Nellie Reid, 32
Senior associate
Gensler, Los Angeles
EDUCATION
BA, BArch, Rice University
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
LEED AP
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Director of sustainable design at largest design firm in the U.S (2007 total billings: $490 million, according to BD+C's Giants 300).
Overseeing sustainable design and LEED program for 18.6 million-sf, $9.2 billion MGM Mirage's mixed-use CityCenter project in Las Vegas.
Performed significant sustainable design consulting on Port Administration Building and Maintenance Facility, Port of Long Beach, Calif.; Eagle Lodge at Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort, Mammoth, Calif.; Norman Mineta San Jose International Airport, North Concourse, San Jose, Calif.
EXTRACURRICULAR
Founder, vice chair (2004-2007), U.S. Green Building Council's Los Angeles chapter.
Received Leadership Award in Organizational Excellence, USGBC (2005).
OFF THE CLOCK
Completed both Chicago and Honolulu marathons.
Recommended read: Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson.
SECRET LIFE
Not a vegetarian. (People just assume she is.)
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