Robert Aydlett is a practicing architect and currently teaching at Montana State University in Bozeman Montana. He is teaching a class of practice organization with an emphasis on emerging trends including integrated project delivery and sustainable practice organization. Prior to joining Montana State University School of Architecture, Robert practiced with a San Francisco-based firm, the Office of Charles F. Bloszies, working on projects that will be submitted under the adopted San Francisco Green Building Code. Before that, he was employed by a well respected firm known for sustainable strategies and solutions, EHDD Architecture, working on several LEED certified buildings including the Los Angeles Audubon Center.

Robert has lectured on green building design, integrated building systems and practice organization. He holds a Masters of Advanced Architecture Design from Columbia University and a B.Arch. from the University of Cincinnati.

Larry Barth is the Renewable Energy Program Manager for the New Jersey Clean Energy Program (NJCEP). Since 2007, Larry and his team have reviewed and approved over 5,000 renewable energy projects representing 200MW of capacity, and administered over $200 million in incentive payments. In addition to managing the programs, Larry supports the New Jersey Office of Clean Energy in developing programs and policies to facilitate market growth, and is active in promoting renewable energy to end-users and trade allies around the state.

Prior to joining the NJCEP, Larry led the Global Marketing team at McGraw-Hill Platts, the world's leading provider of energy information. He began his career as a financial analyst at Florida Power and Light, and capped at 10 year career at Dun & Bradstreet as the Vice President for the Supply Chain Solutions business unit. Larry has an MBA in Finance from Columbia University, and a BA from Franklin & Marshall College.

Ms Butler conceived and manages enhancements to the EPA Target Finder on-line tool; created in 1999 and received more than 45,000 hits during the fourth quarter of 2009. The tool help architects set energy use targets and rate the relative energy efficiency of commercial building design projects. She helped orchestrate Target Finder's acceptance to establish energy goals for Architecture 2030, American Institute of Architects' Sustainable Practice, as well as state and federal requirements such as the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. She also works with 3rd party software developers maintaining the Target Finder interface with Building Information Modeling tools

In 2004, Ms. Butler created the "Designed to Earn ENERGY STAR" certification to provide recognition for projects and A/E firms that meet EPA criteria for energy efficiency. The more than 300 firms who joined the program submitted over 200 design projects which achieved ENERGY STAR and averaged 50 percent less fossil fuel energy than typical buildings

She's developed guidance to help owners and architects transition design projects to operating buildings that earn the ENERGY STAR qualified building label. The first five completed building projects that received the label are among the top 10 percent in the nation for energy efficiency.

Ms Butler participates on the AIA-COTE Technical Review Committee, AIA Educational Committee, ASHRAE Building Performance Metrics Steering Committee, US EPA Green Buildings Work Group, USGBC LEED Advisory Committee and New Buildings Institute research projects to refine energy performance as it relates to sustainable design, energy and costs savings and preventing CO2 and global warming. In 2006 she was invited to participate in a meeting on Energy Labeling for Buildings hosted by Natural Resources of Canada.

She has written articles and been featured in Eco-Intel, EcoStructure, Building Operating Management, Archi-tech, and Metal Architecture and most recently contributed to ASHRAE - Energy Efficiency Guide for Existing Commercial Buildings. Ms Butler has been a speaker at AIA national conventions, USGBC's GreenBuild conferences and many local and regional chapter events.

Ms Butler started federal service with EPA in 1992 and managed the Implementation Team for its flagship energy efficiency program - Green Lights. In 1998 she was awarded the Hammer Award from the National Partnership for Reinventing Government sponsored by past Vice President Al Gore.

Ms Butler's academic background includes a Master's of Architecture education from California Polytechnic University at Ponoma, and a B.A. in Psychology from University of Southern California

Tony is the Director of Technology for the Spiezle Architectural Group. He is a graduate of Drexel University and is a licensed Architect in the State of New Jersey and member of the AIA. Tony represented AIA NJ at the SBTC meetings in Philadelphia, Fort Myers, and Austin and was a subcommittee member for the administrative workgroup.

The founder of New Jersey based GreenWorks Environmental, LLC, Victor runs this Green Design / Build, Environmental Science and Land Use Consulting firm with his brother and offers complete eco-friendly / sustainability consulting services to developers of commercial, industrial and residential projects; private clients; governmental agencies and allied professionals.

An Environmental Planner and avid naturalist / conservationist who's motto has always been "Respect your natural surroundings and it will take care of you." Victor's endeavors have lead to years of environmental pursuits including everything from restoration / rehabilitation of natural environs to practical strategies for living more sustainably. Mr. Coppola's diverse environmental and strategic planning background offers a unique perspective of existing and potential environmental and planning issues that affect land related projects and how to mitigate those potential pitfalls.

Mr. Donald counsels and litigates for clients on insurance coverage and environmental matters. He has tried cases and argued appeals in the state courts in New Jersey and Maryland, conducted private arbitrations and mediations, and argued motions in federal courts across the nation.

Mr. Donald co-chairs the Firm's Climate Change and Renewable Energy Practice. He draws on his substantial environmental experience, his prior non-legal technical work, and his deep involvement in risk management to assist clients in understanding and controlling the coming regulatory and non-regulatory impacts of climate change. His article, Climate Change and the D&O Pollution Exclusion, 41 Tort, Trial & Ins. L.J. 1033 (Summer 2006), is one of the first to extrapolate climate change legal impacts outside of the regulatory area. His most recent contribution to climate change insurance coverage scholarship is Carbon Dioxide: Harmless, Ubiquitous, and Certainly not a "Pollutant" under a Liability Policy's Absolute Pollution Exclusion, 39 Seton Hall L.R. 107 (2009).

Karen has lectured extensively on green building, water quality, and water supply issues. A native of Maryland, she holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia, a J.D. from Notre Dame Law School, and an LL.M. in Environmental Law from George Washington University.

Mr. Downie is a LEED accredited architect and Principal with the Spiezle Architectural Group, Inc, a 40 person practice serving a diverse array of clients and project types with a focus on sustainability and budget responsive solutions. Challenging clients to understand the benefits of sustainability from personal, operational and business perspectives, Mr. Downie establishes early and specific project goals focused on achieving sustainable design within traditional construction budgets. Around these goals, Mr. Downie identifies opportunities for alternative funding streams to enhance budgets and enable clients to achieve more with available resources.

As a Board Member with Sustainable Cherry Hill, Mr. Downie engages his skills in the leadership of several Green Build Task forces to deliver educational programs and community engagement activities as well as working as part of Cherry Hill Township's 'green team' in pursuit of Sustainable Jersey certification and incentives.

Ms. Donna Drewes is a professional planner with nearly 30 years' experience in community and natural resource planning in New Jersey. Ms. Drewes has worked as a professional planning consultant in the private sector and for both public agencies and non-governmental organizations. Her experience includes extensive work in the development of master plan and conservation plan elements, background reports and ordinance drafting with an emphasis on rural and environmental resource management issues. Ms. Drewes holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Soil Science and a Masters' degree in City and Regional Planning, both from Rutgers University.

Since 2004 Ms. Drewes has been a Community Planner with the Municipal Land Use Center at The College of New Jersey (MLUC@TCNJ). Her work at the MLUC@TCNJ with municipalities in NJ focuses on sustainability, livable communities and transportation issues. In 2009, Ms. Drewes helped launch "Sustainable Jersey" a municipal certification program which assists communities to take actions for a more sustainable future.

Ms. Drewes is currently the President of the New Jersey, Northeast Organic Farming Association; a member of the Soil and Water Conservation Society, Firman E. Bear-New Jersey Chapter; NJDEP Community Forestry Council; as well as a member of the American Planning Association.

Paul has 20 years experience in the energy-efficient lighting industry, starting with marketing and sales for manufacturers such as MagneTek and Philips. For the past 10 years he has been involved with project development for a variety of end-users and contractors in the tri-state area, completing over 300 energy conservation projects with funding from incentives.

He is a graduate of Middlesex University in London England with a B.A. Hons in Arts, and recently passed the test to become 'Lighting Certified' (LC). Paul lives in Bergen County and plays soccer (football!) in a geriatric league, and drums in a few rock bands.

Richard W. Gaeckle is a Partner in the firm's Construction Law Practice Group. He is also the team leader for the Green Building practice group formed in 2009. After a brief time in private practice, Rich joined Hoagland Longo in 2003. The majority of his work focuses on construction litigation and general consultation, with an emphasis on representing design professionals. Clients include architects, engineers, landscape architects, golf course architects, interior designers, surveyors, professional planners, and contractors. He has successfully litigated for his clients in the New Jersey civil courts as well as through binding construction arbitration and administrative boards. His experience includes defense of professional malpractice claims, condominium litigation claims, construction site personal injury claims, property damage claims, design defect claims, delay damage claims and claims arising from inspection and contract administration. In addition, Rich represents professionals and contractors in copyright claims and collection matters and provides general consultation services to his clients.

In 2007, 2008 and 2009, Rich was named a "Rising Star" by New Jersey Super Lawyers magazine. Rich also became a LEED Accredited Professional in March 2009 which was instrumental to the firm forming the Green Building practice area. While at New York Law School, Rich was a member and an articles' editor for the New York Law School Law Review and was the recipient of the New York State Bar Association Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar Ethics Award and the Murray Stockman Law of Evidence Award.

David Gibson is the founder and president of DF Gibson Architects, a well respected architectural planning and design firm with offices in New York City and Clifton, NJ. He is an award-winning architect with nearly forty years experience in architectural design, master planning, historic preservation and sustainable design practices.

He believes that context must play the major role in building design: First in terms the facility must fit into its environment comfortably, and second, that the facility must be a reflection of the client's self-image, not only in terms of where the client organization is today, but where it wants to be.

Since founding DF Gibson Architects in 1975, he has led a widely diverse practice that has served many government agencies, cultural and educational institutions and private corporations. While the practice has been diverse, he has focused upon four major practice areas - master planning, educational and cultural facility design, and historic preservation and energy efficient and sustainable design.

As the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Governor's Green Government Council, Maureen Guttman, AIA, is a strong voice for environmentally sustainable practices in planning and policymaking in Pennsylvania government. The GGGC works in partnership with Commonwealth agencies to further sustainable practices in state government, such as energy and resource conservation, environmentally preferred purchasing and green building practices.

The GGGC works with the DEP Office of Energy and Technology Deployment to develop and administer funding programs encouraging Pennsylvania consumers to invest in energy efficiency projects and install alternative energy sources such as solar, wind, and geothermal power.

Guttman is an active leader in the architecture profession, recently serving as the Pennsylvania representative to the American Institute of Architects Board of Directors. She is a recognized expert on building codes and green building policy, and is currently engaged in the development of the International Green Construction Code, which was released for public comment in March 2010.

Mr. Kennedy serves as Chief Prosecuting Attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and President of Waterkeeper Alliance. He is also a Clinical Professor and Supervising Attorney at Pace University School of Law's Environmental Litigation Clinic and is co-host of Ring of Fire on Air America Radio. Earlier in his career he served as Assistant District Attorney in New York City. He has worked on several political campaigns including the presidential campaigns of Edward M. Kennedy in 1980, Al Gore in 2000 and John Kerry in 2004.

He has worked on environmental issues across the Americas and has assisted several indigenous tribes in Latin America and Canada in successfully negotiating treaties protecting traditional homelands. He is credited with leading the fight to protect New York City's water supply. The New York City watershed agreement, which he negotiated on behalf of environmentalists and New York City watershed consumers, is regarded as an international model in stakeholder consensus negotiations and sustainable development. He helped lead the fight to turn back the anti-environmental legislation during the 104th Congress.

Among Mr. Kennedy's published books are the New York Times' bestseller Crimes Against Nature (2004), St. Francis of Assisi: A Life of Joy (2005), The Riverkeepers (1997), and Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr: A Biography (1977). His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, The Nation, Outside Magazine, The Village Voice, and many other publications. His award winning articles have been included in anthologies of America's Best Crime Writing, Best Political Writing and Best Science Writing.

Mr. Kennedy is a graduate of Harvard University. He studied at the London School of Economics and received his law degree from the University of Virginia Law School. Following graduation he attended Pace University School of Law, where he was awarded a Masters Degree in Environmental Law.

He is a licensed master falconer, and as often as possible he pursues a life-long enthusiasm for white-water paddling. He has organized and led several expeditions in Canada and Latin America, including first descents on three little known rivers in Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela.

Chris Lamonia is a Regional Director at Northern Power Systems. Chris is responsible for all market development initiatives for Northern Powers Northwind 100 wind turbine program in the Mid-Atlantic & New England regions of the US.   He is also responcible for the Atlantic Provinces & Quebec, Canada regions.   Northern Power Systems is a global leader in the manufacturing and deployment of permanent magnet direct drive wind turbines.   Prior to joining Northern Power Systems Chris was the director of the wind division of Alteris Renewables one of the largest renewable energy developers on the east coast.   Chris played an integral role in permitting and installing the first community wind turbines in Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and Maryland.

Dr. Maslo is a Professional Engineer with over forty-seven years diversified experience in project management, product management, systems engineering, marketing and sales management, software development, data warehousing, computer simulation, communications, information technology, and business development.

He was been with Energy and Management Associates (EAM) since October 2001, assigned as a full time consultant to TRC Energy Solutions, Inc., where he works as Project Manager of the NJ Smart Start Buildings Program, part of the NJ Clean Energy Program.

Prior to joining EAM , he was Director, Energy Applications for the NCR Corporation where he lead the group responsible for planning and requirements definition for application software development, focused on the energy industry, drawing upon information stored in a Data Warehouse. He also directed software application search, evaluation and strategic partnership alliances with third party vendors focusing on the Communications and Energy sectors.

For the first twenty one years of his professional career, Dr. Maslo specialized in Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation with Electronic Associates, Inc where advanced from Applications Engineer to Project Manager. He was responsible for the design and development of a number of full scope training simulators that were used by Utilities, domestically and internationally, to train operators for both Nuclear and Fossil Fuel Power Generation Stations.

For thirteen years he was in the Communications Industry, initially with Bell Labs where he conducted research and development of muli-media systems using fiber optic technology. For two years he was Director of Systems Engineering at York Telecom where he was responsible for the design of fractional T-1, multi-media systems mostly for government agencies. Going back to AT&T for two years as a consultant, he was responsible for a project that modeled and simulated an integrated communications system prior to nationwide deployment.

On the Academic side he was a member of the Advisory Board to the Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering at Middlesex Community College and was an Adjunct Professor at both Brookdale Community College and Ocean County College, where he taught Mathematics and Engineering Courses to Undergraduates.

He earned a Ph.D in Engineering, a M Engr in Mechanical Engineering, a BS in Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics and a BA in Mathematics and Physics. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware and has authored 29 publications in professional journals and conference proceedings.

With 25 years experience in the construction industry, including residential insulation, homebuilding and remodeling, as well as energy efficiency consulting, Mark is a frequent advisor, speaker and instructor for trade groups, professional associations and government agencies. He formerly served with the NJ Department of Community affairs (NJDCA) Energy Subcode Committee, and is now a member of the National Association of Homes Builders (NAHB) Energy Subcommittee, and the Technical Committee of the Insulation Contractors of America Association (ICAA). He has served as a judge for NAHB Research's Energy Value in Housing Awards, and as a trainer for the NAHB Graduate Builders Institute Course on Energy Efficient Construction as well as the NJBPU sponsored "Building Performance" builder training series.

Mark has contributed to the development of numerous technical standards manuals and is an active supporter of the Home Energy Rating System (HERS) national and regional organizations and the development of Green Building initiatives in New Jersey and elsewhere. In 2003 he was responsible for the design and construction of the MaGrann Associates Demonstration House (featured as an open house during the recent NESEA conference) showcasing green and energy efficient construction techniques and materials. MaGrann was a recipient of EPA's "Energy Star Partner of the Year Award" in 2004.

Edward Mazria, Founder and Executive Director of Architecture 2030, is an internationally recognized architect, who reshaped the national and international dialogue on energy and climate change by bringing the Building Sector the largest energy consumer and contributor to global warming to center stage. Mazria's research showed conclusively that buildings are responsible for almost half of all   U.S.   energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and that any viable solution to global warming must run through the Building Sector.

As an award-winning architect with over thirty-five years of experience in low-energy and passive solar energy design, and the author of numerous published works, including The Passive Solar Energy Book, which is currently in use worldwide, Mazria is preeminently qualified to develop a method for transforming the Building Sector from the greatest contributor to climate change to its leading solution.

Based on his experience and research, Mazria developed and issued the widely adopted 2030 Challenge, a measured and achievable strategy to dramatically reduce global GHG emissions and fossil-fuel consumption by the year 2030.

Mazria speaks nationally and internationally on the subject of architecture, design, energy, and climate change and has taught architecture at several universities including the   University   of   New Mexico ,   University   of   Oregon   and UCLA. His numerous awards include AIA Design Awards, AIA Design Innovation Award, American Planning Association Award, Department of Energy Awards, "Pioneer Award" from the American Solar Energy Society, first recipient of the Equinox Award presented on the 50th anniversary of construction of the world's first commercial solar building, a National Conservation Achievement Award from the National Wildlife Federation, and, in 2009, the inaugural Hanley Award for Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Housing. He is a fellow of the Design Futures Council.

Darren Molnar-Port currently serves as the Green Building Administrator for the NJ Department of Community Affairs - Division of Codes and Standards. He draws from nearly twenty years of environmental responsive design and building experience to provide technical assistance and policy recommendations on energy efficiency, green building and greenhouse gas reduction. He is responsible for reviewing the states green standards, green initiatives and other programmatic and technical provisions related to energy efficiency and green/high performance building legislation.

Mr. Port has taught classes and lectured nationally on green building, environmental public policy and affordable housing. As the former Founding Director (2000-2007) of the NJ Department of Community Affairs - New Jersey Green Homes Office Darren was responsible for creating the multiple award winning New Jersey Affordable Green Program (NJAG). The NJAG program produced nearly five thousand units of green high performance affordable housing.

Darren is the regional Ambassador for the Living Building Challenge; which is a certification program that defines the most advanced measure of sustainability in the built environment possible today. Mr. Molnar-Port is a recognized advocate of Natural Building techniques and is an instructor of Strawbale Construction. As a former industrial designer and product manufacture he brings a unique perspective to understanding the complexities of balancing economic growth with environmental sustainability.

Spencer joined ASHRAE in 1985, and became a member of the North Jersey Chapter (name changed to New Jersey Chapter in 1998). Spencer joined the Membership Committee. After several years of success, he was asked to move up to Committee Chair, Spencer was then tapped for a Board of Governor position, and after that was asked to take the position as Secretary, which began his run up the officer roster, reaching President of the NJ Chapter in 1994/95. The New Jersey Chapter is one of the largest in ASHRAE, with over 800 members.

From there he was nominated for ASHRAE Region I (Region I is the northeast area of the USA), as Regional Vice Chair - Membership Promotion, for 3 years. Next, Spencer was nominated as Regional Vice Chair - Research Promotion, for another 3 years. Spencer was then appointed by the ASHRAE President to the ASHRAE Program Committee for 3 years, where he was responsible for the ASHRAE Technical programs at the ASHRAE Annual & Winter meetings. Spencer was then appointed by Region I Director & Regional Chair Garry Myers to help him out as Assistant Regional Chair / Treasurer, which led to the nomination for Region I Director & Regional Chair (DRC). Spencer will be DRC for 3 years (2009 to 2012). The DRC not only manages ASHRAE Region I, which has 15 Chapters & over 5500 members, but also serves as a member on the ASHRAE Board of Directors. Spencer has also received the ASHRAE Chapter Service Award and Distinguished Service Award.

Spencer is a life long member of the Boy Scouts of America - having earned Scouting’s highest youth award - Eagle Scout at age 16. Today he is an active member of the Monmouth Council Executive Board, a member of the Troop 82 Troop Committee, and a Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow. Spencer is also an Executive Board Member of the New Jersey Scout Museum. Spencer is a recipient of the prestigious “Silver Beaver Award”. Spencer is currently engaged in the 10 year project of "rewiring" Forestburg Scout Reservation, a beautiful1200 acre camp located in the Catskill Mountains of New York State.

Anton C. Nelessen has been teaching Urban Design and professional practice first at Harvard and currently at Rutgers for the past 39 years. He has emerged as one of the nations most respected urban visionaries. He has more than 40 years of professional experience as a professor, author and practitioner in the fields visioning, planning and urban design. He is one of the signers of the Charter for the Congress for the New Urbanism. He has won multiple professional awards and has emerged as a national pioneer in community planning and urban design through public participation using his trademarked Visual Preference Survey and Vision Translation Workshop. He has been a consultant to a diverse group of clients nationally and internationally. He has consulted for developers, architecture and landscape architecture firms, environmental groups, national and local transit agencies, municipalities and counties. He as consulted for state and national governments including significant body of research and visioning and urban design in Holland.

He has been hired by the US State Department for work in Iceland and Cyprus and has testified before Congress. For one year he was the prime visionary and consultant to the US Department of Transportation national town meetings for Transit.

He has awarded recognition by the American Institute of Architecture in Florida, three Achievement in Planning Awards by the New Jersey Federation of Planning Officials, one Smart Growth Award from New Jersey Future, Distinguished Leadership in Planning Award by the NJ Chapter of the American Planning Association, the President's Award for Distinguished Leadership in Planning for the New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association, three NJAPA Chapter awards for Outstanding Achievement as well as Educator of the Year by the NJ Chapter of the Urban Land Institute. The Robbinsville Town Center of which he was the original town planner and for which he wrote the first form based code in New Jersey won the Congress for the New urbanism coveted Charter Award. Eight other cities for which he as the prime consultant won distinguished planning awards.

He has been the visionary, planning and urban design consultant on numerous Smart Growth projects, transit oriented and urban revitalization plans nationally and in New Jersey. In New Jersey he as consulted for the cities of Newark, Orange, Princeton, Collingswood, River Edge, Morristown, Jersey City, Hoboken, Elizabeth, Metuchen, Middlesex, Lawrence etc. as well as the counties of Middlesex, Burlington and Bergen. He pioneered the first transfer of development rights plan in Chester Township.

He has been a consultant to major cities nationally including major Redevelopment Plan for Midtown Atlanta, Milwaukee, Austin's Riverside Drive, Santa Fe, Saint Paul, Minnesota, Overland Park, Kansas, Portland, Oregon, Oshkosh, Wisconsin; new town centers and neighborhoods in Orlando and Washington Township; waterfront developments in Rotterdam and Almere, Holland; new town plans for Belgium and South Africa; and consulted on the national plan for the Netherlands.

His trademarked Visual Preference Survey along with the Vision Translation Workshops have been administered to hundreds of thousands of people and has been used to generate Redevelopment Plan and Codes, Comprehensive Plans, Master Plans, Transit Oriented Plans and specific Urban Design Plans. The Visual Preference Survey [VPS]is now considered as a major tool to facilitate public participation in designing alternative futures at public meetings, at workshops/charettes and on the internet.

Professor Nelessen has been in innovator in the use of multi-media, image simulation and the "hands on models" techniques for facilitating planning and urban design concepts and visions for the future. He is currently actively involved in shooting, editing, story boarding and sound tracing video productions for Planning and Urban Design using his extensive archives of Urban Design Images and video footage from world wide locations. His multi media productions are legendary.

Professor Nelessen lectures nationally and internationally on visioning, planning, community design and Transect-based Zoning. He has also taught numerous national workshops with Andres Dwaney on neo-traditional planning and design and the Smart Code. He has also taught at the University of California, Davis and Imageworks; lectured at the GSD Planning Department at Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia and the University of Kansas.

His best selling book, titled Visions for a New American Dream, was published by the American Planning Association. His current book What People Want is completing final draft. His work has been featured in Newsweek, Consumer Reports, numerous research, visioning, planning and urban design reports, form-based redevelopment plans, radio interviews, newspaper articles, and on public television networks.

Katherine Ng, LEED ® AP, is the Director of Business Development for Wu & Associates, Inc., a minority-owned firm celebrating 20 years of construction expertise in the mid-Atlantic region. Since joining the company in 2007, Katherine has brought the firm to unprecedented new heights by bringing sustainable design and construction to the forefront of the firm's focus; making green building a reality through the design-build of two LEED ® certified buildings in Philadelphia; elevating the merits of design-build to break dated industry molds; and promoting a model for sustainability through the preservation of historic structures.

Katherine holds a B.A. in Linguistics magna cum laude from Cornell University and a M.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles. Highlights of her community contributions include contributing to Philadelphia's Green Economy Task Force policy group; serving as an advisory board member to the Pennhurst Memorial and Preservation Alliance; volunteering as an arts counselor for underprivileged children at the Northern Home School for Children in Philadelphia; and providing bilingual disaster relief assistance after the September 11th attacks.

Katherine's recent professional exposure includes speaking at the 2009 GoGreen Expo in Philadelphia; publishing of "Spending Stimulus Dollars While Reducing the Risk of Recovery Act Fraud and Abuse" in the October 2009 issue of nationally circulated Contract Management; receiving a Rising Star award from Philadelphia City Councilwoman Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown; and being named a 2009 Minority Business Leader of the Year by Philadelphia Business Journal.

Jay Perantoni, AIA, NCARB is a principal of SSP Architectural Group in Somerville, New Jersey. Besides a career-long focus educational projects that are sensible to construct and efficient to operate, Jay has an unerring focus on planning, which translates to the development of school projects that take best advantage of their site for education. During his undergraduate studies at Princeton University, Jay was selected for the L eo A. Daly Traveling Scholarship in Italy. His studies there influenced his lifelong affinity for the appropriate marriage of the built environment with its unique surrounds.

At the Allamuchy Township's Mountain Villa Primary School, Jay applied this philosophy to the development of a school project that would maximize the opportunity presented by its State Park site. His design of the school's renovation and addition was sensitive not only to sustainable design and operation, but the ability of the project to take advantage of the site for educational purpose - not only with orientation towards the naturalized landscape of the State Park, but with specific opportunities for curriculum activities supported by his design.

He is a member of the Architecture for Education National Committee and the Council of Educational Facility Planners International, in addition to the American Institute of Architects, National Roofing Contractors Association and Roofing Industry Educational Institute. He is a registered architect in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Maine.

Robert Politzer is the President and founder of GREENSTREET Inc. Under Mr. Politzer's leadership, GREENSTREET has grown from a small environmental testing and abatement company to a leading green building firm, operating primarily in the tri-state region. Mr. Politzer is a LEED accredited professional and was the Chair of the Sustainable Business Task Force of the New York State Environmental Business Association. He is a former New York City public high school teacher and Adjunct Professor at New York University and the New York City Technical College.

Mr. Politzer holds a B.S. in Biology from Indiana University, a M.A. in Environmental Policy from the University of Michigan, and a M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Manhattan College. He is a Tai Chi teacher at the West Side YMCA, father of Rebecca and Benjamin and husband of Barbara Reef.

Paul Rabinovitch started his unique environmental career in the northern forests of Canada . As a treeplanter and project foreman in the reforestation industry, he personally planted over 800,000 trees and oversaw projects that planted many millions more. This early formative experience instilled a deeply held environmental ethic and motivation for achieving planetary restoration at even greater scales.

Mr. Rabinovitch received his professional training from the University of Pennsylvania ; where he holds a master's degree in a unique program that combined environmental planning courses at the School of Planning with real estate finance coursework at the Wharton Real Estate Program. This education formed the intellectual and technical foundation for his enduring pursuit of sustainable development, green building, and land restoration.

Following his personal goal of linking the disciplines of planning, real estate and environmental restoration, Mr. Rabinovitch joined the world's leading conservation non profit - The Nature Conservancy - as Executive Director of the Long Island Chapter. Mr. Rabinovitch oversaw the protection of thousands of acres, was responsible for the creation of over $800 million in publicly financed conservation programs, and initiated one of the country's largest shellfish restoration projects.

Mr. Rabinovitch is currently the President of Terracycle Investments and the Vice President of Canus Corporation. Canus Corporation is a real estate development firm specializing in mixed-use and residential projects that promote community revitalization. Projects have included affordable housing, community revitalization, commercial and retail development, senior housing, and historic preservation. Terracycle Investments is a real estate re-development firm specializing in brownfields redevelopment and sustainable buildings as well as a consulting firm specializing in sustainability programs.

Mr. Rabinovitch is the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions: In 2002 he was named one of the "40 under 40 Best and Brightest of Long Island" by the Long Island Business Journal; in 2008 he was named a "Top Young Developer" by NJ Real Estate Magazine. He is a Founder of the North Shore Land Alliance, and a Board member of Vision Long Island, a leading smart growth advocacy and planning organization.

Mr. Rabinovitch serves as a member of the Planning Board for the Town of Montclair, NJ and was recently nominated to the Advisory Council for the Montclair State University School of Science, Sustainability and Mathematics. In 2010 he was offered a scholarship to join the first class of NYU's CleanTech Exec Program.

An internationally recognized proponent and practitioner in sustainability and regeneration Bill is a principal in three firms, the Integrative Design Collaborative, Regenesis, Inc., and Delving Deeper - green building consulting, living system design, and education organizations working to lift building and community planning into full integration and co-evolution with living systems. His work centers on creating the framework for and managing an integrative, whole-systems design process. The objective: to improve the overall quality of the physical, social and spiritual life of our living places and therefore the planet.

Bill is a planning consultant, design process facilitator, lecturer, and author. He has participated in over 300 presentations and workshops relating to Sustainable, Regenerative and Whole System Design. He has consulted on over two hundred green design commissions and dozens of LEED projects - achieving many certifications - the majority Gold and Platinum. He is a guest lecturer at Universities from Harvard and MIT to the University of British Columbia. His clients range from New York City Department of Design and Construction, U.S. General Services Administration, Loreto Bay, Baja, Mexico, Sidwell Friends School, US Green Building Council, Genzyme Corporation, Teknion, LLC, the Willow School, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, various city planning agencies on the East and West coast, and many private development companies in the US, Canada, and Mexico.

David Roberts is a licensed professional planner and a registered landscape architect in Maryland, New Jersey, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New York, with 29 years of experience in the public and private sectors. Born and raised in New Jersey, Mr. Roberts has also been educated at the State's University, receiving his Bachelors of Science in Environmental Planning and Design from Cook College in 1978, coming back to complete the Landscape Architecture Program in 1979 and transitioning to the Graduate School (now the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy) from which he graduated with a Masters Of City and Regional Planning Degree in 1981.

Mr. Roberts is currently employed as a Land Use Planning Department Manager with the firm of Maser Consulting, PA, where he provides planning and landscape architectural services to numerous municipalities and a variety of private clients. He specializes in redevelopment and economic development strategic planning and also created and serves as instructor of the Principles of Redevelopment course that is required of redevelopment agency commissioners and executive directors as part of the mandatory training program of the NJDCA. He co-authored "The Redevelopment Handbook, A Guide for Rebuilding New Jersey's Communities", published and released by NJDCA in the spring of 2003.

Mr. Roberts has been active in the New Jersey Chapters of both the American Planning Association, serving as its President from 1993 to 1997, and the American Society of Landscape Architects, serving as its President in 2003-04. He currently is a member of the Speakers Bureau for the New Jersey Chapter of the USGBC and is a LEED Accredited Professional.

Pat Sapinsley is an investment professional at Good Energies, a leading global venture capital firm in renewables and energy efficiency, focusing on investments in solar and wind as well as energy efficiency and green buildings. As a LEED AP and licensed architect, she is uniquely suited to address the issues of investment in energy efficiency, using her knowledge of and relationships in the building industry. She is co chair of the Committee on the Environment (COTE) of the NY Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

She was the principal of Sapinsley Architecture, which she started in 1982. The firm won awards from numerous architectural organizations and publications including the American Institute of Architects and the Architectural League. Prior to starting her own firm, she worked for Richard Meier and Partners and Croxton Collaborative. She has taught at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, the Pratt Institute, the Parsons School of Design, the City University of New York and the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies.

Pat Sapinsley holds a BA from Hampshire College and a Master of Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Charles H. Sarlo, Esq., is Vice President and General Counsel of DMR Architects and has over twenty-five years of legal, technical and management experience in the fields of real estate development / redevelopment, environmental assessment and remediation, engineering and construction. Charles' experience in the field of real estate development and construction stems from his extensive background in law, engineering, and finance.

In his capacity as Vice President and General Counsel, Charles provides proactive and reactive legal counseling on business and legal matters in addition to reviewing all business contracts and providing strategic guidance to the CEO on various business matters, including avenues for strategic growth, as well as risk management matters. In addition, he provides in-house expertise on land use and environmental issues to the architectural staff during land use planning and feasibility studies, which provides a value-added service to the clients of DMR Architects.

Mr. Sarlo is also Vice President and General Counsel of Green Economics, a sister company of DMR Architects, which specializes in sustainable consulting and solar development. In addition, Charles maintains a legal practice where he represents and counsels investors, real estate developers and planning and/or zoning boards of local municipalities in a wide range of land use, real estate and environmental matters.

Since 2005, Mr. Sarlo has been a Member of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Economic and Development Authority, having been appointed by Governor Codey and re-appointed by Governor Corzine. Mr. Sarlo serves as the Chair of the EDA's Real Estate Committee and on the Loan Review Committee. Mr. Sarlo is the planning board and zoning board attorney for a number of municipalities. In April, 2008, Real Estate New Jersey magazine recognized Mr. Sarlo as one of the forty "state's most prominent real estate attorneys." On June 28, 2005, the New Jersey Highlands Council extended an invitation to Mr. Sarlo to participate as a member of the Transfer of Development Rights Technical Advisory Committee whose charge is to provide technical and industry expertise to assist the Council in developing a Regional Master Plan pursuant to the Highlands Act. In 2003, Mr. Sarlo was appointed by the Bergen County Executive as a member of Vision 2020's economic development strategy group, which studied current and future economic development opportunities and constraints in Bergen County.

Mr. Sarlo is licensed to practice law in New Jersey and New York. He received his Juris Doctorate from the Pace University School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Pace International Law Review. He also holds an Environmental Law Certificate from Pace's highly ranked Environmental Law program, an MBA in Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology.

As an architect, planner, urban designer and Past-President of AIA New York, Mark Strauss has been an advocate for bringing a greater appreciation for architectural and urban design excellence to public policy. A key aspect of his interests and talents lies in developing strategic approaches to assist communities, institutions, and developers to redefine properties in response to urban design, economic, infrastructure, and political concerns.

Mark is advising the City of Philadelphia as part of their "Listening to the City Project", which began as a series of workshops designed to elicit community input into a city-wide planning framework. His team is currently addressing issues identified through the workshops; including defining redevelopment strategies, identifying new transit and infrastructure opportunities; and helping to formulate economic strategies for future growth. His work in the Washington DC area includes planning and urban design services in Tysons Corner and Pentagon City. Additional projects under his direction include the redevelopment plan for Hunter's Point South; the redevelopment plan for the Hoboken Railyards; and on-call design and planning contracts with Metro-North Railroad, NJ Transit and NYC Transit.

Recent projects include the development of guidelines for both the Eastern and Western Rail Yards for Hudson Yards Development Corporation, the redevelopment of the 20-acre Pitney Bowes manufacturing plant site in South Stamford, and the planning and development of the Nassau Hub Major Investment Study for Nassau County, which received an Award of Merit from AIA New York Chapter. Mark's master plan for the Jamaica Station Area Urban Strategy received an Award of Merit from AIANY. The Midtown East Development Plan was honored with a special citation by the Boston Society of Architects/AIA New York Chapter Urban Design Awards. Mark led the winning entry for a master plan, Gloucester Green, for Gloucester, Massachusetts, in a Boston Society of Architects Density Competition. Additionally, his planning leadership on FXFOWLE's Nordhavnen Regenerative Plan in Copenhagen was recognized by World Architecture News in 2009 as the best Urban Design project in the world.

The firm Mark co-founded, Jambhekar Strauss, merged with FXFOWLE in 2000. Prior to the formation of Jambhekar Strauss, Mark was director of planning and an associate partner at Kohn Pedersen Fox, where he was involved with institutional and large scale planning projects around the world.

Mark was the 2006 president of AIA's New York Chapter. In recognition of his public services, he received the Harry B. Rutkins Award from AIANY. Mark is on the faculty at Pratt Institute, here he teaches an urban design studio in the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment. He also serves on the Architects Newspaper Board of Advisors. Mark received a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University, and a Master of Urban Planning from City College of New York. He is a registered architect in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania, and was named to AIA College of Fellows in 2004. He is also licensed as a Professional Planner (PP) in New Jersey and he is LEED accredited by USGBC.