National architecture and design firm RSP has named Linnea Brudenell AIA, LEED AP, as its new Director of Sustainability. Brudenell is a recognized leader in resilience and regenerative design and brings more than 20 years of experience in transforming the built environment and advising organizations on shaping business models that enable broad-scale climate action and market impact. Brudenell has been charged with inspiring a culture that views great design, and providing the best client service, to inherently include resilience, adaptation and environmental stewardship, alongside operational excellence and social engagement.
“Linnea understands the technical and operational foundation of regenerative design,” said Andrew Burnett AIA, LEED AP BD+C, RSP’s CEO. “Her leadership strengthens RSP’s potential impact at a time when our clients and communities face unprecedented challenges and opportunities to create resilient, future-proof solutions.”
Based in Phoenix, Brudenell comes to RSP with a track record of helping organizations connect sustainability to the broader purpose of social equity, climate adaptation and tangible, data-driven solutions that drive business success.
Brudenell earned a Bachelor of Science in biology from Reed College and a Master of Architecture from the University of Oregon. She is active in the AIA’s Large Firm Roundtable Committee on Sustainability and serves co-chair of the Program Working Group for the US Green Building Council’s Greenbuild.