Chris is the Director of Marketing + Business Development at CMG Landscape Architecture. As a communications professional with experience working within the fields of urban design, Chris holds an interest and focus on where ecological research and design strategies intersect within marketing and communication conversations.
Chris has lengthy experience managing all tasks within marketing teams – overseeing and directing communication efforts, including coordinating with leadership groups to implement business development initiatives and strategies. His current role includes strategy generation, marketing objectives, research (trends, service areas and gaps, CRM, messaging and market positioning), leads and pursuit generation, and network development.
Chris has worked in marketing across landscape architecture and architecture firms, as well as LEED Green Business Councils and Horticulture Non-Profits. He has been certified as a LEED Green Associate from 2017-2019. Chris spoke at the 2021 ASLA SKILL ED Conference on how to gain strategic, mission-based business. Chris led the CMG marketing team to national recognition in 2021, winning a SMPS Honor Award for External Communications in the Video Digital category for the Firm Video. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Urban Design from Parsons School of Design, as well as completing a study program in Environmental Design from Art Center College of Design.
You can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Awards
2023 SMPS Merit Award: Corporate Identity Brand Redesign
2023 Land8 Social Media Awards in Landscape Architecture
2021 SMPS Honor Award: External Communications - Video Digital Category, Society of Marketing Professionals
2018 SMPS Merit Award: Internal Communications - Print Category, Society of Marketing Professionals
Spring 2015 Parsons Dean’s List, Parsons the New School of Design
2015 Internal James Dyson Award, Parsons the New School for Design
Sustainapalooza II: 2 Degrees Too Much Award, Recipient, Parsons the New School for Design