Ralph DiNola is now the executive director for New Buildings Institute (NBI), a nonprofit organization that works to improve energy performance, including promoting design practices and technologies, as well as developing policies and program strategies to reduce energy use. A LEED fellow and a past board chair of the International Living Future Institute, DiNola comes to NBI from Green Building Services, in which he was a founder and partner of the firm.
Integrated Architecture Electrical Engineer William Swanson, PE, LEED AP has been appointed to serve on the U.S. Green Building Council’s Sustainable Site Technical Advisory Group (TAG), in which he will help provide technical advice to assure that LEED standards and prerequisites are met. With expertise in electrical lighting for outdoor environments, Swanson actively serves on LEEDuser.com, where he shares his knowledge on limiting light pollution.
Cynthia D. Walston, FAIA, LEED AP was chosen to serve the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects due to her contributions to the advancement of the profession and specifically for her achievements in laboratory and educational environmental design. The leader of the science and education practice group at Houston-based FKP Architects, Walston is known for propelling research and science education design.
Alan Shepherd, PE, LEED AP, the new vice president and director of the WSP Flack + Kurtz Built Ecology practice, is based at the firm’s San Francisco office. Overseeing the specialty practice, Shepherd will lead project teams to provide analysis, design and consulting to clients on issues related to energy and carbon, indoor environmental and water quality, as well as LEED.
Owner and founder of sustainability and green building consulting firm Trident Sustainability Group, Tommy Linstroth has been chosen to serve as a 2013 campaign co-chair for the U.S. Green Building Council.
Stephen Muzzy recently joined the U.S. Green Building Council Massachusetts Chapter as the new Green Schools Program manager. In his new role, Muzzy will keep focus on facilitating green school building coalition for higher education stakeholders to institutionalize LEED building certification in campus planning and capital budgeting processes.
Sean Stadler, AIA, LEED AP, a design principal, lecturer, juror and architect, was promoted to principal at WDG Architecture. Stadler has directed the design of many projects for the firm, including One National Harbor and Aloft at National Harbor in Prince George’s County in Maryland, as well as the Veridian in Silver Spring.
Lilian M. Sherrard, LEED AP, joins SchenkelShultz Architecture as an architect at the firm’s Orlando office. An eight-year design professional and registered architect in Florida, Sherrard holds a masters of architecture from the University of South Florida and has been a LEED Accredited Professional since 2007. She formerly served as an architect and project manager at Jones Architecture in Tampa.
Shimokawa + Nakamura has promoted Peter Uchiyama, AIA, LEED Green Associate to Associate. Formerly with Kamehameha Schools, Uchiyama is a recent hire and is currently the project architect for the University of Hawaii Life Sciences Master Plan and Halawa-Luluku Interpretive Development.
An 18-year industry veteran, Mark Konchar, was promoted to senior vice president at Balfour Beatty Construction, where he will help lead the company’s areas of innovation, integration and energy. Overseeing the development and implementation of the firm’s best practices, Konchar will work with project teams across a national and global network. Most recently, the vice president of National Integration, Konchar holds a Ph. D.
