Green Builders Recognized as ‘World’s Most Distinguished’
WASHINGTON — The Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) revealed the inaugural class of LEED Fellows, the institute’s newest and most prestigious professional designation.
The designation recognizes "exceptional contributions to green building and significant professional achievement within the rapidly growing community of LEED professionals," according to institute officials. The inaugural class includes 34 green building professionals, identified by the institute as the world’s most distinguished and selected through a peer nomination and portfolio review process. Applicants for the designation must have at least 10 years of green building experience and hold a LEED AP with specialty credential.
"We are thrilled to bestow the LEED Fellow designation upon these highly accomplished individuals," said Peter Templeton, president of GBCI. "The Fellows are some of the leading innovators and vanguards of the green building movement, and their bodies of work strongly underscore their commitment to LEED and a sustainable built environment."
The LEED Fellows will be recognized in Toronto at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in October. Nominations for the 2012 LEED Fellow class will open Jan. 4, 2012.
The 2011 LEED Fellows:
Alan Scott, Green Building Services
Alicia Ravetto, Alicia Ravetto Architect
Anthony Bernheim, AECOM
Chris Schaffner, The Green Engineer LLP
Christopher J. Webb, Chris Webb & Associates Inc.
Dagmar B. Epsten, The Epsten Group Inc.
Dan Nall, WSP Flack + Kurtz
Dan Young Dixon, Opus AE Group Inc.
Gail Vittori, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems
Helen J. Kessler, HJKessler Associates
Jerry Yudelson, Yudelson Associates
Jim Ogden, 3QC Inc.
Jim Weiner, Collaborative Project Consulting
John Boecker, 7group
Kath Williams, Kath Williams + Associates
Kathleen Smith, EcoSmith Architecture & Consulting LLC
Ken Wilson, Envision
Kim Shinn, TLC Engineering for Architecture
Kris Callori, Environmental Dynamics Inc.
Lidia Berger, HDR Architecture Inc.
Lois Vitt Sale, Wight & Co.
Malcolm Lewis, CTG Energetics Inc.
Marcus B. Sheffer, 7group
Mario Seneviratne, Green Technologies
Michaella Wittmann, HDR Architecture Inc.
Michelle Halle Stern, Perkins+Will
Nellie Reid, Gensler
Paul Marmion, Stantec
Prasad Vaidya, The Weidt Group
Rick Carter, LHB Engineers & Architects
Rob Bolin, Syska Hennessy Group
Sandra Leibowitz, Sustainable Design Consulting LLC
Stephen Carpenter, Enermodal Engineering
Tom Liebel, Marks, Thomas Architects