Staff

Julia Landstreet

Interim Executive Director

julia@civicdesigncenter.org

Julia Fry Landstreet joined the Nashville Civic Design Center as interim executive director in February 2010. Julia’s role with the Center includes oversight of the administrative and development functions for the organization, as well as cultivating relationships within the design, development and civic communities.  She will work closely with the Center’s Design Director, Gary Gaston, in coordinating the organization’s two monthly programs, CityThink and the Urban Design Forum. In addition to her current position, Landstreet serves as president of the board for Friends of Warner Parks and on the board of the Garden Club of Nashville.  Since 2006 she has operated a construction consulting business that specializes in “green” applications. Prior to that, she served as commissioner and vice mayor of the city of Belle Meade, overseeing the reconstruction of city hall and spearheading efforts for new zoning codes. 

Gary Gaston

Design Director

gary@civicdesigncenter.org

Gary Gaston is the Design Director of the Nashville Civic Design Center and a Lecturer at the University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design. He has lead planning efforts for the East Bank, Edgehill, Lafayette and Wedgewood Houston Neighborhoods. He was a principal contributor to the Center’s book The Plan of Nashville: Avenues to a Great City, published by Vanderbilt University Press in 2005.  Gary co-chaired the Live It Up Downtown Home Tour for four years, served as co-chair for Education & Outreach on Mayor Dean’s Green Ribbon Committee, and currently serves on the Nashville Open Space Plan Committee.  Gary holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and serves on the Board of Directors of Nashville CARES, Artrageous and Historic Nashville Inc.

Stephanie McCullough

Community Program Manager

stephanie@civicdesigncenter.org

Stephanie joined the Nashville Civic Design Center as the Design Assistant in September 2005, and is also a lecturer for the University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design, providing teaching assistance. Stephanie obtained a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, in 2003. She spent the time between graduation and returning to Middle Tennessee as the Marketing Coordinator for the San Francisco office of Hargreaves Associates, a landscape architecture and planning firm with locations in New York and Cambridge, MA, as well as San Francisco. Stephanie leads the Design Center's work with neighborhoods, providing education on civic design and facilitating meeting to generate consensus among community groups seeking to improve their neighborhoods. 

Stacy Battles

Community Relations Director

stacy@civicdesigncenter.org

Stacy joined the Nashville Civic Design Center in February 2003 as Administrative Director. Prior to joining the Design Center, Battles served as a coordinator of fundraising and event planning activities for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Middle Tennessee Chapter. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Relations from Eastern Kentucky University.

Metro Government Liasons

Metro Development and Housing Agency - Parker Brown

Metro Historical Commission - Tim Walker

Metro Planning Department - Joni Priest

Nashville Electric Service - Carla Nelson