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Executive Director
Dan Geiger
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Dan Geiger is the Executive Director of USGBC – Northern California Chapter. Mr. Geiger, in cooperation with the Board of Directors, develops and manages the Chapter's strategy, growth, programs, and operations. Starting as the first full-time employee in 2007, he has built a professional staff which serves more than 1,700 members in 5 regions of Northern California.
Mr. Geiger is a highly experienced social entrepreneur with more than 25 years of start-up, executive and leadership experience, and has consulted on business planning, strategy and organizational development in the nonprofit, for-profit and philanthropy sectors.
Recent executive experience includes: the Executive Director of Groundspring.org, a nonprofit social enterprise that provides online engagement systems to thousands of nonprofits. Prior to that, he was the Co-Founder and CEO of OpNet Community Ventures, which prepared and supported low-income young adults for entry into and career development in the internet industry. His achievements at OpNet were recognized by former Vice-President Al Gore during the 2000 Presidential campaign.
Mr. Geiger has served on many Boards of Directors, and has been profiled or featured in media such as Good Morning America, Wall Street Journal, Business 2.0, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News and many others.
His business experience includes Marketing Manager and Account Executive for Wang Laboratories, Inc. Mr. Geiger is a LEED AP, and holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC-Berkeley.
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Senior Program Manager
Ashleigh Talberth, LEED AP BD&C
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Ashleigh Talberth currently holds the position of Senior Program Manager and manages public policy and fundraising efforts in Northern California. She has been with the Chapter since 2007.
While a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), Ashleigh spent four years advocating the University of California (UC) system to incorporate environmental and social criteria into its business contracts. Ashleigh authored the “UC Sustainable Purchasing Policy” which gained approval and is now in implementation on ten UC campuses. Other student involvement included: co-coordinated a successful renewable energy campaign resulting in $168,000 being allocated a year to green UCSB, served as a UC Office of the President representative on human rights, and interned for State Treasurer Phil Angelides and the Alliance to Save Energy.
Ashleigh holds a degree in Business Economics with an “Award of Distinction” from UCSB. Ashleigh currently serves as a Board Member for the Raoul Wallenberg Jewish Democratic Club and is a member of Good Ol’ Girls, a progressive women’s organization.
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Director of Special Events
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Marcia Sitcoske is our new Director of Special Events. After a career in high tech (programming, project managing, and managing e-commerce, e-communities and e-learning teams), she decided to redirect her career into the sustainability field. Toward that end, she recently completed her Master of Science degree in Environmental Studies (MSES) with a concentration in Communications and Writing. She is also a graduate (and former director) of the Environmental Forum of Marin and the horticultural ecology program at the Alemany Farm in San Francisco. Her volunteer activities have included acting as the Co-Chair of the Environment & Natural Resources forum at the Commonwealth Club of California, the Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT), and the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA). She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government/Pre-Law and will be studying for the Green Associate designation. When not working, Marcia enjoys cooking, traveling, reading and hiking.
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Communications and Marketing Manager
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Monica Renner has recently joined USGBC-NCC as the Communications and Marketing Manager. She oversees the Chapter's messaging and marketing efforts, membership, as well as coordinates special events.
After receiving her BA in Architecture from UC Berkeley, Monica developed a strong interest in sustainable building and design. She oversaw the marketing and design of the '08 CA Boom Design Show in Los Angeles, including designing all promotional materials for the event. She returned to the bay area to help produce three successful conferences for West Coast Green, a yearly event on green innovation in San Francisco. She assisted in West Coast Green's marketing efforts and designed sales collateral and advertising. Monica's designs have appeared in WIRED, Good Magazine, ReadyMade, and Fast Company, and have also been placed in MUNI buses around San Francisco. She looks forward to bringing her design, marketing, and event planning skills to the Chapter, while continuing to support the green building movement. When she's not at USGBC-NCC offices, Monica enjoys cooking, sewing, painting, and exploring the bay area.
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Program Coordinator
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Madison McClintock is a recent graduate of Franklin College in Lugano, Switzerland where she received her BA in Environmental Studies and minors in French and Studio Art. In college, she initially became interested in sustainability and green building after spending a semester in Madagascar studying natural resource and biodiversity management. This acquired fascination with sustainability efforts led her to an internship with the USGBC-NCC where she has gained practical experience in event planning and graphic design. Madison would like to become a documentary filmmaker where she can use film as a means to present important and meaningful sustainability issues to a wider audience. She looks forward to bringing her creativity and enthusiasm to the chapter as the newest member of the USGBC-NCC staff.
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