Cheryl Walker, an architect with Gantt Huberman Architects in Charlotte, NC, received a Masters of Architecture degree in 1981 from North Carolina State University. As a principal of the firm Design Harmony (1992-96), one of the first firms in the country to focus on sustainable design, Cheryl researched and incorporated aspects of sustainable design in all the firm's projects including the Body Shop US Headquarters, one of the 1997 AIA COTE's Earth Day Top Ten winners. Under an EPA grant, she co-authored the WasteSpec - the first model specifications for construction and waste management -which has become the national standard for construction waste management.
Since joining Gantt Huberman Architects in 2000, Cheryl serves as the Sustainable Design Coordinator concentrating on educating and mainstreaming green design into the culture of the firm. She leads the firm's sustainable efforts on such LEED projects as ImaginOn: The Joe and Joan Martin Center, Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities' Environmental Services Facility, and UNCC's Center City Classroom Building. She has led efforts to have high performance building guidelines adopted by municipalities for incorporation in all public buildings. Her research and articles on green architecture have been published nationally. In addition to practice, she continues to speak on sustainable design regionally and nationally.
Cheryl currently chairs both the Sustainable Design Task Force and the Public Policy Task Force of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards and has served on the USGBC Charlotte Region Chapter Board of Directors since 2006.
