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About the Green Building Initiative
Board of Directors
Ray Tonjes, Ray Tonjes Builder, Inc. (Chairman)
Chairman, Green Building Initiative Board of Directors
Chairman and Founder, Ray Tonjes Builder, Inc.
Ray Tonjes is the President and founder of Ray Tonjes Builder, Inc., a homebuilding company based in Austin, Texas which specializes in mainstream, high performance custom homes and renovations.
Ray has been a proponent of energy efficient construction since the energy crisis of the 1970’s. In 1985, he became one of the first "Energy Star" builders in Austin as part of their initial aggressive conservation program. This program evolved into the nation’s first green building program (established 1991). Ray continues to advocate at all levels for the improvement of energy efficiency and participation in green building programs.
A 29-year veteran of the home building industry, Ray is Chair Emeritus of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Green Building Subcommittee, having served as the Chairman from 2001-2008, and a founding member since 1999. He also served (2008-2009) as a NAHB National Vice President and a member of the NAHB Green Building Task Force.
Ray continues to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Green Building Initiative, a national non-profit organization (est. 2004). He has also served on the City of Austin's “Zero-Energy Capable Home 2015” Task Force, Energy Efficiency Upgrades Task Force, and the State of Texas Residential Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee (HB3070). He is the current Vice Chairman of the ICC-700 (National Green Building Standard) Consensus Committee.
Ray was the 2005 President of the Texas Association of Builders, the 2003 Chairman of the NAHB Custom Home Builder Committee and the 1998 President of the Home Builders Association of Greater Austin. In 2009, Ray was honored as a finalist for the inaugural Hanley Award for Vision and Leadership in Sustainable Housing.
A graduate of the University of Nebraska, Ray made Austin his home following his (1971-1977) service as a pilot with the United States Air Force. He and his wife, Rosemary, have two grown children.
Matt Belcher, Belcher Homes
President and Founder, Belcher Homes
Matt Belcher is the president and founder of Belcher Homes, the St. Louis area's leader in environmentally-friendly home building, specializing in high-end custom homes, construction consulting and real estate investing.
Belcher currently serves on the board of directors for the Greater St. Louis Home Builders Association and is a member of both the US Green Building Council's St. Louis chapter and the National Association of Home Builders' Green Builder Subcommittee. Broadening his role with the NAHB, Belcher was most recently appointed to the NAHB's Energy Committee.
Belcher is currently working with the St. Louis Home Builders Association to bring a locally-relevant green building program to the area.
Greg Bergtold, The Dow Chemical Company, Inc.
Director of Codes and Standards, Dow Building Solutions
Greg Bergtold is the Director of Codes and Standards for the Dow Building Solutions organization within The Dow Chemical Company. Dow Chemical is a leader in science and technology, providing innovative chemical, plastic and agricultural products and services to many essential consumer markets. With annual sales of $40 billion, Dow Chemical serves customers in 175 countries around the globe. Committed to the principal of sustainable development, Dow Chemical and its 43,000 employees seek to balance economic, environmental and social responsibilities.
Greg joined The Dow Chemical Company in 1990 with Michigan Operations as a capital projects manager in the environmental operations group. He then joined the environmental operations staff in 1994 and became an operations supervisor from 1995-1997, helping drive the principles of economic and environmental responsibilities across the operations staff. Greg joined what is now the Dow Building Solutions R&D organization in 1997. Most recently, Greg moved from the New Business Development team to his current position of Director of Codes and Standards, Dow Building Solutions, in December of 2005. Prior to joining The Dow Chemical Company, Greg worked six years as a project manager/project engineer for a general contracting company in the Mid Michigan area and is well versed in building design, construction and engineering principles.
Greg received a B.S.C.E. from the University of Detroit in 1985 with a minor in Architecture. Greg is the author of several papers and articles related to energy, structural and corrosion within residential and commercial construction markets and is a co-author of two patents pending. Greg is the past President of the local Midland Area Little League and currently sits on the Board of the West Midland Family Center which is a Midland County Community Center dedicated to providing area families opportunities in education, recreation and family support.
Allen Blakey, The Vinyl Institute
Vice President of Industry and Government Affairs, The Vinyl Institute
Allen Blakey is Vice President of Industry and Government Affairs for the Vinyl Institute, the national trade association for manufacturers of vinyl resin. Blakey directs VI’s government advocacy activities and works with allied organizations on policy issues such as promotion of life-cycle assessment in green building. He joined the institute in July 1999.
From 1989 to 1999, Blakey was director of public affairs for the Environmental Industry Associations, representing waste service and equipment manufacturing companies. He managed external communications and helped create the association's ethics program.
Blakey spent six years, from 1983 to 1989, with E. Bruce Harrison Company, a Washington public relations firm, where he rose to the position of senior vice president with responsibility for accounts involving deregulation of electricity, sustainable hardwood forestry, waste-to-energy incineration, and others. He also served as a reporter and editor for the Washington-based trade press, covering toxic substances, pharmaceutical and medical device regulation, and health care policy.
Blakey is a graduate of Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, and a resident of Bethesda, Maryland. He is married and has a daughter living in New York City.
Dr. Harvey Bryan, Ph.D., FAIA, FASES, Arizona State University
School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University
A recognized specialist in building technology, Dr. Bryan has authored more than 100 papers and articles on the relationship between technology and the design of high-performance buildings. He has served on the design faculties of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard, and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where his research received support from numerous public and private sponsors. Dr. Bryan was a member of teams that received three Progressive Architecture Awards, co-chairman of the 1986 International Daylighting Conference, will be serving as chairman for the Solar 2010 Conference and was associate editor of the international journals, "Building and the Environment" and "Solar Energy."
Dr. Bryan is currently active in several professional and technical societies. He has served on the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) committee responsible for developing the 90.1 National Energy Standard and is presently serving on the ASHRAE committee responsible for developing "Proposed Standard 189.1P, Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings." He has a B.Arch. from Arizona State University, a M.Arch., M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, a fellow of the American Solar Energy Society as well as a Fulbright Fellow.
Mike Chapman, Chapman Homes
President, Chapman Homes
Michael Chapman is president of Chapman Homes, a custom residential and commercial development and construction company based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Working in the public and private sectors, Chapman is the former chairman for both the board of directors for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Research Center based in Upper Marlboro, Md., and the Construction Industries Commission of the State of New Mexico. He is also a member of the Industry Steering Committee for the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH).
Bill Freeman, Resilient Floor Covering Institute
Consultant, Resilient Floor Covering Institute
After graduation from Syracuse University with a B.S. in Business Administration and a tour of duty in the Army, Bill joined the Armstrong Cork Company as a Marketing representative in the Floor Division. After sales assignments in Detroit, Chicago and St. Louis, he joined the Carpet Division as Regional Manager of the New York office. In 1974 Bill was named Marketing Manager for Commercial Carpet and subsequently Marketing Manager for Residential carpet. In 1980 he returned to the Floor Division to Manage the Armstrong Floor Fashion Center program, a franchise program for over 2000 Armstrong flooring dealers.
Prior to retiring from a 34 year career with Armstrong in 1999, Bill was Manager of Special Projects where he managed the environmental and regulatory affairs for Floor Products Operations.
Bill is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council, past Vice Chairman of the Consultative Council at the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) in Washington. In addition Bill is a past Board member of the Business Coalition on Indoor Air (BCIA) in Washington, former member of the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment, and former Chairman of the RFCI Technical Committee.
In London during June 2000, Bill was elected to chair ISO Technical Committee 219, Working Group 2 that is establishing world wide resilient flooring standards. Currently Bill is working as a consultant for the Resilient Floor Covering Institute, a trade association in whose members companies manufacture and sell vinyl, carpet, linoleum, wood, rubber and ceramic floors.
Daniel Green, The Green Companies
Vice President, The Green Company
Daniel Green is vice president and a principal of The Green Company, a Massachusetts-based construction and development firm that creates, designs and builds award-winning residential communities.
Builder Magazine, Professional Builder Magazine, and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) have recognized The Green Company with 11 Builder's Choice Design awards (more than any other builder in the country), 10 Best in American Living (BALA) awards, more than 35 National Sales and Marketing awards and a Builder's Spotlight Business Management award.
Green, a third generation builder, graduated from Harvard University and earned his Master's in Business at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. He is on the board of directors of The Newton Conservators, a local non-profit charged with promoting the preservation of open space and environmentally sensitive areas in the City of Newton, Mass. He also sits on the City of Newton Conservation Commission and is actively involved in the NAHB, holding a myriad of appointed positions.
Green also served as a National Center on the Housing Industry trustee and chair of its education subcommittee, and is a builder trustee of the National Sales and Marketing Council. He is a member of the Executive Board of the Builders Association of Greater Boston, and will assume the role of president in 2007.
Jeff Hrivnak, Ph.D., Solvay Specialty Polymers
Industry Platform Manager – Alternative Energy, Solvay Specialty Polymers
Jeff Hrivnak is the Solvay Specialty Polymers Industry Platform Manager for Alternative Energy. This international group is responsible for both strategic and operational marketing within alternative energy for all nine of Solvay Specialty Polymers business units. He is on the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of the Green Building Initiative (GBI), SEMI Photovoltaic North American Advisory Committee, the Electrical Storage Alliance technical working group, and was an invited speaker to the 2010 UL China Materials Symposium.
Since joining Ausimont, the predecessor to Solvay Specialty Polymers, in 1999, he has held several positions in international marketing management, global product management, global marketing, sales and technical service management, research and development, and operations. Prior to joining the company, Jeff was a Research and Development Engineer at DuPont. Jeff holds ten US patents with others pending. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Penn State University and a Master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware.
Solvay Specialty Polymers supplies more products with more performance than any other polymer company in the world. Its broad portfolio includes over 1500 products across 33 brands of high-performance polymers – fluoropolymers, fluoroelastomers, fluorinated fluids, semi-aromatic polyamides, sulfone polymers, aromatic ultra polymers, high-barrier polymers and cross-linked high-performance compounds – for use in Aerospace, Alternative Energy, Automotive, Healthcare, Membranes, Oil & Gas, Packaging, Plumbing, Semiconductors, Wire & Cable, and other markets. Learn more at www.solvayspecialtypolymers.com.
Shannon Hughes, Weyerhaeuser
Director of Marketing Communications, Weyerhaeuser
Shannon Hughes is director of marketing communications for Weyerhaeuser. In her role, she manages both internal communications and the company's marketing including advertising, public relations, green building marketing, branding, sales support and social media efforts.
Shannon has spent 20 years at Weyerhaeuser in a variety of e-business, communications and marketing roles across all of the company’s business units.
Shannon has supported many industry communications/policy efforts including the Abundant Forest Alliance, Sustainable Forestry Initiatives Communication Committee, Wood Promotion Network and the Blue Ribbon Commission supporting the Commodity Check-off Program for Softwood Lumber.
Shannon graduated from the University of Puget Sound with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing. She also holds a leadership certificate from the Seattle University Executive Leadership Program.
Shannon volunteers on several non-profit and educational boards in the Puget Sound area. In her free time, she’s often found planning the next gardening project or travel adventure.
Dr. Charles Kibert, Ph.D., P.E., Cross Creek Initiative
Co-Founder and Chairman, Cross Creek Initiative
Charles Kibert is a professor in the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building Construction, College of Design, Construction and Planning at the University of Florida. He is the director of the Powell Center for Construction and Environment and of the Rinker School from 1999-2002. He is also a co-founder and chairman of the Cross Creek Initiative, a non-profit industry/university joint venture seeking to implement sustainability principles into construction.
Kibert has been a pioneer in the green community. He developed a widely used green building continuing education program for Florida contractors and subcontractors called "Build Green and Profit," and created the first ever student chapter of the USGBC. He organized the first International Conference on Sustainable Construction in November 1994 and several other green building conferences over the past 15 years.
Kibert has published over 120 papers and books, as well as edited several publications on construction, the environment and related issues. He is author of the first edition of the highly successful publication Greening Federal Facilities. He also wrote Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Deliver, 3rd Edition (John Wiley & Sons, 2012) and Working Toward Sustainability: Ethical Decision Making in a Technological World (John Wiley & Sons 2011). He was the editor of Reshaping the Built Environment (Island Press, 1999) and lead editor of Construction Ecology (Spon Press, 2002).
He has been the keynote speaker and lectured on sustainable construction in the U.K., Germany, Lithuania, Finland, Italy, Canada, Poland , Korea, Singapore, China and the U.S. He is a registered professional engineer in Florida and a Green Globes Assessor.
Bob R. Marshall, P.Eng., LEED® A. P., BDS, Jacques Whitford
Senior Building Science Consultant & Cladding Practice Director, Jacques Whitford
Mr. Bob Marshall is Senior Building Science Consultant & Cladding Practice Director for the Facility Assessment and Sustainable Renewal Group (FASR) at Jacques Whitford Limited (Jacques Whitford). Bob is responsible for delivering client solutions and developing sustainable cladding solutions.
Bob has delivered technical services including, LEED educational programs and third party documentation for condominiums and schools, building envelope special investigations, litigation support, peer review service, Building Code “checking” services, Tarion Builder Bulletin 19 Field Review consulting, technical/performance audits, building condition evaluations, and cladding renewal. The key focus is providing solutions to Jacques Whitford’s North American operations, which reduce the risk of problems and contribute to the clients’ success. Repeat clients include municipal, facility owners, property management, developers, senior provincial and federal governments.
Dan Murphy, LEED AP, Environmental Systems Design
Senior Vice President and Director of Codes and Standards, Environmental Systems Design, Inc.
Mr. Murphy has been designing and specifying HVAC, electrical, plumbing, life safety, and fire protection systems for High Rise Commercial, Institutional, and Custom Residential type buildings for the past 35 years. In his current position of Senior Vice President and Director of Codes and Standards at Environmental Systems Design, Inc., Chicago, he is responsible for corporate guidance and philosophy related to Building and Fire Codes and the proper application of Standards and Procedures related to sustainable energy models, and renewable energy concepts.
Mr. Murphy is an authority on Building and Fire Codes and has spoken to private and public user groups about the application of codes in the design and construction of buildings.
Mr. Murphy attended the University of Dayton where he studied Mechanical Engineering and holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering from Kennedy-Western University.
Mr. Murphy is a Registered Professional Engineer and a LEED™ Accredited Professional. He is a professional member of the International Code Council, the National Fire Protection Association, the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers, and is a Certified Plumbing System Engineer. He is a Certified Building Commissioning Professional, a member of the Chicago Committee on High Rise Buildings, is a Certified Fire Protection Specialist, and a Member of the National Society of Professional Engineers. Mr. Murphy is the chair of the Credentialing Committee for The American Society of Plumbing Engineers.
Mr. Murphy is an honorably discharged Vietnam Era US Army Veteran.
Ron Saxton, JELD-WEN, Inc.
Executive Vice-President, JELD-WEN, Inc
Ron is Executive Vice-President of JELD-WEN Windows & Doors, Oregon's largest privately-owned company and a worldwide leader in manufacturing and marketing of doors and windows. Ron’s duties include being the Chief Environmental Officer and Chief Administration Officer for the company, public policy, government relations and public affairs.
Prior to joining JELD-WEN, Ron practiced law for over 25 years and co-founded the Ater Wynne law firm, serving as the firm’s Chair from 1990 to 2001. His practice focused on business, regulatory and energy law, with emphasis on major corporate initiatives, regulatory issues, project development, manufacturing, public-private partnerships, and counseling senior management. Ater Wynne is a recognized leader in representation of Oregon businesses.
Kat Sims, Plum Creek Timber Company
Senior Director of Sustainability, Plum Creek Timber Company
Kathleen (Kat) Sims has recently become Senior Director of Sustainability at Plum Creek Timber Company. Prior to holding this position, she was Senior Director of Real Estate Law at Plum Creek a position she held since 2006.
Before joining Plum Creek, she practiced law at two Northwest law firms and two east coast law firms. She was a partner at Alston, Courtnage & Bassetti LLP, and as an associate attorney at Foster Pepper, Harter Secrest and Underberg & Kessler.
Sims earned a bachelor's degree in political science (magna cum laude) from University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana and a juris doctorate (cum laude) from Syracuse University College of Law.
Ms. Sims currently serves on the programs and operations committee for Childhaven a non-profit located in Seattle, Washington. She previously served on the board of directors for the Syracuse University Law Alumni Association, and the boards of Cancer Action and the Veteran’s Outreach Center, each located in Rochester, New York.
Thomas A. Taylor, LEED AP BD+C, Vertegy, an Alberici Enterprise
General Manager, Vertegy, an Alberici Enterprise
Thomas is a fourth generation, 29-year veteran of the construction industry and a noted expert on sustainability. A longtime advocate for green building, he brings experience and passion to the leadership of Vertegy, which he launched in February 2005 following the success of the Four Green Globes and LEED Platinum Alberici Corporate Headquarters project, for which Thomas represented both owner and design/build construction manager.
He holds a B.S. in Business Management from Southern Illinois University with a minor in Construction Management. His experience led him to author the book, Guide to LEED 2009: Estimating and Preconstruction Strategies, which provides systematic guidance for contractors, estimators and design professionals through the LEED 2009 for New Construction process. Thomas has directed the development of numerous construction- and sustainability-based educational programs and serves as a faculty member for the Associated General Contractors of America. Thomas led Vertegy to create a course catalog for the education of sustainability professionals and practitioners that covers a wide range of design- and construction-related topics. Over the years, Thomas has served on and chaired various committees on both the local St. Louis and National Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). He is a member of the Missouri Gateway Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council and a LEED Accredited Professional.
Jay Thomas, Sika Sarnafil
Director of Marketing, Sika Sarnafil
Jay Thomas is the Director of Marketing for Sika Sarnafil a global supplier of thermoplastic membranes for roofing, waterproofing and civil engineering applications. He has more than 25 years of marketing, sales and product management experience in the defense, environmental and construction industries. Jay has an MBA from the University of Massachusetts and a BS in marketing from Northeastern University. He has served as the chairman of the Vinyl Promotion Network and is the current marketing chairman of the Vinyl Roofing Division of the CFFA.
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