Leadership
Clete J. Benken, ASLA, RLA, Principal
Clete Benken is a Registered Landscape Architect and President of Benken & Associates. He is a 1989 graduate of the Ohio State University and former partner at MKSK Studios where he managed the firm’s Cincinnati Office from 2011 until March of 2020. Over his 30 years of professional practice, he has served as Principal-in-Charge or Project Manager for a wide array of project types including neighborhood planning and design, downtown district redevelopment, campus planning, parks and recreation, and mixed-use commercial, residential, and institutional project work in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, California, and Connecticut.