Emerging Professionals of Massachusetts Committee
The Emerging Professionals of Massachusetts (EPMA) Committee is a community of ascending professionals cross the green building industry and allied fields helping drive sustainable and regenerative design, construction and operation of the built environment. The committee provides professional support, development and advocacy tools through active networking, monthly programming and community events.
To learn more about EPMA, join the mailing list by following this link (select the Emerging Professionals e-mail list), visit our EPMA facebook group or send an email to [email protected].
Committee Leadership
Chairs: Lindsey Machamer, Jasmine Abdollahi
Treasurer/Secretary: Jasmine Abdollahi
Events Manager: Nathan Kingery-Gallagher
Outreach Chair/Student Liaison: Andrew Breiter-Wu
Communications Manager: Alex Testa
Social Media Manager: Kavita Karmarkar
Committee Meetings
** Meetings will now be held remotely – look out for updates and call-in information from the Emerging Professionals mailing list. **
When: 3rd Monday of every month from 6:00-7:30 pm*
Where: remotely, call-in information will be sent monthly.
*Due to some holidays, meetings may move to the previous or following week. Please check the calendar to stay up to date with meeting dates!
EPMA Events:
- Building Tours
- Sustainable Bike Tour
- Networking Nights
- Neighborhood Clean-Ups
- Professional Development
- Student Programming
- Check out our calendar for the latest schedule!
Keep Up to Date About EPMA
What Can We Do Better?
In order for us to have another successful year, we need your input! Consider completing this survey to have your voice heard. We want EPMA programming to reflect YOUR needs, because this group does not exist unless we want it to!
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