U.S. Green Building Council

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) "is a Washington, D.C.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that, by its own description, "is working to make green buildings available to everyone within a generation."

The U.S. Green Building Council developed the LEED system, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, an internationally-recognized green building certification system. LEED measures and grades construction on elements like sustainable building sites, water and energy use efficiency, use of sustainable materials and resources, and indoor air quality.

The President, CEO & Founding Chairman of the Council S. Richard Fedrizzi.

Board
Accessed May 2010:


 * Chair 	 Tim Cole    	 Forbo Flooring Systems    	 Hazleton, PA
 * Chair-Elect 	Mark MacCracken   	CALMAC Manufacturing    	Fair Lawn, NJ
 * Immediate Past Chair 	Gail Vittori   	Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems    	Austin, TX
 * Treasurer 	Anthony Bernheim   	AECOM    	San Francisco, CA
 * Secretary 	Vivian Loftness   	Carnegie Mellon University    	Pittsburgh, PA
 * President, CEO & Founding Chairman 	S. Richard Fedrizzi**   	U.S. Green Building Council    	Washington, DC


 * Ann Archino Howe   	Upper Northeast Region        	Sustainable Design Studio    	Portland, ME
 * Maria Atkinson***   	International        	Lend Lease Corporation    	Sydney, NSW, AU
 * Carlton Brown***   	Green Affordable Housing        	Full Spectrum Development    	New York, NY
 * Walter Cuculic***   	Production Home Builder        	Pulte Homes    	Las Vegas, NV
 * Mick Dalrymple   	West Region        	a.k.a. green services    	Scottsdale, AZ
 * John Dalzell***   	Urban/Regional Planner        	Boston Redevelopment Authority    	Boston, MA
 * Nathan Gauthier   	Educators (K-12/Post-Secondary)        	Harvard University, Officer for Sustainability    	Cambridge, MA
 * Bob Harris   	South Central Region        	Lake/Flato    	San Antonio, TX
 * Elizabeth J. Heider   	Contractors & Builders        	Skanska    	Alexandria, VA
 * Mike Hess   	Florida/Caribbean Region        	X-nth    	Maitland, FL
 * Punit Jain   	Heartland Region        	Cannon Design    	St. Louis, MO
 * Dennis Maloskey   	State & Local Government        	PA Governor's Green Government Council    	Harrisburg, PA
 * Michael McCally***   	Public Health/Health Care        	Clinical Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY; Physicians for Social Responsibility    	Santa Fe, NM
 * Mark Robertson   	Southeast Region        	MESA Landscape Architects    	Little Rock, AR
 * Thomas Scarola   	Developer/Real Estate Services        	Tishman Speyer    	New York, NY
 * Lisa Shpritz   	Finance, Surety & Corporate Real Estate        	Bank of America    	Charlotte, NC
 * Allan Skodowski   	Building Management & Operations        	Transwestern    	Milwaukee, WI
 * Charlie Tomlinson   	Northeast Corridor Region        	WRT Architects    	Philadelphia, PA
 * Ted van der Linden   	Pacific Region        	DPR Construction    	San Francisco, CA
 * Elizabeth Whalen   	Product Manufacturers        	CalAg    	Portland, OR

Founders


 * Founder David A. Gottfried, Regenerative Ventures, Oakland, California
 * Founder Michael Italiano, Sustainable Productions Corporation, Washington, DC

Contact
U.S. Green Building Council 2101 L Street, NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20037 URL: http://www.usgbc.org/

Phone: 1-800-795-1747 (within the U.S.), 202-742-3792 (outside the U.S.)

Sourcewatch resources

 * Ashok Gupta
 * Bettina von Hagen
 * Earthpark
 * Christine Ervin
 * Maryanna Kieffer
 * Hillary Brown
 * Bill Browning - founding board member
 * Sandy Wiggins - former chair
 * Majora Carter