Triangle USGBC Board Meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month and rotate between meeting at CLH Design in Cary, Skanska in Durham and meeting online. All Board Meetings are open to Chapter members. Please see the Events Calendar for specific dates and locations. Board Meeting Minutes are available here.
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Bae-Won Koh, AIA, LEED AP BD+C This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it is the Vice President and Director of Design at Innovative Design, Inc. He has 16 years of experience in educational, commercial and mixed-use project design. He received his Bachelor of Architectural Engineering degree from Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, and the Master of Architecture degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. He has been managing several sustainable projects at Innovative Design since he joined the firm in 2004. He has pledged to Architecture 2030 Challenge and all his projects have been designed to meet or exceed the 2030 challenge. He was the chair of Education Committee in 2006 and served as a representative of the chapter to USGBC SERC for 2007–2008. He also served as the vice chair of the chapter in 2009.This is his 4th year as a board member. Bae-Won has spoken at numerous conferences and workshops including Greenbuild, AIA National Convention and many other professional and public events teaching sustainable design measures and showcasing exemplary projects. He is currently a member of American Solar Energy Society, International Solar Energy Society and a lifetime member of Korea Green Building Council. |
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Senner graduated with honors from Duke University in 2006 with a B.S.E in structural engineering and a Masters of Engineering Management. A member of the Triangle Chapter Emerging Professionals since 2006, he has served as their National Local Leaders Representative and is currently a Co-Chair. He is also a member of the USGBC Emerging Professionals National Committee. |
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Holly Austin Fling, LEED AP This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it is the founder of ECO Systems Analysis LLC a strategy firm focused on designing intellectual infrastructure and business frameworks that increase financial and environmental value and maximize operational efficiencies. We create financial and natural capital through strategic positioning, management processes and enterprise sustainability which value all resources and minimize waste. Prior to founding ECO Systems Analysis LLC, Holly was a member of the Sustainable Planning & Development team at Cherokee Investment Partners, a brownfield investment fund with more than $2 billion of assets under management. In this role, she was responsible for the sustainability aspects of underwriting and asset management for all of Cherokees projects in the southeastern U.S. and the chief architect of Cherokees Information Management System. At Cherokee, Holly focused on both corporate and project performance developing metrics and goals, implementation tools for asset and project management, and messaging related to sustainable development and corporate responsibility for investors and external audiences. Holly received a BA with honors from Harvard University in Environmental Science and Public Policy where she was a scholar-athlete and four-year NCAA competitor on the Harvard-Radcliffe Crew. She later received a Masters of Environmental Management from Duke Universitys Nicholas School of the Environment where she was a Doris Duke Conservation Fellow and selected as a Presidential Managerial Fellow. Holly currently also serves on the Sustainability Committee and Communications Committee of the Urban Land Institutes Triangle District Council and is a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED-AP). |
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This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it is the President of CaraGreen and is responsible for strategic partnerships and operations of the Company. Prior to joining CaraGreen, Stacy was a consultant working with the non-profit sector, private industry, and government to develop and execute start-up strategies for businesses and social enterprises. She specializes in all aspects of operationalizing a business including financial modeling, business development, and fundraising. Prior to starting her own consulting practice, Stacy was a management consultant for ten years with an international firm where she contributed to rapid growth and expansion by developing new markets and managing multi-million dollar projects. She holds a BA degree from the University of Minnesota and an MBA from Duke University, where she participated in a unique global program that included on-site experience in over a half-dozen countries. |
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This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it focuses his practice on land use and zoning, commercial real estate, and land use litigation. Mr. Barron is a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED-AP), a distinction he earned through the Green Building Certification Institute. As a LEED-AP, he has demonstrated a thorough understanding of green building practices and principles, as well as the LEED Rating System. Other professional/Civic Activities: |
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Jim Bell This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it is a project developer at Bobbitt Design Build in Raleigh. He is a LEED AP, Green Advantage Certified and Green Advantage Instructor teaching over 100 contractors at Wilson Community College. He has served as a director of the board and a chair of Economic Development Committee for Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce. He has been a member of Education Committee of USGBC NC Triangle Chapter since 2006, served as the Chair in 2007 and is currently serving as the liaison to the Education Committee. |
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This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it is a principal with the award-winning architectural design firm of Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee, PA with offices in Raleigh and Asheville, North Carolina. He is a co-founder of North Carolina's first USGBC Chapter and has served on that board for 5 years in various capacities from treasurer, Vice Chair to 2009 Chair. Brinkley also serves on the Wake County Citizens Energy Advisory Commission, the Wake County United Arts Grants Panel and co-chaired for 5 years the North Carolina State University College of Design Urban Design Conference. In 2008 he was the recipient of the NCSU College of Design "Wings on Wings" award for service to the College of Design. Triangle Business Leader Magazine named him one of the 2010 top 50 Entrepreneurs of the Year. In January 2010, Brinkley was elevated to Fellowship by the American Institute of Architects for his contributions to architecture and society on a national level. Brinkley is Co- Chair of the Advocacy Committee for the NC Triangle Chapter of the USGBC and has participated in the USGBC"s Congressional Advocacy Day in Washington DC. |
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This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it received her Bachelor in Landscape Architecture Degree from NC State University's School of Design in 2004. She chose her profession as a way to combine her passions for sustainability and art. Her final project was a 3-D schematic design of rooftop healing gardens for Rex Hospital, which included many sustainable features. Since graduating, she has been a site designer with HagerSmith Design PA, a multi-disciplinary planning and design firm located in downtown Raleigh. Over the past five years she has been involved with many aspects of site plan development including site analysis, layout design, grading, planting plans, detailing, marketing graphics, permitting, and LEED design. As a founding member of her firm's Green Committee she developed an award winning Green Lunch & Learn series, as well as a series of Community Design Charettes for the green renovation of two exterior spaces at the historic Murphey School Building for low-income seniors, in downtown Raleigh. Stephanie served as Outreach Chair for the Triangle Emerging Green Builders (EGB) from 2008–2010. Currently, she is serving as co-chair of the group. Aside from her work with HagerSmith and the Triangle Chapter, she is a student mentor for the Landscape Architecture program at NCSU, a co-founding member of the NC Clean Water Collaborative, a member of ASLA, and Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. |
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This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it is a leader in environmentally-friendly site designed multiple projects applying Green Building Design standards, the LEED rating system and High Performance Guidelines to site design applications. Additionally, under Ms. Hilt's guidance, CLH Design, P.A. has become an award-winning firm for taking site design a step further in developing a "Site's That Educate" program to teach educators and students about environmental issues through hand-on wetlands plantings and stream buffer projects. Ms. Hilt's field of specialization is innovative educational/institutional design with an emphasis on public participation in Environmental education. She is the board liaison of the Membership Committee. |
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This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , LEED AP is a LEED Education Reviewer for USGBC. Most recently,she served as the Assistant Director for Campus Design & Sustainability for Duke Medicine, the first and only person to hold this position. In her role she managed the LEED process for all new construction and green implementation on renovations - roughly 500,000 sf of existing clinical, administrative and educational facilities and over 1 million sf of near-term growth. Prior to Duke, Jordan worked in the urban design and architecture office of Cooper, Robertson & Partners and received her Masters in Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia where she also holds a B.A. in Art History. |
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This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it is a registered architect and Building Programs Manager at the NC Solar Center in the College of Engineering at NC State University. She has a Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture from NCSU's College of Design and has worked in the field of architecture for 24 years including 6 years as the successful sole proprietor of a sustainable architecture firm. Among other projects and duties, her role at the Solar Center includes Director/Founder of the award-winning NC HealthyBuilt Homes green builder program and building plan design reviewer for both residential and commercial green/solar buildings. The Building Program at the Solar Center has recently been named as a LEED for Homes Provider. Dona currently is chair of the NC Triangle Chapter of the US Green Building Council and sits on the Board of Directors for the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council, where she represents the Council on an ANSI consensus process committee that is creating a national residential green building standard. Additionally, she sits on the City of Raleigh Environmental Board and the Human Rights/Program Committee for Learning Together, a non-profit developmental early childhood Center. She is a past Chair of the NC Sustainable Energy Association (2002) and the Carolina Recycling Associations' Green Building Council (1999). In addition, Dona served as an adjunct instructor for the College of Design at NCSU in the fall semesters of 2005 and 2006 and was a member of the NCSU Physical Environment Committee from fall 2003 to spring 2007. |
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