Aaron Ackerman

Aaron Ackerman

senior project manager | mla, asla

Aaron exercises a passion for true innovation and a fidelity to natural systems to drive RANA’s mission to connect people, places, culture and ecology. A diverse background in landscape architecture, environmental planning, and geographic information science lends him an acute geographic sensibility and deep affinity for close observation of nature at the macro and micro scale. As a Project Manager, Aaron excels in interdisciplinary collaboration, principled integration of ecological function, and is a seasoned leader in guiding ambitious design visions to realization.

Aaron received a 2019 National ASLA Student Award of Excellence for his graduate thesis work with communities along the Los Angeles River. He earned his Bachelor of Science in City and Regional Planning from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and his Master of Landscape Architecture from Cal Poly Pomona.