Contact: Rick Fochtman, LEED AP, Chair, Bernards

The Education and Program Committee (EPC) is responsible for organizing Membership Meetings, programming LEED Workshops, developing Joint Curriculum and EPP Workshops, planning and organizing Speakers Series and organizing Site Tours, Field Trips and Joint Workshops and Events. The EPC identified speakers, develops educational curriculm and presentations, and works with educational partners including AIA Inland California, Chaffey College, San Bernardino Community College District among others.

Committee Members:

De Aundi Abbott, LEED AP, Rescue Green

Thomas Jacques, P.E. LEED AP, Wilson & Company

The Emerging Green Builders (EGB) is a USGBC Committee aimed to integrate students and young professionals into the green building movement primarily through its local chapter network. An emerging green builder is anyone from any discipline interested in becoming more involved in green building. This group is comprised of students and young professionals but EGB also incorporates seasoned professionals who are new to the green building industry. For USGBC discounts one must be within 5 years of graduation or under 25.

Contact: Jan Hudson, Co-chair, Inland Empire Labor Management Cooperation Committee (IELMCC)

Contact: Glenna Wiseman,
Co-chair, Heliopower

Committee Members:

Vincent Battaglia, Renova

Kristy Greenwood, Moore Electric

Mark Ledbetter, GroSolar

Shelli Sedlak, GE

Levi Cox, RBF Consulting

The Finance Committee is responsible for ensuring organizational fiscal health and adequate funding for Ongoing Educational and Membership Activities and Programming through Fundraising Initiatives, and Sponsorship Development.

Committee Members:

Steven Roy, CCSR, Inc.

Bonnie Montoya-May, LEED AP, AUI

The Legislative Committee is responsible for keeping the membership informed to increase awareness of green and sustainable legislative developments at the federal, state and local levels, and for identifying the potential impacts to development and building practices within our region.  The committee is also a resource for Inland Empire legislators, governing agencies, real estate, design and construction professionals.

Committee Members:

John Condas

Jon Dougal

Irma Flores, Abundance Unlimited, Inc.

Steven Roy, CCSR, Inc.
Kevin Varner, Vista Futura

The Marketing & PR Committee is responsible for Website development and maintenance, preparing event programs and informational materials, broadcasting upcoming events, maintaining Chapter documents, archiving Chapter activities and managing Chapter Media Relations.

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This Committee is not yet active. If you have experience in marketing and public relations and would like to get involved with organizing this Committee, please contact

Bonnie Montoya-May or a Chapter Board Member.

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Organizing

Contact: Keith Butler, Org. Co-Chair, Rick Engineering

Contact: Anna (Haller) Patterson, Org. Co Chair, Trash Talkers

The Membership Committee (MP) is a critical working group and outreach arm of the USGBC-IE Chapter. The MC’s primary responsibility is to actively engage and retain members, potential members and Chapter friends and partners in the mission and activities of the Chapter. The MC serves as a critical communications link between the membership and Chapter core and sector-based committees, forums, task forces and board of directors.

The MC’s primary goals are to:

• Orient new members to Chapter committees, forums, task forces and activities
• Recruit  and retain new members and chapter leaders
• Support the development of a strong regional member network
• Monitor and identify member needs, talents and capacities
• Support Chapter committees, forums and on-going events and workshops through member engagement and participation

Committee Members:

Open for Membership

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Organizing

Contact: Thomas Jacques, P.E. LEED AP, Chair 

Contact: Diana Sbardellati, City of Perris

Goals: To further the purpose of the U.S. Green Building Council and USGBC-IE, the USGBC-Inland Empire Municipalities Forum provides environmentally sound and socially responsible ideas to municipalities to aid in the development of policies and practices that will form an interwoven green foundation to a sustainable Inland Empire.

The Muni FORUM'S primary goals are to:

• Provide information supporting green building and LEED practices to all Municipalities in the Inland Empire
• Connect Municipalities in Inland Empire to USGBC and the Chapter
• Support green building and LEED practices

Committee Members:

Grace Williams, March Joint Powers Authority

Kevin Viera, WRGOG

Laura Frankie

Jan Hudson, NECA-IBEW-IELMCC

Dan Fairbanks, City of Temecula

Kelly Cwiertny, Best Best & Krieger

Haviva Shane, Best Best & Krieger

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Organizing

Professional Organizations FORUM

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Reorganizing

Residential Green Building Committee (RGB)

Tribal Lands FORUM

Contact: Irma Flores, Organizing Chair, AUI

Commercial Development Committee