Kimberly (Kim) Van Leeuwen, RLA, LEED AP, is the Director of Landscape Architecture at Fisher Associates. As the Director Landscape Architecture, Kimberly’s leadership spans all facets of the firm’s practice. Her passion is to develop spaces that are sustainable, integrated into the natural world and mindful of the human-environment relationship. Her collaborative nature and keen organizational skills lead clients to seek her out for their most complex, high-profile projects. Kim’s experience includes parks, streetscapes, urban design, higher education, healthcare, learning landscapes, playgrounds, private and public gardens, master planning and detailed site design with an emphasis on sustainability and green design practices. She has special expertise in the design of nature-based play spaces.
She was the lead designer and project manager for the firm’s initial green roof projects, porous pavement installations, and LEED-certified projects. Her work has been selected as a featured site by the Sustainable Sites Initiative and published in the Journal of Green Building. Her work has been featured by the Sustainable Sites Initiative and published in the Journal of Green Building.