its president for the upcoming year. Verespy, also a resident of Trumbull, will head up the chapter’s 2014 Executive Committee, the main governing body of the 275-member professional association. Barbara Yaeger, of Madison, is President-elect.

The following individuals have been elected to serve on the Executive Committee:

President: David W. Verespy, ASLA
Rock Spring Design Group, LLC (Trumbull)

President-Elect: Barbara Yaeger, ASLA
B. Yaeger, LLC (Madison)

Past President: Eric Rains, ASLA

Eric Rains Landscape Architecture, LLC (South Norwalk)

Vice President: Jane L. Didona, ASLA
Didona Associates (Danbury)

Trustee: Robert J. Golde, ASLA
Towers|Golde, LLC (New Haven)

Secretary: Debra De Vries-Dalton, ASLA
Aris Land Studio, LLC (Glastonbury)

Treasurer: Brian Westermeyer, ASLA
Stantec (Hamden)

Members-at-Large: Michael Hunton, ASLA
LANGAN (New Haven)

Nancy King, ASLA
Seventy Acres, LLC (Redding)

Jeffrey Olszewski, ASLA
Fuss & O’Neill, Inc. (Trumbull)

Matthew Pafford, ASLA
E.A. Quinn Landscape Contracting, Inc. (Glastonbury)

William Pollack, ASLA
Keith E. Simpson Associates (New Canaan)

Nicholas Pouder, ASLA
Pouder Design Group (New Milford)

Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association for landscape architects, representing more than 15,000 members in 49 professional chapters and 68 student chapters. Landscape architecture is a comprehensive discipline of land analysis, planning, design, management, preservation and rehabilitation. Learn more at www.asla.org <http://www.asla.org> .

Echoing the mission of the national organization, the Connecticut Chapter — with 275 members across the state — aims to lead, educate and participate in the careful stewardship, wise planning and artful design of our cultural and natural environments. CTASLA strives to advance the profession of landscape architecture in Connecticut by providing educational programs, publications, information and resources to members and to those seeking to benefit from landscape architectural services. For more information, see www.ctasla.org <http://www.ctasla.org> .