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Mark A. Focht, ASLA Executive Director Fairmount Park Commission Philadelphia, PA  Mr. Focht was appointed Executive Director of the Fairmount Park Commission by Mayor John F. Street and Fairmount Park Commission President Robert N.C. Nix, III in August 2005. In this position, Mr. Focht is responsible for the day-to-day management of the 9,200 acre, 63 park Fairmount Park system with a staff of 210 employees and an operating budget of $16.7 million. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Focht served as director of the Park Commission’s Environment, Stewardship & Education Division (ES&ED). This division is an unprecedented multi-million dollar effort to restore the natural areas throughout the Fairmount Park system and to build a constituency for their protection through environmental education and community stewardship. Prior to that, Mr. Focht served as the park’s natural lands restoration manager for three years. Mr. Focht holds Bachelor of Science and Masters degrees in landscape architecture from Penn State University and the University of Massachusetts, respectively, and is a PA licensed landscape architect. Prior to joining the Fairmount Park Commission in 1997, Mr. Focht was director of capital projects for the Center City District (Philadelphia, PA), a private sector business improvements district, where he directed the $26 million Walk!Philadelphia streetscape improvement project. Additionally, Mr. Focht has over ten years experience working for two multi-disciplinary design firms and has been an adjunct professor in Temple University’s Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture since 1989. Mr. Focht lectures extensively and serves on Boards of the Fairmount Park Conservancy, Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust, Awbury Arboretum Association, Philadelphia Sports Congress and the Landscape Architecture Affiliated Program Group (APG) of the Pennsylvania State University. Mr. Focht was the recipient of the 2007 Arts and Architecture Alumni Achievement Award for Penn State University. |
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