Suzanne Kennedy

Current

Owner and President at Floravista, Inc.
Board of Directors, Conservation Committee at Florida Native Plant Society

Past

Environmental Scientist at Brevard County Natural Resources Management Office
Biology Research Assistant at Florida International University
Asst. Curator of Endangered Species at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden

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Education

Florida International University
Florida International University
Rhode Island School of Design

University of Miami
Gulliver Preparatory School

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Suzanne Kennedy’s Summary

Suzanne Kennedy’s Specialties:

environmental law compliance, liaison between clients and environmental govt regulatory agencies, conservation-oriented, sustainable site design planning, natural resource management, formal wetland delineations, environmental resource permitting, listed wildlife, listed plant species ID, & invasive non-native species ID, inventory, mapping, and conservation, arborist consultation, vegetation community mapping, native plant xeriscape landscape design, restoration ecology

Suzanne Kennedy’s Experience

Owner and President

Floravista, Inc.

(Environmental Services industry)

2004 — Present (5 years )

Floravista, Inc (FV) provides ecological solutions for construction, development, restoration, and land management challenges. Projects include utilities, commercial land development, public lands, subdivisions, single-family residences. Services include wildlife, vegetation, arborist, natural community surveys/GIS mapping/assessments, site planning, mgt/restoration plans, wetland delineation, xeriscaping, & landscape design.

FV expedites permitting & maximizes development profits via smart design integrating site-specific ecological analyses that provide data necessary to design development around significant landscape, wildlife, and ecological features to be preserved, restored, enhanced, or created. FV's goal is to conserve and enhance natural ecological processes of sites within their surrounding context. FV integrates native plants suited to the Florida ecology. FV envisions environmental responsibility on each site will cumulatively preserve our rich natural and biological heritage.
Board of Directors, Conservation Committee

Florida Native Plant Society

(Non-Profit; Research industry)

2002 — Present (7 years )

www.fnps.org, Volunteer and Member, Board of Directors; Committee Co-Chair, Conservation Committee, Implemented the Native Plant Conservation Grant Program and helped develop the FNPS Model Florida Landscape Ordinance Guidebook.

Suzanne Kennedy’s Education

Florida International University

M.S. , Biological Services , 1995 — 1998
Florida International University

B.S. , Biological Sciences , 1991 — 1993
Rhode Island School of Design

Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Fine Arts 1987 — 1991
University of Miami

Biology, ecology, and liberal arts 1989 — 1990

completed 3 semesters and transferred to FIU to complete B.S. degree
Gulliver Preparatory School

HSD , 1980 — 1987

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Suzanne Kennedy’s Websites:

Suzanne Kennedy’s Groups:

Florida Native Plant Society, Conservation Committee www.fnps.org
Florida Green Building Coaliation www.floridagreenbuilding.org
International Society of Arboriculture, Certified Arborist www.isa-arbor.org
Florida Exotic Pest Plant Couuncil www.fleppc.org
Association of Florida Native Nurseries www.afnn.org