{"id":1004127543,"date":"2015-09-16T09:07:03","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T17:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/?p=360575"},"modified":"2022-12-09T00:25:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T08:25:30","slug":"usgbc-names-next-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/usgbc-names-next-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"USGBC Names Next CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_360576\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 349px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/Mahesh-Ramanujam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-360576 \" title=\"Mahesh Ramanujam\" src=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/Mahesh-Ramanujam.jpg\" alt=\"Mahesh Ramanujam\" width=\"339\" height=\"339\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahesh Ramanujam<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgbc.org\/\">U.S. Green Building Council<\/a>\u00a0(USGBC) announced the name of its next CEO. COO Mahesh Ramanujam will take over responsibilities from Rick Fedrizzi, co-founder of the USGBC and its current CEO, after the latter steps down at the end of 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A native of Chennai, India, Ramanujam joined the USGBC in 2009 as senior vice president of technology. Two years later, he was named COO and, in December 2012, he became president of the Green Building Certification Institute, which earlier this year changed its name to Green Business Certification Inc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cMahesh has a highly impressive track record of success in both his role as USGBC\u2019s COO and as President of Green Business Certification Inc.,\u201d USGBC Board Chair Marge Anderson said in a statement. \u201cHe is a proven leader who has exhaustive knowledge of the organization, respect from its volunteer leadership and strong support from its team. He has extensive global experience and broad business acumen. He is the perfect choice to lead the organization into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ramanujam holds a bachelor\u2019s of engineering in computer sciences from Annamalai University. Before joining the USGBC, he was the COO of North Carolina-based Emergys, and he also led various transformation programs at IBM and Lenovo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cAs a founder, I could not be happier, and as a CEO, I could not be more satisfied that I\u2019ll be able to leave USGBC in the best hands possible,\u201d Rick Fedrizzi added. \u201cSince Mahesh first joined USGBC in 2009, he has transformed every corner of the organization, focusing on high performance and putting the needs of our customers and community members first. His personal core values are deeply aligned with our mission and his comprehensive understanding of our work make him the ideal leader for this role.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u201cAs USGBC\u2019s CEO, I pledge to continually modernize and enhance our capabilities and performance to ensure we deliver the future that our founders envisioned,\u201d Ramanujam said after the announcement was made. He also expressed his gratitude to Fedrizzi and the USGBC Board for placing their trust in him and added that innovation will be one of his top priorities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Photo via\u00a0<\/em><em>USGBC<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The USGBC has revealed the name of its future leader.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":925,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21742,1615],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004127543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest","category-washington-dc"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>USGBC Names Next CEO - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/usgbc-names-next-ceo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"USGBC Names Next CEO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The USGBC has revealed the name of its future leader.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/usgbc-names-next-ceo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-09-16T17:07:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-12-09T08:25:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/09\/Mahesh-Ramanujam.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrian Maties\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/usgbc-names-next-ceo\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/usgbc-names-next-ceo\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Adrian Maties\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6dfc8d1c9006c9fd1c89d69133130109\"},\"headline\":\"USGBC Names Next CEO\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-16T17:07:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-12-09T08:25:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/usgbc-names-next-ceo\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":364,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/usgbc-names-next-ceo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/synd.yardi.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2015\\\/09\\\/Mahesh-Ramanujam.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Washington D.C.\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/usgbc-names-next-ceo\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/usgbc-names-next-ceo\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/usgbc-names-next-ceo\\\/\",\"name\":\"USGBC Names Next CEO - 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