Judy Venonsky has been with OLIN since 2007 and has more than 20 years of academic and professional experience in landscape design. At OLIN, she has worked on numerous key projects that deal with the intersection of built landscape and complex living systems, including Mill River Park and Greenway in Stamford, Connecticut and the planting design of over 175 acres of native species for a corporate headquarters in California.  Judy spearheads Living Systems Design research and practice at OLIN working closely with horticultural academics and professionals to marry design excellence with ecology.

Judy earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Advertising Design from Moore College of Art and Design and a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. Judith has served as a guest critic for Senior Undergraduate and Graduate Portfolio Reviews with the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design and taught a studio on civic landscapes in 2014. In 2007, Judith received a Student Merit Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects and the Narenja Juneja Award for Commitment to Ecological and Social Issues in Landscape Architecture.