Nellie Reid, 32

Aug. 11, 2010

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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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