He has worked in public and private practice leading efforts on Ecological Restoration and Construction Administration at Furstenberg Nature Park (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Sustainable Development of Forestlands and Tom’s Creek Riparian Restoration projects (Southwest Virginia); KSU’s design-build stormwater management projects (including the award-winning KSU-ISC Rain-Garden); and KSU’s green roof and rain-garden monitoring/research. He earned a BLA in Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning from Utah State University and an MLA from the University of Michigan. He is currently the Mary K. Jarvis Chair in Landscape Architecture at KSU.