Phone: (503) 274-0448

Email: info@thegbi.org

Chair Alison Hoagland, Amlan Mukherjee, Chair 2023, Immediate Past Chair Tim Thiel, Board member John Lister, and CEO Vicki Worden.

The Green Building Initiative is governed by a multi-stakeholder board of directors featuring representatives
that are building owners, architects, engineers, consultants, academics, and members of industry, including NGOs, manufacturers, and service providers. Board members are recruited using an open call for nominations and work
together to develop GBI's long-term strategy for growing
its sustainability impact while overseeing GBI's assets on
behalf of its members, stakeholders, and the public.

• Decrease carbon emissions and support growth of carbon neutral buildings.

• Improve water efficiency through strategies that include reducing consumption, increasing recycling, and using alternative sources of water.

• Promote health and well-being through excellence in planning for design, construction, use, accessibility, operations, maintenance, and low impact deconstruction of buildings.

• Pursue the goal of zero waste using life-cycle thinking to reduce, reuse, recover, and recycle while emphasizing responsible design, production, purchasing, and consumption.

• Support the use and advancement of smart buildings and other technology in achieving sustainability, health, and resilience objectives.

• Provide quality education that supports a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce for all levels of learners.

• Foster respectful and inclusive communities where transparency, consensus, due process, diversity, equity, inclusivity, openness, and innovation are guiding tenets.

• Encourage collaborative reporting on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives and U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) toward collective action and achievement of positive, measurable impacts.

GBI’s primary objectives and principles are to: