Alums
Who Are Conway Alums?
For nearly fifty years, Conway has offered ten months of intensive, specialized graduate study that prepares students to work as ecological designers and planners—over 700 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 700 Conway graduates are making a world of difference. Here are a few examples.
Amanda Pebler ’18
Strategic Communications & Marketing Associate, Wa...
Amy Nyman ’13
Owner of Ruby Leaf Design and Gardener at Tower Hi...
Jim P. Urban ’89
Director, Oldham County KY Planning & Development ...
Brandon Tennis ’14
Director of Stewardship, Susquehanna Riverlands Co...
Emma Vautour ’17
Restoration Landscape Designer, BlueFlax Design LL...
Lucy Conley ’16
Civil Engineer, Berkshire Design Group
Breyonne Golding ’16
Senior City Planner, City of Minneapolis, MN
Corrin Meise-Munns ’16
Environment and Land Use Planner at Pioneer Valley...
Jordan Clark ’15
Planner, designer, Cultivate Collaborative
Chris Hendershot ’15
Farm Manager, Greater Greens
Cary White ’15
Urban and Resilience Associate, The Nature Conserv...
Christina Gibson ’12
Canopy Conservation Coordinator, Trees Atlanta
Emily Lubahn ’11
Director of Operations, Deikel Design & Developmen...
Mary Chicoine ’10
Senior Land Use and Natural Resources Planner
Abrah Dresdale ’10
Ecological Landscape Designer, Food Systems Planne...
Jenna Webster ’09
Designer, Larry Weaner Landscape Associates
Ben Falk ’05
Founder/principal, Whole Systems Design
Gove DePuy ’02
"...the ‘use what you have to get where you want...
David Buchanan ’00
"even the smallest garden can ... become a pocket ...
Melissa Mourkas ’94
Planner II, Cultural Resources, California Energy ...
Cynthia Boettner ’86
Biologist, Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildl...
Dave Jacke ’84
Dynamics Ecological Design
Erik van Lennep ’83
Climate Innovator, TEPUI Ltd.
Clarissa Rowe ’74
"Clarissa quickly recognized that the proposed sol...
Liz Kelly ’14
Planner/Designer for Resilience Planning & Design ...
Nelle Ward ’14
Urban Design Project Manager, Pennsylvania Horticu...
Øystein Kristiansen ’17
Project Team Member, Holt læringstun, Norway
Peter Monro ’86
A Passion for Paths
Rie Macchiarolo ’14
Design & Project Manager, Green City Growers
Seth Wilkinson ’99
Restoration Ecologist, President, Wilkinson Ecolog...
Todd Lynch ’05
Artist & Landscape Designer, Ecotropy
Tom Sullivan ’08
Pollinators Welcome
Willa Caughey ’14
Landscape Architecture, Uno Uniqa Group in Køge, ...