Zachary Cain Bearden, Forty Under 40 winner 2009

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Age: 28

Landscape architect, Seamon Whiteside + Associates
(Urban Edge Studio)

• Responsible for project management, building professional relationships and exploring possibilities at the Urban Edge Studio, a division of Seamon Whiteside + Associates that focuses on urban design trends, sustainability, community involvement and facilitation of positive change.

Community involvement

• Board of directors and Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary Club of Mount Pleasant.
• Coastal Executive Committee and Young Leaders Group co-chairman, Urban Land Institute.
• Facilitator, Upstate Reality Check.
• Member, Developers Council, and recent graduate, Leadership Charleston, Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce.
• Member, Congress for New Urbanism.
• Member, American Society of Landscape Architects.
• Member, International Society of Arboriculture.
• Allied member, Charleston Chapter, American Institute of Architects.
• Family Riders of Charleston.

Personal mission statement: To continue to grow and prosper in my career, community and personal life by pursuing continued education, community involvement and spending time with the many wonderful people around me.

Best stress reliever: Riding my dirt bike or fishing with friends.

Person you would like to meet: T. Boone Pickens.

Favorite hour of the day and why: 6 p.m. because I can put all of the day’s work behind me and spend time with my beautiful wife.