Stephanie Grigsby MLA '00 Stephanie Grigsby, ASLA, AICP, is a licensed landscape architect, certified planner, and design leader whose work centers on strengthening the relationship between people, place, and nature. With over two decades of experience, she has shaped landscapes at every scale—from neighborhood greenways to regional trail systems and climate-sensitive coastal corridors.A graduate of Utah State University’s Master of Landscape Architecture program, Stephanie is a Principal and board member at Design Workshop. She brings a collaborative and context-driven approach to landscape architecture, integrating ecology, community, economic vitality, and placemaking across all phases of work.Her award-winning portfolio includes the Dennis T. Machida Memorial Greenway in South Lake Tahoe, which provides critical bike and pedestrian connectivity with ecological restoration, and Cornerstone Park in Henderson, Nevada, a 100-acre public space that transformed a former gravel pit into a hub for habitat, water quality, and civic life.She has led planning and design efforts across some of California’s most ecologically and politically complex regions. Her leadership has shaped recreation and resiliency strategies for Mariposa County and Nevada County, advancing wildfire-ready, equitable access to public lands. In Big Sur, her planning work addresses the environmental pressures of overtourism while safeguarding one of California’s most iconic landscapes.As a member of the ASLA Climate Action and Biodiversity Committee, serving on the Climate Agency & Community Resilience Subcommittee, she helps guide national approaches to climate adaptation, with a particular focus around climate justice.Stephanie’s design philosophy is rooted in context. Whether restoring ecological function or crafting immersive, site-responsive places, her work reflects a balance of systems thinking and poetic expression—shaping landscapes of resilience, meaning, and legacy.