Jennifer Adams is a construction manager at the Georgia Department of Community Affairs’ Office of Affordable Housing.  She has been at Georgia DCA for 1 ½ years, helping to shape architectural design policy and oversee the construction of affordable housing across Georgia.  Before coming to Georgia DCA, she worked both in the commercial general contracting industry and in the tax/audit field of construction cost segregation.  She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Building Construction from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a pending Master of Arts degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Architectural History.

Carlie Bullock-Jones is a Sustainable Design Consultant with Ecoworks Studio in Atlanta, Georgia, guiding multiple clients, consultants and design teams through green building initiatives and sustainable strategies specific to their projects. She has collaborated on many
award-winning LEED projects which included leading the effort for the first LEED CI Platinum rated facility in the country, the Interface Showroom and offices. Carlie has written, prepared and presented multiple and various green building topics, including the facilitation of sustainable design (LEED) eco-charettes, and remains current with the industry through her participation and speaking engagements at many green building conferences such as the AIA National
Convention, EnvironDesign, ICFF as well as the USGBC International Greenbuild Conference and Expo. Carlie was also a member of the US Green Building Council’s former LEED for Commercial Interiors Core Committee and is an active member of the LEED Curriculum
Committee as well as the National ASID Sustainable Design Council. In 2004, she received the ASID Georgia Chapter Presidential Citation for Distinguished Service to the Society and Profession. As a frequent speaker on Sustainable Design issues Carlie also serves as a
USGBC LEED Faculty member and Adjunct Professor in the College of Architecture, Design and Construction at Auburn University.

Jeff Christian founded the the Buildings Technology Center, which is a National Department of Energy user facility (BTC) located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.  The Center’s activities span research on zero energy residential and commercial buildings, advanced appliances, moisture control in buildings, roofs, walls, and foundations, cooling, heating, and solar power integrated systems, and whole building design and performance. Jeff Christian has written more than 135 technical publications, primarily in the area of building energy efficiency. Since 2002 Jeff has focused his research on residential building systems integration.  He established a residential research park with TVA near ORNL in 1999, which, now has 9 test houses, 5 of which are all electric near Zero Energy Houses.   In 2002-2005 lead a team that designed and built the 1st five near zero energy houses with Habitat for Humanity, in the Tennessee Valley Authority’s service territory.  These 1100 ft2 to 2600 ft2 SIP houses have solar grid-tie and have daily total energy costs from $1.12 to $0.42.  Christian has won the ORNL Science Communicator of the year award in 2002 and 2007.  In November of 2007 received the ORNL Director's Award for Community Service, for his effective communication of …, Near-Zero Energy housing—to the public.

Chris Clark is the Executive Director of the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority (GEFA). GEFA serves as the state bank by providing loans and grants for Clean Drinking Water, Clean Water, weatherization, economic development, and solid waste projects for local governments. GEFA also finances the Governor’s Land Conservation Program and houses the State Energy Office, Georgia’s alternative fuels program and  the state fuel storage tank program.

Mr. Clark serves on the State of Georgia Drought Command and is a member of the Georgia Water Council. He is the Governor’s proxy on the Southern Growth Policy Board  and is an advisory board member for the University of Georgia’s College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.  Mr. Clark was a graduate of Georgia’s first Executive Leadership program and serves as First Vice President of the Georgia Economic Developers Associations (GEDA) Board of Directors.

Chris Clark was previously the Deputy Commissioner for Global Commerce at the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), the marketing arm of the state of Georgia. During his tenure the State recorded record years with over 45,000 new jobs created and over $8 billion in new investment. Mr. Clark also oversaw the expansion of Georgia’s global footprint by opening new offices in Chile, China and France.

Prior positions include President & CEO of the Fayette County Development Authority in metro Atlanta, and President & CEO of the Hawkinsville-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce and Development Association. He was named by Georgia Trend Magazine to its annual “40 Under 40” list of state leaders in 2006.

A native of Fitzgerald, Ga., Mr. Clark graduated from Georgia Southern University and holds an M.A. in Public Administration from Georgia College and State University.  In 2000 Georgia College and State University named Chris the “Recent Alumni of the Year.”

Mr. Clark, his wife Tiffany and son Christian reside near Peachtree City in Fayette County, Georgia and attend Dogwood Baptist Church.

Seth Coan holds a B.S. from Cornell University in civil and environmental engineering and an M.S.E. from the University of California at Berkeley in environmental engineering. He is currently working on a second Master of Science degree in real estate development at the Robinson School of Business at GSU. His work experience includes working as an environmental engineering consultant on a variety of municipal and industrial development projects. Responsibilities at Southface include LEED Administration, as well as technical support with energy modeling and storm water management.

Seth has project related experience in the field of water resources management. He has been project engineer in water and wastewater treatment, reclaimed water and storm water treatment projects. In addition, Seth has experience with brownfield remediation, health risk analysis, database management and GIS systems. Outside of work, Seth has volunteered his time with Engineers Without Borders, he has lived abroad and worked on water related projects in the developing world, he is an enthusiastic photographer and musician, and he speaks Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.

Roger Cone is the founder and president of Southern Energy Solutions of Marietta, Georgia. In operation since 2004, Roger and his brother, Charles Cone, are dealers of renewable energy and resource conservation products. Southern Energy Solutions has worked extensively with Atlanta area water officials, builders and homeowners in promoting water conservation through greywater reuse.  Another major focus of Southern Energy Solutions is the promotion of renewable energy products  such as solar thermal systems for water heating and solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and residential wind turbines for generating electricity.

Prior to his current position, Roger was co-founder and president for thirteen years of EcoTech Consultants of Atlanta.  This firm markets energy recovery systems for schools, office buildings, hospitals and laboratories, and pressure controls for  laboratories and hospital rooms.  EcoTech has completed numerous projects for Emory University, Georgia Tech and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Roger is a member of Southface Energy Institute, the Georgia Solar Energy Association and the U.S. Green Building Council. He is currently pursuing LEED AP accreditation.

Heidi was elected Mayor of Athens-Clarke County in 2002, and re-elected in 2006. She is a member of the Board of Managers of the Association County Commissioners of Georgia and the Mayor’s Innovation Project Steering Committee.

Betsy del Monte, AIA, LEED AP, is a principal in the architecture group at Beck, and has been focusing on issues of sustainability in commercially successful projects for many years. She has twenty six years of experience in architectural design, project management, and sustainability consulting.

Betsy received her Bachelor of Science degree in architecture from the University of Virginia, and a Master of Architecture degree from Rice University. Her experience includes work at architecture firms in Atlanta and Houston, as well as nine years with Philip Johnson and John Burgee in New York.

Betsy was 2007 President of AIA Dallas, and is the past chair of the North Texas Green Building Council. She has spoken at national conferences on the subjects of green construction and sustainable building design.

Jim Durrett is Executive Director of the Livable Communities Coalition, an organization formed in August 2005 to promote quality growth development in the Atlanta region.  The Coalition of approximately 40 organizations is a diverse network of leaders, community and economic development experts and resources, all aligned to help the community address the opportunities and challenges of growth and development.  The goal is the best quality of living in the Atlanta region for all, now and in the future.

Previously, Durrett served for five years with the Urban Land Institute (ULI) as Executive Director of ULI's Atlanta District Council.  ULI is a research and education think tank dedicated to land use and real estate development issues.  Durrett came to ULI from the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, where he held the position of Vice President of Environmental Affairs.  Previous work experience included two-and-a-half years as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Georgia Conservancy, and ten years as a professional geologist with Golder Associates.

Durrett was a member of the Georgia Environmental Advisory Council from 1998 until 2005, a position appointed by the Governor to advise the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division and the Governor on environmental policy matters.  He was a member of the inaugural class of the Institute for Georgia Environmental Leadership and a participant in the Regional Leadership Institute.  He has also served on numerous collaborative committees and task forces working on growth management issues in the state of Georgia.

Non-profit board experience includes six years on the board of trustees of the Georgia Conservancy, three years on the board of PEDS, a pedestrian advocacy organization, which he chaired in 2005, and seven years on the board of trustees of the Hambidge Center, an artist residency program on 600 acres in Rabun County, Georgia.  He currently serves as chairman of the Board.  Durrett also served for two years in his community as president of the Briarcliff Woods Civic Association. Durrett is a frequent speaker at local and national conferences and workshops on land use and environmental matters.

Durrett attended the Westminster Schools in Atlanta and earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Virginia and a master's degree in Geology from the University of Georgia.  He completed post-graduate work in hydrogeology at the University of Texas.  He is an Atlanta native and lives in DeKalb County with his wife, Pat, and their two children, James (16) and Ryan (14).

Mike Faha, ASLA  is a founding principal of GreenWorks, an award-winning Pacific Northwest landscape architecture and environmental planning firm located in Portland, Oregon. Mike’s primary professional interest is in creating livable, sustainable communities that balance economic, social and ecological needs. Towards that end, Mike leads planning and design project teams which integrate urban ecology, green infrastructure, and urban design on a variety of public and private sector projects. Mike has been the lead in a variety of landscape architectural planning and design project types, including: civic and institutional; commercial and industrial; housing; mixed-use; recreational; public infrastructure; transportation; and urban design. The thread that connects those projects is his focus on sustainable green practices, from community and site planning to detailed site design. Mike is registered landscape architect in Oregon, a LEED accredited professional and received his Bachelor of Science degree from Oregon State University.

GreenWorks’ practice, established in 1987, has mirrored the successful reputation that Portland has garnered over the past years for its promotion and implementation of green development practices, sustainable stormwater strategies, and low impact development. The firm has been exporting the “Portland Sustainability Story” at a national and international level in pursuit of broadening public acceptance of green urban design for the 21st century.

Dr. Kevin A. Fletcher currently serves as Executive Director for Audubon International, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) environmental organization focusing on sustainable development and sustainable resource management.  In this capacity, he is responsible for all day-to-day management of the organization’s environmental programs and initiative.  He has also recently served as an Instructor in Environmental Science for Skidmore College in Saratoga, New York and is currently an Adjunct Professor for the Siena College Environmental Studies Program in Albany, New York. 

Prior to his current position he served as an Instructor in Rensselaer’s Lally School of Management & Technology and the Environmental Management & Policy program; as Associate Editor, Managing Editor, and Board member for Corporate Environmental Strategy: The Journal of Environmental Leadership, published by Elsevier Science; as Vice President for a management consulting firm specializing in environmental management, business strategy, and organizational change—working with clients such as Toyota, Consolidated-Edison, Holnam, the National Environmental Policy Institute and the World Resources Institute—and; as a member of Bausch & Lomb’s Corporate Environmental Affairs department.

Dr. Fletcher holds a Bachelors of Science in Biology from the State University of New York at Geneseo, a Masters of Science degree in Environmental Management & Policy from Rensselaer, and a Doctorate degree in Management (with a concentration in environmental management, business strategy, organizational theory, and change management) from Rensselaer’s Lally School of Management & Technology.  Dr. Fletcher is also co-author Environmental Management and Business Strategy: Leadership Skills for the 21st Century (John Wiley: 1998) and has published in numerous trade, professional, and peer-review publications as well being quotes in numerous publication outlets. 

Since 2000 Martin Fretty has served as Director of the City of Savannah Department of Housing.  Mr. Fretty held similar positions in Macon, at Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise and in West Memphis.  He has a Master of Architecture, McGill University, Montreal (1984) and a Bachelor of Architecture, University of Kentucky (1982).