With over 35 years’ experience working in the New York City area, Landscape Architect Laura Starr is a champion for sustainability, collaboration, and design excellence. As Chief of Design for the Central Park Conservancy, Laura forged consensus among diverse groups of stakeholders to renovate major destinations such as the Harlem Meer, West Side, and Great Lawn. As a founding partner of Starr Whitehouse, she continues to nurture ties between the public, the city, and professional organizations. She has negotiated public-private partnerships both internationally, on master plans for Tel Aviv’s Park Ariel Sharon and Jerusalem’s Gazelle Park, as well as locally, collaborating with The Battery Conservancy on a dozen designs including the award-winning Bosque and Playscape.
