BOARD MEMBERS

Josh Arnold, JD, MBA, LEED AP

360GREEN, Inc.

Josh Arnold, 360GREEN

Josh Arnold has over 13 years of experience in sustainable development.  He is trained as an advocate, counselor and analyst—all necessary attributes when working on projects ranging from green finance to environmental policy.  Josh is Principal of 360 GREEN, an international sustainable consulting firm.

Josh moved to Madison, Wisconsin with his family from Portland, Oregon.  While in Portland, Josh worked for the City of Portland’s Office of Sustainable Development—one of the nation’s leading authorities in high performance green building practice. 

Josh’s professional training includes a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon with a concentration in Environmental and Natural Resources Law.  Josh graduated from Portland State University in Portland, Oregon where he obtained his Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) and from Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts (B.A.) where he began his work in environmental science and sustainable development.  Josh is an Accredited Professional of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System®.

Mark Ernst, Engberg Anderson Design Partnership

Mark Ernst has been a partner with Engberg Anderson Design Partnership since 1994. Accomplished at urban design issues, he has been involved in projects for several municipalities in the Midwest. Over the course of a career designing a multitude of projects with a focus on Urban Design & Multi Unit Housing and Cultural facilities, his expertise in Urban Renewal is evident in recent projects including the Historic Third Ward Riverwalk;  Beer Line "B" Redevelopment Project Study; Harborpark Redevelopment Plan, Kenosha,  WI;  and the Lake Express Ferry Terminal.

His commitment to sustainable practices is valued by local government,  as is evident by  his most recent appointment to Mayor Barrett’s Green Team. He has been asked to share his expert opinion in a variety of publications, most recently Wisconsin Builder’s August, 2004 cover story ,Clean Living, Industry Starts to Dream Green. Earlier in his career, Mark was Project Designer of the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) in Boulder, Colorado.

Mark is a member of, among other associations, the US Green Building Council, Congress for New Urbanism, Public Policy Forum, Regional Transportation Task Force, Urban Land Institute, Westown Association-Community Economic Development Committee Member, American Planning Association, and the American Institute of Architects.

Mike Hoyng, LEED AP, CCM

C.G. Schmidt Construction

Mike Hoyng, C,G, Schmidt

With 25 years of construction management experience, Mike Hoyng has extensive experience in the planning, design and construction of facilities across the country. He has helped to put in place over $900 million in construction for healthcare, educational and development-driven clients. Locally, Mike has recently completed projects for the UW Health System at Johnson Creek, Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital, West Bend Clinics and the Milwaukee County Zoo. Mike is currently providing construction leadership to the new $400 million Columbia St. Mary’s “Hospital of the Future” in Milwaukee.

Mike’s educational background includes a Master of Science - Business Administration from Loyola University in Chicago, and a Bachelor of Science - Construction Management from the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati. Mike has also completed the Construction Manager Certification (CCM) and the LEED Accredited Professional certification.

Mike’s professional affiliations include the Boy Scouts of America, the American Society of Healthcare Engineers (ASHE) and the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA). Mike has also been a  mentor at the Loyola Graduate School of Business and has been a guest lecturer at the University of Illinois’ Graduate School of Architecture.

Mike has written columns for Healthcare Design Magazine’s entitled “The Contractor’s View” with special emphasis on partnering and procedural renovations.

Greg Thomson
UW Milwaukee School of Architecture & Urban Planning

Greg Thomson, UW-M SARUP

Greg has a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Carleton College (1992), a Master of Architecture and Master of Science in Historic Preservation from the University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts (2000, 2002). While at the University of Oregon, he completed coursework for a Certificate in Teaching Architectural Technology. In 2001 Greg taught sustainable design studios and environmental control systems at Southern University and A & M College. From 2002-2005 he worked at Goody Clancy & Associates in Boston. During the 2005-2006 academic year he worked as an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, where he taught sustainable design studios and environmental systems.

 

His research into passive systems of environmental control and sustainable design studios have been published and exhibited at the American and International Solar Energy Society conferences and the U.S. Green Building Council annual conference. In 2004 he and a team of collaborators won the USGBC Emerging Green Builder’s Design Competition, and in 2005 received an Award of Honor for the Boston Society of Architects “In Pursuit of Housing” design competition. Prior to joining the UW-M Department of Architecture he was an active member of the Boston Society of Architect's Committee (BSA-COTE) on the Environment, where he was the COTE Co-Chair elect, and authored a response to the AIA's position paper addressing High Performance Building and Global Warming.

 

 

Tate Walker
Energy Center of Wisconsin

Tate Walker, ECW

 

Tate Walker AIA, LEED AP is an Architect with the Energy Center of Wisconsin, a mission driven nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the built environment.  Tate utilizes integrated teams and climate specific design to create places that enhance our community and the environment.  He writes and lectures extensively on sustainable design, building performance, and energy policy.  He sits on the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Green Building Alliance where he is a USGBC Heartland Regional Representative and an advisor to the local Emerging Green Builder chapter.  He is a contributing member of the local AIA chapter, and a member of the Green Task Force for the city of Milwaukee, WI.

 Anthony Mayer

Pioneer Roofing, LLC

Anthony is a Project Manager/Green Roof Specialist with Pioneer Roofing, LLC.  He is a Business & Urban Planning graduate from UW Milwaukee, and a Green Roof Specialist. He is focused on the marketing, design and implementation of green roof systems in Wisconsin and other urban areas in the Midwest. He has been an integral part of many well known green roof projects such as Bayshore Town Center, University Club Tower, Froedert East Cancer Center, Eastcastle Place, River Renaissance, MSOE – Grohmann Museum, UW-Hospitals & UWM-Sandburg Halls. He is a member of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and is currently pursuing the LEED AP designation.

Steve Mech, LEED AP

CSA Commercial

For the past six years Steve has served as the president of CSA Commercial, a real estate development and investment firm acutely focused on sustainable developments with civic dividends.  He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lawrence University and holds a certificate in Real Estate from the Center for Urban Land Economic Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  He is also a licensed real estate broker in the State of Wisconsin and is currently pursuing the LEED AP designation.  Among the many organizations that Steve is involved with are the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), River Revitalization Foundation (Land Trust Chair), Metro Milwaukee Association of Commerce, and Forward Community Investments (Board Member).

Matthew  Mano, LEED AP

Stephen Perry Smith Architects, Inc.

Matt is a LEED AP, Architectural Designer and Green Building Consultant with Stephen Perry Smith Architects. He has been involved in all areas of commercial office buildings, industrial, and residential work and has overseen all LEED certified projects within the office and has worked with all LEED rating systems that are issued for public use.  Notable LEED certified projects include the Liberty 245 Plaza (CS Pilot-Silver), JohnsonDiversey Distribution Center (NC Gold), US Chemical (CI Silver), and Corporate Preserve 1 and 2 (CS Silver).  Matt has been integral in the design and coordination of projects seeking LEED certification.  He has a BS in Architectural Studies from UW-Milwaukee.

Mike Walters

Affiliated Engineers

Mike graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering with a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering and a specialty in building electrical power systems.  For the last eight years he has worked for Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI), a national MEP consulting engineering firm whose headquarters is in Madison, WI.  He has been the Sustainable Practice Leader for AEI’s national practice and has consulted to multinational corporations (including Johnson and Johnson, Johnson Controls, Inc. and Abbott Laboratories) higher educational institutions (including University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Wisconsin – Madison, University of Chicago, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology – Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, and the University of Colorado at Boulder), and federal agencies/laboratories (including Argonne National Labs, the National Institutes of Health, and Pacific Northwest National Labs).  Mike was recently the primary consultant for Kettle Foods LEED Gold certified project in Beloit, WI and is currently the sustainability expert for the UW-Madison Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery/Morgridge Institute for Research.  In addition to his project work and responsibilities for Affiliated Engineers, Inc., he regularly provides continuing education lectures to architectural firms throughout the country on emerging green building concepts and is the professor for a 2-credit course in the College of Engineering at UW-Madison entitled “CEE698-03-Sustainable Building Design and LEED”. 

Al Skodowski, LEED AP

Transwestern

Al directs the Transwestern’s LEED-EB efforts nationally and oversees Transwestern’s corporate sustainability practice.  He has over 20 years of commercial real estate facility management experience including expertise in energy management, construction management, operations, and due diligence.  For the past four years, Al has managed engineering and operations for Transwestern’s Midwest region, where he initiated the firm’s LEED certification initiative in conjunction with the USGBC.  He has successfully guided Transwestern managed buildings through the LEED-EB certification process and directs Transwestern’s partnership with the USGBC in its LEED-EB Pilot Portfolio Program with 51 of the 500 buildings currently registered for certification.  Al is active in educating the industry on sustainability, and regularly participates in various organizations including the U.S. Green Building Council, BOMA International, BOMA Chicago and IFMA.

Matthew Paske

CB Richard Ellis

Matt is Vice President of Brokerage Services, for CB Richard Ellis in Madison. He is a Real Estate Developer and strong economic analyst with a special interest in sustainable development for retail companies. Since joining CB Richard Ellis Matt has enjoyed a successful career representing tenants and landlords throughout Wisconsin. He has a Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance and Real Estate from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He also participates in the International Council of Shopping Centers and Commercial Association of Realtors. Matt is Vice President of Brokerage Services, for CB Richard Ellis in Madison.  He is a Real Estate Developer and strong economic analyst with a special interest in sustainable development for retail companies. Since joining CB Richard Ellis Matt has enjoyed a successful career representing tenants and landlords throughout Wisconsin. During his career Matt has completed over 200 transactions including Bed Bath and Beyond, The Guitar Center, Barnes and Noble, RED Development, Ryan Companies, and J Herzog & Sons.  He has a Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance and Real Estate from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He also participates in the International Council of Shopping Centers and Commercial Association of Realtors.