William 'Jeff' Smith Design Associate Phillips Design Group Mr. Smith is a 2002 Graduate of the Landscape Architecture program at Mississippi State University. While attending MSU™, Mr. Smith was involved in many community design and development projects, including golf course communities, residential neighborhood design, city park designs and community centers. Working with a team of designers from MSU™, Mr. Smith placed in a national design competition for the East Nashville Civic Square development. Throughout his educational career, Mr. Smith has worked for various garden centers, landscape design and maintenance companies, as well as working for the U.S. Department of Interior, through MSU, providing field research and GPS mapping of the Natchez Trace Parkway. Since beginning working as a design associate at Phillips Design Group, Mr. Smith has been responsible for the design and implementation of various residential and commercial projects. These projects include small and large scale residential master planning, national hotel chains, business offices, apartments and condominium complexes, universities and various other properties. Other responsibilities of Mr. Smith include construction estimating, project bidding, project management, production management and various computer related functions. Some of the more notable projects Mr. Smith has been involved with include Kemper Combustion Turbine facility for TVA, Knoxville, TN, Holiday Inn Express, Tupelo, MS, Huntington Park Garden Homes, Starkville, MS, Garden of Hope for the Sav-a-Life Foundation in Tupelo, MS, Brookwood Middle School, Tuscaloosa, AL, and Hunter Henry Center at Mississippi State University. Mr. Smith currently resides in Starkville, MS. Education: Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Mississippi State University, 2002 A.A. Horticulture Technology Meridian Community College. 1998 Mississippi Landscape Gardener's License # LT 264 < back to list of team members