2024 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Each year, the Guild holds elections for new board members, who serve for two years. The board is made up of qualified members who are dedicated to advancing the craft of green building in Colorado and are passionate about leading this organization to the next level. The CGBG Newsletter will announce a call for applications towards the end of the year, and our next election will be held in January 2025. Anyone who is interested in applying should email us at admin@cgbg.org with a bio for the board’s consideration.
Johnny Rezvani
Past President
Johnny Rezvani began his career in sustainability in 2009 when he became involved in co-authoring the first Climate Action Plan for The Evergreen State College in Washington State. He collaborated on regional sustainability plans in local government in the Pacific Northwest before catching the Passive House bug, and joining 475 High Performance Building Supply as Communications Director in 2013. He holds a degree in Sustainability Planning from The Evergreen State College and a Masters of Science degree from The City College of New York’s Sustainability in the Urban Environment program. Johnny moved to Boulder in 2019 and immediately fell in love with the red rocks, streams, and winding pathways of one of greatest bicycle cities in the country.
Contact: jr@475.supply
Shannon Wehner
President
Shannon Wehner, Assoc. AIA, grew up in New Mexico influenced from an early age by endless horizons and architecture that was truly of the earth. Striving to make sustainable design an approachable and attainable standard, Shannon practices her passion as a designer and project manager with Rodwin Architecture. She’s currently working on multiple Net-Zero Energy homes in Boulder County and enjoys educating clients about the passive and active sustainability features in their home throughout the design-build process. A lover of the outdoors and an eternal optimist, her time in Colorado has shown her just how rapidly climate change is affecting the landscapes we love so much, and she firmly believes that through education and conversation we can empower people to think wholistically about how they interact with the planet and its resources. She has enjoyed opportunities to share her knowledge and skillset with the Colorado community, participating Ramp Builds with the Home Builders Foundation, and contributing as a sustainability and wellness blogger.
Contact: shannon@rodwinarch.com
Jessica Hunter
Jessica Hunter is an Architect living in Denver, Colorado. Jessica has worked with many non-profit organizations in the past and is an advocate of groups that work to educate and empower the community, especially those that offer value to the underserved. Jessica joined CGBG because she recognized the collective knowledge and passion of the group and she believes CGBG will play an active role in a more sustainable Colorado. Jessica currently practices at BOSS.architecture where she continues to further her exploration of design and sustainability.
Contact: jessica@bossarch.com
Marisol Foreman
An aesthetics- and analytics-driven designer, Marisol Foreman seeks to integrate data-informed and sustainable design principles into daily practice. As Partner and Sustainability Architectural Manager at Rowland+Broughton, she provides leadership coordination across all R+B projects, determining the sustainable design principles that are most applicable to each project, and customizing the team’s approach to meet each client’s desired sustainability goals. Growing up in Colorado instilled a passion for nature, she consistently seeks ways for the built environment to positively contribute to the unbuilt environment. Marisol is known for her ability to approach projects with a creative solution-oriented perspective, utilizing data to make informed decisions and advocating for the best sustainable solutions to fit each project’s key objectives, resulting in a building that achieves high performance goals as well as achieving an aesthetically pleasing and award-winning design.
As an active volunteer in the architectural and sustainability communities, she is a Board Member of the Colorado Green Building Guild (CGBG) and Co-Chair of the AIA Colorado Committee on the Environment (COTE).
Contact: marisol.foreman@rowlandbroughton.com
Kate Weigel
Kate Weigel, is originally from Maine, and holds a BFA in Studio Art from New York University. She's been involved with affordable housing causes on and off for most of her adult life. In 2019, she completed a year of service as an AmeriCorps Construction Crew Lead with Habitat for Humanity MidOhio. Subsequently, she was an intern builder with Community Rebuilds in Moab, Utah working from foundation to finish on the first ever affordable Living Building Challenge residential projects. While in Moab, she also served as a part time AmeriCorps member in the Permaculture Initiative at Utah State University, doing outreach on regenerative practices in the community. Weigel spent the last few years teaching homeowners with low incomes how to cooperatively build their own homes, before she moved to the Boulder area. She recently became a Passive House Certified Tradesperson, and is currently making the transition from carpenter to project manager with Cottonwood Custom Builders.
Contact: weigel.kate@gmail.com
Matt Brill
Matt has over 20 years of diverse experience in construction, urban design, and project implementation; having worked in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and now Boulder for both public and private sector organizations in various capacities, including construction project management, building operations, planning, capital project delivery, program management, and advocacy.
As owner of Bauen Build, Matt brings an insatiable desire for creating highly considered homes, an appreciation of technology to enhance home construction, and a passion to create the highest quality and healthiest homes. Bauen Build is driven to create healthy homes for both the enjoyment of homeowners and to improve the health of the planet. Matt has an undergraduate degree in Business Administration and a masters degree in Urban Design from UC Berkeley.
Contact: matt@bauenbuild.com
Lisa Morey
Lisa Morey is a professional engineer and architectural designer who has been working in the construction industry since 2000. Her mission is to scale the natural building industry by offering an affordable wall system made from locally obtained building materials.
Lisa and her team at Colorado Earth help to create healthier structures using appropriate design , reuse of building material, as well as manufacturing EcoBlox in Golden. Using her background in engineering and design, she brings a 10,000 year-old practice to the present day. Believing in a simpler approach that has been time-tested around the world, Lisa sees magic when we bring techniques from our past into the current world.
Contact: lisa@coloradoearth.com
Peter Stuart
Peter Stuart is best known as chief builder and owner of Sterling Builders. From a young age, he developed his skills in carpentry and felt the strong desire to make a change in the residential construction industry. While attending the University of Denver, he started in mechanical engineering then found true passion in creating comfort and longevity in building. Driven by passion of building and developing with the future in mind, Peter now takes a scientific approach. Peter is a Certified Passive House Builder striving to be at the forefront of innovation as it happens. Peter is now known as the builder of Colorado’s first Multi-Family Passive Home. He takes value in high-performance building techniques and premium sustainable products. When Peter is not building amongst his team, he enjoys spending time with his wife, children and two dogs.
Contact: peter@sterlingbuilders.co
Margot Rode
Margot has worked primarily as a construction project manager since moving to Colorado and receiving her Master's Degree in construction engineering and management in 1999. Following graduation, she engineered straw bale homes for a few years, and then started home building in the mountains outside of Boulder, completing 6 new residences and many remodels since then. Her focus is using low-carbon materials, designing for small spaces, and always evaluating the building envelope for best building science practices. In addition to project management, she has worked many years with her tools as a carpenter and stone mason.
Contact: clearpathcm@gmail.com
Robin Sheck
Executive Administrator
Robin grew up in Cheyenne, Wyoming, but she has happily called Colorado home for the last 14 years. Moving to Boulder in 2009 helped change Robin’s perspective on how to approach sustainability in her daily life. She enjoys listening to audio books and playing board games with her husband.
Contact: admin@cgbg.org
Tanya Garcia
Executive Administrator
After growing up in the concrete jungle of Mexico City, Tanya has developed a longing to conserve nature and find ways to incorporate sustainable living into her life. Moving to Colorado and joining CGBG has opened the door to learning many ways to live sustainably, and share that knowledge with others. She's excited to keep learning and promoting eco-friendly practices. She enjoys gardening, sightseeing, and going out to eat!
Contact: admin@cgbg.org
Irina Murphy
Emerging Professional Board Member
Irina is currently working on her Master of Architecture from University of Colorado Denver after a career in Fashion Design. Sustainability has always been of interest to her and by joining CGBG as an emerging professional she is looking forward to expanding her knowledge about sustainability. Irina is hoping to combine her passion for design and sustainability in her future career.
Contact: IRINA.MURPHY(at)ucdenver.edu