PLANNING COUNCIL

Sean Papich

Founding Principal, Landscape Architect

Sean Papich Landscape Architecture

After growing up in Iowa and graduating from Iowa State University, Sean practiced in Chicago, Arizona, and Kansas City Notably, while in Kansas City, he worked with Ochsner Hare & Hare, the country's oldest active landscape architecture firm Hare & Hare were contemporaries of the Olmsted Brothers They helped Sean galvanize a strong work ethic and an attitude that anything can be accomplished with an open mind and an unrelenting desire to meet a client's needs. In 2003, he established his firm with that spirit, along with an engaging, pragmatic, and highly collaborative collective personality

Gretchen Rabinkin

Executive Director

Boston Society of Landscape Architects

Gretchen Rabinkin, AIA, Affiliate ASLA is executive director of the Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA) – the Massachusetts and Maine chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

A licensed architect and longtime educator, she was the Director of Civic Initiatives for the Boston Society of Architects (BSA) and BSA Foundation She served on the steering committee of the Boston Living with Water International Design Competition. Gretchen received a BA from Smith College and a MArch from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She has also taught extensively.