Anita Toby Lager's diverse design and business background as an industrial designer and entrepreneur shaped an indirect route to her successful career in landscape architecture. Anita first encountered the discipline while designing a modular display system for a traveling educational exhibit on landscape architectural history. That experience prompted her to refocus her career goals and embrace the tenets of the profession: to design innovative, thoughtful, people friendly, and sustainable environments. Today, in her primary role as the firm's managing principal, Anita continues to foster these principles among the staff as she oversees LRSLAstudio's business development and the firm's administration.

Anita received her MLA from The University of Illinois and her BS from Drexel University. She has been practicing since 1980 and is licensed in several states. Anita is often a guest lecturer and visiting critic and continues to share her love of design as a speaker at conferences on a range of topics of interest to both landscape architects and the general public.

Karen M. Skafte's passion for design, inventiveness, and technical expertise is a mainstay of LRSLAstudio. Karen's pivotal contribution to the projects she is involved with, from programming through design and construction observation, is apparent to our clients who value and admire the creativity and effectiveness of her award winning work. The ability to focus on intimate spaces and detail design while envisioning a holistic approach to a site's challenges is fundamental to the successful execution of Karen's work. As design principal she has been overseeing LRSLAstudio's work on many academic projects at The University of Pennsylvania, Lehigh University, and other campuses.

Karen received her MLA from the University of Virginia and BA from the University of Maryland. She has been registered and practicing since 1986. Prior to joining LRSLAstudio, as an Associate at OLIN, Karen oversaw the construction of the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden and was an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Temple University teaching site engineering. Currently, Karen is a frequent guest critic on design juries.

Julie A. Bush has been an integral member of LRSLAstudio since joining the firm in 2000, becoming an Associate in 2004, and a Principal in 2010. Julie contributes to the successful design and installation of the projects she works on through her excellent people and project management skills coupled with her ability to effortlessly shift between site and detail scale during the design process. Julie's talent, proficiency, and enthusiasm are evident in the quality of her built work and as a mentor to the firm's staff. Julie's recent projects include preparing Design Guidelines for the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and subsequently leading the team designing and overseeing construction of public realm improvements on two of the Parkway's blocks. Julie has also been instrumental in the successful completion of LRSLAstudio's multiple project work at The Pennsylvania State University.

Julie received her MArch from McGill University and BLA from Clemson University. She has been an adjunct member of Temple University's Department of Architecture and is a registered Landscape Architect in several states.