About

I am an architect (AIA, LEED AP BD+C) with more than 25 years of experience. In January 2009, I joined Boston University as its first Sustainability director. My focus is driving the implementation of the University’s Climate Action Plan and advancing sustainability best practices on campus and beyond.

Prior to BU, I was a partner at a Boston architectural firm, where I chaired the sustainability committee, which I established in 2000. I began my career at the Solar Energy Research Institute conducting daylighting research to reduce building energy consumption and improve the indoor environment.

I received my Master of Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where I was awarded the AIA Gold Medal. I received my Bachelor of Arts in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley.

BU Highlights

• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Earth & Environment and faculty/advisor for the Earth House, a living-learning community
• Sustainability Lead, BU Strategic Plan
• Advisory Board Member, Institute for Sustainable Energy, City Planning Program and Urban Affairs, the Urban Climate Research Initiative, and the URBAN Graduate Program.
• Member, BU Hub Implementation Task Force for general education

Beyond BU

• Co-chair, Climate Resilience Committee at the Urban Land Institute – Boston, formed in 2011 to educate and motivate the Boston-area real estate community to actively address climate change, sea level rise, climate resilience planning and policy development
• Co-chair, Boston Green Ribbon Commission Higher Ed Working Group
• Member, City of Boston’s Zero Waste Advisory Committee
• Member, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s (AASHE) STARS Steering Committee
• Member, Climate Ready Boston Infrastructure Advisory Group,
• Member, Massachusetts Statewide Resilience Master Plan Technical Advisory Group