W Scott McAdam - President
Serving as President and co-owner of McAdam Landscaping, Inc. for more than 28 years, Scott's focus is primarily on construction, landscape installations and design. He is responsible for the design of more than 1300 commercial and residential designs. Scott is a registered landscape architect in the state of Illinois.

Mr. McAdam is deeply involved in the landscape and nursery industries. He served as President of the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association (ILCA) in 1992/1993 and an unprecedented second term in 1998/1999. In February of 2001, he received the ILCA’s Man of the Year Award. He is a supporting member of the Chicago-Department of Environment Green Corp Program. Mr. McAdam served, for six years, as a member of the University of Illinois (Champaign) Horticultural Advisory Board. He also served on the boards of the Illinois Turfgrass Association and the Mid-Am Horticultural Trade Show. Scott has also testified, as an expert witness, regarding landscape ordinances for the City of Chicago. He was an 8 year board member of the Chicago and Flower and Garden Show. He is on the public policy committee of the Illinois Nurserymen’s Association. He served on the Information Technology Committee of the American Nursery and Landscape Association for seven years and currently serves as the association’s senator from Illinois. He is also a member of the American Nursery and Landscape Association’s Landscape Division board. In 2004, Scott helped form the Fund for Excellence for the University of Illinois, College of Aces with the department heads and one other industry partner. To date this fund has generated more than $50,000 in cash and pledges to further the education of students at the University of Illinois. Additionally, Scott has made several appearances as a landscape/horticulture specialist for Chicago’s WGN Radio Programs.

In February of 1997, Scott along with his brother and two other partners started WRD Environmental, Inc. This company provides consultation for native landscapes and currently oversees the Green Corp program of Chicago’s Department of Environment. In the summer of 2006, Scott along with three other landscape partners formed Chicago Snow and Landscape Partners, LLC, a company that provides regional snow and landscape management services.

Outside of the industry, Scott served on the board of the Des Plaines Valley Council Boy Scouts of America for 18 years, the Foundation Board of West Suburban Hospital and is a member of the Rotary Club of Oak Park River Forest. He presently lives in Lemont, IL with his wife and two children.
Email: scott@mcadamlandscape.com

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