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Welcoming our founders--Meredith and Nellie--back into Green Gurus

Hi folks,

I’m excited to be welcoming Meredith Elbaum and Nellie Reid into this forum! Meredith and Nellie were the duo that originally conceived of the Sustainable Design Leaders network back in 2008, and led the effort (with BuildingGreen’s support) through it’s early years. 

They later left their SDL roles, so they haven’t been included since we tightened up the rules. But it’s high time we brought them back in!

Nellie is a sustainability consultant in Ireland, so she’s also part of the newly formed Sustainable Advising Leaders peer network that BuildingGreen is facilitating. I’ll let her say more about her work if she chooses to (re)introduce herself to the group.

Meredith is now executive director of USGBC Massachusetts—an unaffiliated chapter. We don’t have a peer network for nonprofit EDs, so she’s just in this Green Gurus forum and not in any of the peer networks. (So we’re straying from protocol to include her here, but as cofounder of the network, it’s the least we can do!)

Please join me in welcoming and thanking Meredith and Nellie!

Nadav

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Tue, 05/07/2019 - 12:49

Yay Nellie and Meredith. Great to see you here again!

Tue, 05/07/2019 - 13:51

This is great! Thank you. Get Outlook for Android

Tue, 05/07/2019 - 14:02

Hurray !!!!! We missed you both and glad to reconnect through this forum. Thanks to you both ( and BG) for making all of this happen ! PAULINE SOUZA PARTNER, WRNS Studio Sustainability Director LEED Fellow 415-203-3260 cell

Tue, 05/07/2019 - 14:22

It’s so good to have you both back where you belong! I’m so grateful to you both for bringing us together at the start, and delighted that we will hear your voices again! Betsy On T

Tue, 05/07/2019 - 14:23

Please tell me they will be at the summer summit! Lisa Fay Matthiessen HGA M 310.345.9623

Tue, 05/07/2019 - 14:43

Welcome back Nellie and Meredith: We missed you and NEED you! with love Mary Ann Mary Ann Lazarus maryannlazarus2@gmail.com mobile: 314.805.9332

Tue, 05/07/2019 - 14:57

Oh heck yeah! Great to have Nellie and Meredith back! Jim Newman | Principal Linnean Solutions Cambridge, MA | Portland, ME www.linneansolutions.com (617) 699-7323

Tue, 05/07/2019 - 15:47

Huzzah! This is excellent news. Carolyn Day

Tue, 05/07/2019 - 16:49

Welcome back! It has been almost 10 years?  Felt like it was just yesterday... Best,
Luke Leung

Tue, 05/07/2019 - 22:08

Yay Nellie and Meredith! We’ve missed you. I think you will be happy to see how faithful we’ve been to your initial idea and how many new faces have joined the dialogue. Lois Lois Vitt Sale, FAIA, LEED Fellow Senior Vice President Wight & Company 2500 North Frontage Road Darien, IL 60561630.969.7000 | d 630.739.7514 | m 630.450.1662 | f 630.969.7979 www.wightco.com On M

Thu, 05/09/2019 - 19:35

This has warmed my heart. Welcome back Meredith and Nellie! Your spirit has always been present. Rand

Thu, 05/09/2019 - 20:07

Hello friends! It was great to see you at the conference Meredith, and I hope you are well Nellie. Glad to be back in the grove with you amazing trail blazers! Looking forward to collaborating ( I have made the jump to the Contractor world) April

Mon, 05/13/2019 - 21:40

Thank you all for the warm return.  I admit I felt a bit empty without this forum. It was great seeing so many of you in Seattle and meeting new leaders. I’m amazed by how much we can do together. Annie Bevan from Superior Essex said at ILFI that the LP 50 would not be where they are today had architects not started writing letters in 2012.  That’s just one example of the things we can do together.    I’m super excited about the expanded peer networks. I’m pushing to get one together for leaders of green building organizations like mine in Massachusetts.  Onward, Meredith   

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