Kara Slocum is a Senior Engineer at Arup, specializing in sustainable engineering solutions across North America. She collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to design and implement complex projects, with a particular focus on public parks and waterfront infrastructure. Kara is passionate about restoring parks and open spaces as functional ecosystems that serve the public good, exemplified by her work on the CHEERS (Cleveland Harbor Eastern Embayment Resilience Strategy) parks project on Lake Erie. She holds a Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering from Penn State, specializing in ecological engineering, and is committed to creating adaptable, sustainable built environments.