The Team
Kristin Booker
PLA, ASLA
Principal
REGISTRATIONS
Professional Landscape Architect (PLA), Kentucky
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Sarah Beth Sammons
PLA, LEED Sammons, PLA, LEED APAP
REGISTRATIONS
Professional Landscape Architect (PLA)
Kentucky License No. 733 American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
TABB ORMSBY
ASLA, LEED NDASLA, LEED ND
REGISTRATIONS
LEED ND
Congress of the New Urbanism - CNUa
A professional landscape architect and urban planner, Kristin Booker has worked in both the private and public sectors throughout her career with an all-encompassing understanding of the complex process of bringing design and planning projects to fruition. Her project management experience includes urban planning, historic preservation, commercial development, public realm improvements, residential design, and public meeting facilitation. Having worked on the Landmarks Urban Design Staff for Louisville Metro, she has a command of local regulations and ordinances as they pertain to the preservation, landscape design, and site planning. Kristin enjoys the process of collaborating on projects in small and large group settings and the experience of consensus building to yield highly successful outcomes that meet all core objectives.
EDUCATION
The Ohio State University, 1994, Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture
Tong Ji University (Shanghai, China), 1993, Landscape Architecture Studies Program
Dumbarton Oaks Symposium, 2014, “Sound & Scent in the Garden”
Annual Native Plant Symposium, 2012-2014, Cincinnati, Ohio
Landscape Architecture Foundation, 2016, The New Landscape Declaration
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
ASLA Annual Meeting, Speaker 2010, West Main Street Regeneration Kentucky ASLA, 2017, Past President
Kentucky ASLA Annual Meeting, Speaker 2018, Practice Paradigms
International Trails Conference, Speaker 2017, Leveraging People and
Sarah Beth Sammons is a registered Landscape Architect with over 15 years of experience with master planning, park design, and civil projects such as courthouses, schools, and public spaces. Sarah Beth is most passionate about sustainable design, historic preservation, and construction practices. She worked on two Silver Certified LEED projects and was the primary Landscape Architect on Richardsville Elementary, in Warren County, Kentucky - the Nation’s first Net Zero School. Prior to joining BDC, Sarah Beth has valuable experience as a Land Planner, designing commercial and residential developments. She is adept at working with municipal planning and zoning departments to take projects through various planning and permitting processes. She has worked on three rooftop plaza projects in downtown Louisville as well.
EDUCATION
University of Kentucky, 2000, Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Jefferson County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor - Elected Position
Louisville Metro Tree Advisory Board, 2018-2023, Member
ASLA Kentucky, Member
Jefferson County Master Gardener Association, Master Gardener Volunteer
Farmington Historic Plantation, Volunteer
Tabb Ormsby is a Landscape Designer with 9 years of experience in projects ranging from transportation planning, community revitalization, parks and recreation master planning, and site design. She is most passionate about sustainable urbanism and complete street transportation design. She is also an accomplished designer with a keen eye for detail. Tabb recently returned to Louisville after living in West Palm Beach, Florida. She is a project manager at Booker Design Collaborative and oversees the design and implementation of a variety of projects.
EDUCATION
University of Georgia, 2011, Masters of Landscape Architecture
Bates College, 2003, Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Studies
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Engage West Palm Beach, Florida
Congress for the New Urbanism, Palm Beach Florida Chapter
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Collaborations
Charles cash
AIA
Architect / Urban Planner
Charles Cash, AIA, brings over thirty years of architectural, urban planning, and historic preservation experience. While leading various divisions of Louisville Metro Government, Charles has been involved in thousands of projects throughout the community, led design efforts for major public projects such as Park Duvalle, and implemented major public policy initiatives such as Cornerstone 2020 and its new Land Development Code.