EGB Committees
Members:
EGB Co-Chair Stephanie Coble
EGB Co-Chair Will Senner
National Local Leaders Representative Rob Caron
Communications The Communications Committee is responsible for:
• Working with each EGB sub-committee and the USGBC NC Triangle Chapter to promote events, inform members, and encourage communication.
• Collecting, managing and distributing information using the EGB website&calendar.
• Collecting, managing and submitting content to the Chapter Communications Chair for the monthly newsletter.
• Developing and managing the EGB Communication Tree using the EGB Gmail account.
Co-Chair: Jen Sheppard
Co-Chair: Kim Wike
Design Competition
The Design Competition Committee is responsible for:
• Encouraging participation in the North Carolina Sustainable Building Design Competition sponsored by Triangle USGBC and EGB.
• Coordinating NCSBDC attendance at Greenbuild for the National Design Competition.
• Coordinating media coverage.
• Coordinating the post-design charrette for the winning student team and builders.
• Attending competition advisory team meetings.
Chair: Kathryn James
Finance
The Finance Committee is responsible for:
• Working with each EGB sub-committee to develop a budget each year to submit to the board.
• Pursuing sponsorships for specific events as well as the EGB group at large by having at least one sponsorship drive each year.
• Coordinating sponsorship events with the chapter finance committee.
Chair: Kim Bernard
Membership
The Membership Committee is responsible for:
• Maintaining a master list of members and prospective members.
• Running membership drives in November and May of each year.
• Encouraging prospective members to join the EGB.
• Maintaining and constantly updating a list of EGB membership benefits.
• Providing a list of current members for each EGB event to ensure that members enjoy their discounts.
• Developing and maintaining documents for the new member package.
• Maintaining the EGB yahoogroups listserve.
Chair: Erin Schneiders
Outreach
The Outreach Committee is responsible for:
• Networking with likeminded student and young professional groups possessing a sustainable mission.
• Working with programming chair to coordinate joint events (greendrinks, tours, etc) with these groups to promote greater sharing of resources and promote greater networking.
• Tracking conferences, seminars, and workshops in the area promoting green building; making EGB members aware of these opportunities while seeking ways to best represent the EGB (printed materials, booths, displays, etc.)
• Encouraging young professional participation in USGBC endeavors such as LEED accreditation, workshops, and GreenBuild.
Chair: Caroline Davenport
Programming
The Programming Committee is responsible for:
• Creating goals and a framework for each EGB event.
• Handling details and coordination for each specific event, including sponsors, speakers, tours, designers, rsvp’s, agendas, food, and/or buildings.
• Organizing one event each month (which currently is structured to include one GreenDrinks event every other month, and one EGB educational event in the alternating months).
• Providing event announcements&post-event write-ups to the Communications Committee Chair for the Chapter Newsletter.
• Coordinating events with the chapter programming committee.
Chair: Katharine Eggleston
Universities
The University Chairs serve mainly as liasions between the major Universities in the area (NCSU, Duke, and UNC) and the Triangle EGB group.
The University Chairs are responsible for:
• Representing the university to the EGB group, and vice versa.
• Seeking ways to promote greater interest in green building among the student body.
• Promoting increased student enrollment in the EGB.
• Coordinating EGB events with other sustainable campus events.
• Encouraging student participation in USGBC endeavors such as LEED accreditation, workshops, and GreenBuild.
• Coordinating activities with other University Chairs.
UNC Chair: Alex Gonski
NCSU Chair: Veronica Lemere