Lois Brink is a landscape architect and tenured professor at the University of Colorado. She is the principal leader in Denver Public Schools' Learning Landscapes project, a $50 million design and construction initiative that in 2012 completed 96 elementary schoolyards after a 12-year build out. Lois' knowledge and experience of playground development-coupled with her 30 years as a landscape architect-is critical to other similar initiatives. A faculty member at the University of Colorado for 25 years, she has been director of Learning Landscapes for twelve years. Learning Landscapes is an innovative schoolyard redevelopment program with a threefold mission: 1) design and construct environments for healthy living; 2) empower children and communities through school and after-school activities, community organizing, healthy eating and active living, and 3) evaluate and research these activities in a comprehensive manner. She holds a master of landscape architecture and bachelor of arts in environmental design, both from the University of Pennsylvania.