Green For Retail Speaker Bios

Edward Costa, Vice President, Construction, Office Depot, Inc.
Edward Costa is responsible for all aspects of new construction for Office Depot, which has included the opening of over 400 retail stores in North America during the last five years; facility maintenance for Office Depot’s North American retail chain, supporting more than 1200 stores; and Office Depot’s remodel program, which has performed over 300 successful store retrofits since 2006.
Edward joined Office Depot in 2001. Prior to joining the Company, Edward spent over 10 years in construction, store planning and store facilities for The Home Depot.  Edward graduated from Park College in Parkville, MO with a B.S. Degree in Management, Information Systems.  He is also a veteran of the United States Air Force.

Justin Doak, Manager, LEED Retail Sector, United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
As the Sector Manager for LEED for Retail at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Justin Doak manages the technical development of two rating systems, LEED for Retail-New Construction and LEED for Retail-Commercial Interiors. In this capacity, he and his team work with over eighty retail pilot projects to gather market feedback on the applicability of draft modifications to the LEED for New Construction v2.2 and LEED for Commercial Interiors v2.0 prerequisites and credits to suite green retail projects. As part of the newly formed USGBC Market Development team, Justin also works with retailers who are partnered with USGBC in the Portfolio Program, a pilot program in development through fall of 2008, which enables retailers to build LEED into their standard operations and building portfolio. Prior to USGBC, Justin worked in public relations and brand development and carries the position that LEED offers a unique opportunity for retailers to verify corporate social responsibility, connect with customers and add equity to their brand.

John Fojut, Vice President Facilities, Kohl’s Corporation
John Fojut joined Kohl’s Department Stores in 1981. He progressed from Store Management to working on Distribution and Logistics team and led the company’s expansion of its Distribution Network by overseeing the building or renovation of 7 of 11 Distribution Centers.   He also spent several years as the Vice President of Transportation before taking on his current role in facilities. 
Currently, John is responsible for the repair and maintenance of over 1000 stores as well as managing Kohl’s energy purchases and environmental initiatives.   In his tenure in facilities, Kohl’s has become host to 33 activated solar power installations as well as achieving a #2 Rank on the EPA’s Green Power Partnership for the retail sector.  In 2007, the EPA granted Kohl’s a “Green Power Leadership” award. 
John has a BS degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Marc Gordon, Vice President, Operations, Macy’s, Inc.
Marc Gordon is the Vice President of Operations and Properties for Macy*s West, which encompasses 252 stores throughout California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, Texas, Hawaii and Guam. In this capacity, Marc oversees the logistics and facilities of the Macy*s West Division of Macy*s Inc.
Marc has 24 years of experience with Macy*s. Previously he held the positions of Vice President of Inventory Control, Regional Director of Store Operations and Operations Manager for several Macy*s Stores. Marc has a MBA from Saint Mary’s and a B.S. degree from University of the Pacific with an emphasis on finance.

Jim Hanna, Director, Environmental Affairs, Starbucks Coffee Company
Jim Hanna joined Starbucks Coffee Company in November 2005 as corporate Manager of Environmental Affairs, lending his expertise to the company’s initiatives to minimize its environmental footprint through green building, energy conservation, international procurement, waste minimization and collaboration with partner corporations and NGOs.
Prior to Starbucks, he served as Director of Environmental Affairs for Xanterra Parks & Resorts at Yellowstone National Park. In the position, Jim oversaw Xanterra’s many progressive environmental initiatives in its operations as the primary concessionaire in the park, including an ISO 14001-certified Environmental Management System. Before escaping to Yellowstone, he worked as Director of Operations for Teris Environmental in Los Angeles, managing the company’s seven regional offices in North America. A native of Olympia, Washington, Jim earned a BS in Environmental Sciences from Washington State University and is a U.S. Green Building Council LEED-accredited professional.

Ken Golovko, PE, LEED AP, Senior Mechanical Engineer, WD Partners
Ken has led large-scale retail prototype projects for a wide range of clients at WD Partners, utilizing more than a decade of experience in both electrical and mechanical engineering.  He has directed high-efficiency design programs for several prototypes with a national home improvement retailer, and is now working with grocery retailers and restaurant operators on LEED initiatives. Ken is licensed to practice mechanical engineering in forty states, and has been LEED™ accredited since 2002. As the senior LEED-accredited professional at WD Partners, he also mentors a growing group of LEED-accredited designers, architects and engineers applying sustainable design practices for multi-unit retailers.   

Rob Keller, Energy Management & Engineering Services Director, J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
Rob Keller, PE, earned a Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University in 1986. He then earned his MBA at the University of Texas at Dallas in 1996. He is licensed by the State of Texas and works for the J.C. Penny Company as Energy Management and Engineering Services Director.
During Keller’s tenure at J.C. Penney, the company was named as the first retailer to be recognized as EPA ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year in Energy Management category, earning this honor in 2007 and 2008. In Oct 2007, four J.C. Penney buildings were also ENERGY STAR certified in the Retail category, the first in this category and today, remain the only. 

Craig Kline, Partner, Troutman Sanders
Craig Kline is a partner in the New York office of Troutman Sanders. His practice is focused on domestic and cross-border project finance transactions, renewable energy transactions, structured finance and leveraged leasing. Mr. Kline has represented a wide variety of commercial and public institutions in their many capacities, including as lenders, issuers, lessors, lessees, credit support providers and trustees. He also has experience with the securitization of financial assets, synthetic leasing, secured lending and bankruptcy. 

Tim Leigh, SPACE Director of Energy and Supply, Macy's Inc.
As the Director of Energy Services, Tim has principal responsibility for developing Federated’s risk management, hedging programs and procurement of their electricity and natural gas needs.  In early, 2007 he was the chief architect of Macy’s corporate sustainability plan.  He has over twenty years experience in the U.S. energy markets working in various sectors of the value chain.  His experience includes 10 years with The Southern Company, co-founding of one of the nation’s leading Energy Service Companies, and as a Senior Manager with Accenture.  Prior to coming to Macy’s in February of 2006, Tim was the Vice President of Sales for a California based power marketer. 

Marc Mondor, Principal, evolve Environment:Architecture
Marc Mondor has over ten years of architectural experience and has been an integral part of Pittsburgh’s green building movement for the last decade. Marc has lectured nationally and consulted regionally about green design principles, currently providing green building consulting and LEED training and management services for a wide array of projects and clients.
Marc's ongoing consulting work has led to the nation’s first LEED certified supermarket, the first LEED Gold certified place of worship and the first LEED CI Gold certified office space, among other innovative firsts. Current clients include Carnegie Mellon University, Ove Arup and Partners, GetGo Fuel, Giant Eagle Inc, the Milton Hershey School and Point Park University. Marc has also worked for several architectural firms, managing commercial, office, residential and institutional projects.
Marc currently serves on two community development boards and has written about sustainable building and planning. He received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo and studied sustainable design in Scandinavia. 

Michael Nark, President & Chief Executive Officer, Prenova, Inc.
Michael Nark joined Prenova as President and CEO in October of 2007. He has a proven track record of building successful, efficient organizations and experience in leading companies to profitable growth. Michael has a broad background in technology-enabled service delivery businesses and extensive experience in sales, marketing and operations. He most recently served as President and CEO of GEOCOMtms, a privately-held fleet management services provider to the oil and gas marketplace. Under Michael’s leadership, an expanded product offering was brought to market bringing sustainable, profitable growth for the company. This growth provided a solid foundation and propelled it to a strategic sale of the company to RedPrairie.
Michael holds a B.S. in Engineering from Miami University.

Kevin O'Donnell, Creative Director, Schorleaf, Inc.
Kevin Foster O'Donnell has worked in the retail industry for more than fifteen years, championing cutting edge design, integrated architecture and decor, brand development and inventive conceptual approaches, material use and production methods.   His company, Schorleaf, Inc., designs and fabricates retail store environments, and focuses on green life style, health & longevity, female retail, Hispanic space and retail food.  Annually, Kevin lectures through various platforms, including AIA, ASID and NeoCon events.   He is also trained to present An Inconvenient Truth, having custom-tailored it by adding present technologies and strategies that can guide us toward a more stable global climate.

Mark Peternell, Vice President, Sustainability, Regency Centers Corporation
Mark Peternell is Vice President, Sustainability for Regency Centers, the leading national owner, operator, and developer of grocery-anchored and community shopping centers. Peternell is responsible for implementing and evolving Regency’s corporate sustainability and green building initiatives – Greengenuity.
Prior to Regency, Peternell worked for Forest City Enterprises’ Commercial Group, where he was responsible for the development of the company’s retail portfolio in Denver, CO, including Northfield Stapleton. The project is one of the first shopping centers in the nation to successfully integrate Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification into a new retail development. Peternell also serves as a member of the United States Green Building Council’s (USGBC) LEED for Retail Committee.
Peternell attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and holds an MBA degree with a concentration in real estate, a Master of Science degree in Environmental Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies. 

Ron Rau, Vice President, Stores and Facilities Maintenance, Limited Brands
Ron Rau is Vice President of Stores and Facilities Maintenance for Limited Brands. His responsibilities include: Store and Facilities Maintenance, Energy Services, and Store Lifecycle management. Ron has been with Limited Brands for 13 years and in retail for over 30 years. He is a member of ISM, AEE, EEI, and PRSM. He is past president of the Professional Retail Store Maintenance Association and currently sits on their Marketing and Advisory Committees. He has been an accomplished speaker/presenter at PRSM, SPECS, NF&MT, Retail Construction Expo, and EEI. 

Jeffrey Rosenholtz, Senior Manager of Capital Projects, Office Depot, Inc.
Jeffrey Rosenholtz joined Office Depot in April of 2003 as Manager of Store Operations for Office Depot’s North American Retail division supporting more than 1,200 retail store locations.  As Manager of Store Operations, Jeffrey was responsible for streamlining the Company’s new Store Opening process using a web based reporting tool and communicating on a daily basis with more than 1,200 store managers via an online portal.

In 2005 he was promoted to Senior Manager of Capital Projects and received responsibility for retrofitting the majority of the Company’s retail store locations to T-5 energy efficient lights, upgrading the Novar Savvy systems and installing light sensors in the stores.  As a result of these initiatives, Office Depot reducing total company energy usage by nearly 20 percent and electricity costs by 10 percent – despite a growing store footprint.  Jeffrey was also responsible for the installation of corrugated balers in more than 700 store locations, which enabled Office Depot to significantly increase the quantity of recycled cardboard and paper in most of its locations.

Jeffrey came to Office Depot from the technology industry where he worked for companies including as HP and Computer Associates.  He received his Bachelors Degree in Computer Science from Trinity College after a four year tour of duty in the U.S. Navy as an Air Traffic Controller. Jeffrey continues his love for aviation as an FAA Certified Flight Instructor.

Ann Scott, Corporate Energy Program Manager, AAFES
Ann Scott is the Corporate Energy Program Manager for the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) in Dallas, Texas.  She is primarily responsible for the Worldwide AAFES Sustainability Program.
Ann graduated from the United States Military Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering followed by a Master of Science Degree from the University of Missouri, Rolla in Engineering Management.  She is a registered engineer in the states of Texas and Missouri.  She is a Certified Energy Manger (CEM), a Project Manager Professional (PMP), a LEED Accredited Professional, and has her Green Advantage Environmental Certification.
Ann came to AAFES after working as a Project Manager for 3 years for a major design build company and managing over 300 construction projects.  Prior to that, Ann served her country for over 7 years in the Army as an Engineer Officer.  During that time she completed multiple missions in 11 different countries around the world.

Dwayne Shmel, Manager of Development & Architecture, Best Buy Company
Dwayne Shmel is licensed architect with 20 years of national retail development experience. He is a 10 veteran with Best Buy and serves at their Manager of Development and Architecture, overseeing the department’s development team which provides site analysis and design, due diligence, and entitlement execution on all new retail projects. Additionally, he manages Best Buy’s prototype plans and specifications, working with numerous internal teams to keep the building facility current and ensuring the latest technologies and changes are incorporated into the field.
Dwayne’s career prior to Best Buy included practice as an Architectural consultant for a number of professional firms – all of whom worked on a national basis with “big box” retail clients – specializing in site feasibility, site design, entitlement and building code analysis. 

Yalmaz Siddiqui, Director, Environmental Strategy, Office Depot, Inc.
Yalmaz Siddiqui is responsible for guiding Office Depot’s global environmental vision to “increasingly buy green, be green and sell green.”  As part of this company-wide initiative, Siddiqui partners with a number of internal and external stakeholders to develop and integrate a wide range of environmental programs, initiatives and products.  Office Depot’s industry-leading environmental programs span all parts of the company - from the supply chain (buying green) to internal operations (being green), to business and consumer markets (selling green).  Siddiqui’s role includes improving the understanding of environmental issues and opportunities among suppliers, associates and customers.  His end goal is to help improve the environmental performance of Office Depot and its range of stakeholders.
Siddiqui also oversees Office Depot’s five-year, Forest & Biodiversity Conservation Alliance (www.forestryalliance.org), which develops critical information, standards and tools for global forest and biodiversity conservation.  The Alliance is Office Depot’s collaboration with Conservation International, NatureServe and The Nature Conservancy, three of the world’s most respected science-based conservation organizations.
Siddiqui holds a Master’s Degree in Environment & Development from Cambridge University in England, and a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Marketing & International Business from McGill University in Canada.

Rick Sievertsen, Vice President, Business Development, Cadence Network Inc.
Rick Sievertsen is a 25-year energy management and procurement industry veteran, responsible for growing and managing Cadence’s channel partner sales program, as well as supporting development and implementation of the Total Energy and Environmental Management solution for the company’s growing national account base. His background includes experience in sustainable business practices, energy management, renewable energy, risk management, technical and business solutions and consultative sales.

Joe Stern, Facilities Manager, West Marine, Inc.  
Joe Stern has 10+ years experience in facilities maintenance with various companies.  For the last 11 years, he has worked for West Marine in many capacities and made the transition form Store Operations to facilities 4 years ago.  Among his current responsibilities Joe maintains West Marine's 372 Stores and is the conduit between Finance and the Deregulated Energy/ Utility Payment partner, Prenova.  He is a leader on the West Marine Sustainability Team and is the current Secretary on the Board of Directors for PRSM.

Rachel Zsembery, AIA, LEED®, Associate, Bergmeyer Associates, Inc.
Directs a design team that develops and implements retail prototypes. A dynamic and creative leader, Rachel and her team work nearly everywhere in the country. She proves to her clients that they are well served by working with a design firm which thoroughly understands their business, can create a design vision that supports their corporate goals, and has the energy, commitment, and corporate backing to manage a nationwide program of real estate. Rachel received her Bachelor of Architecture degree from Carnegie Mellon University. A LEED-Accredited Professional, Rachel is working at the forefront of greening commercial buildings and interior architecture. She has been involved in overseeing many of Bergmeyer’s most environmentally progressive retail design projects, including L.L. Bean’s new retail prototype, which is part of the USGBC’s pilot program, LEED for Retail – Commercial Interiors. Having guided many retailers through the process of evaluating the sustainability of their current and planned stores, Rachel has an acute understanding of the unique challenges that retailers must address when pursing LEED certification. Rachel is also a member of the USGBC’s Greenbuild 2008 Boston Host Committee. In addition, Rachel is leading Bergmeyer in the adoption of state-of-the-art building information modeling technology so that all of Bergmeyer’s design work can be documented in a new, highly data-rich medium.