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82 Landscape Architect and Specifier News m o v e r s & s h a k e r s design, mixed-use, and multi-family projects. Heidrick's career in landscape architecture spans 27 years, with experience in theme park design, luxury estate residences, resorts, university housing, medical campuses, mixed-use, retail, and complex multifamily properties. Plantscape Institute of America elected four new members to the board of directors. New members include: vice chair Shane Pliska, president of Planterra Corp.; secretary-treasurer Eric Westerduin, partner and finance director of Suite Plants; social media chair and legal counsel Amber Mufale, director and the head of legal and media also of Suite Plants; membership chair Toni Fitch, concierge for Ambius-Dallas. "PIA's new leadership team is reflects and reflects the geographic diversity of PIA's membership," said PIA chairman Tim Konig. The board's significant activities this year include recommitting PIA to its original mission as an educational organization beginning with rebranding PIA as the Plantscape Institute of America, accompanied by the launch of a new website designed to enhance the plantscaping community's access to PIA's education and networking tools. WHPacific announced that Spencer Nickel has joined the firm's landscape architecture studio. Based in the firm's Denver, Colorado office, Nickel leads the expansion of the studio's services to Colorado with a focus on campus master planning and the design of outdoor environments. With more than 27 years of professional practice, Spencer has focused on significant outdoor campus and higher education environments. B r i c k I n d u s t r y A s s o c i a t i o n h a s ushered in a year of change, appointing new board officers and staff ValleyCrest Design Group in Irvine, Calif., promoted Mark Carlos to senior principal and Chris Heidrick to principal. Carlos has spent his 18-year career with the firm, implementing highly-successful design strategies for several award-winning master planned communities, as well as large-scale urban Chris Heidrick Mark Carlos Amber Mufale Eric Westerduin Shane Pliska Tim Konig Toni Fitch Spencer Nickel Gregg Borchelt 82-83.indd 82 3/27/14 3:21 PM