The Green Building Matters Podcast with Charlie Cichetti

Eliot Wall is an entrepreneur at heart. He enjoys creating customer-driven solutions designed for ease of use and measurable benefit. Solving structural and behavioral problems is his passion and work. Experienced business operator and product leader helping to build and commercialize software, hardware, and process-based solutions. Strong growth orientation with knowledge of strategies and tools...

Jennifer Berthelot-Jelovic is a LEED Fellow with extensive experience with IWBI's WELL Building Standard as one of the first Provisional WELL APs, WELL APs, and WELL Faculty in the world. Jen has worked on various WELL Pilots|Projects in almost every typology. Jen is currently overseeing many firsts in WELL, LEED, Net Zero|Carbon Neutral|Net Positive projects in the country and world. Jen also has...

Vaishali Sampat is the Director of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility for Kilroy Realty. She joined Kilroy Realty in 2013 in property management, where she worked closely with the sustainability team to identify and implement efficiency projects and achieve building certifications for the West LA/Santa Monica portfolio. In 2018, she transitioned to sustainability full time and is n...

LEED Fellow and Vice President at WSP USA Keith Amann Keith Amann is a LEED Fellow and part of WSP's specialty sustainability practice Built Ecology (formerly YR&G), and National Practice Leader for their sustainable strategy & certifications services. Dedicated to the goal of creating more sustainable built environments, their team is driven by a hopeful and holistic definition of sustainability...

Chris Pyke, Ph. D. is the Senior Vice President for Product for ArcSkoru, Inc. Prior to joining Arc, Dr. Pyke was the Chief Strategy Officer for Aclima, Inc., Chief Operating Officer for GRESB, B.V., Vice President for Research at the US Green Building Council, and a physical scientist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He is a principal investigator for the Green Health Partnership, a...

Emmanuel Lavoie is the CEO of Jetstream Hospitality Solutions. He's an Engineer, entrepreneur and investor with 17 years of experience in the management of business and technical projects. As CEO at Jetstream Hospitality Solutions, he focuses on maximizing business growth and driving innovation. He has formed and subsequently led several ventures in sustainability, building design, and hospitality...

Jeff Ross-Bain, PE, LEED Fellow, WELL AP, is the President of Ross-Bain Green Building and founded the company in January 2009. Jeff is a registered professional mechanical engineer with 20 years of HVAC design experience. Since 2001, Jeff has worked exclusively on high-performance green building design, construction and operations. Jeff is a LEED Fellow and holds a Master's Degree from Georgia Te...

April Ambrose is currently Business Development Manager for Sustainability and Energy at Entegrity, a Sustainable Building Consulting Firm based in Little Rock. As the first employee in 2007, she has been key in the successful growth of Entegrity which has grown from two to 120 employees with offices in Little Rock-AR, Memphis-TN, Fayetteville-AR, Jackson-MS, Kansas City-KS, and Tulsa-OK. Previous...

Robyn Dowsey, LEED Fellow is the Eco-Build Strategies' Founder. Robyn has over a decade of experience in environmental implementation and 18 years of experience in design-build construction. She is well known throughout the State of Florida as a leader in sustainability education, integrated project delivery, low impact building practices, and operational policy development. She is the Chair of th...

Casey Grey is the founder of the award-winning sustainable building company, The Conscious Builder, and the host of The Conscious Builder Podcast and The Conscious Builder Show on YouTube. He is based in Ottawa, Canada. Casey brings nearly two decades of experience in the construction industry and over a decade of experience founding, running, and growing multiple businesses while staying committe...

Marty Rozmanith is an entrepreneur and building construction professional with a passion for housing affordability and sustainability topics. Marty is best known for his role leading the product requirements team for the Revit building modeler (acquired by Autodesk Inc). As Director of Product Management for Revit Technology Corp, he was one of the originators of the Revit product in addition to o...

Breana Wheeler became BRE's Director of Operations in the US in June 2016, launching BREEAM USA in the US market. BREEAM is the world's first green building rating system and today is the most widely used program worldwide with over 2.2 million registered buildings and over 560,000 certifications. Breana organizes and oversees the daily operations of the business in the United States, including th...

Deborah Gilboa, MD, aka "Dr. G" is a resilience expert who works with families, organizations, and businesses to identify the mindset and strategies to turn stress into an advantage. Renowned for her contagious humor, Dr. G works with groups across multiple generations, to rewire their attitudes and beliefs, and create resilience through personal accountability and a completely different approach...

Lauren Sparandara has over 15 years of experience as a green building leader where she has been a champion for green building projects in California and across the globe. For the past eight years she has worked for Google's Real Estate and Workplace Services team where she is currently a Bay Area Sustainability Partner. In her role she advances Google's efforts to optimize our built environments f...

Ralph Bicknese, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, LEED Fellow is a nationally recognized sustainable design leader with over 40 years of experience and is a principal and co-founder of Hellmuth + Bicknese Architects. His expertise has been demonstrated throughout his career starting with sustainable community committee work with the City of Ames, Iowa in 1980 and most recently on several pioneering projects seek...

Dennis Stinson is the Vice President of Sales for Fujitsu General America, a global manufacturer with distributors in local communities across the United States, Canada and the Caribbean and he brings over 30 years of industry experience. Dennis leads a team of sales professionals, selling well over $300M of Fujitsu products. At Fujitsu, Dennis has held the responsibilities of Regional Sales Manag...

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John Powers is an entrepreneur with broad experience leading software and consulting firms, extensive direct experience with startup, growth, financing, and operation of successful companies. He's a mentor for Bay Area startups in the intelligent energy economy. An energy expert with three decades experience working with the world's leading utilities, as well as their customers and suppliers - abo...

On May 5th, 2022, I was in Munich, Germany as part of GBCI Europe's Circle Conference (a LEED reunion). I was fortunate to go LIVE on stage and interview Peter Templeton the President and CEO at U.S. Green Building Council/Green Business Certification Inc (GBCI). Then, we go into a great Q&A with the audience. LINKS https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-templeton/ https://www.usgbc.org/ https://gbci.o...

Paola graduated in 2001 in Architecture at the IUAV University of Venice; she's been a member of the Trento Architects Order with n. 1037 since 2002 and in 2003 she received the qualification of Spanish Architect. She has been involved in sustainability since 2007 and in 2012 founded Macro Design Studio, of which she's CEO and Technical Director. In 2014 she led to certification as LEED AP BD+C th...

Daniel Overbey, AIA, LEED Fellow, WELL AP, EcoDistricts AP, Fitwel Ambassador, is the Director of Sustainability for Browning Day in Indianapolis and an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Ball State University's R. Wayne Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning. His work focuses on high-performance building design and construction, environmental systems research, LEED and WELL-related se...

Ray Segars, C.E.M, is passionate about helping businesses become efficient, renewable, resilient and sustainable. He joined the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) staff in April 2021. Ray is responsible for developing strategies, activities, and identifying growth opportunities for AEE throughout the United States with new and existing partners. He has extensive energy efficiency and business d...

Brian Lomel, Managing Principal - TLC Engineering Solutions Director of the PEAK Institute. Brian and his wife have lived in South Florida for 20+ years, dodging hurricanes, gardening, cooking, running and attending Miami Heat and Dolphin games. He is a fuzzy Bee from Georgia Tech, and is a proud cat-dad. His background includes Director of TLC's R&D team, the "PEAK Institute"; Florida PE with a M...

Nitin Govila, is an engineer, entrepreneur, meditation trainer and the Managing Director of the Asia-Pacific-Serge Ferrari - a leader in the flexible composite material sector. His scope of operations covers: Japan, Korea, China, Hongkong, India, ASEAN, Australia-NZ, Middle-East & Africa business areas of Serge Ferrari. Based in Singapore, he is also a family man and is actively involved in Heartf...

Fran Dean-Bishop believes the key to developing and maintaining a great workforce strategy is prioritizing the health and wellbeing of those within your company. She helps high growth organizations create sustainable, healthy workplaces and spaces to foster well being, resilience and increased productivity within their employees. As an award-winning founder and leader of a health and technology-dr...