SUN-C08: Small(er) Firm Diversity, Evolution, Growth, and Longevity in a Megafirm Market

Sunday, October 29, 2023

3:45pm – 4:45pm CT

1.00 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW, AICP, FL

Lead Speaker(s)

Gretchen Wilson, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP

Principal/Co-Founder
Dig Studio
Denver, Colorado

Speaker(s)

Moyara H. Pharis, ASLA (she/her/hers)

President
Pharis Design
Austin, Texas
Shannon Blakeman, ASLA

Managing Partner
CARBO Landscape Architecture
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Have you imagined having your own firm or joining others to do so? As trained landscape architects, business challenges around staffing, HR laws, accounting, and ownership transition may seem unfamiliar. We discuss how we run our small-to-medium businesses so you can learn techniques that might work for you.

Learning Outcomes:

Learn how to decide what size firm and what firm structure might work best for you.
Observe proven techniques and strategies for managing people, projects, and profits/losses.
Understand more about the challenges of ownership transition in these varied types of firms.
Learn how these varied firm models create diversity, equity, and inclusion through practice and projects.