Cynthia Smith, FASLA, is vice president of Halvorson Design Partnership Inc., serving as principal-in-charge and designer on many award-winning urban design, park, waterfront, and campus projects including: Post Office Square, Nashua Street Park, Charles River Master Plan, Riverside Park, Harvard Law School, and the new MIT Sloan School of Management Campus. Cynthia has a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture from the University of Oregon and a master's degree in landscape architecture and urban design from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Robert Uhilg, ASLA, is president of Halvorson Design Partnership Inc., serving as principal-in-charge on many urban projects including: the Lakewood Cemetery Mausoleum in Minneapolis, Minnesota; ASLA 2013 Professional Honor Award South Boston Maritime Park; Center City Park in Greensboro, North Carolina; the BAC Green Campus project; and numerous other sustainable landscapes. He holds a bachelor's degree in environmental design in landscape architecture from North Carolina State University. He is a LEED® accredited professional, a certified construction specifier, and is a member of the Construction Specification Institute.

Cynthia and Robert would also like to thank Karl Haglund, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, who donated a large amount of his time and expertise to this project.