Gloria Aponte wins the 2022 IFLA Presidents Award

At an Award Ceremony during the 58th IFLA World Congress in Gwagju, Korea, IFLA President James Hayter announced landscape architect Gloria Aponte as the recipient of IFLA President’s Award.

The IFLA President’s Award is presented by the IFLA President as recognition of an outstanding individual who, through their voluntary efforts within IFLA, have made a fundamental difference to the global profession of landscape architecture.

Gloria has been active in IFLA since 1996. Gloria is a pioneer in landscape architecture education in the Americas. She has been the IFLA delegate of the Colombian Society of Landscape Architects, a member of the America’s Executive Committee and the president of her association, a member of IFLA’s Education Committee and part of a very successful program of Capacity Building in Africa. In all of these contributions we are grateful for the leadership, wisdom and organizational skills Gloria brings to IFLA, and particularly her ability to coordinate others contribution in an open, inclusive, collaborative and positive way.

Gloria has given her time tirelessly and to great effect. IFLA has gained in prestige and importance under her direction to the point where the federation is considered to be the pre-eminent forum for the sharing of knowledge and community within the landscape architecture profession globally. Gloria’s dedication, her integrity and passion for landscape architecture globally is exemplary and has resulted in great benefit to the profession.

It is with enormous pleasure that we celebrate the 2022 IFLA President’s Award to Gloria Aponte.

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