Jenny Roe is Professor and Director of the Center for Design & Health in the School of Architecture, University of Virginia. An environmental psychologist and former head of Landscape Architecture for an international architectural practice, she writes, lectures, and consults for a wide range of academic and public audiences on human health-centered design for the built environment. She is an expert in restorative environments that support mental health including an important role for public parks and urban green space.  Her book on this subject, Restorative Cities: Urban Design for Mental Health and Wellbeing (Roe and McCay, 2021) explores a new way of designing cities that puts mental health at the forefront. She holds an Honorary Professorship in the Urban Institute, Heriot Watt University; she is an Affiliated Researcher with the Stockholm Environment Institute and a Visiting Professor of OPENspace Research Centre at the Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh.

Peter was an Associate Director at OPENspace for many years after its foundation. He was an Honorary Fellow in Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of Edinburgh. He was also Emeritus Professor of Environmental Studies at Heriot-Watt University. Peter died in 2024.