2023 Professional Awards
of the Potomac Chapter ASLA
Meredith Ver Steeg, ASLA receives the Potomac
Chapter ASLA Emerging Leader Award from President Carla Ellern, ASLA (right).Photo by William Ramsey of Refract Photography LLC
In 2023 the Potomac Chapter of ASLA established the Emerging Leader Award to recognize an individual early in their career who has made significant contributions to the profession of landscape architecture by demonstrating exceptional leadership in their community, their local ASLA Chapter, and/or their place of employment.
The Emerging Leader Award is intended to be an annual award specifically designed to recognize and foster leadership in early-career landscape architecture professionals. The selected candidate will receive a yearlong mentorship with a Potomac Chapter Fellow and will be honored at the Potomac Chapter Awards Gala. In addition, the selected candidates will receive a stipend of $1,000 which can be used to support payment of ASLA dues, and/or attendance at the ASLA annual conference or for other ASLA events.
2023 Emerging Leader Award
Meredith Ver Steeg, ASLA
Moody GrahamAs an Associate at Moody Graham, Meredith has exhibited exceptional leadership through her community work, team building, and strategic thinking. She graduated cum laude from Iowa State University in 2015, where she won the Barbara King Scholarship for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Arthur R. and Clare M. Merkle Endowment for Excellence Scholarship for Urban Design, an ASLA Honor Award, an ASLA Merit Award, and the Iowa ASLA President’s Medal.
Following professional experience at Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. in New York, and Confluence in Missouri, Meredith moved to Washington, DC where she joined Moody Graham in 2017. Meredith became a licensed landscape architect in 2020 and was promoted to Associate in 2021.
Meredith’s community focus includes work on a prison landscape while at Iowa State, volunteer design and construction for a local park in Washington, DC, volunteer design on a masterplan for Greenbelt, MD, and community building for a flood resilience strategy in Southwest DC with Moody Graham.
During her nearly six-year tenure at Moody Graham, Meredith has quickly become a leader in the firm. Meredith has a desire to develop her strengths in organization, writing, and project management and is currently considering business classes to expand her education. She has shown emotional intelligence and strategic thinking in understanding how her landscape architectural goals can uplift her colleagues and positively impact her community. Meredith’s commitment and leadership has been a consistent thread throughout her achievements from Iowa State until today.
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