Our Team

  • Jenny Burbidge, PLA, ASLA

    Founder and Vice President

    An Arkansas native, Jenny is deeply passionate about the ways nature enhances and enriches everyday life.  She brings more than 15 years of experience in landscape architecture and project management on projects ranging from urban infill, multi-family housing to public parks, outdoor recreation, and hospitality design.

    Jenny believes in the impact of built and wild spaces — and the need for both. She founded Prism on the principles of environmental stewardship, experience-driven design solutions, and a collaborative design process.

    She loves an afternoon of sketching, running, playing soccer (yes, she will slide tackle you), or kayaking with her husband and three children on War Eagle Creek, at their farm in Madison County. Originally from Fort Smith, she earned her bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas.

    Licensed in: AR, MS, LA, MO

    Awards / Acknowledgements

    2025 Women in AEC by Arkansas Money & Politics

    2024 Fay Jones School of Architecture – Alumni Design Awards – Emerging Alumni

    2023 Forty Under 40 honoree by Talk Business & Politics

    2021 Fay Jones School of Architecture – Alumni Design Awards – Merit Award – Osage Park

    Professional Affiliations

    Northwest Arkansas Land Trust (NWALT) – Board Member (past president)

    NWA Urban Land Institute (ULI) – Member, Plan Local Committee

    Illinois River Water Partnership (IRWP) – Stormwater Committee

    River Management Society – Member

    Congress of the New Urbanism – Member

    American Society of Landscape Architects, Arkansas Chapter – Member (past president)

    Council of Landscape Architects Registration Board

  • Spencer Sanders, pla, asla

    Project Manager II

    Spencer is a licensed landscape architect with extensive experience managing complex design and construction projects from concept to completion. He earned his bachelor’s degree in landscape management from Brigham Young University and a master’s degree in landscape architecture from Kansas State University. Passionate about design, drawing, horticulture, and the outdoors, he creates beautiful, buildable spaces that enrich daily life. Outside of work, Spencer enjoys reading, board games, birdwatching, baking, houseplants, and gardening — hobbies his wife affectionately calls “those of a grandmother.”

    Licensed in: AR, TN

    Professional Affiliations

    American Society of Landscape Architects, Arkansas Chapter – Member

    Council of Landscape Architects Registration Board

  • Hunter Adkisson, PLA, ASLA

    Project Landscape Architect I

    Hunter is deeply curious about how to integrate natural systems and the built environment in ways that enrich our full ecological community.  An Arkansas native, Hunter formerly taught liveaboard sailing in the Caribbean and Chesapeake Bay between delivering sailboats around the Atlantic, later working as an assistant camp director in Mississippi and a bike mechanic on Frenchman in New Orleans. After starting a family, Hunter was drawn back to The Natural State by the lure of Northwest Arkansas landscapes. He holds a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from the Fay Jones School of Architecture and an English degree from Vanderbilt University. Certified in prescribed fire for land management, Hunter is fascinated with our regional ecologies and how we can increase landscape performance, reduce footprints, lower costs, and honor the land of which we are a part.

    Licensed in: AR

    Awards / Acknowledgements

    Presented "Community Eroded," A History of Planning and Zoning in Fayetteville, AR, at Crystal Bridges, February 2024

     Professional Affiliations

    American Society of Landscape Architects, Arkansas Chapter – Member

    Council of Landscape Architects Registration Board

    City of Fayetteville – Urban Forestry Board – Past Board Member

    Arkansas Native Plant Society - Member

  • Susan Rhodes

    Landscape Designer II

    Susan is a graduate of Cornell University who joined Prism Design Studio in 2024 after spending multiple years in the residential design-build field. She has a strong background in planting design, and it’s something she truly loves! While attending Cornell, Susan was a member of their Division 1 equestrian team and completed a minor in animal science. She and her husband have a small herd of cattle, including Geronimo — the biggest grass puppy of a bull, as well as four horses, two dogs, and two cats. Special shout outs to Prism team favorites Lucky the Shetland pony, Rosie the former Cornell Equestrian pony, and RuPaul the purr-fect gentleman of a cat. Needless to say, her hands are full. When she's not busy taking care of the animals, you can probably find her with a book or a knitting project in her hands.

    Awards / Acknowledgements

    2018 Miss Mid-South Rodeo

    2019 Miss Rodeo Arkansas

    Professional Affiliations

    American Society of Landscape Architects, Arkansas Chapter – Member

    Council of Landscape Architects Registration Board 

  • Reed Waters

    Landscape Designer I

    Reed Waters, located in the Little Rock office, joined Crafton Tull almost three years ago, joining the Prism team in 2024. Reed was born and raised loving the outdoors. He enjoys hunting, fishing, riding ATVs and UTVs, and spending time with his friends and family. Reed graduated from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville with a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture and is an avid Hogs Fan. Woo Pig! 

    Awards / Acknowledgements

    ASLA Central States Award Recipient, 2023

    Brandon Burlsworth Memorial Scholarship recipient, Fall 2022

    Peter L. Schaudt Memorial Scholarship for Collaborative Design recipient, Fall 2022

    Annual Fund Alumnus Award (scholarship) Recipient, Fall 2022

    University Academic Scholarship Recipient, Fall 2022

    Honorable mention in the EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge, Spring of 2022

    Professional Affiliations

    American Society of Landscape Architects – Associate Member

    Sigma Lambda Alpha Landscape Architecture National Honors Society, 2022-present

  • Kaleb Reid

    Landscape Designer II

    Kaleb is a landscape designer with a degree from the University of Arkansas. In the workplace, he specializes in schematic concepts, graphic rendering, and technical drafting, balancing high-level conceptualizations and construction detailing. Kaleb focuses his free time on woodworking and photography, striking that very same balance. He lives in Gravette with his wife, daughter, and posse of dogs and cats. While Kaleb might be known for his calm demeanor, he sure knows how to break a derailleur with confidence.

    Awards / Acknowledgements

    Recognized for studio project in Arkansas Newswire - March, 2019

    Verna C. Garvan Traveling - Spring 2019

    Annual Fund Alumnus Award - Spring 2019

    Professional Affiliations

    American Society of Landscape Architects, Arkansas Chapter – Member

    Council of Landscape Architects Registration Board