Summary: The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced its list of candidates for seats on the council’s 2008 board of directors on October 1, and a number of AIA members are running for office. The USGBC board has one open seat in each of four categories: at-large director, building product manufacturers, contractors/builders, and state and local government.

The USGBC’s voting process is online and open from October 3–November 2. The council encourages all members to cast a vote for the 2008 Board of Directors. Any individual employed by a USGBC member firm (”organization”) may cast a proportional share of his or her firm’s vote. (To access the election ballot, you will need to create a site user account on the USGBC Web site and make sure it includes your firm’s corporate ID number. If you don’t already have a site user account, visit www.usgbc.org and click on “Your Account” to create one.)

The ballots also include a write-in category.

At-large candidates

• Katherine Austin, AIA
  Katherine Austin AIA Architect
• Daniel J. Becker, AIA
  Senior Project Manager
  Plunkett Raysich Architects
• Anthony Bernheim, FAIA
  Principal, Sustainable Design Solutions
  HDR Architecture Inc.
• Linda Kiisk, AIA LEED AP
  Associate Director, Facilities Planning
  University of Wyoming
• Christopher “Kit” Ratcliff, AIA
  President
  Ratcliff
• Lois Vitt Sale, AIA
  Director of Sustainability
  NELSON
• Vernon Woodworth, AIA, LEED AP
  Architect
  Sullivan Code Group–R.W. Sullivan.

Other candidates for the at-large seat are:

• David Borchardt, Director of Sustainable Development, The Tower Companies
• Colin M. Coyne, Chief Operating Officer, Melaver, Inc.
• Gwen Wood Emery, Associate Principal, Herbert S. Newman & Partners
• Robert Hascall, Vice President, Campus Services, Emory University
• Judith Heerwagen, President, J.H. Heerwagen & Associates
• Edward S. Korczak, CEO/Executive Director, National Wood Flooring Association
• William H. LeVan, Executive Vice President, Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute
• Blake N. Murillo, CEO, Psomas
• Scott (Craig) Richardson, Principal, Gorman Richardson Architects
• David M. Roebuck, President, Armentrout Roebuck Matheny, Consulting Group PC
• Carl E. Smith, CEO, GREENGUARD Environmental Institute
• Robert A. Stevenson PE, Sr. Vice President, Ghafari Associates LLC
• Jorge Torres Coto, Commissioning Agent, McParlane & Associates
• Michael Virga, Executive Director, American Forest & Paper Association
• Stephen Ashkin, President, The Ashkin Group LLC.

State and Local Government rep to be elected
Additionally, two AIA members are running for the State and Local Government seat:

• Milford Wayne Donaldson, FAIA
  State Historic Preservation Officer, California State Parks
• Deborah Weintraub, AIA, LEED AP
  Deputy City Engineer (Chief Architect), City of Los Angeles

The other candidates are:

• David Freedman, Chief Engineer, State of Georgia Pollution Prevention
• Craig Kneeland, Senior Project Manager, NYSERDA
• Dennis Alan Maloskeym, Director, Sustainable Engineering & Development, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania–Governor’s Green Government Council.

Candidates’ bios, photos, and issues statements are available on the USGBC Web site. Remember to vote before November 2.