Jim Brennan is a Registered Landscape Architect with a degree in landscape architecture from the University of Washington. As principal of J.A. Brennan, Jim is responsible for diverse landscape architectural design and planning projects ranging from community parks to award-winning destination parks in sensitive environments with cultural resources.

He has planned and designed educational-themed open spaces such as Green Island in Taiwan and Seward Park, an historic Olmsted park in Seattle. His work has also focused on developing designs to revitalize existing regional parks such as Lake Wilderness Park and Lodge in Maple Valley and Juanita Beach Park in Kirkland. Jim's expertise includes building consensus for project goals and objectives through the public involvement process. His career has focused on the design of challenging projects in sensitive environments.