BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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President
Barry Hooper serves San Francisco’s Environment Department as Senior Green Building Coordinator. He manages the Existing Buildings Energy Ordinance, which motivates improved energy efficiency in commercial and multifamily buildings through energy benchmarking and disclosure, requires commercial buildings prepare an actionable plan for improvement, and obtain 100% renewable electricity. Barry also leads the development of and supports implementation of San Francisco’s Green Building Code which advances energy, water, material, and air quality improvement in local construction projects. He represents San Francisco in the Bay Area Regional Energy Network Codes & Standards Program, the C40 Cities Private Buildings Decarbonization Network, and Bay Area Air Quality Management District appliance rules Implementation Working Group.
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Treasurer
Yash is a founder of InWhyZone Coaching Consulting. She serves leaders in AEC, Tech and seed funded companies across a range of industries. Her coaching and consulting work is informed by more than fifteen years in operations, strategy and people management in large architectural design firms in the Bay Area. Prior to her current role as a coach, she led multi-layered teams of designers, engineers, contractors and stakeholders delivering sustainable buildings for premier science and technology organizations in the Bay Area and Asia. She is passionate about mitigating the impacts of climate change and its toll on the next generation through outreach and education in the AEC industry. As a member of the Board of Directors and collaborator, her focus is on bringing interdisciplinary ideas, resources and funding to further the Foundation’s mission.
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Secretary
Jennifer was the first Director of the Undergraduate Architecture program at the Academy of Art University where she created a hands-on, design-focused community of students and educators. She developed the Climate, Sustainability and Building Systems curricula, co-teaching with Bill Worthen and collaborating with a cadre of engineers and architects. Her global experience has included opportunities to live and work in London, Malaysia and Australia. Motivated by her passion for equity in the built environment, Jennifer has participated in the Pathways to Equity design leadership program. She is the Chairperson for the San Anselmo Planning Commission and envisions a sustainable future with housing for all. When she is not serving clients or community, she can be found in the ceramic studio, writing, or hiking on Mount Tam.
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Vice President
Ismar brings an inspired vision to his work at the crossroads of sustainability, equity, housing, and education. With nearly two decades of expertise, he is dedicated to addressing the housing and climate crises by fostering socially inclusive, equitable, and sustainable communities. In addition to his work as Project Manager and Project Architect at Southern California architecture studio, Practice, Ismar is a Long Beach Community Development Commissioner, sits on the AIA LA Board of Directors, and advocates for transformative community initiatives, such as the 2×8 Student Scholarship and Exhibition. Formerly, as chair of the AIA LA Committee on the Environment, he organized the renowned AIA LA COTE 1.5 Degree Celsius Symposium, bringing together global leaders in sustainability. For the past five years, he has worked closely with AIA CA and Sacramento and remains an active member of the AIA CA Climate Action Network, Resilient Design, and Education Subcommittees, delivering expert insights to thousands of members. Ismar is a driving force advancing carbon neutrality, resiliency, climate justice, and equity while shaping government policies and advocacy initiatives across California and the Nation.
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Doug Davenport is Founder and CEO of ProspectSV, leading a dynamic mission to accelerate decarbonization through technology and design. With over 35 years of experience, Doug has a proven track record of building high-performing teams, leading transformative initiatives, and advising trailblazers who are reshaping the future of sustainable energy.
Doug is passionate about developing scalable solutions for today’s most pressing energy challenges. His leadership spans a wide range of impactful projects,from advancing EV charging infrastructure and net-zero buildings, to enabling new technology approaches to resilient all-electric multifamily buildings. Through a combination of deep technical expertise and strategic foresight, Doug is helping to create the framework for a cleaner, more resilient energy future.
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Based in Missoula, Montana, Brett Rosenberg serves as ESG Compliance Manager for Cushman & Wakefield, where his primary role involves helping clients achieve green building certification and regulatory compliance goals. Prior to his present role, Brett served as the project manager for both the Worthen Foundation's well-regarded Building Decarbonization Practice Guide and the award-winning Onsite Non-Potable Water Practice Guide. Before relocating to Missoula from Washington, DC, his roles included Director, Sustainable Practice at the American Institute of Architects and Director of Technical Assistance, Best Practices, and Research for the US Conference of Mayors' Climate Protection Center. Brett has a BA in environmental science and an MS in environmental policy. Brett has proudly watched his two kids become superior skiers and mountain bikers than he is (although he's still a better fisherman!). He is also the emotional support person for two middle-aged greyhounds.
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Characterized by an earnest desire to understand and attempt just about everything, Indu is a “creative generalist” in the best sense of the phrase: with hands-on experience with a wide range of arts and processes, she is passionate about seeking joy and beauty in the world. This pursuit has helped cultivate her perspective that there are many ways of being and a multitude of right answers. Her experiences push her to be more judicious and responsible in her use of resources, and to communicate with more empathy. As Chair of the Executive Committee on Climate Action at RMW, sustainability is of paramount importance in her work. Fueled by decaf, bad puns and bollywood, she uses her various multi-hyphenate oxymoronic "ways of being" (global-local-multicultural-recycli-crafting, peer-sharing-community-loving-technology-testing, architect-urbanist-preservationist) to chase the pipe dream of a human scaled, equitable, joyful, playful, wonderful multi modal transit-oriented, urban, zero-net-carbon built environment.
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An architect and Director of Sustainability at WRNS Studio. Pauline Souza has been fortunate to work with innovative team members and clients on community-focused projects including: the Microsoft Silicon Valley headquarters which achieved WELL Platinum and NZ Carbon and is tracking LBC Water Petal leading, the Sonoma Academy Guild and Commons, a LEED Platinum, the first LBC Petal and Net Zero Carbon Certifications in the U.S She served as a sustainability advisor for Hawaii’s Department of Education on their districtwide sustainability initiatives. All the efforts are made better through the collaboration of a wide group sustainable leaders and good troublemakers that influence and inspire through sharing experiences and strategies in the hopes of making collective change.
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Roshini is an award-winning sustainability professional who brings over eighteen years of experience in environmental strategy, emissions reduction, and resource conservation. Her work across diverse sectors, including government, utilities and global corporations, reflects her deep technical expertise and a strategic understanding of the challenges and opportunities within sustainability and regulatory compliance. As Associate Director at Guidehouse Inc., she leads multi-disciplinary consulting engagements that help global clients design and implement impactful sustainability strategies. Previously, Roshini managed the City of Sacramento Utilities’ sustainability and water conservation programs, where she championed the first Carbon Neutrality policy for the water utility, aligned and enhanced the city’s climate adaptation strategies with complex utility priorities, and was recognized with awards from the EPA and the Alliance for Water Efficiency. In collaboration with the Climate Registry and the California EPA, she developed the Water-Energy Nexus registry and championed the creation of Sacramento’s Water Conservation Ordinance, a key regulatory measure that set new standards for sustainable water use. She holds an MBA from the UC Berkeley, and a BA in Architecture from the College of Engineering, Trivandrum, India. Roshini’s leadership is defined by her commitment to community well-being, collaborative problem-solving, and empowering diverse teams to achieve ambitious sustainability goals.
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Hafsa has successfully managed a diverse portfolio of projects, ranging from aviation, healthcare facilities, and educational institutions to housing and commercial developments. Throughout her career, and as founder and design director at hb+A Architects, she constantly prioritizes environmental responsibility and occupant well-being by integrating cutting-edge sustainability practices, low-carbon design, and a deep focus on indoor air quality into her projects. A leading advocate for sustainable policy development for over 18 years, her white papers and activism have helped shape critical green building standards, including emerging policy frameworks for CalGreen. Burt’s accolades include ENR’s "20 Under 40" award for construction professionals in California, the American Institute of Architects' Young Architects Honor Award, Pioneer Award for Leadership from Sustainable Facilities’ Forum and Innovation in Design Awards from Fast Company and the German Design Council. As a LEED Fellow, Hafsa exemplifies excellence in sustainable building practices and is deeply committed to meaningful impact. She also sits on the AIA California Board as San Francisco rep.
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Rob is an Associate Principal at Arup, where he leads the Americas Energy and Digital practice and the West Energy Engineering team. His work intersects community planning, high performance building design, decarbonization policy, and data-informed decision-making. He has an interdisciplinary background in renewable and building energy modeling, financial analysis, decarbonization strategies, and community energy design. Prior to joining Arup, Rob was a Consultant with Sares Regis Group of Northern California and at CTG Energetics. Rob holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University, where his research focused on optimization of community energy systems. He also holds a B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College. Previously, he was the Director of Projects and Education for Engineers for a Sustainable World.
INTERNS
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Intern
Urvi Kulkarni is an Architecture student at the University of California, Berkeley, with interests in sustainable design, material research, and climate-responsive built environments. Her academic and research work explores how architecture can engage with ecological systems, emerging materials, and community-centered approaches to support more just and sustainable futures. Urvi is particularly interested in the intersection of design, research, and environmental responsibility.
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Intern
Aimée Teyssier is a Civil and Environmental Engineering student at the University of California, Berkeley, focusing on sustainable urban construction and infrastructure. Passionate about climate-responsive design and equitable development, Aimée is interested in how engineering and community-centered approaches can contribute to more resilient and inclusive cities.
ADVISORS
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An architect, writer, preservation advocate and educator, Paul is a founding member of docomomo_noca, the Northern California working party of the DoCoMoMo, International. He has successfully advocated for recognition of mid-century modern architecture in California, and was instrumental in the naming of two Eichler subdivisions to the National Register of Historic Places. Paul currently serves on the Board for the Center for Architecture & Design, in San Francisco and co-chairs the Housing Knowledge Community at the AIA San Francisco Chapter. He moderated a session on the Building Decarbonization Practice Guide at the 2023 AIA Conference in San Francisco.
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Steve brings more than two decades of leadership in sustainable design, energy conservation, and integrated building design for healthcare, higher education, commercial, and civic projects. He served on the LEED for Healthcare Committee since its formation and served as its chair until the LEED for Healthcare rating system was adopted by the USGBC membership in 2011. Since 1991, he has served as a Principal of Guttmann & Blaevoet, a consulting engineering firm in California that has received national and regional ASHRAE awards for innovation in sustainable design.
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As Founder and Principal of Kollar EcoCreative®, an award-winning boutique creative agency, Candice led creative teams providing branding and design services to green building product and service companies. A long-time industry volunteer, she served on USGBC Communications and Sustainable Neighborhoods Committees, participated in the Green Building Mentor program, as well as International Living Future Institute (ILFI) local host committees. Pre-pandemic, she enjoyed extolling the virtues of SF’s greenest high rise developments while leading Green Building Walking Tours.
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Co-Founder
Kyle is the Foundation’s Co-founder and Vice-President of the Board. He lectures on resource stewardship strategy for the built environment at UC Berkeley, Stanford, and other schools. Previously, as Director, Leadership and Market Development for New Buildings Institute, his responsibilities included oversight of the Getting to Zero Forum, a conference collaboration with Rocky Mountain Institute. Until August 2020, Kyle served as Urban Fabrick’s Co-founder and COO and was responsible for the consultancy’s West Coast operations. His leadership established the firm as an influential community partner, reputable for inclusive technical training and successful sustainability projects.
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Alice is a trained Climate Reality Leader, NBI Zero Net Energy Leadership Individual Awardee, and 2020 U.S. Grassroots Accelerator for Women Environmental Leader. As founding Principal of Greenbank Associates, a green building/sustainability and resilience consultancy, Alice is dedicated to climate and environmental justice. Alice has facilitated the greening of many local buildings, from the highest rated CHPS Leader school to LEED Platinum community buildings, always prioritizing equity and social justice as the key strategy to reducing carbon emissions and maximizing climate action impact through the building/energy sector at pace and scale. She advocates for equitable decarbonization and creating zero-carbon K-14 public school districts and, in her work, she explores leverage points and strategic partnerships to center equity while reaching global, national, state and local goals by 2030. Alice is a contributing author to the Worthen Foundation’s Onsite Non-potable Water Reuse Practice Guide and a lead content author for The Building Decarbonization Practice Guide. She has been a conference speaker on a wide variety of sustainability topics for over 25 years, has served as a Fellow in the first National cohort of the Environmental Justice Movement Fellowship at The New School, as well as the second National cohort of the Culture for Health Leadership Institute for Racial Healing, a program initiative of the National Collaborative for Health Equity. Alice consistently seeks to bridge the technical green building movement with environmental justice communities of concern in order to heal the hierarchy of human value and achieve climate justice.
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Jeffrey Till is an architect and Principal at Design Studio Till. He has more than twenty-five years of architectural and master planning experience in North America, Asia, and Europe. He leads design on a range of projects for public and private clients with high level sustainability goals, with a focus on a research driven, multidisciplinary process and performance strategies. Jeff has previously served as Design Principal at Perkins + Will and as Design Director, Global Leader in Sustainability for Woods Bagot. He has taught sustainable design at Stanford, presented publicly at Greenbuild and AIA National Conferences and served on the Board of Directors at AIA San Francisco and SPUR.
