Ronda Burnett

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Community Conservation Planner at the Missouri Department of Conservation

  • Education

    • The manchester metropolitan university

      2000 - 2000
      Landscape architecture

      Study abroad for a semester in Manchester, England.

    • Louisiana state university

      1996 - 2001
      Bachelor's degree landscape architecture 3.7 gpa

      Activities and Societies: Student ASLA, Golden Key National Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society, Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society for students in architecture and the allied arts

    • The university of kansas

      2001 - 2003
      Master's degree planning: urban, environmental, and land use 3.8 gpa
  • Experience

    • Walt disney world

      May 1999 - Aug 1999
      Horticulture intern
    • Ekistics design studio, inc.

      May 2000 - Aug 2000
      Landscape architecture intern
    • East baton rouge parish department of parks and recreation (brec)

      Jan 2001 - May 2001
      Park planning intern
    • Mid-america regional council (marc)

      May 2001 - Aug 2001
      Regional planning intern
    • Gould evans goodman (now multistudio)

      Aug 2001 - Dec 2002
      Landscape architecture intern
    • Patti banks associates

      Jan 2003 - May 2003
      Landscape architecture intern
    • City of kansas city, mo

      May 2003 - Sept 2003
      Citywide planning intern
    • Missouri department of conservation

      May 2005 - now
      Community conservation planner
    • Missouri prairie foundation

      Jan 2020 - now
      Grow native! committee chair

      A program of the Missouri Prairie Foundation, Grow Native! is a native plant marketing and education program that promotes natives for beautifying landscapes and supporting nature’s web of life. Its mission is to increase the supply of and demand for native plants in altered landscapes and the built environment in the lower Midwest, to improve the quality of life for all. The vision of the program is a future where engaged consumers, educators, green industry professionals, agricultural producers, land use planners, students, and other groups in the lower Midwest choose native plants to create healthy, well managed, and flourishing landscapes. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Ronda Burnett
      2019 Outstanding Public Outreach, Program, Project, Tool, or Community Initiative American Planning Association, Missouri Chapter Oct 2019 This award was given in recognition of the reference manual I wrote on conservation planning tools available to Missouri communities.