Conservation | Management | Transparency

I've always been obsessed with finding the best way to accomplish a task. In my second year of college, I realized there was a major for that: Industrial Engineering. It turned out there were actual means and methods for determining the optimum way to complete a task - I was hooked.

I was fortunate enough to have a professor who helped me focus my efficiency obsession on the environment and the impending global problem of climate change. This expanded after I spent a summer working at the National Renewable Energy Lab in 2009.

Although I enjoyed learning about renewable energy, I decided I should focus my efforts on improving the efficiency of buildings first - because why would you put solar panels on an inefficient building?

I spent the first part of my post-college career working at a start-up consulting firm and then one of the largest engineering firms in the world.

I learned everything I could about buildings, HVAC, lighting, control systems, utility bills, and all things energy management.

I spent the second part of my career working in and learning everything I could about the real estate industry; first at the corporate office of a large mixed use REIT with my now partner, Jill, and then at a real estate consulting firm.

This path led me to the creation of CMT Partners in 2017.

I couple my knowledge of buildings with my knowledge of the real estate industry to:

• save you money (Conserve)
• Manage your environmental impact
• and tell people about it (Transparency)

Jill joined the CMT team in 2024. She is a national leader in real estate sustainability and corporate responsibility. Most recently, she shaped Brookfield Properties’ development group's position as a sustainability and corporate responsibility leader by designing and leading the organization’s
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy, integrating ESG throughout the business, and communicating the company’s ESG performance to stakeholders. She also contributed to Brookfield’s global ESG efforts on greenhouse gas accounting, ESG reporting, and Net Zero strategy. Prior to joining Brookfield Properties, Jill directed Forest City’s leading ESG strategy (acquired by Brookfield in 2018), worked in corporate communications for Fortune 500 auto insurance company Progressive, and was an environmental analyst at ERG, a mid-size consulting firm in the Washington, DC, area, where she counted the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of the Interior among her
clients.

She is a LEED Accredited Professional in BuildingDesign + Construction (BD+C) with more than 20 years of experience focused on sustainability and environmental protection. She serves on theCleveland 2030 District Board (former chair) and the national 2030 District Network Board. In the past, she has served on Nareit’s Real Estate Sustainability Committee, the Real Estate Roundtable’s Sustainability Policy Advisory Committee, ULI Greenprint's Performance Committee, and Fitwel’s Leadership Advisory Board. She was a founding member of Brookfield Properties’
development group’s DEI Advisory Council and served on the US Green Building Council’s Social Equity Working Group, which authored three LEED pilot credits on the topic. She received a BA from Miami University and holds a Masters degree in Public Administration/Environmental Science and Public Policy from George Mason University.