Shannon Simms, ASLA, is a principal and owner at Mayer/Reed in Portland, Oregon, where she oversees an urban design and landscape architecture practice. Shannon is a recognized leader in Portland's efforts to transform downtown and the waterfront. Her work often explores the placemaking potential of the right-of-way on a wide variety of transportation projects. She has served on the Executive Committee of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Oregon Chapter and has taught urban design and landscape architecture at University of Oregon. She has a master’s degree in landscape architecture from Harvard University. Shannon is inspired by travels in both wilderness and urban areas on foot and by bike and she tends to think about landscape architecture in terms of movement.