Currently serving as CLARB’s president, Brian began his CLARB volunteer service as an L.A.R.E. grader and Exam Committee member in 2010. He was appointed as a director-at-large on the board of directors in 2020 and served two terms before becoming president-elect in 2024. Verardo has also worked alongside colleagues, CLARB staff and stakeholders from across the CLARB community in roles on the MBE Committee, L.A.R.E. Cut Score Committee and a variety of other work and focus groups.
Brian is a principal landscape architect and the managing partner of CLARB Supporting Partners Pland Collaborative, a 35-person landscape architecture and planning firm. Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico and with a growing office in Lubbock, Texas, Pland Collaborative strives to bring public awareness and innovation to the design of outdoor spaces in our changing world. Verardo’s work has included a variety of project types, from small-scale site design to large-scale master planning for a wide range of clients. Verardo is licensed to practice landscape architecture in Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, South Carolina and Utah.
“The work we do to support our profession and serve the public is extremely rewarding, but it’s much more so when you get to do it with such a wonderful group of people!”