David F. Hales was selected president and CEO of Second Nature. Prior to his new role, Hales was the fifth president of College of the Atlantic, where under his leadership, the school was recognized as a net-zero emitter of greenhouse gases.
Technical director for the New Buildings Institute, Mark Frankel, AIA, ASHRAE, LEED AP, has been nominated to the board of directors of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). A member of USGBC’s Cascadia Chapter since 2006, Frankel is currently involved in national coalitions to market strategies for energy retrofits and in the development and implementation of programs focused on building performance.
Newly appointed project estimator of Joerin General Contractors Ltd., Brian Rosamond, LEED AP, has spent 24 years in the construction industry. He will be based in the company’s Dallas Fort Worth office. Leading professionals in estimating, design assistance, value management, and integrated project delivery process of design-build or design-assist, Rosamond has served in all phases of construction.
Charlie Hall has been chosen to represent U.S. Green Buiding Council member, Tubelite, as the new client development manager in Virginia. He will be working with G. Bowie and Associates. As part of the manufacturer’s representative team, Hall will provide Tubelite’s glazing contractors and architectural clients with storefront, curtainwall, entrance and daylighting systems.
Stuart R. Werner is now the new vice president of business development for Virtual Builders Exchange, LLC, where he will be responsible for all sorts of business, including marketing and sales operations. Serving three of the firm’s regional offices, he will work closely with clients in San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston.
Charles Perry Partners Inc. (CPPI) has appointed Brian J. Hayes as South Florida regional director/manager at its South Florida office in Vero Beach. Hayes rejoined the company in 2009, having earlier served as project manager from 1999-2003. Under Hayes’ leadership, CPPI recently completed modifications to the Indian River School District Thermal Energy Storage Plants.
Tom Hamilton joins BL Companies, an architecture, engineering, environmental and land surveying firm, as its new senior project manager for the company’s energy and utility infrastructure markets. Based in BL’s Meriden, Conn. office, Hamilton holds over 30 years of experience in the energy industry, which includes multiple engineering, construction management and operational disciplines.
Brad Glauser has joined Wausau Window and Wall Systems as its architectural sales representative, serving the Northwestern states of Washington, Oregon and northern Idaho. Glauser works closely with the area’s building owners, architects, general contractors and glazing contractors and is based in Everett, Wash.
In recognition for her leadership at the forefront of the green schools movement, and working to make healthy, energy-efficient schools accessible, Rachel Gutter received the World Green Building Council Chairman’s Award. Serving as director of the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council, Gutter came to USGBC in 2007 to oversee the launch of LEED for Schools and spearheaded the National Green Schools Campaign.
Vice President of corporate research and development, Dr. Timothy Swales, has assumed the additional role of chief sustainability officer at Johns Manville. Swales’ previous positions within JM included director of research and development as well as director of innovation and commercialization for the engineered products business.
