Jena grew up in Colorado and was taken on her first camping trip when she was just two years old. Spending much of her childhood outdoors and her natural creativity lead to a career in landscape architecture. Now a registered landscape architect, Jena received her Master of Landscape Architecture degree from Kansas State University and has experience working on a variety of projects ranging in scale from several acres to small intimate gardens. She enjoys shaping the natural environment and creating places that people use and enjoy every day. Jena and her husband spend most weekends hiking, biking, or skiing during the day and exploring Denver’s breweries and restaurants in the evenings.

Maggie was born in Montana and enjoys taking advantage of all outdoor activities her home state has to offer. Being from Butte, she is very proud of her copper mining town heritage, and now looks forward to what the future holds for both mining and remediation opportunities in her hometown. Maggie received her Bachelors in Landscape Design and a minor in Environmental Horticulture from Montana State University. After graduation from MSU, she became a certified permaculture designer and licensed landscape architect. She loves that her career with SCJ offers her the flexibility to work on many different types of projects and collaborate with a diversity of people. Maggie has been shadowing a native plant expert for some time now and plans to start a retail native seed business in Butte.

Growing up in Utah, Mark developed a deep love for the outdoors and wide, open spaces. After working at a retail plant nursery in high school, he quickly became a self-proclaimed "plant nerd"; when he discovered that there was a profession called landscape architecture that combined these passions, there was no looking back. Mark received his BLA at the University of Washington with a focus on horticulture and botany. Mark brings a deep knowledge of ecological restoration, native planting design, residential gardens, and permitting to the practice. 

After almost 30 years in Seattle, Mark recently relocated to Butte, Montana - the historic copper mining city in the rocky mountains. As the first-ever licensed landscape architect in Butte-Silver Bow County, he can’t wait to green up the place!

Mark spends his free time gardening and messing around with old cars or working on his even older house.

Sydney grew up exploring in the woods of rural Alabama. Early on a passion for service landed her in the Virgin Islands, where she volunteered on a sustainable farm and Eco resort and began fostering an appreciation for design and environmental stewardship. Sydney has applied her keen aptitude for human-scale design to ensure that a person’s experience within the landscape is personal and memorable. Her work on master-planned communities and amenities,  imaginative design of community spaces, and residences have allowed continued exploration of conceptual design, ideation, and ecology. Sydney’s approach is to consider all possible options to ultimately find the best design solution. Her unique perspective ensures that the designed outcome is functional and comfortable. She graduated magna cum laude from West Virginia University with a BSLA. 

Fascinated by the diversity and range of the cultural landscape, Juliana was drawn to Landscape Architecture to better understand the significance of place in our lives and support a design dialogue that helps us to re-think and shape our environments with empathy, equity and resilience. She is passionate about unveiling the layers of our landscapes and working at the intersections of the built and natural environments. 

Growing up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Juliana developed a sensitivity to spatial value and seeks to be part of projects that bring her closer to her urban communities.  Juliana’s professional experience encompasses a wide variety of public and private projects, including Parks and Recreation, Public Works, Multi-family and Multi-Use Development, Education, Healthcare and Residential.  Her design range allows her to work closely with her clients and design teams to bring forth thoughtful and creative solutions.  

Juliana received both a Bachelors in Art History and Design from Fordham University and a BLA at the University of Washington.  She is actively engaged in her local community and loves spending time with her two dogs and family. 

Growing up in Wisconsin and being surrounded by the rural landscape, Jon followed his love of the outdoors and pursued a degree in Landscape Architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After college, Jon moved to the Pacific Northwest following his curiosity and love of the mountains and hiking...which ended up bringing him to Seattle. The unique geographic setting and abundant connections with nature convinced me that this was my new home.

With over 2 decades of urban design, master planning and along with inspiration driven by travels throughout the world, his abilities and skills are a great fit with almost any type of project. He brings a contagious enthusiasm to his work and is constantly looking for ways projects to improve the environment and the community, ensuring both lasting sustainability and interest.

In his free time, he loves traveling, hiking and skiing in the mountains and enjoying a nice glass of wine.

Alyse realized her passion for design early in life after watching a high school project go from pencil sketch to poured concrete. She was struck by the impact a landscape architect could have on the physical environment and the natural world. Alyse enjoys the act of creating both through design and working with her hands, skills she exercises in her work, and hobbies including stained glass and gardening. She has also spent time as a volunteer forest steward, which helped build her knowledge of the flora and fauna of her native state of Washington. Alyse earned her BLA at the University of Washington and enjoys weekend hikes with her family.

Chris is an award-winning and nationally certified landscape architect and planner with more than a quarter century of experience encompassing a diverse range of project types, scales, and clients. For the past 25 years, he has worked in a broad range of land use projects that have helped his clients solve complex issues with thoughtful place-based collaborative planning and design solutions. His work includes both large-scale conservation planning and integrated design interventions including recreation design, visual impact assessments, green infrastructure design, transportation planning, environmental art, park planning, and geospatial analysis. Chris draws inspiration from the deep history of landscapes and people’s connection to their community’s heritage. Stakeholders and clients value his honest demeanor, his energy towards fun public engagement, and his enthusiasm for creating places of resiliency and value.

Rebekah grew up in the desert of Arizona and spent as much time outside as inside. She was fortunate to stumble upon the field of Landscape Architecture while studying Environmental Science and quickly shifted paths to pursue her budding passion at the University of Washington. Recently graduated with her BLA, she is designing spaces that blend the concept of outdoor and indoor living as well as incorporating ecology and natural processes for the enjoyment of our clients and communities.

When outside of the office, Rebekah enjoys mountain biking, snowboarding, live music, and exploring the pacific northwest!

Madelyn is from San Diego, California, and has always had a passion for nature and art. Growing up, Madelyn’s excitement and love for plants grew from accompanying her Dad to nurseries and helping him grow tomatoes in their backyard garden. When she learned she could blend her passions for plants and drawing with Landscape Architecture, she decided to study the subject at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. In San Luis Obispo, Madelyn loved exploring the central coast of California, where she lived for 5 years during her college career. She graduated with her degree in Landscape Architecture and a minor in Sustainable Environments, and after graduating in March of 2021, Madelyn decided to move her life up to Seattle.

Seattle has been a great home for Madelyn since she’s moved, and she can’t wait to explore everything that the PNW has to offer.

An expert in the theory of prospect and refuge, Cloud became a leader in her field, mastering site investigation and analysis through her thorough on-the-ground fieldwork. Her desire to attend virtual meetings makes her an important part of the team both on-site and online.

With a wide range of professional experience including lounging on exotic beaches to vigorously defending his right to roll in the snow at the west’s best kept secret trails, Leo brings a passion for discerning the subtleties of each unique site through olfactory engagement with all encountered objects.  A graduate of Oxford University with a degree in Descending From English Bullmastiff Royalty, Leo lives life in the moment, taking each challenge head on (physically, with his head), and improving the quality of life for all those who don’t mind a little slobber and warmth. Leo enjoys exploring Seattle and road-tripping in the back of air-conditioned vehicles, particularly those with large back seats or even larger cargo areas.  As an ambassador for all bullmastiffs, Leo is quite at home in front of adoring crowds, where his ebullient actions speak louder than words.

Originally from the streets of Mexico City, Lexi offers a fresh perspective on the urban framework. Her ability to identify plants just by their smell is a unique skill that sets her apart. These qualities outway the fact that she spends most of the work day napping.