Joseph Lalli

Biography: Joseph Lalli Vice Chairman and Managing Principal EDSA Joseph Lalli, Vice Chairman and Managing Principal of EDSA, is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), which is the most distinguished professional achievement in the field. He is widely respected as one of the most creative problem solvers and designers in planning and landscape architecture. As a principal of EDSA for more than 23 years, he has managed and been principal designer on many of many of the firm's award-winning projects, including: the El Conquistador Resort in Puerto Rico; Treyburn, a new community in Durham, North Carolina; and Pepsico's corporate headquarters in Purchase, New York. As Managing Principal of EDSA, Mr. Lalli brings an intuitive understanding for planning and design as well as a focus on the main issues that need to be addressed to get a project built. He has had principal responsibility for seeing many projects through from planning to implementation in at a regional planning level, in resource planning, and community planning projects, as well as resorts, educational and cultural facilities, corporate parks, and urban developments. His considerable expertise in international land planning is based on an understanding of different cultural practices in planning, design and business affairs. He has managed a project office in Europe and directed major projects in the Middle East, France, Greece, Germany, the Caribbean, Dubai, and Saudi Arabia. He has also served as Principal-in-Charge of numerous Department of Defense projects in the United States and Europe.