Nette Compton

New York City

Nette Compton is the Associate Director of City Park Development for the Trust for Public Land, where she oversees national urban park programs and initiatives including creative placemaking, design quality, sustainability, green infrastructure and climate change. She previously served at the NYC Parks Department as the Director of Green Infrastructure and project manager for the High Performance Landscape Guidelines. A registered Landscape Architect, she is the President of the American Society of Landscape Architects New York Chapter.

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