Speaker Info

Pamela Conrad, Principal at CMG Landscape Architecture and Founder of Climate Positive Design, believes in the value that thoughtfully designed open spaces bring to our everyday lives. As our world continues to face challenges of urbanization, social injustices and climate change, Pamela focuses on finding solutions to the climate crisis and planning for a resilient future. Her passion for the environment is deeply rooted – from growing up on a farm in the mid-western United States,to degrees in Plant Science and regenerative landscape architecture, and large scale habitat restoration experience.

She is currently working closely with the city, community and Port on the San Francisco, California Waterfront Resilience Program. Conrad also leads a global research initiative she founded called Climate Positive Design, which empowers designers of the built environment to reduce carbon emissions and increase sequestration through the use of free online guidance and resources, including the landscape carbon calculator app called the Pathfinder.