Kurt Culbertson, Chairman of the Board, is a graduate of Louisiana State University with an MBA in real estate from Southern Methodist University. Kurt is a full member of the Urban Land Institute, participating in the Recreation Development Council, and chair of the Rocky Mountain chapter of the Young Presidents Organization. Kurt’s work in sustainable development strategies has earned him recognition both nationally and internationally. He is an ASLA fellow, recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship and a fellow of Dumbarton Oaks.

Richard Shaw graduated from Utah State University with honors and earned his MLA from the Graduate School Design at Harvard, where he was awarded the Jacob Weidenman Traveling Fellowship. He has served as a Fulbright Scholar and is a fellow of Dumbarton Oaks, as well as a full member of the Urban Land Institute with membership in the Retail Development and Recreation Development councils.

Glenn Walters has 22 years of experience in creative land planning, landscape architecture, and real-estate development in North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Hawaii, Arizona, Las Vegas, Pennsylvania, New England, California, Idaho, Oregon and Colorado. His development experience combined with his landscape architecture and planning background enables particular insight into new community, resort village, and urban design projects. His current interests lie in formulating meaningful design solutions that balance environmental responsibility with place-making and economic considerations. Glenn holds a BLA from the University of Georgia and an MLA from Penn State, where his thesis work was focused on Environmental Assessment for the Site Design Process.

Terrall Budge graduated from Utah State University and earned his master’s degree with distinction in landscape architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he also worked as a teaching fellow. He was awarded the Jacob Weidenman Prize at Harvard for outstanding ability and talent in design. Terrall is a full member of the American Society of Landscape Architects and an associate member of the Urban Land Institute, serving as a panel member on several advisory service panels.

Rebecca Zimmermann is an owner and president of Design Workshop.  She is involved in tourism, community, economic and marketing-related consulting.  She is highly recognized for her work with resort communities including visitor services analysis, market definition, positioning and tourism planning; and in urban areas for brownfield redevelopment, development entitlements and real estate economics. She holds an MBA degree from the University of Colorado and bachelors degrees in Communication and Business Administration from Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.  Becky is a member of ULI, serving on the Recreation Development Council and she teaches Marketing of Real Estate classes for the ULI Real Estate School.

Joe Porter was a founding member of Design Workshop in 1969. He graduated from the University of Utah. Joe received his MLA from the University of Illinois and served as an assistant professor of landscape architecture at both Louisiana State University and the School of Design at North Carolina State University. He is a full member of the Urban Land Institute, an ASLA fellow, a former board member and president of the Landscape Architecture Foundation and The Center for Design Innovation.

Todd Johnson has focused his efforts in the planning and design of urban redevelopment and brown-field sites. Todd holds a master’s degree in landscape architecture from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University and is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects. He has worked on redevelopment and urban design projects in the U.S., Canada, the Middle East and the Far East.

Mary Fox is responsible for all areas of human resources including professional development, total compensation, recruiting and hiring. She has expanded networking tools, the summer internship and Design U and also helped create Legacy Weeks. Mary has a master’s of business administration from the University of Denver. She earned her Senior Professional Human Resources certification in 1995 and is experienced or certified to administer and interpret individual and team assessments, provide personal and professional coaching services, develop compensation programs and conduct group facilitation. Currently, Mary is co-facilitating the alignment sessions in every office to foster individual support of firm-wide Legacy Design objectives.