BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chair

Lorraine Alexander

Senior Project Designer, Lorraine Alexander Interior Design
Windsor, CA

Lorraine Alexander, interior design professional, has over twenty years in the field of design and color. Green Building Certified, she is committed to green, healthy homes for her clients and sustainable design and building practices. As an interior designer, she specializes in residential remodeling and new construction.
Ms. Alexander serves as Chapter Chair, Lead Regional Representative, and Vice-Chair for the Pacific Region.  She is a member of the Santa Rosa Junior College Advisory Committee for the Interior Design Program. She participates in the Redwood Empire Built Environment Collaborative Action Committee, which develops and encourages communication among organizations concerned with the design, construction and operations of the built environment through sharing of resources, networking opportunities and community education.
In 2009 Lorraine launched the Green Building Committee for Redwood Empire Remodelers Association and served as Board Member, Adviser and Green Building Chair for two terms, 2009 and 2010. She holds a certificate with Sonoma State University in Green Building. Lorraine works and resides in Northern California, and British Columbia.

Vice-Chair 

Tina Montgomery
Marketing/Communications Manager, Codding Enterprises
Rohnert Park, CA 

Tina Montgomery joined Codding Enterprises in 1985 and brings over 25 years experience in all aspects of property management and commercial development. During her tenure with Codding, Tina has gained a wealth of experience and occupied a variety of positions beginning with administrative support and culminating in Management with a 10‐year position as Mall Manager of Coddingtown Regional Shopping Center in Santa Rosa. Currently Tina works as Marketing and Communications Manager for Codding and the first One Planet Community in North America, Sonoma Mountain Village.
As Mall Manager, Tina was responsible for overall operations of the 42 acre shopping center and its’ tenants, as well as specialty leasing, tenant and public relations, marketing and branding. As Marketing and Communications Manager, Tina is responsible for branding, positioning, communications and media relations for Codding, an investment holding company with investments in commercial real estate, a commercial construction company, green building companies and subsidiary that develops deeply sustainable mixed‐use communities, such as Sonoma Mountain Village.
A Sonoma County native, Tina attended local schools as well as the Santa Rosa Junior College and resides locally with her husband Kevin, a licensed General Contractor, and family.

Secretary

Angie Robinson

Pursuit Coordinator, GHD 

 Angie Robinson is a Pursuit coordinator with GHD, a multi-discipline engineering and environmental firm with an office in Santa Rosa. Winzler & Kelly has been committed toproviding sustainable engineering solutions for more than 60 years and currently has over 40 certified LEED AP’s. As a graduate of Sonoma State University with a Bachelors degree in Communications, Angiehas dedicated her career to identifying new opportunities to help her firm thrive in the areas of marketing and business development. She has been actively involved in all aspects of strategic business development efforts such as preparing winning proposals, qualifications, and interviews in addition to industry event coordination, being the face of the firm at local industry events all while promoting the company brand. For the last few years Angie has specialized in coordination with the “Facilities Engineering Group” that consists of mechanical, electrical, structural and commissioning engineers as well as Environmental planners, scientists and Professional Geologists to never lose focus on the “greener” picture in facilities design.  In October 2011, Winzler & Kelly merged with GHD, a global company with that is leading the way in sustainable practices around the globe with a broad network ofLEED AP’s and resources.  Angie’s is a native of Northern California, and resides in Sonoma County with her husband Rohan Robinson.

Treasurer 

Julie Montgomery

Founder, Sage Principles

Santa Rosa, CA 

Julie Montgomery is a peach, and she is also the founder of Sage Principles, a sustainability consulting business in Santa Rosa that helps small and medium size businesses in Sonoma County improve their environmental performance.Prior to starting her own business, Julie was a Peace Corps volunteer in the South Pacific island-nation of Vanuatu. That may sound like a tropical paradise but it was more like Survivor in Wonderland. When not swatting mosquitoes, eating meat of questionable origin or trying to interpret strange behavior, she was a Small Business Advisor to 1,600 islanders, teaching them how to start small income generating projects like weaving mats and raising chickens. She also coordinated community 

projects like building a bridge and replacing a water tank.

After returning home and enduring several months of shock that is still wearing off, Julie directed her global interests locally and set out to have an impact on humanity by trying to change the way business operates. Through her business she is helping local businesses decrease their reliance on fossil fuels, use less water, reduce their waste, and generally be smarter with their resources.

Besides running her business, Julie is the Chair of Refer Local, the Sonoma County GoLocal Cooperative’s referral and networking program promoting local patronage of Sonoma County businesses. She is also the Greening Director for the 2012 Sustainable Enterprise Conference, and is responsible for “greening” all aspects of the event. When not working or volunteering in the community, Julie enjoys running, biking and winetasting in the beautiful wine country. She lives in Santa Rosa with her sweetheart, as well as her two crazy teenage stepdaughters

Julie holds a B.A. in International Peace & Conflict Studies from the University of California at Berkeley. She is also a Certified Sustainability Professional through the International Society of Sustainability Professionals. 

Bob Massaro

CEO, Healthy Buildings Management Group, Inc.
Napa, CA

 Bob has been the President and C.E.O. of a design / build firm since 1981. The firm built their first green project was in 1983, and in 1999 committed to 100% green and healthy buildings. He has gained executive management responsibilities since 1981, and has designed and/or built almost 200 projects throughout California. Bob has recently mobilized both the chapter and Sustainable Napa to enact the city's first green building standards. He has been working with the chapter leadership for years, and last year become a very active participant.

William Forrest
Senior Project Manager, Jon Worden Architects
Healdsburg, CA

William has more than 20 years of experience in the architectural industry, and has received numerous design awards. He has worked with both the private and public sectors, and has been elected to several nonprofit boards as financial advisory and oversight. He hopes to create new innovative synergies between sometimes disparate entities within the building profession.

Claudia Cleaver, LEED AP
Principal , Morse|Cleaver Architects
Petaluma, CA

Claudia has been a principal at Morse & Cleaver Architects designing award-winning green buildings since 1982 and a registered architect since 1980. She has worked on a wide range of building types, including low-cost housing, co-housing villages, sacred buildings, resorts, office and straw bale and rastra homes.  Claudia is a LEED AP, a permaculture designer, and has studied Feng Shui and Sacred Architecture/Geometry.  She is a long-time member of Architect Designer Planners for Social Responsibility and a founding member and past board president of the Redwood Empire Chapter of the USGBC.

Deb Padia

Glenn Marcurio

Owner/Energy Analyst, LEED AP, Integrated Building Efficiency 

Mr. Mercurio is an Energy Analyst, LEED Accredited Professional and a CEPE (Certified Energy Plans Examiner to the current Title-24 energy code). Mr. Mercurio has a BS degree in Energy Management & Design with the Sonoma State University ENSP program and has 20 years experience working in an engineering environment. Prior work history includes employment at Green Building Studio as an Energy Analyst, the Hewlett-Packard Quality Engineering Environmental Test Lab, Agilent Technologies as a Regulatory Compliance Engineer, Electronics Production Manager for a division of Raytheon Corp. and employment at NASA/Ames research. 

Building energy analysis projects have included a variety of single building and multi-building campus energy analyses for retail stores, grocery, offices, schools, manufacturing sites, research & development facilities, relocatable classrooms, automobile dealerships, theatres, health spa, warehouses, etc. Volunteer work included planning sessions for Solar Sebastopol and day-of-event work helping ensure that the event ran well. Solar Sebastopol helped pave the way to develop Solar Sonoma County, continuing its outreach.

Mr. Mercurio is a member of the following professional organizations:

AEE (Association of Energy Engineers)

ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air-Conditioning Engineers)

CABEC (California Association of Building Energy Consultants)

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

NorCal Solar

Redwood Empire Chapter USGBC

Debora Fudge

Mayor, Town of Windsor 

Windsor, CA 

Debora Fudge was imprinted as a child as she grew up in Sunnyvale, California, and watched apricot, plum and cherry orchards be paved over for suburban sprawl development and new highways for what would become the Silicon Valley.  She spent her teen years living on a 100 year old farm outside Santa Cruz.  The years spent in Santa Cruz taught her about community activism and how local citizens could plan the futures of their cities.She received her BS degree from UC Davis in a field related to Community Development, and her Masters degree from CSU Sacramento in Environmental Planning.  From there, she worked in Governor Jerry Brown’s Office of Planning and Research in the State Clearinghouse unit until he left office.  The next 25 years were spent at  PG&E in the Energy Conservation, Customer Service and Environmental Service Departments. 

In 1994, as a new resident in Windsor, Deb was appointed to the Windsor Planning Commission.  She was elected to Town Council in 1996 and is Windsor’s first five – time Mayor.  Deb was instrumental on the Council in the creation of Windsor’s new Downtown Plan, which was the visionary document behind the building of Windsor’s national award winning Downtown and Town Green.  Deb has served on the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit Board since 2005, and served as its Chair in 2010.  She also serves as a Public Policy Member for Greenbelt Alliance.

Deb loves to travel, and has done many long distance bicycling trips in the U.S. and abroad.

Alex Hinds

CHAPTER ADVISORY COUNCIL

Andres Edwards is an educator, author, media designer and sustainability consultant.  He is founder and president of EduTracks a firm specializing in developing education programs and consulting services on a sustainable practices for green building and business initiatives.  His work includes developing energy management and sustainability plans as well as training and awareness programs for municipalities, colleges and property managers.  Andres is a author of The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift and co-author and Robert Apte of Tibet: Enduring Spirit, Exploited Land. Andres holds a BA degree in Geography from the University of Colorado; an MPS in Media Studies from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program and an MA in Humanities and Leadership/Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Community from New College of California, Santa Rosa.

Bruce Hammond, LEED AP has been a General contractor since 1980.  He is CEO & General Manager of Hammond & Company, a construction services and development company which constructs high quality residential and commercial projects throughout the northern Bay Area region.  A consistent focus of the company throughout this time has been on identifying and utilizing construction technologies and practices which minimize impact on the environment, with particular emphasis on energy efficiency, resource conservation, and durability.  His projects have been featured in numerous publications and he has been featured speaker on Green Building for many conferences and professional organizations.  Mr. Hammond was the founding Chairman of the US Green Building Council - Redwood Empire Chapter, and is currently an active member of the board.  He is one of the founding faculty of the yearlong "Green Building Professional Certificate Program" at Sonoma State University not  in its 5th year, and is on the Certification Board of "the Green Advantage," a national training program for green building professionals.  He is the solar energy specialist for the City of Cotati's Design Review Board and has been a past planning commissioner there where he was instrumental certifying the first LEED building int he North Bay, and in establishing Cotati's Sustainable Building Program".  Bruce has a passion for green building, biodynamic gardening, and is a lover of wild places.  www.hammondandcompany.com
 

David Eisenberg is co-founder and Director of the Development Center for Appropriate Technology (DCAT) in Tucson, AZ. His three decades of building experience range from the on-site troubleshooting of the construction of the cover of Biosphere 2 to building a $2 million structural concrete house, a hypoallergenic structural steel house, and masonry, wood, adobe, rammed earth, and straw bale structures. For over a decade David has led the effort to create a sustainable context for building codes. He served two terms on the Board of the U.S. Green Building Council where he founded and chairs the Building Codes Committee. He was vice-chair of the ASTM E-06.71 Subcommittee on Sustainability for Buildings for five years. David has presented workshops, seminars, keynote addresses and lectures at dozens of international, national and regional conferences and lectured at universities in the U.S. and abroad. David is on the Advisory Board of Environmental Building News. He is co-author of The Straw Bale House book and has written dozens of published articles, forewords, book chapters and papers.

Geof Syphers, PE, LEED® AP, is Chief Sustainability Officer for Codding Enterprises, a Sonoma County developer and property management firm. He manages the company’s environmental and social initiatives and guides the planning of Sonoma Mountain Village, a deeply sustainable mixed-use community.  Sonoma Mountain Village is the first development in North America to be accepted into the prestigious One Planet Communities program, positioning it at the leading edge of the international sustainability movement. The 200 acre community is a zero carbon, zero waste development in California with a philosophy centered on restoration instead of minimizing harm. Mr. Syphers is responsible for the plan to reduce the ecological footprint of the entire 1900-home community from a U.S. average of 5.3 down to a truly sustainable, one planet level by 2020. His efforts are monitored by WWF International and BioRegional and are reported to the United Nations as part of the Kyoto Protocol update process.  He brings practical experience earned as the founding director of the Green Building Services Group at KEMA, an international consulting firm. Under his directorship, KEMA consulted on 160 projects, from affordable housing to airports, including 40 LEED buildings. He is a licensed mechanical engineer and holds a B.S. in Applied Physics and an M.S. in Energy Engineering from the University of Massachusetts.

Paul Dolan believes that business leaders can help make a better world, and he sees Mendocino County, California, as fertile ground to grow this vision.  During his 27 years at Fetzer Vineyards, 12 as president, he led a transformation that put the company at the forefront of organic viticulture and sustainable business.  With the creation of Mendocino Wine Company (MWC), a partnership of the Dolan and Thornhill families, the mantle of leadership in sustainable winegrowing shifted from Fetzer to MWC, while remaining cradled in the open, creative atmosphere of Mendocino County.  “We want to make a  difference in this community,” says Paul, “and we will.” Paul’s goal is to make Mendocino Wine Company a model for the wine business.  In turn, he is determined to develop the wine industry as a model for all agriculture, worldwide. Paul resides in Healdsburg, California with his wife Diana and daughter Sassicaia.  He spends leisure time in his Mendocino County vineyards and on horseback at Dark Horse Ranch.

Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, and author. Starting at age 20, he dedicated his life to sustainability and changing the relationship between business and the environment. His practice has included starting and running ecological businesses, writing and teaching about the impact of commerce on living systems, and consulting with governments and corporations on economic development, industrial ecology, and environmental policy.

Pete Gang AIA, LEED AP, has been a licensed general building contractor since 1985 and a licensed architect since 1991. His firm, Common Sense Design, specializes in spirited green architecture and provides green consulting on residential and commercial projects. Over the course of 20-plus years, Common Sense Design has designed over two hundred residential and commercial projects, utilizing a wide range of conventional and alternative building systems, energy- and resource-efficiency strategies, and other integrated green-building approaches. In addition to his ongoing responsibilities as a practicing architect, green-building consultant, and teacher, he has given presentations to a variety of audiences on topics related to green building, including Bioneers; Real Goods’ Institute for Solar Living; Agilent Corporation; Redwood Empire Chapters of the AIA, the CSI, and ASCE; West Coast Green; and city councils and chambers of commerce in the North Bay region. Mr. Gang co-founded the Redwood Empire Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council in 2001 and has been an active board member for the last seven years. He was one of the founding faculties of the Green Building Professional Certificate Program at Sonoma State University where he has taught for the past five years.

Sim Van der Ryn is a visionary, author, educator, public leader, and internationally distinguished  pioneer in ecological design.  For more than 40 years, Sim has been at the forefront of integrating ecological principles into the built environment, creating multi-scale solutions driven by nature’s intelligence. He has served as California’s first energy-conscious State Architect, authored seven influential books, and won numerous honors and awards for his leadership and innovation in architecture & planning. Sim’s collaborative approach and meta-disciplinary accomplishments help show the way to an evolving planetary era that values both the integrity of ecological systems and the quality of life.