Board


Jeremy Knoll, Chair

  Project Manager, BNIM Architects, Kansas City, Missouri Historic Green Co-Founder Jeremy, LEED® AP BD+C, was sitting in a hotel room in Chicago, thinking about a presentation he’d heard about the struggle of the emerging Post-Katrina leadership of the Lower 9thWard of New Orleans to advance aggressive climate goals, and realized he was part of [...]

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Michelle Stanard, Vice Chair

  Bayou Preservation LLC, New Orleans Michelle is originally from Dallas, Texas, and recently moved to New Orleans to pursue her interest in historic preservation. She graduated from the University of Georgia in 2006 with a BA in history and art history, with an emphasis on architectural history. During her undergraduate studies, she worked with [...]

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Emily Henke, Secretary

Denver, CO Emily is a small town farm girl from Missouri who recently moved to Denver, CO to pursue her interests in Sustainable Program Development.  She met Jeremy Knoll (co-founder of HG) at KC Green Drinks (of which she considers herself a “Green Drinks Groupie” as she has been to them in nine different cities) [...]

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Daynita Smith, Treasurer

  Associate Director of Accounting and Reporting at UnitedHealth Group In the summer of 2011, Daynita wanted to expand her volunteerism into skills-based positions. She met Heather through a common friend and expressed that she was looking for a board to get involved in. She and her husband enjoy motorcycling around town on their days [...]

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Jill Grotzinger, Resource Development

Principal Partner/Owner, Experience Design Innovation Group LLC (EDI) Jill met Jeremy Knoll in 2008. At that time, EDI was working on a sustainable design/build competition for high school students. Jeremy told EDI about his work with Historic Green. Jill was impressed with his knowledge, passion and commitment to environmental education and Historic Green’s mission of [...]

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Heather Stafford Gay, Spring Greening 2013 Co-Director, Past Chair

  Senior Instructor, Dunwoody College of Technology. Twin Cities, Minnesota Heather, LEED AP BD+C, became involved in Historic Green in 2007, when she heard a call for Historic Green on a USGBC Emerging Professionals leadership call. She started out planning the educational events, and moved into Vice Chair in 2008. Heather became Chair of Historic [...]

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Brennan Crawford, Central Plains Area Director

Green Up Program Coordinator, Kansas City Kansas Community College Principal, Strange Attractor, LLC Brennan met Jeremy Knoll around 2008 through USGBC, and as soon as he heard what Jeremy was working on in New Orleans, Brennan knew he wanted to be a part of it. He came down in 2009 as a project leader working [...]

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Ryan Evans, At Large

  Sustainability Consultant, Building Sciene and Engineering, Henderson Engineers, Inc., Kansas City, M.O. Historic Green Co-founder Ryan, PE, MBA, LEED® AP, one of the founders of Historic Green, visited the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans some 30 months after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and was awestruck by what they saw: so much devastation, even [...]

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Ken Riead, At Large

Senior CEM/CDSM/CSDP & Chartered “Legend in Energy” w/AEE Certified HERS Rater w/RESNET Certified Energy & Environmental Instructor with MCC & UCM Senior Consultant & Marketing Director for Hathmore Technologies, LLC While it may seem as though Ken hasn’t been an active participant in Historic Green, he has been a passive adviser over the years.  Ken [...]

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Sarah Smith, At Large

  PhD Student in Biology, Kansas City, Missouri Spring Greening Co-director 2012 Sarah studies cell polarity, and first became involved with Historic Green when she attended the first Spring Greening in 2008. The incredible work that was going on inspired her as soon as she arrived on-site in New Orleans, but she was stunned by the [...]

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Michele Oaks, At Large

Urban Planner – Historic Preservation, City of Alexandria, Virginia Michele is actually the “new-kid-on-the-block”. She found Historic Green by researching green building techniques to utilize in workshops our office was developing for homeowners within our historic districts. She was immediately excited to have found an organization which mirrored my personal and professional interests. She currently [...]

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Katherine Totman, At Large

CSR Representative, Majestic Theatre Katie’s interest in and involvement with Historic Green has flourished since the fall of 2010 when her friend Laura Carrera suggested she volunteer for Spring Greening. One trip to New Orleans was all it took for her to become hooked, and continue to help Historic Green grow. She has served as [...]

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