The U.S. Green Building Council
(USGBC) has announced its newly elected and appointed officers and directors to
its 2015 Board of Directors.
“USGBC’s Board of Directors provides
invaluable direction and perspective, col-
lectively bringing decades of experience
to the table and using their individual
expertise to shape the future of the or-
ganization, the community and the green
building movement as a whole,” said
Rick Fedrizzi, CEO and founding chair,
USGBC. “Delivering on the promise of
developing buildings that sustain and en-
hance the vitality of life within a genera-
tion is no small undertaking. Our Board
of Directors is comprised of representa-
tives from many different segments of the
building industry and will undoubtedly
make great strides in the coming year.”
USGBC’s membership elected the fol-
lowing individuals to serve as directors,
for a term of three years each, effective
Jan. 1, 2015:
Stephen Bushnell, Stephen Bushnell +
Associates: Insurance seat (incumbent)
Linda Chipperfield, Green Seal, Inc.:
Environmental Nonprofit Advocate
seat (newly elected)
Amy Costello, Armstrong World
Industries: Product Manufacturer seat
(newly elected)
Denise Grabowski, Symbioscity:
Urban/Regional Planner seat (newly
elected)
Christopher Schaffner, The Green
Engineer, Inc.: Sustainable Practice
Leader: Engineer seat (newly elected)
In addition, at its recent meeting in
New York, the Board named the following directors to fill appointed positions,
each for a term of two years:
Mark James, Urban Green LLC:
Sustainable Community Leader seat
(formerly in the Green Affordable
Housing seat)
Vance Voss, Principal Real Estate Investors:
Commercial Real Estate Executive
Leadership seat (newly appointed)
The Board elected Fiona Cousins,
Arup, as chair-elect and Lisa Matthiessen,
Integral Group, as secretary. Marge
Anderson, Energy Center of Wisconsin,
will serve as chair, and George Bandy,
Interface, will serve as immediate past
chair. Stuart Carron, ENERGIZE RE
LLC, will continue as treasurer. New
terms will begin Jan. 1, 2015.
“Both the promise and challenge of
the future of green building are signifi-
cant and I have no doubt this board is
equal to the task of advancing the move-
ment,” said Marge Anderson, USGBC
Board chair. “With so many individual
and yet complementary perspectives
coming to the table, we are prepared to
champion the inclusion of sustainable de-
sign and construction across industries,
on large and small scales, in public and
private spaces.”
USGBC’s Board includes elected and ap-
pointed directors who serve terms of three
years and two years, respectively. The com-
plete 2015 USGBC Board roster includes:
Officers:
Marge Anderson, Energy Center of
Wisconsin, Chair
George Bandy, Interface, Immediate
Past Chair
Fiona Cousins, Arup, Chair-Elect
Stuart Carron, ENERGIZE RE LLC,
Treasurer: Facility Management and
Operations seat
Lisa Matthiessen, Integral Group,
Secretary: Sustainable Practice Leader:
Architecture and Design seat
Rick Fedrizzi, CEO and founding
chairman (ex officio)
Directors:
Jeff Baer, Deutsche Bank: Real Estate
Finance and Capital Markets seat
Dan Burgoyne, State of California,
Department of General Services:
State and Local Government Agency
Employee seat
Stephen Bushnell, Stephen Bushnell +
Associates: Insurance seat
Linda Chipperfield, Green Seal, Inc.:
Environmental Nonprofit Advocate seat
Amy Costello, Armstrong World
Industries: Product Manufacturer seat
Duygu Erten, TURKECO:
International seat
Mark Frankel, New Buildings
Institute: Energy seat
Denise Grabowksi, Symbioscity:
Urban/Regional Planner seat
Davor Grgic, Kohler: Business to
Consumer Leader seat
Mark James, Urban Green LLC:
Sustainable Community Leader seat
Sara O’Mara, Choate Construction
Company: Constructor of Buildings seat
Kenneth Potts, McGough Companies:
Developer/Real Estate Services seat
John Quale, University of Virginia:
Educator (Post-Secondary) seat
Gerrit Reinders, Telkonet: Technology
seat
Christopher Schaffner, The Green
Engineer, Inc.: Sustainable Practice
Leader: Engineer seat
Kevin Stack, Northeast Natural
Homes: Residential Construction seat
Vance Voss, Principal Real Estate
Investors: Commercial Real Estate
Executive Leader seat
American Colors Promotes
Three To Officers
American Colors has promoted three
long-term employees to assistant vice
presidents and officers of the corporation. Steve Foos begun his career with
American Colors in the laboratory in
1998 and will become assistant VP of
Research and Development. Eric Wehner
started with the corporation in 1987 in
the Orlando, FL facility as production
supervisor. He has been directing purchasing in Sandusky, OH and will become assistant VP of Procurement. Rob
Jones joined American Colors in 1999,
focusing on color matching and color
quality. Currently the plant manager in
Lebanon, TN, he will become assistant
VP of Operations. CW
U.S. Green Building Council
Announces 2015 Board Members
