Lynn N. Simon, AIA, LEED AP, is President of Simon & Associates, Inc., Green Building Consultants. Established in 1994, Simon & Associates, Inc. is a nationally recognized green building consulting firm. The firm uses a practical and collaborative approach and offers a wide range of services to advance sustainable and healthy building design and construction practices. The firm has consulted on many LEED certified projects, including some of the earliest projects to achieve LEED certification in California. Ms. Simon is a green building pioneer and a leading authority in the industry with over 18 years in the green building arena. She has served on the Board of Directors of several building industry organizations, including the AIA San Francisco Chapter Board for four years and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Board for six years. Ms. Simon now serves as Vice Chair on the USGBC's Governance and Curriculum Committees. She is a LEED Faculty member and a LEED Accredited Professional. Ms. Simon is a licensed Architect in California and has a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from UC Berkeley and a Master of Architecture from the University of Washington. In 2003, she received the AIACC Presidential Citation Public Service Honor Award, and in 2005 she was named one of 25 Environmental Champions by EnvironDesign Journal.
 

William J. Worthen, AIA, LEED AP, is Senior Associate with Simon & Associates, Inc., a nationally recognized green building consulting firm. The firm has consulted on many LEED certified projects, including some of the earliest projects to achieve LEED certification in California. Mr. Worthen focuses on the practical application of sustainable design and construction strategies. He brings over ten years of experience as a project architect and in construction administration to his work as a green building consultant. Mr. Worthen has worked for firms such as Hornberger + Worstell Architects and Planners, and Hellmuth Obata + Kassabaum (HOK) Architects and Consulting Group (now HOK Advanced Strategies). He has presented at AIA National conventions on green building and the LEED certification process, and he serves on the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (COTE) Advocacy sub-committee. Mr. Worthen also serves on the Advocacy Committee of the U.S. Green Building Council's Northern California Chapter and the San Francisco Mayor's Green Building Task Force. He is a licensed architect in Washington, DC and the State of California, and he is a LEED Accredited Professional. Mr. Worthen received a Bachelor of Science degree in Building Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

 
Marian Keeler, Associate AIA, LEED AP, is a Senior Associate with Simon & Associates, Inc., Green Building Consultants, a nationally recognized green building consulting firm. The firm has consulted on many LEED certified projects, including some of the earliest projects to achieve LEED certification in California. Ms. Keeler has ten years of experience in the green building industry, focusing on indoor air quality (IAQ) and health issues in an integrated building approach to high-performance buildings. She has worked in various architecture firms, including SMWM, and as a green building writer and consultant. Ms. Keeler has presented at EnvironDesign and San Francisco's 2005 World Environment Day on IAQ and integrated design issues. She has published several journal articles and is working on a Sustainable Building Design textbook to be published in 2008 by Wiley & Sons. Ms. Keeler is a LEED Accredited Professional and is on the Boards of West Coast Green and Green Home Guide and on the USGBC Northern California Chapter's Advocacy and Resources committees. She received her Bachelor of Architecture degree from California College for the Arts and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from the University of California at Davis.