Prabh Banga (moderator)

Vice-President, Sustainability (Aecon Group, Inc.)

Prabh is a corporate sustainability strategist with over 15 years of experience integrating and operationalizing sustainability into corporate strategy. She has led the development and execution of sustainability strategies, providing a framework for corporations to make decisions that balance economic, environmental, and social responsibility in a way that drives business value. At Aecon Group Inc., Prabh leads the development and delivery of Aecon’s sustainability strategy. Her key responsibilities include integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) into operations and construction projects, identifying future trends, emerging technologies, and operationalizing sustainability into day-to-day practices. Prior to joining Aecon, Prabh was the Associate Director, Strategy & Sustainability at Toronto Pearson International Airport, where she was ranked Top 40 under 40 in North America by Airport Business for integrating sustainability as a value driver into airport operations and management. She was also ranked Top 20 under 40 by Wings Magazine for influencing Canadian Aviation. Prabh has a Master of Resource and Environmental Management from Dalhousie University and undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies from McMaster University. Prabh is often a guest lecturer at universities and conferences, most recently having spoken at the BC Clean Tech Conference. Prabh is currently serving as the North American representative on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Stakeholder Council as well as a Research associate with the National Academy of Sciences.

Bob Beinstein, PE, ENV SP (moderator)

(AECOM)

Robert M. Beinstein (Bob), P.E., ENV SP, has held technical and managerial roles in the commercial nuclear industry, managed environmental and smart growth programs in the Federal marketplace, and lead a diverse array of client service-related work in the engineering consulting business.  He served on the Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory Board at the Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure (in the Harvard Graduate School of Design) from its inception, helping develop the Envision Sustainable Infrastructure Rating system, and remains involved with ongoing research there.  Bob spent four months in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, managing a temporary power team in the wake of Hurricane Maria, has guest lectured at multiple universities and teaches the Envision Sustainability Professional credentialling course for both government and private sector organizations.  At AECOM, Bob leads the ESG market for the Americas.

Ian Cain, ENV SP

Senior Botanist (HDR)

Ian Cain is a senior botanist with HDR based in Sacramento, California. He has been involved in conducting and leading botanical, wetland, and habitat surveys in the greater Arid Southwest since 2005 and is a certified consulting botanist with the California Native Plant Society. He has worked on assessing and verifying Envision projects.

Miah Cohall, EIT, ENV SP

Assistant Engineer II (Hazen and Sawyer)

Miah Cohall is a member of Hazen’s Sustainability and Drinking Water Groups. She has coordinated with NYCDEP on numerous projects to meet various sustainability Key Performance Indicators (KPI) goals to work towards NYC’s climate change initiatives and maintain compliance with NYC Local Laws. Miah has contributed to several Envision applications, including the Tallman Island Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility project (TI-168) that achieved an Envision Silver Award. In addition, she works with communities in New Hampshire and Connecticut to identify the location of lead service lines in homes, schools, and childcare facilities in support of the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions.

Gina Danison, ENV SP

Director of Environmental Programs (Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority)

Gina Danison joined Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority (RDUAA) as the Environmental Program Officer in January 2008. Over the years she worked in various roles in the environmental department and took on the new roll of Director of Environmental Programs in June of 2021. In this position, she oversees compliance items and associated programs related to air quality, stormwater, wastewater, PFAS, among others. She was the Project Manager for the development of the Authority’s first Sustainability Management Plan and also for the Greenhouse Gas Roadmap and Decarbonization Plan project. Before working at RDUAA, Gina worked with the EPA in the Office of Pesticide Products and in private consulting. She has over 25 years of experience. Gina received her Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Kansas.

Alexandra Davis

Senior Sustainability Consultant (C&S Companies)

Alexandra Davis has national experience in tailoring sustainability efforts to airport design and construction projects of every size and scale. She specializes in developing mission-aligned targets for holistic sustainability integration with expertise in embodied carbon analysis and stakeholder engagement. Her work extends to climate vulnerability planning, sustainability management plans, and third-party certification support across aviation, education, and commercial sectors. Alexandra’s career highlights include leading the sustainability and Envision strategy for the world’s first Envision Platinum airfield, which included the first FAA approved specification for low carbon concrete. This innovative specification incorporates in-situ carbon dioxide mineralization technology, allowing for carbon sequestration in the mix design and sets a global warming potential target to reduce a project’s overall carbon impact.

Joel Dilling, ENV SP

Green Building Project Manager (Entuitive)

Joel possesses extensive industry experience spanning 6 years, encompassing diverse project types such as commercial, residential, institutional, transportation, and road construction. His passion for sustainability and climate resilience was cultivated through hands-on involvement in these projects as well as his academic pursuits. This led Joel to obtain credentials in LEED and Envision, as well as a specialized expertise in Climate Resilience. From pre-design planning sessions to the execution of on-site construction activities, Joel applies his comprehensive understanding of sustainability and climate resilience to the entire project lifecycle. This holistic view of the process enables Joel to integrate sustainability and climate resilience knowledge throughout the whole project lifecycle, fostering a cohesive and collaborative environment.

Gabriela Duarte, MSc, ENV SP

Sustainability Consultant (Stantec Consulting Ltd.)

Gabriela is a Sustainability Consultant at Stantec Consulting, working in the field of sustainable infrastructure design. With a Master’s in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s in Public Administration, Gabriela has applied her unique blend of skills and knowledge to projects across North America. She assists project teams in assessing water, wastewater, parks, and transportation projects, and develops narratives to achieve higher sustainability levels. She also supports the Envision verification process and is currently involved in supporting over $12 Billion (construction value) in infrastructure projects through the Envision process, aiming to improve the sustainability and resilience of our infrastructure.

Courtney Eaton, PE, ENV SP

Project Manager (Kleinfelder)

Ms. Eaton has over 24 years of experience in planning, design and asset management of wastewater and stormwater treatment and conveyances systems. She has a particular interest in incorporating sustainable practices into those systems and as such, is credentialed as an Envision Sustainability Professional for infrastructure projects. In recent years, she has been involved in a number of planning and design projects where she has used the Envision framework to help utilities further the sustainability of their systems, including the San Diego International Airport New Terminal 1.

Lauren Evans, PE, ENV SP

President/CEO, Chairman of the Board (Pinyon Environmental)

Lauren Evans, PE, ENV SP has more than four decades of experience in the environmental industry with a focus on environmental regulations, remediation, and sustainability. In 1993 she founded the Lakewood, Colorado based Pinyon Environmental, Inc. and the firm now employs approximately 70 staff members.  Ms. Evans started the firm based on the belief that clients deserve ethical business practices and intelligent, cost-conscious solutions. During her tenure, her company has reached annual revenues of $10M and completed over 20,000 projects for over 1,450 clients across the US. She has implemented innovative corporate tools including open book management, the balanced scorecard, predictive leading indicators, an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), and creation of an innovation & optimization department within the company to develop and implement new technologies for application on the company’s projects. Ms. Evans is a past president of The American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado (ACEC/CO).  She has chaired or served on various ACEC committees, and actively participates in industry organizations.  Her honors include being named ACEC/CO Outstanding Woman in Engineering, and Colorado Business in Ethics award winner.  Ms. Evans is a long-standing champion of raising public awareness and understanding and appreciation of the engineering profession.

Elena Fisher, AICP, ENV SP

City Planner (City of Philadelphia Department of Aviation)

Elena Fisher is a city planning professional in the Sustainability Unit of the City of Philadelphia Department of Aviation (DOA). At DOA, Elena was a member of the leadership team for the DOA’s Sustainability Management Plan and Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Plan. Her work has included a wide variety of sustainability, environmental compliance and planning projects. Elena has participated in several Envision verification efforts at DOA, including the successful Taxiway J Rehabilitation project that earned Envision verification in February 2024, several other taxiway project, and the West Cargo Redevelopment and Expansion Plan at the Philadelphia International Airport. As Envision Program Manager for the DOA, Elena is leading the development of DOA’s Envision program by fostering collaboration and information-sharing and focusing on a lessons-learned, iterative improvement process.

Courtney Gantt, ENV SP

Sustainability and Environmental Consultant (RS&H, Inc.)

Courtney Gantt is an Envision leader for RS&H with experience leading Envision efforts on a wide range of transportation projects including roadways, runways and taxiways, parking lots, and energy generation projects. With multiple years of experience in energy, environmental, and sustainability roles, she is able to provide insight into the interdependence and synergies between environmental compliance and sustainability initiatives. Currently, Courtney serves as the co-chair for the Airports and Envision Working Group, where she supports increased education and outreach of the Envision framework for airport representatives and consultants. She is also the lead ENV SP for five projects pursuing verification including the RDU Park Economy 3 Expansion Project.

Carly Gazze, ENV SP

Environmental Scientist (STV Inc)

Carly Gazze is a Sustainability Manager and Environmental Scientist on the Environmental team at STV. Carly provides sustainability leadership on large and complex building and infrastructure projects seeking USGBC LEED certifications and ISI Envision awards. Carly is a key contributor to STV’s sustainability initiatives, fostering collaboration across disciplines to integrate sustainable and resilient design principles into the broader project portfolio. Carly is passionate about incorporating sustainability into the built environment and promotes sustainable design, construction, and operational practices.

Lindsey Geiger, PE, LEED AP BD+C, ENV SP

Director, Environment & Sustainability (Portland Cement Association)

Lindsey Geiger is the Director of Environment & Sustainability at Portland Cement Association. In this role, she develops narratives to illustrate PCA’s Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality goals and show progress. Ms. Geiger holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA, and a master’s degree in environmental engineering from Michigan Technological University in Houghton, MI. She is a Professional Engineer (PE), registered in Virginia and Colorado, and has earned two sustainability credentials: Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP) and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional Building Design and Construction (LEED AP BD+C).

Patricia Gómez, Ph.D., PE, CEM, GBE, LEED AP, ENV SP

Interim Chief Resilience Officer and Director of Energy (Miami-Dade County Office of Resilience)

Dr. Patricia Gómez has more than 20 years of direct experience working on engineering, resilience and sustainability-related opportunities in both the public sector and private industries. Dr. Gómez serves in the dual roles of Interim Chief Resilience Officer and Director of Energy in Miami-Dade County’s Office of Resilience. During her County career, she has successfully implemented multiple projects that have improved the sustainability and resilience of County facilities and operations while also reducing energy and water consumption and increasing efficiency throughout the community through initiatives such incorporation of enterprise-wide utility billing management software, the Building Efficiency 305 (BE305) program, the Climate Action Strategy and on-site solar installations at County facilities. Dr. Gómez is a LEED AP BD+C accredited professional, a Certified Energy Manager and a Professional Engineer in the State of Florida. Dr. Gómez holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from University of Miami.

Ted Heyd

Senior Associate (Michael Baker International)

Ted is a multimodal transportation planner who is passionate about the advancement of projects that make our transportation system more accessible inviting to those who walk, bike, and take the bus for everyday transportation. He has managed a variety of mobility projects including corridor studies, safety action plans, intersection redesigns.

Nidal Hussein, ENV SP

Engineer (CDM Smith Consultants)

Nidal Hussein is a Jordanian professional engineer with an MSc in environmental engineering, a post graduate diploma in water and irrigation, and a BSc in civil engineering. For the last 35 years, Nidal has worked on infrastructure projects in Jordan, Saudi Arabia/Aramco, and the United Arab Emirates. During 2017-2020, Nidal worked as Project Manager with AECOM to manage two packages in EXPO 2020/Dubai – one of them for bridges and road network, and the other one for Expo village Metro station. Now, Nidal is working with CDM Smith Consultants as a Project Manager for infrastructure projects, with a focus on environmental and sustainability issues.

Anthony Kane, ENV SP

President & CEO (Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure)

Anthony Kane is President & CEO of the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure in Washington, DC where he oversees the organization’s overall operations and leads the development of the Envision framework for sustainable infrastructure. Kane also sits as a commissioner on the Washington DC Commission on Climate Change and Resiliency.

Garima Kaushal, RA, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, ENV SP, WELL AP, Fitwel Amb

Senior Sustainability Manager (AECOM)

Garima Kaushal is a Senior Sustainability Manager with AECOM’s High Performance and Sustainability team in New York. She specializes in delivering transformative sustainability programs across infrastructure, transportation, and building projects. Her proficiencies encompass sustainable design coordination and implementation, leading sustainability certifications, and evaluation of design for green building rating systems. Actively engaged in the green building community, she holds key volunteer roles with USGBC, GBCI, AIA, and NCARB, contributing to sustainability best practices and architectural excellence. Garima is a registered architect, a project manager, and maintains sustainability credentials for Envision, LEED, WELL, and Fitwel.

Ethan Kent

Executive Director (PlacemakingX)

Ethan Kent works to support public space organizations, projects, and leadership around the world to build a global placemaking movement. Ethan has traveled to more than 1000 cities and 65 countries to advance the cause of leading urban development with inclusive public spaces and placemaking. In 2019 he co-founded PlacemakingX to network, amplify, and accelerate placemaking leadership and impact globally. He builds on more than 20 years of working on placemaking projects and campaigns with Project for Public Spaces. Ethan has been integral to the development of placemaking as a transformative approach to economic development, environmentalism, transportation planning, governance, resilience, social equity, design, digital space, tourism, and innovation. Ethan has keynoted well over 100 of the top urbanism conferences and has helped organize dozens of the placemaking conferences that have most shaped the movement.

Megan Kilinski, ENV SP

Consulting Associate, Env Stewardship & Resiliency (RS&H)

Megan Kilinski is a Sustainability & Resilience Consultant at RS&H with over five years of experience in sustainability, resilience, energy efficiency, and materials management. She specializes in helping airports and cities integrate sustainable principles into infrastructure development projects. Megan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Georgia Tech, with a minor in Data Analysis. Her work focuses on improving environmental performance, enhancing community resilience, and promoting energy-efficient practices to advance sustainable infrastructure solutions through data driven solutions.

Will Kirby, PE, ENV SP

Transportation Sustainability Leader (HDR)

Will is a Transportation Sustainability Leader with significant experience on client sustainability and clean energy projects. Will also serves as the Envision Practice Lead for HDR, helping guide HDR’s application of Envision on client projects. Will is committed to bringing sustainable approaches to each project and strives to make great things possible for his clients on their sustainability journeys. As a Transportation Sustainability Leader, Will leads projects or tasks for clients in decarbonization, electrification, sustainability planning, climate action plans, resiliency planning and more. Will serves as a leader in the business group both locally and nationally to collaborate and develop sustainability initiatives across different project and infrastructure types. His background as a Project Manager in renewable energy and power transmission has given him experience in managing teams, scheduling, budgeting and cost management, risk management, leading pursuits, contract and scope development and client coordination.

Ted Marcelo

Senior Learning Technologist (ISI)

Ted Marcelo is ISI’s Senior Learning Technologist, creating and advising on eLearning courses and instructor-led trainings through a variety of multimedia technologies. Ted holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of South Florida, and a master’s degree in instructional design & technology from the University of Tampa. He is an advocate for the reach that decentralized learning carries, particularly when impacting underserved communities. In his free time, he is either reading, writing, or enjoying sunny Florida.

Michael McMeekin, PE

President / Executive Director (Engineering Change Lab – USA)

Mike McMeekin is one of the founders of Engineering Change Lab-USA (ECL), a non-profit focused on the future of engineering and fostering change in engineering that will increase its contributions in support of a more resilient society. He became ECL’s first President / Executive Director in 2019. McMeekin served as President of Lamp Rynearson, an engineering, landscape architecture and surveying firm headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, from 1997 – 2017. He has over 45 years of engineering experience and has played a leadership role in numerous signature projects in the Omaha area.

TJ Moon

Sustainability Officer (Los Angeles County Public Works)

TJ Moon serves as the Sustainability Officer for LA County Public Works. As part of his efforts, he facilitates InfrastructureLA—a partnership of local agencies, collaborating across multiple disciplines, to seek funding opportunities, build support and effectively create sustainable, resilient, equitable infrastructure for LA communities and residents. He also leads the County’s Climate Ready Communities Initiative and the Envision Program for LA County Public Works. He is a highly experienced principal engineer and has dedicated over 22 years to advancing infrastructure and environmental projects. He holds a B.S. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an M.S. from California State University, Los Angeles.

Brad Moore, P.Eng., ALM, ENV SP

Senior Associate, Sustainable Infrastructure Team Lead (Stantec Consulting)

Brad is a Civil Engineer specializing in the field of sustainable infrastructure design with Stantec Consulting and a graduate of Harvard University’s ALM in Sustainability program. In his career, Brad has applied his unique skill set to projects at over 70 locations across North America including the design of transit facilities, ports, parks, wastewater facilities, water distribution, stormwater management, and major roadways. Brad is currently guiding over $12 Billion (construction value) in infrastructure projects through the Envision process that seeks to improve the sustainability and resilience of our infrastructure.

Chris Nelsen, PE, ENV SP

Senior Project Engineer (Delve Underground)

Chris Nelsen is a Senior Project Engineer at Delve Underground with 6 years of geotechnical engineering experience and a focus on tunneling and design of underground infrastructure. Chris joined Delve Underground after three years as a field engineer for a specialty geotechnical subcontractor. He graduated from Lafayette College in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and from The University of Texas at Austin in 2018 with a Master of Science in Geotechnical Engineering. Chris is engaged in industry-wide efforts to improve the sustainability of infrastructure projects through the EFFC/DFI Carbon Calculator Task Group, the ASCE Infrastructure 2050 tunnel focus group, and ISI’s Envision framework as an Envision Sustainable Professional (ENV SP).

Stephanie Printz, ENV SP (moderator)

NY/NJ Sustainability and Resiliency Lead (HDR)

Stephanie has a decade of experience working in New York City’s land use and environmental quality process, which lead to her love of sustainability and resiliency. In particular, Stephanie has experience in the facility planning sector within New York City, siting and design for complex city facilities and large-scale infrastructure. Her experience includes sustainable mobility, resilient waterfronts, climate risks and vulnerability assessments, asset adaptation, embodied carbon, and life cycle assessments.  Stephanie is also a credentialed Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) Envision Professional, Verifier and Trainer, as well as the Northeast Envision Lead for the U.S. Stephanie is growing a team of dynamic and brilliant Sustainability and Resiliency experts to service the diverse client base in NY/NJ. This includes developing skills matrix between all offices in NY and NJ, supporting internal S+R education in all business groups, develop business plans for growing S+R work in all sectors, developing strong proposal and project teams, and building our global relationships with internal and external experts in S+R.

Tiffany Reed-Villarreal, P.E., ENV SP

Director Sustainability Codes and Standards (National Ready Mixed Concrete Association)

Tiffany Reed-Villarreal is the National Ready-mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) Director, Sustainability Codes and Standards. She is a licensed Professional Engineer and a credentialed Envision Sustainability Professional. Based in Texas, Ms. Reed-Villarreal supports NRMCA members and state affiliates in sustainability codes and standards development, education, and advocacy for the ready-mixed concrete industry. Tiffany earned her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. She holds over 15 years’ experience in structural engineering and consultancy and has been involved in codes and standards development, sustainable infrastructure advocacy, and government relations. Prior to joining NRMCA, Tiffany worked as structural engineer for buildings and as a consultant with product manufacturers, engineering firms, and agencies on technical product issues, business strategies, and technical marketing in the construction industry. Tiffany was awarded Civil Engineering Advocate of the Year by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and continues to serve ASCE as the Region 6 Governor and as voting member on the ASCE Committee on Sustainability. Tiffany also holds current positions in American Concrete Institute (ACI), ASHRAE 189.1, ASTM International, and Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI). Tiffany Reed-Villarreal can be reached at treedvillarreal@nrmca.org.

Andrew Rella, PhD

Coastal/Environmental Engineer (ECOncrete Inc.)

Andrew Rella is a Coastal and Environmental Engineer specializing in nature inclusive design approaches relative to shoreline stabilization and flood protection measures, urban and working waterfronts, and offshore infrastructure. With 15 years’ experience in the design, permitting and construction of natural, nature-based features and hybrid technologies within coastal and waterfront infrastructure schemes. Currently serving as the Technical Director of Business Development for ECOncrete, a company offering innovative ecological solutions for concrete based coastal, marine and offshore infrastructure. Andrew has also worked as a private consultant with the New York City Economic Develop Corporation since 2013 to develop habitat enhancement features for marine piles to support oyster growth, as well with the Department of Engineering of Neptune Township, NJ to deliver multiple living shoreline projects in Shark River Inlet. He holds a B.E. in Environmental Engineering, and a M.E. and Ph. D in Ocean Engineering with a concentration in Coastal Engineering.

Kristen Salinas, PE, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP

Sustainability Manager (NORESCO)

Kristen Salinas has 16 years of experience providing guidance and recommendations on how to integrate sustainable design into new buildings. Using green and healthy building rating systems, Kristen seeks high levels of certification for complex buildings, campuses, and civil projects. Her background in civil engineering provides a comprehensive understanding of site planning, energy/water systems, and optimizing embodied carbon in structural materials. Additionally, Kristen has worked extensively with utilities in Southern California supporting Title 24, Part 6 (energy code) compliance improvement programs. She is also involved in providing education and outreach support for locally adopted reach codes, with the goal to further reduce energy use in buildings across California.rnrnKristen is proud to provide sustainability construction support for the new T1 project at SAN. Along with Turner Construction, she is managing the construction tracking for materials and waste on the project. As a native San Diegan, she is delighted to be part of a sustainability-conscious project that will welcome visitors and residents to her hometown.

Josh Sender, PE, RSP1

Senior Traffic Safety and Multimodal Engineer (Adams County)

Josh is currently the senior traffic engineer at Adams County Public Works. Josh has 13 years of experience in the traffic engineering world and has held positions on both the public and private side. He enjoys pushing the boundaries of what our transportation system can and should be and is passionate about leaving the world better than the way it was, both professionally and personally. Outside of work, Josh enjoys spending time with his family, including his wife, his four year old daughter, and his derpy yellow lab puppy.

Jeslin Varghese

Senior Director of Sustainability (Gateway Development Commission)

Jeslin Varghese is the Senior Director of Sustainability at the Gateway Development Commission (GDC), where he oversees the integration of environmental, social, and economic sustainability across the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel Project, a critical infrastructure initiative within the Northeast Corridor. Jeslin brings extensive experience from his previous role as Director of Project Controls at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), where he played a key role in the $11 billion East Side Access (ESA) project, one of the largest transportation infrastructure undertakings in the United States. Beyond his work in infrastructure, Jeslin is deeply committed to sustainability education. He serves as a Guest Faculty at Cooper Union and is an active USGBC Faculty member and WELL Faculty, where he contributes to the professional development of the next generation of sustainability leaders.

Peter Wang, Ph.D.

Engineer III (HNTB)

Peter Wang is a Bridge Engineer III in HNTB’s New York Office. In his three years at HNTB, Peter has worked on several network tied arch and cable-stayed bridges. Peter earned his Ph.D. and M.S.E. in Civil Engineering from Princeton University and earned his B.Eng. from The Cooper Union. He has research interests in structural stability, corrugated webs, shear design, and embodied carbon reduction. He is a member of ASCE’s Infra2050 Committee serving as Bridges Technical Lead, the Transportation Research Board’s Committee on the Construction of Bridges and Structures serving as Committee Communications Coordinator, the Structural Stability Research Council, and the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering. At HNTB, he is a member of the Accelerated Bridge Construction Committee, Community Service Committee, and the Research in Infrastructure Group. Peter is currently working on design of the Livingston Avenue Bridge.

Justin Waples, ENV SP, CPEng, PE, PMP

Civil Engineer (Central San)

Justin Waples is a Chartered and Registered Professional Environmental Engineer with a public water resources recovery utility in the San Francisco Bay Area. Justin’s pursuits focus on strategic planning and applied research, with a focus on infrastructure resiliency and sustainability. Justin is a member of the not-for-profit Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s (ISI) Envision Review Board for sustainable, resilient and equitable infrastructure, and is championing his organizations enterprise-level adoption of the ISI Envision framework. Justin’s 30 year career in the field of engineering has included public, private and defense sectors around the world.

Michael Williams

Sustainability Analyst (NYC DEP)

Michael Williams began his career with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYC DEP) in June 2022 as a Graduate Intern with the Bureau of Engineering, Design, and Construction (BEDC) – Sustainability Section. Prior to returning to NYC DEP in March 2024, Michael has earned a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree as well as gained further experience in sustainable mechanical systems from the private sector. Currently, as a Sustainability Analyst, he is actively engaged in a variety of projects, ranging from reservoir and dam upgrades, drinking water tunnels and shafts, wastewater pumping stations, and wastewater resource recovery facility upgrades.

Michaella Wittmann, ENV SP, LEED Fellow

President (EcoMend Solutions, LLC)

Michaella’s sustainability career spans more than 25 years. Her focus has been on the incorporation of sustainability into larger civil infrastructure projects as well as integrating sustainability into the culture of large organizations. Michaella is an Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP) and was the first Chair of the Envision Review Board. She has worked on over 15 Envision projects, seeing many of them through the Envision verification process. Michaella also works with companies and organizations to develop sustainability and environmental social governance (ESG) goals and metrics. She is a passionate advocate for training and mentoring. She has mentored dozens of young professionals in the architecture and engineering community helping drive their careers towards sustainability. Michaella has also provided countless training courses on a variety of sustainability topics, ranging from sustainable rating systems, to ESG, sustainable goal setting and sustainable career paths. In 2023, Michaella founded EcoMend Solutions to continue to help organizations and professionals on their sustainability journey.

Kara Wright, ENV SP

Sustainability Project Manager (Pinyon Environmental, Inc.)

Kara Wright is an ENV SP Sustainability Project Manager with seven years of experience in sustainability planning and business development. She has worked with public and private-sector clients in energy, petrochemical, retail, consumer goods, entertainment, and manufacturing to reach waste diversion and decarbonization goals. Kara excels at facilitating actionable collaboration with cross-sector teams, developing processes to meet stakeholder reporting requirements, identifying innovative strategies to reduce environmental impacts, and managing the internal and external communications of sensitive projects. She has strong network connections and knowledge of both state-of-the-art and state-of-the-market sustainability solutions. As an ENV SP, Kara has a working knowledge and experience in implementing and monitoring sustainability performance in accordance with the Envision framework.