As the Director of Commercial Real Estate, Marc Heisterkamp manages the
U.S. Green Building Council's outreach and market engagement with the entire
commercial real estate market. In this work, Marc works closely with industry
leaders and major associations to increase the knowledge, financial incentives
and implementation of green building across a variety of bottom-line driven
entities, including developers, investors, retailers, hoteliers and other corporations.
Marc is also the key leader in the development of initiatives related to
green building finance, including commercial lending, insurance, and appraisal.

Marc is a frequent speaker at industry events and private company functions
and also oversees USGBC's relationships with leading companies seeking to
integrate green building strategies into their everyday work. He and his staff actively
assist these large companies by applying LEED and the concepts of green
building on a broad scale, multiplying the financial and environmental impacts
of going green.

Marc was instrumental in the development of the Portfolio Program, a voluntary
partnership program for companies and institutions seeking to integrate
green design, construction and operations into standard business operations. In
past roles at USGBC, Marc has managed membership recruitment and services,
launched numerous new USGBC chapters and developed the regional structure
for the chapter network.

Marc holds a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources and a MBA with a concentration
in environmental management. He lives with his wife in Washington,
DC.