By Grey Lee, Executive Director
After months of anticipation, it is finally official: Mahesh Ramanujam is now the official CEO for USGBC – taking over from founding CEO, Rick Fedrizzi.
I have met Mahesh many times at USGBC meetings and he has always come across as a very energetic, passionate, and articulate person. He has a vision for our work. I believe he can help us work toward our mission as a Chapter here in Massachusetts.
He sees us being able to incorporate sustainabilty more and more into the built environment, using the tools USGBC has developed.
He is not patient, considering the urgency of our environmental and social challenges, and has really shaken things up at USGBC.
I look forward to working with Mahesh and his team at USGBC to build a better system to advocate for market transformation for sustainability. It is exciting to see the many tools – LEED, WELL, SITES and others in the GBCI portfolio – and to know more and more people are using them every day.
I look forward to the support of USGBC as we build our base and grow our influence in Massachusetts and our region.
You can read the official USGBC press release here.
You can read Mahesh's statement here.
I am eager to work with USGBC on his priorities:
- Own the vision for USGBC and work hard to inspire others to share in its ownership.
- Provide resources to our community that will help everyone to grow and lead.
- Help shape the culture of the green building movement to be as inclusive, diverse and innovative as possible.
- Strive to make decisions that will serve our interests in both the short and long term.
- Deliver on USGBC’s performance by never losing sight of our market transformation vision.
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
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