Matt Siegel has been working for the WNC Green Building Council since 2002. He consults on commercial LEED projects as a LEED AP including the Eastern Band of Cherokee Tribe's new schools project and the Campbell building in downtown Black Mountain. He works with local governments to help then encourage and implement green building practices through incentives and education.
Matt worked for three years installing solar energy and radiant floor heat systems. Before working with the WNCGBC, Matt worked with Land of Sky's Waste Reduction Partners doing research for UNCA's High Performance Science Building and organizing the deconstruction of the Highsmith Student Center. Matt was also construction coordinator for Habitat for Humanity in Hickory, NC where he initiated their energy efficiency program.
Matt enjoys taking walks in the Asheville area with Joya and Louise, discovering new origami animals, and having parties (so he can create MonkEmails) as well as gardening and eating s'mores.
"Green building is one step that each of us can take on any scale as an effort to slow global climate change and create a better world. "
Contact Matt at matt@wncgbc.org
Maggie Leslie has been working for the WNC Green Building Council since 2003, though became full-time staff in July of 2006. Ms. Leslie had been operating the Million Solar Roofs Initiative and serving as Treasurer to the Council while volunteering. Currently she is keeping busy as director of the HealthyBuilt Homes Program of Greater Asheville.
Maggie received her B.S. in Environmental Studies, concentrating in Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Policy, from Warren Wilson College. Since completing her B.S., Maggie received a certificate in Sustainable Building Advisory from the City of Seattle, WA. After relocating back to the southeast, she worked with the Southface Energy Institute in Atlanta, Ga. While at Southface, Maggie trained as a HERS rater and developed her understanding of building science and sustainable design. Following working for Southface, Ms. Leslie moved back to Western North Carolina and worked for Home Energy Partners as the office manager and green building consultant from 2003 to 2006.
Maggie also enjoys spending time doing yard work with Micah at their home in West Asheville, a good piece of dark chocolate, and walking down Haywood Rd. with her ipod on.
Contact Maggie at maggie@wncgbc.org
Elizabeth is new to the Green Building council. She is a member of Americorps Project
Energize, a new program with the goal of weatherizing 300 homes in Western North Carolina
this year.
Elizabeth graduated from Warren Wilson College in 2008 with a batchelors degree in
Anthropology/Sociology. Her work at the Warren Wilson Recycling Center led her to a job
with the Arlington County Government outside of Washington DC. There, she worked with
the recycling program to improve the county's recycling rate.
Aside from being a trash lady, Elizabeth is excited to learn about other energy
conservation methods with Americorps and the WNCGBC. She also enjoys stir fry, looking
for groundhogs on the side of the road, and mountains.
Contact Elizabeth at elizabeth@wncgbc.org
Shifra Nerenberg graduated from UNCA with a BA in Women's Studies in 2003 and comes to WNCGBC with a background in Ecofeminism and Permaculture Design, as well as more than 10 years experience in office administration.
Shifra enjoys sci-fi/fantasy fiction novels, reading tarot cards, and being an awesome aunt to Isabel & Sophia.
Contact Shifra at office@wncgbc.org
Kevin Ward, Chair
Isaac Savage, Vice Chair
Tiffany Smith, Secretary
Boone Guyton, Treasuer
Hans Doellgast
Marcus Renner
Daryl Rantis
Judy Dinelle
Melanie Brethauer
Becky Brown
Jim Demos
Ken Czarnomski
Michelle Price
