USGBC’s Women in Green initiative is a worldwide leadership platform creating a space for women who are shifting the narrative on empowerment, access and impact in the clean energy economy. This year, our Women in Green program launched its "sheroes, stand up" leadership recognition campaign to acknowledge and celebrate women catalyzing change and creating a greener, healthier and more equitable future for all.

As an outgrowth of this campaign, the USGBC South Atlantic communities are honored to share our list of 2020 Women to Watch. These individuals are making a significant impact on their local communities through their work to build a better tomorrow and to encourage others to stand up and do the same. They have contributed by participating in 2020 Women in Green programming, or they have been nominated by a fellow community member inspired by their everyday heroism. We are inspired by their stories and grateful for their bold leadership in paving the way for future generations of strong women.

“2020 has been a year of unprecedented challenges,” states Rhiannon Jacobsen, Vice President of Market Transformation and Development for USGBC, “but the commitment and courage of the women on this list has been unwavering. We thank them for their leadership. Their work to create a better future and elevate those around them gives us all hope. These are not only Women to Watch, but women to emulate and inspire action!”

2020 USGBC South Atlantic Women to Watch

Aishwarya Balaji, Enloe High School
Alexa Stone, ecoPreserve
Alicia Wilson, Johns Hopkins University
Alissa Kingsley, Lord Aeck Sargent
Amanda Atkinson, Holder Construction Company
Amy Pastor, EXP
Andrea Gourdine, Douglas Development
Anne Marie, Moquin Beaches Go Green
Annette Osso, Resilient Virginia
Ashantae Green, A Green Design Co.
Ashley Powell, Building It Green Consulting
Ashley Gladney, Spectrum Center
Audrey Moran, Moran Law
Bahar Armaghani, University of Florida
Bailey Estes, GHT Limited
Barbara Garcia, ORCA Digesters Inc.
Bonnie Casamassima, Interweave People Place
Brooke Hansen, USF Patel College of Global Sustainability
Chandra Farley, Just Energy
Christina Kelcourse, North Florida Green Chamber of Commerce
Ciannat Howett, Emory College
Corretta Bennett, Johns Hopkins University
Courtney Baker, City of Satellite Beach
Cynthia Shonaiya, Hord Coplan Macht
Elaine Gallagher Adams, LS3P Associates LTD.
Elisa Angeletti, ZGF
Ellen Glasser, City of Atlantic Beach
Emily Scofield, Barringer Construction
Emily McCoy, Design Workshop
Erica Nelson, University Area CDC
Heather Bolick, City of Charlotte
Jane Briggs, The Universities at Shady Grove
Jenifer Rupert, Winter Park Land Trust
Jennifer Leach, United Energy Products, Inc.
Jennifer Jurado, Broward County
Jessica Wright, ecoPreserve
Ju'Coby Pittman, Clara White Mission & City of Jacksonville
Katherine N. Peele, LS3P Associates LTD.
Katrina Locke, Volusia County
Kim Pexton, JBG SMITH
Kim Lombard, AECOM
Kristin Keen, Rethreaded
Kristy Walson, TLC Engineering Solutions
Leana Houser, Johns Hopkins University
Leocadia I. Zak, Agnes Scott College
Leslie Cruz, STEMConnector
Linda Chipperfield, Global Ecolabelling Network
Lindsey Perez, DLR Group
Lisa Shpritz, Bank of America
Mandy Rhodes, Pretti Simple Beauti
Margo Moehring, Northeast Florida Regional Council and Regional Community Institute of Northeast Florida, Inc.
Maria Papiez, EwingCole
Melanie Patz, Baptist Health
Melissa Ross, WJCT
Michelle Benavides, L.E. Rigby Innovations
Michelle DeLora, SchenkelSchultz
Mital Hall, ecoPreserve
Monica Martelly, Epsten Group
Nakita Reed, Quinn Evans
Nancy Gassman, City of Fort Lauderdale
Na'Taki Osborne Jelks, Spelman College
Nicole Kumar, Gensler
Peggy Whitlow Ratcliffe, Live Thrive Atlanta
Pooja Goel, Gilbane
Sabrina Mason, The Jacksonville Woman
Samantha Ryan, Sisters of the Sea
Sara O'Mara, Choate Construction
Sharon Hanna-West, USF College of Business
Sheridan Boyle, City of Clearwater
Susan Carew, Duval County Public Schools
Susan Kidd, Agnes Scott College
Tamara Spikes, Northside Hospital
Tayrn Montgomery, Beaches Go Green Community
Traci Rose Rider, North Carolina State University
Vickie Breemes, Little

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