Nancy Somerville is the executive vice president/CEO of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

Since joining ASLA in 2000, Somerville has reenergized the Society's advocacy and public relations programs, enhanced the Society's communications with its membership and chapters, and expanded the services and information resources available to ASLA members through strategic alliances and partnerships. A longtime advocate for the design professions, Somerville joined ASLA after 18 years with the American Institute of Architects (AIA), where she served as managing director and vice president of program areas including membership, state and local government affairs, chapter relations, and continuing education.

A native of the Washington DC, area, Somerville received her undergraduate education at Princeton University and earned a graduate degree from Stanford University.

• The American Society of Landscape Architects: Sustainable Design - a Growing Area of Landscape Architectural Practice, (September, 2006)