BSLA Leadership
We are volunteer-led, volunteer driven. Join us!
Here, BSLA Past-Presidents Luisa Oliveira and Kaki Martin help build a pop-up park — part of the “Chelsea Cool” BSLA Design Challenge
Coming soon: Meet the candidates for the 2026 BSLA ExComm Elections
2026 BSLA Executive Committee — “ExComm”
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Michelle 'Mich' Crowley
PRESIDENT
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Luisa Oliveira, ASLA
PAST-PRESIDENT
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Andrew Arbaugh, ASLA
PRESIDENT-ELECT
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Lauren Butts, ASLA
SECRETARY
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Dan Gordon, ASLA
TREASURER
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Haipeng Zhu
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
through 2026
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Laura Knosp, ASLA
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
through 2028
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Ricardo Austrich, ASLA
TRUSTEE-ELECT
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Steven Mansfield, ASLA
SECTION CHAIR
Maine
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Jeffrey Dawson, Affil. ASLA
SECTION CO-CHAIR
Western Mass
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Chris Ramage
SECTION CO-CHAIR
Western Mass
2026 Committee Leaders
Advocacy – Deborah Myers (MA), John McMeeking (ME)
Climate Action – Jason Hellendrung
Design Awards – Jean-Paul Charboneau, Ming-Jen Hsueh
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion –Ricardo Austrich, Luisa Oliveira, Estello Raganit
Emerging Professionals – Aidan Murray, Aisha Iyengar
Fellows – Shauna Gillies-Smith, FASLA, chair; Doug Jones, FASLA; Bob Uhlig, FASLA; Deneen Crosby, FASLA; Lisa Cowan, FASLA; Glen Valentine, FASLA; Robert Ryan, FASLA; Mark Klopfer, FASLA; Gina Ford, FASLA
"Inside/Out" – Kathy Lynch
K-12 Outreach – Joe James, Deborah Myers
Membership – Open– Want to get involved? Email gretchen@bslanow.org
Plant Sourcing Task Force - April Maly, ASLA; Anna Curtis-Heald, ASLA
Staff
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Gretchen Rabinkin, AIA; Affil. ASLA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Amanda Conner
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
2026-2027 Student Chapters
Boston Architectural College
Harvard Graduate School of Design
UMass Amherst
Northeastern University
We are volunteer-led, volunteer driven! Where should we go, together?
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BSLA thrives thanks to the generosity of dozens of volunteers.