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USGBC policies

USGBC LEED Committees

LEED committees help develop, implement and revise the LEED rating systems, ensuring they remain rigorous and market-relevant.

Updated October 2024

LEED committees help develop, implement and revise the LEED rating systems, ensuring they remain rigorous and market-relevant.

The LEED Committee structure includes the LEED Steering Committee (LSC), three consensus committees, six Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) organized around credit category expertise, and two Working Groups.



LEED Steering Committee

A standing committee of the USGBC board of directors, LSC serves as the governing body of all LEED TAGs and Working Groups. LSC is charged with

  • Developing and maintaining LEED as a leadership tool.
  • Preserving the integrity of the LEED rating systems.
  • Ensuring the use of the consensus process to evolve LEED in accordance with USGBC's mission, guiding principles and strategic plan.

LSC's role and responsibilities are detailed in the Foundations of LEED document. View its meeting minutes.

Volunteer voting members

  • LEED Steering Committee Chair: Anica Landreneau, HOK
  • Immediate Past Chair: Sarah Talkington, City of Austin
  • Incoming Chair: Lena Ohta, Meta
  • EBCC Chair: Emma Jones, The RMR Group
  • DCCC Chair: Patty Lloyd, Leopardo Companies, Inc.
  • CCCC Chair: Tim Smith, SKS Partners, LLC
  • EQ TAG Chair: Brian Gilligan, U.S. General Services Administration
  • LP TAG Chair: Tony Goodman, District of Columbia Government
  • WE TAG Chair: Erica Weeks, Paladin, Inc.
  • MR TAG Chair: Brittany Storm, MAPEI Americas
  • SS TAG Chair: Jennifer Wolf, Sustainable Building Partners
  • Member At-Large: Kavita Kumari, Cundall
  • Member At-Large: Lourdes Salinas, THREE Environmental Consulting
  • Member At-Large: Fernando Arias, ReTech Advisors

Staff nonvoting members

  • SVP, Technical Core: Melissa Baker, USGBC
  • VP, LEED Technical Development: Corey Enck, USGBC


LEED Design and Construction Consensus Committee

The LEED Design and Construction Consensus Committee is an integrated group of volunteers charged with developing and maintaining a specific LEED rating system for existing buildings with a focus on the design and construction of new buildings. The group is charged with supporting the evolution of LEED maintain LEED as a leadership tool, preserving the integrity of the LEED rating system, and ensuring the use of the consensus process to evolve the LEED rating system in accordance with the mission, guiding principles, and strategic plan of USGBC.

Members

  • Chair: Patricia Lloyd, Leopardo Construction
  • Vice Chair: Adam Stoker, City of Calgary
  • Geoff Hurst, Related Companies
  • Melissa Targett, The Port Authority of NY and NJ
  • Rebecca Stafford, Hestia
  • Megan White, All About Waste
  • Amy Costello, Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
  • Angi Rivera, Sellen Construction
  • Bradley Nies, US GSA
  • Eliza Mauro, Meehan Green
  • Grace Manuel, Haworth, Inc.
  • Jennifer Emrick, Prologis
  • Lindsey Landwehr-Fasules, Turner Construction Company
  • Maria Perez, Gensler
  • Marsha Gentile, Ledcor Construction Limited
  • Rachel Berkin, Tarkett
  • Stacy Simpson, USG


LEED Existing Buildings Consensus Committee

The LEED Existing Buildings Consensus Committee is an integrated group of volunteers charged with developing and maintaining a specific LEED rating system for existing buildings with a focus on the operations, maintenance, and performance of existing buildings. The group is charged with supporting the evolution of LEED maintain LEED as a leadership tool, preserving the integrity of the LEED rating system, and ensuring the use of the consensus process to evolve the LEED rating system in accordance with the mission, guiding principles, and strategic plan of USGBC.

Members

  • Chair: Emma Jones, The RMR Group
  • Vice Chair: Barry Abramson, Servidyne, LLC
  • Cara Kennedy, JLL
  • Alicia Silva, Revitaliza Consultores
  • Cristine Gibney, DOEE
  • Cecil Scheib, New York University
  • Dean Stanberry, Redhorse Corporation
  • Gianluca Padula, CBRE
  • Jim Landau, MetLife
  • Lissa Engle, Berkeley Capital Group (BCG)
  • Michaela Boren, Local 32BJ Thomas Shortman Training Fund
  • Rishabh Kasliwal, Kamal Cogent Energy
  • Stephen Ward, Southface Institute
  • Stephen Ashkin, The Ashkin Group, LLC


LEED Cities and Communities Consensus Committee

The LEED v5 Cities & Communities Consensus Committee is an integrated group of volunteers charged with developing and maintaining a specific LEED rating system that focuses on urban sustainability at the city and community scale. The group is charged with supporting the evolution of LEED, maintaining LEED as a leadership tool, preserving the integrity of the LEED rating system, and ensuring the use of the consensus process to evolve the LEED rating system in accordance with the mission, guiding principles, and strategic plan of USGBC.

Members

  • Chair: Tim Smith, SKS Partners LLC
  • Vice Chair: Esteban Martinez, Green Loop
  • Bahar Armaghani, University of Florida
  • Erik Backus, Clarkson University
  • Sandra Bernal, University of Arizona
  • Chelsey Bryant, Emerald Cities
  • Marc Coudert, City of Austin, TX
  • Mohammad Ghazi, Alpin Limited
  • Suzanne Groneman, City of Reno
  • Amanda Grossman, City of Santa Monica
  • Alexandra Hill, CDP
  • Maria Koetter, GuardTop
  • Oliver Pearce, WSP
  • Lisa Phocas, Crescent Communities
  • Rowena Rawte, HY M&E Consultancy Pte. Ltd
  • Paul Roman, Arlington County
  • Flavia Tonioli, Jacobs
  • Walker Wells, Raimi and Associates


LEED Technical Advisory Groups

Under the direct management of the LEED Technical Committee, TAGs recommend technical solutions to rating system development and maintenance issues.

The groups are a source of technical advice to LEED committees and working groups regarding credit and prerequisite improvement and supporting tool development.

TAGs are structured to include expertise for specific technical issues: location and planning, sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources and indoor environmental quality.

The role and responsibilities of the Technical Advisory Groups are detailed in their purpose statement.


Standing biweekly call times for TAGs are as follows:
  • Tuesday at 4pm ET (EQ TAG)
  • Wednesday at 12pm ET (LP TAG)
  • Wednesday at 2pm ET (SS TAG)
  • Thursday at 11am ET (WE TAG)
  • Thursday at 1pm ET (MR TAG)
  • Thursday at 3pm ET (EA TAG)

Energy and Atmosphere TAG

View the TAG's meeting minutes.

Members

  • Chair: Kristen Walson, BranchPattern
  • Vice Chair: Benjamin Roush, FSi Engineers
  • Adam Jennings, WSP
  • Stefanie Young, Delta E Consulting
  • Vinay Ghatti, Willdan
  • Danna Richey, Newcomb & Boyd
  • Kyleen Rockwell, Interface Engineering Inc.
  • Rohini Srivastava, ACEEE
  • Amir Tarazy, Stantec
  • Chris Schaffner, The Green Engineer, Inc.
  • Stevan Vinci, Morrison Hershfield Corporation
  • Amy Pastor, EXP
  • Devanshi Dadia, Atelier Ten
  • Brad Hill, Honeywell International
  • Luis Lara, JLL
  • Anisur Rahman, Brightworks Sustainability
  • Daniel Huard, Humann Building Solutions
  • Victor Catrib, Centro de Tecnologia de Edificações
  • Christina LaPerle, Karpman Consulting, LLC
  • Elena Verani, Deerns
  • Michael Tillou, Pacific Northwest National Lab

Indoor Environmental Quality TAG

View the TAG's meeting minutes.

Members

  • Chair: Brain Gilligan, US General Services Administration
  • Vice-Chair: Shana Scheiber, Mead and Hunt
  • Sarah Gudeman, BranchPattern
  • Andrea Anderson, Clark & Enersen
  • Jeevan Mohan, Buro Happold
  • Viken Koukounian, Parklane Mechanical
  • Muhammad Shoaib, Socotec Consulting Inc.
  • Elliott Horner, UL Environment
  • Alan Scott, Intertek
  • Stephanie Taylor, Building4Health Inc.
  • Gregory Patton, Sustainable Investment Group (SIG)
  • Valerie Johnston, Pinchin Ltd
  • Marilyn Specht, Introba
  • Wenting Li, HOK

Location and Planning TAG

View the TAG's meeting minutes.

Members

  • Chair: Tony Goodman, District of Columbia Government
  • Vice-Chair: Lisa Storer, Austin Transit Partnership
  • Michael Kloha, Verdani Partners
  • Beth Jamieson, Brightworks Sustainability
  • Neil Angus, Devens Enterprise Commission
  • Liz Chen, University of Pennsylvania
  • Bill Eger, Arlington County
  • Megan Susman, EPA
  • Jason Hercules, Ascent Cities
  • Peter Doo, Lorax Partnership
  • Chaise Cope, Argonne National Laboratory
  • Juliette Desfeux, Socotec, Inc.
  • Ryan Schwabenbauer, St. John Properties

Materials and Resources TAG

View the TAG's meeting minutes.

Members

  • Chair: Brittany Storm, MAPEI Americas
  • Vice-Chair: Matt Van Duinen, WAP Sustainability
  • Emily English, BNBuilders
  • Allison Smith, HKS, Inc.
  • Denise Braun, All About Waste, LLC
  • Hoda Ibrahim, Engineering Consultants Group
  • Kelly Roberts, Walter P Moore
  • Annalise Dum, JLL
  • Ray Wallin, Torcon
  • Carrie Claytor, Freeport-McMoRan
  • Brock Hill, Premier Recycling Company
  • Eric Doyle, Steelcase, Inc.
  • Kristen Fritsch, Elkus Manfredi Architects
  • Tolga Tutar, Skanska
  • Sarah Michelman, The Green Engineer, Inc.
  • Kavita Karmarkar, Webcor Builders
  • Colleen Large, Brightworks Sustainability
  • Torey Brooks, US Environmental Protection Agency
  • Meghan Lewis, Carbon Leadership Forum

Sustainable Sites TAG

View the TAG's meeting minutes.

Members

  • Chair: Jennifer Wolf, Sustainable Building Partners
  • Vice Chair: Michael Karasoulas, NEAPOLI
  • Jesse Rosenbluth, Omni Ecosystems
  • Laura Hansplant, Studio Sustena
  • Carl Reimer, KCI Technologies
  • Robert Goo, EPA
  • Heidimarie Bonilla de Cienfuegos, B100 arquitectos
  • Margaret Robertson, Lane Community College
  • Lila Saari, Brightworks Sustainability
  • Anshul Gujarathi, Eco Solutions
  • Regina Philson, Gap Concepts, Inc.

Water Efficiency TAG

View the TAG's meeting minutes.

Members

  • Chair: Erica Weeks, HASTINGS Architecture
  • Vice-Chair: Robert Pickering, Eastern Research Consultant Group
  • Rock Ridolfi, Engineering Economics, Inc.
  • Eric Cutler, Meta
  • Hemsa Ibrahim, KEO International Consultants
  • Erin Rowe, Northshore IO Limited
  • Michele Adams, Meliora Design
  • Rachel Nicely, Sustainable Building Partners
  • Joel Stout, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
  • Ana Lucia Granda, LEAF S.A.C.
  • Nate Steeber, Sol design + consulting
  • Randi Bromm, Brightworks Sustainability
  • Hrushikesh Sandhe, Walter P Moore
  • Eleni Stefania Kalapoda, Columbia GSAPP


LEED Working Groups

Equity Working Group

The Equity Working Group is a working group of the LSC and was formed to create a framework for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the built environment through LEED, based on the Future of LEED principles published in June 2022.

View the working group's charter.

Members

  • Chair: TBD
  • Vice Chair: Jared Gilbert, COOKFOX Architects
  • Patricia Christianson, AECOM
  • Simon Fowell, Autocase
  • Katherine Han, Han Design Group
  • Jeff Heitert, Steven Winter Associates
  • Naim Jabbour, Pennsylvania College of Technology
  • Laura Medina, Building Skills Partnership
  • Saahiti Penigalapati, SERA Architects
  • Humberto Restrepo, JIBEI
  • April Ricketts, CDM Smith
  • Nora Rizzo, Grace Farms Foundation
  • Anuya Sant, Perkins & Will
  • Jasmine Sears, Google
  • Charu Singh, Just Value
  • Heidi Valdez Vélez, Revitaliza Consultores

Resilience Working Group (RWG)

The Resilience Working Group is a working group of the LSC and was formed to create a framework for addressing Resilience within LEED based on the Future of LEED principles published in June 2022.

View the working group's charter.

Members

  • Chair: Mark Nelson, Arup
  • Vice Chair: Alan Scott, Intertek
  • Mara Baum, DIALOG
  • Dan Burgoyne, State of California Department of General Services
  • Keaghan Caldwell, BNBuilders
  • Sarah Colasurdo, The Port Authority of NY & NJ
  • Ana Cunha Cribellier, Deerns Group
  • Jessica Diaz Avelar, PIIMA JV
  • Emma Hughes, RE Tech Advisors
  • Ann Kosmal, US GSA
  • Lindsey Machamer, City of Austin
  • Jennifer Sanguinetti, University of British Columbia
  • Monika Serrano, Turner Construction
  • Joy Sinderbrand, New York City Housing Authority
  • Gautami Palanki, The Howard Hughes Corporation


How to Get Involved

To be automatically notified of future LEED Committee and working group openings, sign up for the LEED Committee Volunteer Opportunities Mail List.

To be appointed to a LEED committee or working group, a candidate must submit an online application during a Call for Volunteers period. USGBC typically opens Calls for Volunteers for LEED committees and working groups once a year. Each Call for Volunteers is posted on the USGBC Volunteer Opportunities page and is only open to qualified applicants employed by USGBC member organizations.

The goal for each Call for Volunteers is to ensure that committee membership encompasses diverse areas of expertise and represents a variety of perspectives from the industries that make up the built environment. When USGBC opens a Call for Volunteers, each committee accepting applications seeks specific, targeted areas of expertise in new membership.

After an application period closes, all applications are reviewed and qualified candidates are identified based on their technical expertise, training, and the needs of each committee. LEED committee volunteers and staff work together to review applications and build consensus in the selection of new members. Candidates whose applications garner the most support among committee members and staff are recommended to the LEED Steering Committee for review and approval.

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