BOARD AND COMMITTEES
MEET OUR BOARD
APLD Virtual Chapter President -
Tina Krug
A North Carolina native with over 25 years of experience in the landscaping industry, Tina now leads the next generation of designers as an Assistant Teaching Professor at Iowa State University. She has been digging and drawing across much of the eastern half of the US, working in Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, New Hampshire and Iowa. Her business, Red Fern Landscape Design, launched in New Hampshire in 2011 and relocated to Iowa in 2016.
A plant geek at heart, Tina holds a Master’s degree in Horticulture from North Carolina State University and is an Iowa Certified Nursery Professional. She’s been an APLD member since 2009. Membership in APLD makes her a better designer and educator, and she thoroughly enjoys giving back to this organization through serving on the Virtual Chapter’s Board.
Tina is serving as president for the APLD Virtual Chapter. Her 2-year term started in 2024.
Email Tina at president@apldvc.org
APLD Virtual Chapter Past President -
Kathy Hubner, FAPLD, CPLD
A South Texas native, Kathy has been designing and installing landscapes for three decades. She specializes in creating landscapes that endure in both urban and ranch land settings throughout Texas, Colorado, and Mexico.
Loving all aspects of fashion, interior and landscape design, Kathy studied all three in order to create cohesive landscape designs that work. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Communications, is a Certified Professional Landscape Designer, Fellow of APLD, and a Texas Certified Nursery Professional.
Kathy is passionate about the benefits of APLD membership and has served on the APLD Board of Directors for eight years. She is currently Chair of the APLD International Landscape Awards Committee and the Board President of the APLD Virtual Chapter.
Kathy started her 2-year term as Past President in 2024.
Email Kathy at pastpresident@apldvc.org
APLD Virtual Chapter Vice President -
Your name here!
We’d love to welcome a new leader into the board.
Let us know if you have interest in stepping in as Vice President.
You can email Tina any questions at president@apldvc.org.
APLD Virtual Chapter Treasurer -
Jock Lewendon, FAPLD, CPLD
Jock is one of the original Founding members of APLD. He's been a member since back in 1989, serving as a regional coordinator for several years and as a former president of the New Jersey chapter of APLD. He also served on the national board of APLD for several years.
His company, Outdoor Living Spaces, LLC, values a creative approach to the indoor/outdoor relationship. His clientele are based mostly in New Jersey, although he has traveled to Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut and New Hampshire.
Jock’s 2-year term as treasurer started in 2023.
Email Jock at treasurer@apldvc.org
APLD Virtual Chapter Secretary -
Your name here!
We’d love to welcome a new leader into the board.
Let us know if you have interest in stepping in as Secretary.
You can email Tina any questions at president@apldvc.org.
APLD Virtual Chapter Member-at-Large -
Ellen Johnston, FAPLD, CPLD
Ellen is a retired Certified APLD Designer, having joined in 2004. Design was a second career for her. She enrolled in an Associate Degree Program in Horticulture that offered design classes when her kids were nearing high school. She wanted a new career in something that really excited her.
Ellen worked in a two woman design-build company for most of her career, doing modest residential projects. Sustainability, rain gardens, native plants were the up and coming design elements at the time, along with serious water restrictions and recapture, drought, and erratic and consequential weather events. Every designer has environmental challenges, but Texans seem to face BIG ones.
The best thing about APLD is the camaraderie -- the members are Ellen’s people. We all have similar interests, appreciation of well designed spaces, and are generally happy individuals.
Ellen serves in various roles as a Member-at-Large for the APLD Virtual Chapter. Her three-year term as Member-at-Large started in 2023.
Email Ellen at memberatlarge@apldvc.org