By Grey Lee
A sizeable contingent of Massachusetts Chapter members attended the USGBC Upper Northeast Regional Summit in Portland, Maine, on May 1st.
The gathering brought together representatives from the six New England state chapters and the New York Upstate chapter as well. Each year, the gathering draws attendees from the USGBC community to share best practices, explore regional priorities for the movement, and build social capital among our professional networks.
This year had a theme regarding resilience and we participated in charettes for local Portland organizations who are dealing with sea level rise.
Below are some of the crew from Mass who came up for the day and the associated meetings of the Upper Northeast Regional Committee.
From left to right: Suzy O'Leary, EPMA; Sandy Brock, Board; Jim Newman, Chair of the Board; Conor McGuire, Regional Rep & Board; Shawn Hesse, Regional Rep & Board; Grey Lee, Exec Direc; and Jared Gentilucci, Central MA Committee. The backdrop image was part of a charette showing downtown Portland's future flood zone perimeter (in purple).
Thank you to all on the UNRC who organized the event, especially Ken Filarski (Chair of Rhode Island Chapter) and John Pietroniro (Chair of New Hampshire Chapter) and the team from the Maine Chapter, Doc Brudzinski, Diane Milliken, and Mick Dunn (Maine Chair). It was a very interesting, informative, and enjoyable summit.
PE | Associate, LeMessurier
Vice President, AEW’s Architecture & Engineering group
Interior Designer, Jacobs, Boston
Senior Vice President, Market Transformation and Development U.S. Green Building Council
AIA LEED AP BD+C | Senior Associate, Gensler Boston 
LEED Fellow, WELL AP | Founder and Principal, Ecoworks Studio
LEED AP BD+C | Environmental Sustainability Manager, Armstrong World Industries
Sustainability Director, Steven Winter Associates
Assistant Professor of Exposure Science | Director of the Healthy Buildings program
Managing Director, Harvard University Office for Sustainability
Principal & Director of Certifications and Consulting, Epsten Group, Inc.
Vice President of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Jamestown
Founder and Principal, Linnean Solutions | LEED AP, O+M; EcoDistrict AP
Associate Principal, BuroHappold Engineering
Senior Vice President, Sustainability at Kilroy Realty Corporation
Co-Founder, Facilitator at The Laurentia Project | LEED AP BD+C, LFA
Founder and President, Board of the Healthy Building Network
Building Technology Director, Kingspan North America
LEED® AP ID+C, BD+C, USGBC Faculty, WELL® AP, WELL Faculty and Fitwel Ambassador
Workplace Strategy Expert and Researcher, EYP
Principal, Integrated Ecostrategy
Senior Vice President, International WELL Building Institute
AIA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP
Principal, Bruner/Cott
Architect, Associate, and Sustainability Design Leader, Stantec Architecture and Engineering
FAIA, LEED Fellow, Long Green Specs
Products & Materials Specialist, BuildingGreen
Director of Acquisitions and Development
Director of Restorative Enterprise, Interface
Vice President of Sustainable Development, Shaw
Sustainability Manager, Consigli Construction Company
Global Head of Sustainability, Superior Essex