Tom Ryan

Principal and founder of Ryan Associates (landscape architecture and planning). Tom has been responsible for innumerable projects throughout the greater Boston area Tom has been responsible for innumerable projects throughout the greater Boston area and beyond for over 25 years. Mr. Ryan’s responsibilities on these and many other projects entails obtaining state and local approvals, overseeing project design, contract specifications, review of all contract documents, construction administration, and coordination of design issues with various disciplines. Prior to founding Ryan Associates, Tom was employed by many well-known Boston area firms including Hargreaves Associates where he was a Principal, Sasaki Associates, Carol R Johnson Associates, the S.W.A. Group, and Burck-Ryan Associates. Tom is also active as a guest instructor and critic at various Universities including Harvard, SUNY, the BAC, RISD, Radcliffe and the University of Virginia and is currently teaching at the University of Pennsylvania and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Tom’s wife, Heather, is also a practicing landscape architect and a graduate of our program.