Experience

green|spaces

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Feb 2014 - Present

  We help people and businesses take practical and cost-effective steps to improve the environmental, social, and economic outcomes in their community, business, or building. We do that through award winning programs like Empower, which helps build resilience in vulnerable urban and rural communities through energy efficiency and community capacity; Build it Green, a leadership and workforce development program for at-risk young adults; green|light, Chattanooga's green business certification; green|leader, an online certificate for professionals that want to build a culture of sustainability in their business; and our NextGen Homes, a demonstration development of net zero energy homes that protect and promote health that we built at market rate and sold at market rate. We also partner with development teams and homebuilders that want to build high-performance, healthy buildings and homes. Our events include the Chattanooga Green Prix, where local students design, build and race electric vehicles, monthly Lunch and Learns, Green Drinks networking meet-ups, and the BRIC Awards that recognize the best work happening in the building and sustainability industries. We have received two Governor's Environmental Stewardship Awards and the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce awarded us their first ever Community Collaborator Award in 2019 for the work we do with over 100 partner businesses and organizations in the Chattanooga region. To invest in our mission and Chattanooga's future, please visit: http://www.greenspaceschattanooga.com/take-action/ Show less



Emerald Operating Partners

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• ESG Senior Advisor

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Michael leads Emerald's ESG advisory services helping corporate clients, private equity firms, and investment funds develop ESG strategies that create value. Emerald helps with firm-wide ESG strategy, deep integration of ESG due diligence in operation and commercial due diligence rather than an add-on service, and building internal infrastructure for firms to tie ESG performance to accounting-based and market-based performance. Emerald Operating Partners is a global advisory firm consisting of business operations experts with a track record of driving growth and change at companies leading the energy transition. We support corporate clients, private equity firms, and investment funds with a range of advisory and implementation services. With associates in North America, Europe and Asia, we are positioned to serve the needs of our clients wherever their operations are located. Show less



Perkins&Will

• United States
• Architecture and Planning
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Architect and Sustainability Consultant

  • Aug 2007 - Feb 2014

  Established in 1935, Perkins+Will is a global multidisciplinary architecture and design firm founded on the belief that design has the power to transform lives and enhance society. With a staff of 1,500 in 22 locations worldwide, the firm serves clients across a broad range of project types, grounding its work in deep research. Perkins+Will ranks among the world’s top design firms and is the recipient of hundreds of awards. Social responsibility is fundamental to the firm’s outlook, work, and culture, and every year Perkins+Will donates one percent of its design services to non-profit organizations. With pioneering tools to advance sustainable design practices, the largest green building portfolio in North America, nearly 1,000 LEED® Accredited Professionals, and a commitment to the 2030 Challenge, Perkins+Will is recognized as one of the industry’s preeminent sustainable design firms. As a Project Architect and Sustainability Consultant, Michael helped clients meet their real estate and ESG goals including the Institute of International Finance, Calvert Foundation, and CoStar Group. Michael helped develop the US Government Services Agency Sustainable Facilities Tool by authoring and editing content. During his time at Perkins+Will, Michael also served as the Mid-Atlantic Regional Team Leader for the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment, served the Washington DC Construction Codes Coordinating Board Green Technical Advisory Group to adopt the first Green Construction Code in a major US city, and organized AIA-DC's first Sustainability Summit. His contributions to the Sustainable DC Plan were recognized by a certificate of appreciation from Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray. Show less



Envision Design (Merged w/ Perkins+Will)

• Washington D.C.

• Project Architect and Sustainability Consultant

  • Aug 2007 - Aug 2012

  From its founding in 1999 to its merger with Perkins+Will in 2012, Envision Design served as a thought leader in the sustainable design movement. Sustainability is not only about using resources wisely, but is also about creating better, healthier, and more productive spaces for people to live and work. Envision was widely recognized for our success in integrating design excellence with a commitment to environmental responsibility and human wellbeing, receiving over 90 local and national awards for our work and our projects were published internationally. Michael served as a Project Architect and Sustainability Consultant for a wide range of project types and clients including: • US Green Building Council Headquarters (LEED-CI Platinum) • CoStar Group Headquarters (LEED-CI Platinum) • CoStar Group Boston (LEED-CI Platinum) • CoStar Group Atlanta (LEED-CI Platinum) • Apple DC Office (LEED-CI Gold) • Generation IM (LEED-CI Platinum) • Office of Former Vice President Al Gore (LEED-CI Platinum) • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation • Calvert Social Investment Foundation • Meyer Foundation • Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) • City of the Future Design Competition • Smart Car Wash (LEED-NC Silver) • Trinity Plaza (LEED-NC Silver) • Gupta Residence (Remodeling Magazine Design Award) • Shields Residence (Solar House) • Sener Residence (Solar House) • 1121 14th Street (LEED-EBOM Gold) Michael also served the AIA Committee on the Environment as Fundraiser and Treasurer, USGBC-NCR Emerging Green Builders, Clean Economy Network Steering Committee, and on the District of Columbia's Construction Codes Coordinating Board Green Technical Advisory Group. Show less



East Tennessee Community Design Center

• Knoxville, Tennesee

• Intern Architect and Sustainability Consultant

  • Jan 2007 - Jul 2007

  Created in 1970, the East Tennessee Community Design Center is a nonprofit organization that works with community groups in urban and rural East Tennessee. The Community Design Center organizes people, ideas and resources to facilitate positive change in economically distressed and isolated communities in the region. While at the ETCDC Michael assisted with the schematic design of a green addition to Belle Morris Elementary School with the assistance and mentoring of Elizabeth Eason with Elizabeth Eason Architects. Show less



Bill Andrews Architect

• Intern Architect

  • Jan 2006 - Mar 2006



curb: architecture made fresh daily

• Knoxville, Tennessee Area

• Intern Architect

  • Jan 2006 - Mar 2006



University of Tennessee

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2005 - Dec 2005

  Arch 231: Introduction to Technology in Architecture Arch 231: Introduction to Technology in Architecture



Architect of the Capitol

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern Architect

  • May 2005 - Aug 2005

  Work Published in "Paris on the Potomac" Work Published in "Paris on the Potomac"