amy schissel

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Address: **** ********* **. #*

City: New Orleans

State: LA

Zip: 70115

Country: USA

Phone: 217-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $60,000

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Amy P e c qu e t S c h i ss el

1838 Upperline St. #B I have worked for nine years as a master planner and urban designer with

experience in site design, campus planning, master planning and

New Orleans, LA, 70115

regional planning primarily on government contracts. As a LEED

217-***-**** accredited professional, my interests include sustainable planning and

abqmtx@r.postjobfree.com green design strategies and technologies.

E D UCA TIO N :

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, December 2001

Master of Landscape Architecture

The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, May 1997

Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude, Major: Biology

P RO F E SSIO NA L E X P E RI E N C E :

Master Planner & Urban Designer, EDAW, Inc/AECOM., Alexandria VA, September 2003November 2011

Duties include master plans, facilities plans, regional planning, policy documents, presentation skills in-

cluding client interviews, verbal presentations, and graphics and consensus building.

SA M P LE P RO J E C T D E S C RI P T I ONS :

SHENANDOAH COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION, KEISTER TRACT MAS-

TER PLAN, EDINBURG, VA: Project Manager. EDAW completed a master plan for the Keister Tract,

a 150-acre property on the North Fork of the Shenandoah River and recently donated to Shenandoah

County as a new county park. The master plan included camping, boating and other recreational facilities

relating to the river, as well as interpretive facilities to convert the site to a contributing element of the

National Park Services Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Park.

THE US MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY CAMPUS MASTER PLAN AND DESIGN GUIDELINES,

VA: Planner. The Marine Corps University was founded in 1989 to develop the leadership, warfighting,

and staff operations skills of Marines and other leaders. Located on the Potomac River, the master plan

uses the natural beauty to enhance the design through creating directed views, applying sustainable design

strategies, and limiting vehicular access to the majority of the new campus. The master plan builds upon

a few historic buildings in addition to the river setting to capture and create dynamic open spaces as well

as establishing new academic neighborhoods, achieving more architectural harmony, and providing bet-

ter vehicular and pedestrian circulation. Design Guidelines ensure new construction harmony as well as

provide sample site design projects for select open spaces including preliminary cost estimates.

ARCADIA LAND COMPANY, BRYNE EYRE DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN, BERKS COUNTY, PA:

Planner. EDAW prepared a development master plan and design guidelines for New Morgan, resulting

in the creation of a mixed-use new town on the site of an existing ore mine. The plan combines neo-

traditional planning principles and brown field reclamation strategies to provide necessary facilities and

amenities for residential, commercial, and recreational uses.

THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY,

CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY, WASHINGTON, DC: Planner. As an important first phase in the res-

toration of the oldest cemetery in Washington, DC, EDAW developed a landscape master plan focused

on re-planting and renovating the historic grounds, roads, and walkways, as well as providing new burial

and columbarium expansion areas.

NAVFAC CRITERIA OFFICE, DOD UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA FOR LANDSCAPE

ARCHITECTURE: Planner. Working together with DOD, EDAW developed the UFC, the policy for all

landscape design across DOD. The UFC establishes guidance for design process and necessary topical

considerations. Topic areas include, but are not limited to, parking, xeriscaping, irrigation, landscape treat-

ment for security areas and sustainability.

NAVFAC PACIFIC, FUTENMA RELOCATION FACILITY BILATERAL MASTER PLAN, OKINAWA,

JAPAN: Landscape Designer. In concert with the Japanese government and the Japanese Defense Agency,

EDAW assisted the United States Forces Japan in preparing a master plan for the Futenma Relocation

Facility in Okinawa, Japan. The bilateral master plan included relocating the Marine Corps Air Station

currently at Futenma in the urbanized southern part of Okinawa to Camp Schwab, which is currently a

ground forces and infantry base on the less populated northern portion of the island.

US NAVY NAVFAC WASHINGTON, NAVAL DISTRICT WASHINGTON, OVERVIEW REGIONAL

SHORE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, WASHINGTON, DC: Planner. This regional shore infrastructure

plan identifies opportunities for consolidation synergy and the regional use of land resources with greater

efficiency than currently exists. This plan included 16 Navy installations in Washington, DC, Maryland

and Virginia. All functional areas were analyzed including air and port operations.

NAVFAC ATLANTIC, NAVAL STATION NEWPORT MASTER PLAN, NEWPORT, RI: Planner. At

the Naval Station Newport, EDAW prepared a master plan to direct facility improvements, renovations,

and new building construction projects over the next 10-15 years. Special consideration is being given to

sustainable development principles, including adaptive reuse of existing structures and the creation of

walkable centers of activity, allowing the Navy to meet their goals for LEED accreditation for all pro-

grammed and future projects at the base.

Planner, The Onyx Group, Alexandria VA, November 2002-August 2003

Duties include master plans, facility requirements plans, regional plans, cost estimates, presentation graph-

ics, and document compilation.

TE A CH ING E X P E RI E N C E :

Visiting Instructor, University of Illinois, spring 2009

Courses Taught: Site Design Studio

Duties included: Design course syllabus and projects, prepare lectures, desk-side critiques and project

juries

Visiting Practitioner, University of Illinois, fall 2007

Courses Taught: Community Design Studio

Duties Included: Co-teaching with Laura Lawson, assist with project development, prepare lectures, desk-

side critiques and project juries

Visiting Instructor, Louisiana State University, spring 2002

Courses Taught: Co-taught undergraduate site design studio and led one of the advanced site construc-

tion studios

Graduate Assistant, Louisiana State University School of Landscape Architecture, fall 1998 spring 2001

Duties Included: Teaching introduction to design studio, leading an advanced site construction studio,

and research and database building for the Visual Resources Library.

P RO F E SSIO NA L M E MB E RS H I P S

A ND CE RTI F I C A T I O N S :

LEED Accredited Professional 2003-present

ASLA Associate member 1998-present

A. P. SCHISSEL

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