Shannon is the President and owner of Habitat Architects, LLC and a Restoration Ecologist with more than 20 years of experience. His background includes; project management, wetland delineations, Section 404 permits, field site inventories, habitat restoration design and construction, vegetation assessments, threatened and endangered species surveys, ecological monitoring, habitat evaluations and NEPA documentation.   

Jonathan is Vice President and owner of Habitat Architects, LLC and a Professional Engineer with over 20 years of environmental science and engineering experience. His background includes; ecological design for stream and wetland mitigation projects,  Section 404 and Section 401 permitting, stormwater monitoring and reporting, natural resource inventories, habitat restoration and management, Phase I and II ESA's, and NEPA documentation. 

Ryan is a graduate of Kansas State University with a degree in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology with an emphasis on Wildlife and Ecological Management. Through his more than 9 years of experience in natural area restoration and reconstruction, Ryan has been involved in restoration projects and prescribed burns in the Flint Hills and throughout the Kansas City region. Throughout his 7 years with Habitat Architects, he leads the field crew in executing restoration and maintenance projects. He also provides planning guidance for restoration projects and coordinates regulatory compliance activities associated with natural resource impacts. Any activity that can be enjoyed in the outdoors, Ryan considers one of his hobbies, from snow skiing to bird watching.

Shane has been working for Habitat Architects since May 2021. He started out as a part-time employee and is now the lead field technician. He’s originally from Overland Park, Kansas and received his associate’s degree in general sciences in December 2023 from JCCC. Shane has loved learning how to identify native plants while he’s worked at Habitat and has taken an interest in learning their scientific names, ranges, bloom times, etc. It’s always a great day when he spots New England Aster out in the field with the range of colors that it blooms in. 

Dayton is originally from Shawnee, Kansas and graduated with a degree in Environmental Biology from Kansas State University in 2023. At K-State, he researched forb ecology on the Konza Prairie Biological Station. Since joining Habitat in the fall of 2023, he has worked as a field tech on invasive species management and native plantings and as a consultant performing environmental surveys for water resources and threatened and endangered species habitat.  His favorite plants are the spring ephemerals of Midwestern woods.  

Trevor graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 2023 with a degree in Wildlife Biology. He has been honing his habitat management skills with a wide range of organizations including Missouri State Parks, Quail Forever, and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers. Trevor joined Habitat Architects as a field technician in July 2025. When not in the field or in the shop, he likes to fly fish for Smallmouth Bass in the Missouri Ozarks.