Introducing the
2026/27 Shade Zones Jury
Meet the experts choosing the designs that will keep LA cool.
Kat Superfisky
Urban Ecologist, City of Los Angeles
Kat Superfisky is an urban ecologist, artist, and educator who was appointed the City of Los Angeles’ first Urban Ecologist in 2019. A Certified Senior Ecologist and former Doris Duke Conservation Fellow, they have led ecological planning and design at Studio-MLA, managed 25,000 acres of parkland in metropolitan Detroit, and founded the nonprofit movement Grown in LA. Kat has taught at UCLA, USC, the University of Michigan, and Cal Poly Pomona, and serves in leadership and advisory roles with the Ecological Society of America, U.S. Forest Service LA Urban Center, California ReLeaf, and LA Biodiversity Index Expert Council.
