Teresa Coady

Managing and founding Partner of Bunting Coady Architects, Teresa Coady is a past Vice-President of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia and is associated with many professional affiliations including the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and American Institute of Architects. As an innovator in sustainable and energy efficient design, Teresa ensures responsible environmental design for all of the firm's projects. She acted as an advisor to the British Columbia Energy Code and the National Energy Code, as a lead facilitator for the BC Hydro, Design Smart Energy Efficiency Program and the BC Buildings Corporation Green Initiative. Teresa has also shown exceptional vision and leadership. Her work has been recognized by local and national awards. Teresa was honored in 1999 as the YWCA Woman of Distinction -- Entrepreneur and innovator of the Year. She was recently named to SB05 (Sustainable Buildings 05) 'Team Canada,' a select group of individuals charged with showcasing Canadian industry achievements at the Green Building Challenge in Tokyo, and to promote the "Greening" of the construction industry in Canada.

Ralph DiNola

Ralph Dinola serves as a green building consultant and project manager on numerous LEED™ registered projects. He has extensive experience with the LEED documentation process and the costs associated with green building. He also assists in conceptual design for green building strategies, green product specifications, and project feasibility studies, as well as plan and specification analysis for projects seeking LEED certification. Ralph specializes in green building workshops, the facilitation of eco-charrettes, as well as delivering the LEED Advanced Training Workshop as a LEED Advanced Faculty member. Ralph has over 10 years of experience as a designer and historic preservation specialist. He was project manager for LEED documentation for the Ecotrust Natural Capital Center, the first LEED Gold certified historic renovation in the U.S. He was also instrumental in developing LEED documentation for Viridian Place, the first LEED certified building in the Pacific NW. While working as a historic preservation specialist with the National Park Service (NPS), Ralph helped to preserve and restore more than 50 architecturally significant structures. While at Roger Williams University, Ralph was also honored with the Historic Preservation Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement.

Douglas Kearsley

Doug Kearsley has over 30 years of construction experience.  He has a degree in Industrial Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology.  He started his career as a Systems Analyst for Washington Water Power and was on the Board of Directors for Vera Water & Power for the last nine years.  Doug is president of Kearsley Construction, Inc. which focuses on the remodel of older public buildings.  Kearsley Construction, Inc. has completely renovated three of the original historical buildings at Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA.  Doug Kearsley has extensive experience with selective demolition, restoration and remodeling of historical buildings.  Kearsley Construction is currently constructing the Spokane Falls Community College – Business & Social Science building which is a LEED Silver project.  Doug is also on the Steering Committee for the Spokane Branch of Cascadia. He has conducted local seminars on “LEED in the Field” to help educate contractors, subcontractors and suppliers about LEED requirements at the project site level.  Doug is a recent graduate of the National Sustainable Building Advisor Program.

Tom Marseille, Principal, Stantec Consulting, Seattle, Washington
Tom's passion for over 25 years has been to deliver high performance, healthy building solutions that provide triple bottom line value. An author of numerous published papers and journal articles and a frequent speaker, Tom has a diverse technical background that underpins his current mechanical sustainable design focus and helps foster the integrative thinking such work demands.  As Managing Principal at Stantec Consulting’s Seattle office, he is proud to be a member of a practice that boasts numerous LEED-certified, award-winning projects, a team of bright green consulting professionals, and that also serves as one of only a handful of firms nationwide that provides LEED assessments for the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).  Tom is a member of the USGBC/ASHRAE/IESNA jointly sponsored technical Committee tasked with drafting the first ANSI-accredited high performance green building standard. The USGBC’s goal for this standard perfectly aligns with Tom’s aspiration to help bring sustainable building practices into the mainstream.

Brenda Martens, Partner, Recollective Consulting, B.Sc., LEED ® AP, Vancouver, British Columbia

Brenda Martens is a LEED Accredited Professional who has worked in the building industry for 16 years. She is one of the founding partners of Recollective Consulting, an integrated green building and sustainable community consulting firm. Brenda is involved with IDP facilitation, LEED project management, and actively involved in a number of non profit or volunteer organizations, including the Canada Green Building Council's Technical Advisory Group (TAG), the Vancouver Branch Advocacy and Education Committee, the Development Issues Committee of NAIOP, and the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources (MEMPR) Integrated Strategy Steering Committee, among others. Her most important role in all of these activities is raising awareness of sustainable building practices and building capacity within the industry.

Dale Mikkelsen, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia

Dale Mikkelsen is the Manager of Planning and Sustainability for the UniverCity Project at Simon Fraser University –  a community being developed around “Four Cornerstones of Sustainability”, including Environment, Equity, Education, and Economy.  Dale was formerly the lead project planner for the 2010 Athlete’s Village for the City of Vancouver, and acted as the City’s Green Building Planner.  Dale has a graduate degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of British Columbia.  He is a board member for the Cascadia Chapter of the Canadian and US Green Building Council, and sits on the British Columbia Green Building Round Table.  Dale is a father of 2 wonderful little kids, and tries to live an active and sustainable lifestyle as a model for his children.

Thomas Nelson, Mithun, Seattle, Washington

Tom Nelson is a Design Principal for Mithun with 23 years experience as an Architect. Before joining Mithun in 2005, Tom was a Vice President with HOK Architects in Los Angeles and was involved with HOK’s sustainable design team since its inception more than 14 years ago. For over 2 years Tom was a member of the City of Santa Monica’s Task Force on the Environment where he served on the Technical Advisory committee reviewing the City’s Green Building Design and Construction Guidelines. In 2001 he became HOK’s first LEED® accredited professional. He is a founding board member of the LA Chapter of the USGBC, and served as its Board Chair for two years. He also served on the advisory board of the Santa Monica – Heal the Bay Aquarium. Tom is currently a design review board member for the City of Seattle.

 

Claudia Newman, Counsel, Bricklin Newman & Dold, Seattle, Washington

Claudia Newman is a Partner at Bricklin Newman Dold, LLP. She has extensive litigation experience in the fields of state and federal environmental and land use law and has represented environmental organizations, citizens groups, individuals, and local governments in a wide variety of administrative and judicial forums. Her work focus is on environmental and land use matters involving smart growth, new urbanism, green building, comprehensive planning, development regulations, environmental review, and site-specific development proposals. She has consulted, led, and represented clients throughout various land use and permitting processes before local and state governmental agencies for over fourteen years. In addition to appearing in state and federal courts, she has appeared before a number of different administrative bodies, including the Growth Management Hearings Boards, the Shorelines Hearings Boards, the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, and numerous local government hearing examiners and legislative bodies. She is also a member of the ASHRAE Standard Project Committee 189, authoring the Standard for the Design of High Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential.

Melissa Peterson, Program Officer, Enterprise Community Partners, Portland, Oregon

Melissa J. Peterson works as a Program Officer for Enterprise Community Partners in their Portland, OR office.  She has coordinated the Green Communities Initiative within the Pacific Northwest region for the past three years.  With a background in environmental science and urban planning, she brings a unique perspective to the conversations within the sustainability and community development fields.  Her credentials include a Bachelor of Science degree from Messiah College (Grantham, PA) and a Masters degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Portland State University.  She is also a LEED Accredited Professional.  In her work and play, she seeks to celebrate natural spaces and promote social and environmental equity for communities around the world.

 

Lauri Strauss, Associate, kpb architects, Anchorage, Alaska
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Kathy Wardle, Associate & Director of Research, Busby Perkins+Will, MES, BA, LEED® AP, Vancouver, British Columbia

As Associate and Director of Research of Busby Perkins+Will, Kathy directs the firm's national Sustainable Design Initiative. Through her 4 years at Busby Perkins+Will she has amassed considerable experience with the LEED rating system, high performance green buildings and the Integrated Design Process, managing certification for a number of the firm's buildings including the successful LEED Gold White Rock Operations Center, and overseeing product research and feasibility studies for the firm. She has a strong commitment to sustainable design and construction and has a detailed knowledge on sustainable product procurement. Kathy is active in the local green building community and often disburses her green knowledge through courses and lectures to diverse groups and through her involvement on project integrated design teams.

Dennis J. Wilde, Principal, Gerding / Edlen Development, Portland, Oregon

Dennis has been active in construction and real estate development since 1980. Before joining GED as a senior project manager, Dennis was the vice president of a large regional construction company. He has guided GED's efforts introducing environmentally responsible efforts in all of their projects over the last 8 years. The firm has succeeded in demonstrating that building and managing projects with an environmental ethic is good business. In addition to his construction background, Dennis has more than twenty years of experience in urban planning and design. His education includes master's degrees in both Architecture and City and Regional Planning from the University of Pennsylvania. Dennis is also active as a board member of The Oregon Natural Step Network and Caldera. He and his wife Jean, live in Portland, they have two grown children, Kirsten and Patrick.