Board of Directors
DR. TIM BEATLEY
Dr. Tim Beatley is the “Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities” at the University of Virginia, School of Architecture, and the coiner of the term “green urbanism”.
BILL BROWNING — BOARD CHAIR
Bill Browning is one of the green building and real estate industry’s foremost thinkers and strategists, and an advocate for sustainable design solutions at all levels of business, government, and civil society.
MARY DAVIDGE—
VICE CHAIR
Mary Davidge retired as Google's Director of Global Design, Real Estate, and Workplace Services in September 2014. Her work focuses on green buildings and sustainable architecture.
ERIN JENDE
Erin Jende is the Director of Marketing Communications, Americas at Interface, and has served in this role since April 2017. Before, she was an Account Executive with Interface for six years, and was the Vice President of & Marketing at Cartral Doyle Creative Company for seven years.
GREG KASPARIAN
Greg Kasparian is the co-founder of Creek Retreat. His and his wife’s vision for a wellness retreat took shape in August 2017. Greg’s career has been spent in the wellness space, including the opening of the International Dermal Institute in NYC in 1999.
HARRIET ANDERSON LANGFORD
Harriet Langford is President and Trustee of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation, a Georgia-based private family foundation honoring the legacy of her father, the late Ray C. Anderson (1934-2011), Founder and Chairman of Interface, Inc.
MARK “PUCK” MYKLEBY
Mark retired from the Marine Corps in July 2011 after 24 years of service.. Mark is now a co-director of the Strategic Innovation Lab at Case Western Reserve University where he continues his work on grand strategy and sustainability.
STEVE NYGREN — PAST CHAIR
Steve Nygren is the founder of Serenbe, the leading biophilic wellness community just outside of Atlanta. He helped form the Biophilic Institute, and currently serves on the Department of Community Affairs Board and chairs the Task Force for Comprehensive Planning for Georgia.
MONICA OLSEN — TREASURER
Monica Olsen is a marketing executive with over 20 years of experience working with Fortune 500 to boutique brands, advertising agencies and Silicon Valley start-ups. She has extensive brand and client work with a deep agency background. She is the CMO of Serenbe and hosts two podcasts including Biophilic Solutions.
JEFF SMITH
Jeff has a Ph.D. in A.I. and Robotics. He was a Board member and CTO of Catapult Health a leader in A.I. and Telemedicine for wellness. Jeff is a serial entrepreneur and founded the first ISP and web hosting company in the Southwest. In 2019 he and his wife Lisa built a sustainable farm in East Texas.
DR. PHILL TABB
Dr. Phill Tabb is a Professor of Architecture at Texas A&M. He created the masterplan for the biophilic community Serenbe. Tabb teaches studio design, the theory of placemaking, and he is a practicing urban designer and licensed architect. He is currently working on his 11th book.
MICHAEL TAYLOR — SECRETARY
Michael is at Beacon Group of Morgan Stanley due to it adherence to a Modern Wealth Management process that provides clients with unparalleled technology, tools and products that get employed in a customized plan created in consultation with clients, deployed with great care, and then monitored and adjusted with diligence. He graduated with honors from both Georgetown University Law Center and Cornell University. He lives in Brookhaven, GA with his wife Amy, their two children, and dog, Myra.
DR. ALFIE VICK
Alfred Vick is the Georgia Power Professor in Environmental Ethics at the University of Georgia. He is a licensed landscape architect and a LEED Fellow. Professor Vick’s research focuses on green infrastructure and sustainable site design, landscape performance metrics, native plant communities, and Cherokee ethnobotany.