Jerry Yudelson, PE, MS, MBA, LEED® AP GSA National Peer Professional
Known as one of the country’s leading experts on green buildings and green building marketing, Jerry leads the consulting team at Yudelson Associates. He has served on the national board of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and co-founded the USGBC’s first regional chapter, Cascadia, in the Pacific Northwest. A registered professional engineer, he is an expert in the LEED green building rating system, and provides his clients with expert guidance on creating, developing, designing and marketing green building projects. Jerry’s clients include property developers and building owners, architects and consulting engineering firms, retailers, manufacturers and trade associations. In 2006, the U.S. General Services Administration named him a national “Peer Professional.”
As Sustainability Director for a large regional engineering firm for five years, Jerry assisted project teams with sustainable design and marketing services for commercial and institutional building projects, with a special focus on commercial offices, higher education, housing and public facilities. He facilitates "eco-charrettes" and “visioning sessions” for clients. Since 2001, Jerry has trained more than 3,500 people in the LEED rating system. For the U.S. Green Building Council, he chairs the Steering Committee for Greenbuild 2004–2009, the country’s largest green building conferences.
In 2000, Jerry was co-founder and director of the Green Building Services consulting unit of Portland General Electric, now an independent LEED consulting firm. He has managed environmental and energy studies for a variety of clients, including state and local governments, utilities, and federal agencies. Jerry brings a unique capacity for effective communications to each project. In 2004, Jerry’s work was recognized with the “Better Bricks” award of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, as “Green Building Advocate” of the year.
2010 Conference Speakers
- Tony Adolfs
- David Allen
- Michael V. Belluzzi
- Rob Biedermann
- Mark Bowers
- Mark Breslin
- Dennis Canevari
- Michael Checchi
- Matt Cramer
- Raymond Diaz
- Nathan Dills
- John Garofalo
- Jack Goldkamp
- Kate Gordon
- John Hamilton
- Reggie Hohenberger
- Eli Howard
- Steve Hunt
- Michael Keane
- Thomas Keating
- Jeffrey Laski
- Larry Lawrence
- John Lindemulder
- Rich McClees
- David McCoy
- Sean McGarvey
- Phil Meyers
- Joe Nigro
- James Page
- Richard Reese
- Ben Schlinsog
- Daniel Seligman
- Joseph Sellers
- James Shoulders
- Matthew Smith
- John Songer
- Adrian Stasiuk
- Dwayne Stephens
- Allen Still
- Michael Sullivan
- Mark Terzigni
- Mark Watson
- George Welsch
- Rick Werner
- James White
- Keith Wilson
- Bruce Word
- Frank Young
- Jerry Yudelson
- Robert Zahner
- David Zimmermann
