jessica suzanne roundy 681 lopez road

lopez island, wa 98261 jroundy@g.risd.edu

206.595.6473

EDUCATION Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI Master of Landscape Architecture, 2010 Thesis: Dissolving Topographies: Coastal Markings in a Dynamic Edge Condition

Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA Bachelor of Arts, Art History; Minor in Leadership, 2004 Thesis: Searching for a Sustainable Architectural Style: A History of Residential Architecture’s

Dialogue with the Environment

INTERNSHIPS & EXPERIENCE Lopez Community Land Trust Lopez Island, WA Construction Intern, 2007-09 Completed site-preparation, construction, and landscaping for the Common

Ground Housing Cooperative designed by Mithun.

Yestermorrow Design/Build School Dominican Republic Community Design/Build Course, 2008 Designed and built entryways, gathering spaces, and gardens and provided clean

water access for a community center in El Rincon.

Design Arts Group, Inc. Los Angeles, CA Intern & Landscape Designer, 2005 Designed a rooftop garden, critiqued office design work, and created a catalog of

product information.

The Miller|Hull Partnership Seattle, WA Architecture Intern, 2003 Collaborated with staff to produce models, presentation boards, awards submissions, publications, and as-built drawings. Created a database for products.

dA Center for the Arts Pomona, CA Intern & Assistant Curator, 2003 Managed publicity, oversaw related classes, and coordinated delivery of pieces for a show. Completed in conjunction with a research project on civic leadership.

SKILLS Design Broad experience in landscape design ranging in scale and scope from residential to

urban with an emphasis on process, systems, integration, and collaboration.

Creative Mixed media modeling, hand drawing, hybrid drawing, collage, book and

publication arts, digital photography and abstract analog photographic techniques.

Trade Concrete, timber-frame, straw-bale, and natural plaster construction, siting, grading,

stonework, fencing, planting and pruning.

Programs Adobe CS4: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign; Auto-CAD; Arc-GIS; Sketch-Up;

Rhino; Microsoft Office: PowerPoint, Excel, Word.

ACHIEVEMENTS & ACTIVITIES Student Leader of the Year/Student Leadership Scholarship, RISD 2009 Prime Minister, Graduate Student Alliance, RISD 2008-09 Project Coordinator & Contributing Writer, Graduate Process Book, RISD 2009 Student Representative, Search Committee for the Dean of Students, RISD 2009 Student Representative, Trustees Committee on Student Life, RISD 2008-09 Teaching Assistant, Department of Landscape Architecture, RISD 2007-09 Minister of Records & Communication, Graduate Student Alliance, RISD 2007-08 Landscape Architecture Department Liaison, RISD 2007-08 Member, Respond|Design, RISD 2007-08 Team Unity Award (Co-ed Team Captain), CMS Track & Field, 2003-04 Four-Year Letterman, NCAA Track & Field, CMS 2000-2004 Editor-in-Chief, The Ayer (Yearbook), CMC 2001-02