LEED committees help develop, implement and revise the LEED rating systems, ensuring they remain rigorous and market-relevant.

The LEED Committee structure includes the LEED Steering Committee (LSC), two consensus committees, two subcommittees of the LSC, six Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) organized around credit category expertise, and three Working Groups.

LEED Steering Committee

A standing committee of the USGBC board of directors, LSC serves as the governing body of all LEED TAGs and Working Groups. LSC is charged with

Developing and maintaining LEED as a leadership tool.
Preserving the integrity of the LEED rating systems.
Ensuring the use of the consensus process to evolve LEED in accordance with USGBC's mission, guiding principles and strategic plan.

LSC's role and responsibilities are detailed in the committee's charter and the Foundations of LEED document. View its meeting minutes.

Volunteer voting members

LEED Steering Committee Chair: Sarah Talkington, City of Austin
Immediate Past Chair: Lance Davis, GSA
Incoming Chair: Anica Landreneau, HOK
Chair of the Technical Committee: Dirk Mason, The Compass Group
Chair of the LEED Advisory Committee: Keith Amann, WSP
Member At-Large: Eden Brukman, City of San Diego
Member At-Large: Kavita Kumari, Cundall
Member At-Large: Sarah Enaharo, Tarkett
Member At-Large: Lourdes Salinas, THREE Environmental Consulting
Member At-Large: Fernando Arias, Clark Construction

Staff nonvoting members

SVP, Technical Core: Melissa Baker, USGBC
VP, LEED Technical Development: Corey Enck, USGBC

LEED Advisory Committee

The LEED Advisory Committee advises staff and LSC on market and implementation-related issues. It provides expert feedback and insight on how LEED and related tools, resources and programs affect the user experience and market uptake of LEED in maintaining LEED's global leadership and satisfying customer engagement.

The role and responsibilities of the LEED Advisory Committee, which is a committee of LSC, are detailed in the committee's purpose statement. View its meeting minutes.

Members

Chair: Keith Amann, WSP USA
Vice Chair: Pamela Lippe, e4 Inc.
Sara Greenwood, HOK
Alicia Silva, Revitaliza Consultores
Sarah Michelman, The Green Engineer, Inc.
Daniel Huard, Humann Building Solutions
Miranda Gardiner, Meta
Ana Lucia Granda, LEAF S.A.C.
Cara Kennedy, JLL
Geoff Hurst, Related Companies
Melanie Larkins, Holiscentia
Gautami Palanki, The Howard Hughes Corporation
Sue Clark, Piacon
Heidimarie Bonilla de Cienfuegos, B100
Peter Doo, Lorax Partnership
Melissa Targett, The Port Authority of NY and NJ

LEED Technical Committee

The LEED Technical Committee oversees Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) and other technical working groups and recommends solutions regarding technical issues to LSC. Its responsibilities include

Coordinating cross-category matters within LEED.
Reviewing LEED credits and prerequisites for technical validity and recommending improvements.
Assessing LEED's technical rigor, coherence and achievement trends through a system of performance metrics.
Reviewing LEED pilot credit proposals
Administering the LEED Pilot Credit Library and managing the evolution of pilot credit language based on feedback from project teams and other stakeholders.

The committee's role and responsibilities are detailed in its purpose statement. View its meeting minutes.

Members

Chair: Dirk Mason, The Compass Group
Vice Chair: Barry Abramson, Servidyne
EA TAG Chair: Jamy Bacchus, ME Engineers Inc.
EQ TAG Chair: Sarah Gudeman, BranchPattern
MR TAG Chair: Allison Smith, HKS Architects
LP TAG Chair: Tim Smith, SKS Partners
SS TAG Chair: Sandra Brock, Nitsch Engineering
WE TAG Chair: Rock Ridolfi, Rivion
Building Operations & Maintenance: Gregory Patton, Sustainable Investment Group (SIG)
Single Family Residential: Nate Steeber, Sol design + consulting
Multifamily Residential: N/A
Building Industry Expert: Cristine Gibney, DOEE
Building Industry Expert: Kavita Karmarkar, Webcor Builders
Building Industry Expert: Marc Coudert, City of Austin
Building Industry Expert: Patricia Lloyd, Leopardo Companies, Inc.

LEED Design and Construction Consensus Committee

The LEED Design and Construction Consensus Committee is an integrated group of volunteers charged with developing and maintaining a specific LEED rating system for existing buildings with a focus on the design and construction of new buildings. The group is charged with supporting the evolution of LEED maintain LEED as a leadership tool, preserving the integrity of the LEED rating system, and ensuring the use of the consensus process to evolve the LEED rating system in accordance with the mission, guiding principles, and strategic plan of USGBC.

Members

Chair: TBD
Vice Chair: TBD
Pamela Lippe, e4 Inc.
Keith Amann, WSP USA
Geoff Hurst, Related Companies
Melissa Targett, The Port Authority of NY and NJ
Patricia Lloyd, Leopardo Companies, Inc.
Rebecca Stafford, Hestia
Marc Coudert, City of Austin
Megan White, Introba
Adam Stoker
Amy Costello, Armstrong Flooring
Nakita Reed
Angi Rivera
Bradley Nies
Eliza Mauro
Grace Manuel
Jennifer Emrick
Lindsey Landwehr-Fasules
Maria Perez
Marsha Gentile
Rachel Berkin
Stacy Simpson

LEED Existing Buildings Consensus Committee

The LEED Existing Buildings Consensus Committee is an integrated group of volunteers charged with developing and maintaining a specific LEED rating system for existing buildings with a focus on the operations, maintenance, and performance of existing buildings. The group is charged with supporting the evolution of LEED maintain LEED as a leadership tool, preserving the integrity of the LEED rating system, and ensuring the use of the consensus process to evolve the LEED rating system in accordance with the mission, guiding principles, and strategic plan of USGBC.

Members

Chair: TBD
Vice Chair: TBD
Barry Abramson, Servidyne
Cara Kennedy, JLL
Alicia Silva, Revitaliza Consultores
Cristine Gibney, DOEE
Brandon Malleck
Cecil Scheib
Dean Stanberry
Emma Van Lieshout
Gianluca Padula
Jim Landau
Jordan Bonomo, NYCHA
Korinti Recalde
Lauren Moss
Lissa Engle
Michaela Boren
Rishabh Kasliwal
Stephen Ward
Stephen Ashkin, The Ashkin Group

LEED Technical Advisory Groups

Under the direct management of the LEED Technical Committee, TAGs recommend technical solutions to rating system development and maintenance issues.

The groups are a source of technical advice to LEED committees and working groups regarding credit and prerequisite improvement and supporting tool development.

TAGs are structured to include expertise for specific technical issues: location and planning, sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources and indoor environmental quality.

The role and responsibilities of the Technical Advisory Groups are detailed in their purpose statement.

Energy and Atmosphere TAG

View the TAG's meeting minutes.

Members

Chair: Jamy Bacchus, ME Engineers, Inc.
Vice Chair: Stefanie Young, Rushing Company
Aaron Binkley, Digital Realty
Adam Jennings, AHA Engineers
Robert Maddox, Sterling Planet
Louisa Rettew, Baltimore County Government
Vinay Ghatti, Willdan
Danna Richey, Newcomb & Boyd
Kyleen Rockwell, Interface Engineering Inc.
Benjamin Roush, FSi Engineers
Rohini Srivastava, ACEEE
Amir Tarazy, Stantec
Chris Schaffner, The Green Engineer
Stevan Vinci, Morrison Hershfield Corporation
Kristen Walson, Amazon
Amy Pastor, EXP
Devanshi Dadia, Atelier Ten
Brad Hill, Honeywell International
Luis Lara, JLL
Anisur Rahman, Brightworks Sustainability
Daniel Huard, Humann Building Solutions

Indoor Environmental Quality TAG

View the TAG's meeting minutes.

Members

Chair: Sarah Gudeman, BranchPattern
Vice-Chair: Penny Cole, Introba
Grace Kwok, Allied Environmental Consultants Limited
Andrea Anderson, Clark & Enersen
Stephen Ashkin, The Ashkin Group
Dwayne Fuhlhage, Prosoco
Jeevan Mohan, Terra Viridis Consultants LLP
Shana Scheiber, Affiliated Engineers
Viken Koukounian, K. R. Moeller Associates
Muhammad Shoaib, Meehan Green
Elliott Horner, UL Environment
Colleen Large, Brightworks Sustainability
Alan Scott, Intertek
Stephanie Taylor, Building4Health Inc.
Melanie Larkins, Holiscentia
Gregory Patton, Sustainable Investment Group (SIG)

Location and Planning TAG

View the TAG's meeting minutes.

Members

Chair: Timothy Smith, SKS Partners
Vice-Chair: Tony Goodman, District of Columbia Government
Lindsey Kindrat, 3 Point Environmental
Emre Ilicali, Altensis
Michael Kloha, Verdani Partners
Beth Jamieson, Brightworks Sustainability
Neil Angus, Devens Enterprise Commission
Liz Chen, University of Pennsylvania
Bill Eger, City of Alexandria
Todd Litman, Victoria Transport Policy Institute
Lisa Storer, Austin Transit Partnership
Megan Susman, EPA
Jason Hercules, Ascent Cities
Peter Doo, Lorax Partnership

Materials and Resources TAG

View the TAG's meeting minutes.

Members

Chair: Allison Smith, HKS, Inc.
Vice-Chair: Emily English, BNBuilders
Denise Braun, All About Waste, LLC
Hoda Ibrahim, Engineering Consultants Group
Kelly Roberts, Walter P Moore
Brittany Storm, MAPEI Americas
Brad McAllister, WAP Sustainability Consulting
Annalise Dum, JLL
Ray Wallin, Torcon
Carrie Claytor, Freeport-McMoRan
Brock Hill, Premier Recycling Company
Eric Doyle, Steelcase, Inc.
Kristen Fritsch, Elkus Manfredi Architects
Alison Kinn Bennett, EPA
Tolga Tutar, Skanska
Sarah Michelman, The Green Engineer, Inc.
Kavita Karmarkar, Webcor Builders

Sustainable Sites TAG

View the TAG's meeting minutes.

Members

Chair: Sandra Brock, Nitsch Engineering
Vice Chair: Jesse Rosenbluth, Omni Ecosystems
Stewart Comstock, Maryland Department of the Environment
Laura Hansplant, Studio Sustena
Kristen Gros, Summers/Murphy & Partners Inc
Carl Reimer, Development Facilitators, Inc.
Gabriela Canamar Clark, LandDesign, Inc.
Tara Dougerty, Meliora Design
Robert Goo, EPA
Michael Karasoulas, DPR Construction
Signe Nielsen, Mathers Nielsen Landscape Architects
Jennifer Wolf, Introba
Heidimarie Bonilla de Cienfuegos, B100

Water Efficiency TAG

View the TAG's meeting minutes.

Members

Chair: Rock Ridolfi, Rivion
Vice-Chair: Ibrahim Kronfol, Dar Al-Handasah
Daryn Cline, Evapco
Lingyan Gorsuch, Arup
Taylor Nokohoudian, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Eric Cutler, Meta
Hemsa Ibrahim, KEO International Consultants
Robert Pickering, Eastern Research Consultant Group
Carmen Spagnoli, Lombardini22
Erica Weeks, HASTINGS Architecture
Erin Rowe, Northshore
Larry Eichel, UL Environment
Michele Adams, Meliora Design
Rachel Nicely, Sustainable Building Partners
Prem Kumar Solaisamy, Ethos Engineering
Joel Stout, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
Ana Lucia Granda, LEAF S.A.C.
Nate Steeber, Sol design + consulting

LEED Working Groups

LEED for Cities and Communities Working Group

The LEED for Cities and Communities Working Group is a working group of the LSC and was formed to:

Advise on global, city-scale, urban sustainability issues across the organization’s programs, policies and products
Support development, deployment and evolution of the LEED for Cities and Communities Standard and Program

The working group will focus its efforts on review and recommendations regarding the v4.1 LEED for Cities and Communities beta.

View the working group's meeting minutes.

Members

Rosanne Albright, City of Phoenix, AZ
Lucia Athens, City of Austin, TX
Stefano Boeri, Stefano Boeri Architecture, Italy
Uwe Brandes, Georgetown University
Bill Browning, Terrapin Bright Green
Julio Carrillo, Parkill
Chris Castro, City of Orlando, FL
Yichao Chen, The City of Calgary, Canada
Hiroki Hiramatsu, Woonerf Inc., Japan
Oliver Kroner, City of Cincinnati, OH
Aurore Larson, Bechtel, United Kingdom
Dongjing Lu, BBTDC, China
Ramona Madhosingh-Hector, University of FL Extension, Pinellas County
Arka Pandit, WAP Sustainability
Olimpia Pantelimon, Municipal Affairs, Government of Alberta, Canada
Chris Rhie, BuroHappold Engineering
Susana Saiz, Arup, Spain
Stephanie Smith, City of Baltimore, MD
Jerome Tinianow, City and County of Denver
Deepa Vedavyas, Cleveland Foundation
Walker Wells, Raimi and Associates/UCLA
Susan Kaplan, BuildingWrx
Joel Ann Todd, Joel Ann Todd Consulting

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Working Group

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Working Group is a working group of the LSC and was formed to create a framework for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the built environment through LEED, based on the Future of LEED principles published in June 2022.

View the working group's charter.

Members

Patricia Christianson, AECOM
Simon Fowell, Autocase
Jared Gilbert, COOKFOX Architects
Katherine Han, Han Design Group
Jeff Heitert, Steven Winter Associates
Naim Jabbour, Pennsylvania College of Technology
Leslie Louie, KieranTimberlake
Laura Medina, Building Skills Partnership
Ganesh Nayak, Metier Consulting, Inc
Saahiti Penigalapati, SERA Architects
Humberto Restrepo, JIBEI
April Ricketts, CDM Smith
Nora Rizzo, Grace Farms Foundation
Anuya Sant, Perkins & Will
Jasmine Sears, Google
Charu Singh, Just Value
Heidi Valdez Vélez, Revitaliza Consultores

Resilience Working Group (RWG)

The Resilience Working Group is a working group of the LSC and was formed to create a framework for addressing Resilience within LEED based on the Future of LEED principles published in June 2022.

View the working group's charter.

Members

Mara Baum, DIALOG
Dan Burgoyne, State of California Department of General Services
Keaghan Caldwell, BNBuilders
Cheney Chen, Perkins & Will
Sarah Colasurdo, The Port Authority of NY & NJ
Ana Cunha Cribellier, Deerns Group
Jessica Diaz Avelar, PIIMA JV
Emma Hughes, RE Tech Advisors
Ann Kosmal, US GSA
Lindsey Machamer, City of Austin
Gail Napell, Gensler
Mark Nelson, Arup
D.J. Rasmussen, WSP USA
Jennifer Sanguinetti, University of British Columbia
Alan Scott, Intertek
Monika Serrano, Turner Construction
Joy Sinderbrand, New York City Housing Authority
Gautami Palanki, The Howard Hughes Corporation

How to Get Involved

To be automatically notified of future LEED Committee and working group openings, sign up for the LEED Committee Volunteer Opportunities Mail List.

To be appointed to a LEED committee or working group, a candidate must submit an online application during a Call for Volunteers period. USGBC typically opens Calls for Volunteers for LEED committees and working groups twice a year. Each Call for Volunteers is posted on the USGBC Volunteer Opportunities page and is open to qualified applicants employed by USGBC member organizations.

The goal for each Call for Volunteers is to ensure that committee membership encompasses diverse areas of expertise and represents a variety of perspectives from the industries that make up the built environment. When USGBC opens a Call for Volunteers, each committee accepting applications seeks specific, targeted areas of expertise in new membership.

After an application period closes, all applications are reviewed and qualified candidates are identified based on their technical expertise, training, and the needs of each committee. LEED committee volunteers and staff work together to review applications and build consensus in the selection of new members. Candidates whose applications garner the most support among committee members and staff are recommended to the LEED Steering Committee for review and approval.