We encourage students to avoid professional pigeonholes. We help each student define an individual path that is meaningful for that student, useful to employers and clients, and beneficial for the planet. More than five decades of Conway graduates who have gone on to important and diverse work bear out the success of this approach.
Conway graduates work in a wide range of fields related to ecological design and planning, often building on their prior education and experiences.
Whatever career a Conway alum pursues, they will graduate with:
- A diverse set of knowledge and skills.
- The ability to hit the ground running.
- Experience in both landscape design and planning.
- A whole-systems, regenerative perspective on design.
- A supportive Conway community.
Who Are Conway Alums?
For over fifty years, Conway has offered ten months of intensive, specialized graduate study that prepares students to work as ecological designers and planners—over 800 of whom are now making a substantial difference in the world, taking on issues of great concern, including improved food systems, revitalization of struggling urban communities, conservation of biodiversity in fragmented rural landscapes, and the many critical challenges of climate change.
Over 800 Conway graduates are making a world of difference. Here are a few examples.
Gove DePuy
2002
Managing director of a property company in Bali, Indonesia
Bali, Indonesia
Jamie Pottern
2012
Senior New England Program Manager, American Farmland Trust
Root Schermerhorn (they/them)
2013
Principal Integral Coach at Coaching with Root
Evan Abramson
2018
Founder + Principal, Landscape Interactions
Leyden, MA
Ryan Corrigan
2016
Director of Ecological Services, Offshoots Inc.
Boston, MA
Seana Cullinan
2012
Landscape designer, owner of Larkspur Design
Portland, ME
Robert Eastman
2020
Director, Bramble Hill Farm
Amherst, MA
Abrah Dresdale
2010
Ecological Landscape Designer, Food Systems Planner, Co-founding Director of Regenerate Change
Ben Falk
2005
Founder/principal, Whole Systems Design
Shayne Geiger
2023
Stormwater Superintendent and Environmental Planner
Fairfax, VT
Breyonne Golding-Jeter
2016
Planning Project Manager, Ayres Associates
Tampa, FL
Sean Hagan
2022
Farmland Protection and Climate Project Manager, Maine Farmland Trust
Portland, ME
Øystein Kristiansen
2017
Field mapper and restoration advisor at Sállir Natur
Norway
Jessica Ladin
2024
Conservation Agent for the Town of Palmer
Palmer, MA
Todd Lynch
2005
Artist, Landscape Designer and Educator, Counsel of Trees, LLC
Western MA
Amanda Marquis
2022
Landscape Designer at T.J. Boyle Associates, LLC
Jessica McSulla
2022
Landscape designer, business owner at Inkberry Designs, LLC
Mountainside, NJ
Corrin Meise-Munns
2016
Land Use Planning Manager, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Mary Sage Napolitan
2019
Self-employed landscape designer/planner, and Landscape Manager at Island Grown Farm
Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Jono Neiger
2004
Farm planning, agroforestry design and planning, educator, farmer, Regenerative Design Group
Leverett, MA
Amanda Pebler
2018
Strategic Communications & Marketing Associate, Water Systems Consulting
Prithvi “V” Rajesh
2025
Ecological Designer, Ananas Design
Bangalore, India
Josiah Simpson
2010
PLA (Landscape Architect)
Albany, NY
Nelle Ward
2014
Project Manager in the Design and Construction Division with Boston Parks
Jenna Webster
2009
Senior Associate, Larry Weaner Landscape Associates
Chester County, PA