Jon Dougal, Director of Sustainability
Jon R. Dougal serves on many green organizations: as Secretary to the Board of Directors for GreenMotion.org; current executive director for the Solar Energy Council of the Inland Empire; as an Advisor to the Board for the Sustainable Furniture Council, and the previous advisor of the USGBC-Inland Empire Chapter. As a writer and publisher, he produces www.GreenLinkup.com , www.Talkfloor.com, and GreenInsight from GreenMotion’s website. These publications reach 300k subscribers in 21 countries. Covering “Green Building, Natural Products, and Sustainable Living” these eNewsLetters span all emerging topics, technologies, processes, and techniques needed by both professionals, government officials, agriculturalists, biofuel producers, and home owners in addressing climate change. As a public speaker, tradeshow director, and teacher of sustainable development technologies, he has presented at the ASID National Conference in New Orleans on the “Future of Sustainable Materials”, and at the Santa Fe – New Mexico Home Builders Association on green real estate. His courses on Sustainable Marketing and Green Real Estate are given at Boston Architectural College and at the University of California, Riverside.
His work since the 1990’s has allowed him to collaborate with industry, commercial real estate, and private home owners to select and use the best-of-the-best green products to conserve energy, reduce greenhouse emissions, and utilize renewable materials for construction. Furthermore, Mr. Dougal works to develop environmentally sensitive storage, handling, and processing of hazardous wastes materials, and to identify off-grid power sources through selected waste-to-energy systems.
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Amelia Herdon, Landscape Architect, LEED AP
Amelia Herdon is a licensed Landscape Architect and accredited LEED Professional. Over the last 12 years she has shown great dedication to specialty garden and landscape architecture projects throughout California. For the last 8 years she has been working on sustainable municipal parks and streetscape projects in and around the Southern California Region. A few of her notable works include the Palos Verdes Civic Center Park, Las Flores River Park in Malibu, CPRS Award Winner Sycamore Highlands Park in Riverside, Riverside DMV Certified LEED Silver, and Riverwalk Park Multi Use Trail in the Jurupa Community Services District. She is the recent founder of re-Think Design Landscape Architecture and Green Site Planning. She received her bachelors of science from UC Davis and is currently working on her Master's in Regenerative Studies at Cal Poly Pomona.
Leslie Thomerson, Business Development
Ms. Thomerson has over 15 years experience in Finance, Marketing, and New Business Development. She worked as a Loan Officer for 4 years and a Builder Account Manager since 1994 on high volume accounts. She maintained these accounts while developing new business every month. She continually delivers team leadership for maximum production and profit. Ms. Thomerson’s ability to open doors, meet new clients, and develop new business relationships remains unmatched. She is what we call, in any industry, a Rainmaker. She has a proven tract record in Team Work, Leadership, Production, and Integrity. Ms. Thomerson has also dealt with cities and counties for the past 4 years building relationships and learning about their political culture. She has worked extensively with first time home buyer programs and FOR SALE affordable housing.