Rachel Gleeson
Associate Principal
Rachel has contributed to MVVA’s design and planning projects at scales ranging from playgrounds to urban master plans. In addition to project management, she develops writing and communications support for a wide array of MVVA projects. She has written and co-written articles about MVVA's work, and she contributed an essay on MVVA's plazas to the book Reconstructing Urban Landscapes. She has served on the City of Seattle’s Design Commission, as well as the Seattle Public Art Advisory Committee. She is currently the President-elect of the Washington Chapter of the ASLA (WASLA).
Rachel earned a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Columbia University, a Master of Architecture and a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Virginia, and a Master of Arts in Art History from the University of Washington. She joined MVVA in 2001.