Jennifer Senick, PhD, is Executive Director of the Rutgers Center for Green Building at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Urban Planning and Policy Development, Rutgers University, and an adjunct lecturer in the department. An experienced urban planner, Dr. Senick received her Ph.D. in Planning and Public Policy from Rutgers, her M.A. in Political Science from UCLA, and her A.B. in Government (minor in Russian) from Bowdoin College.  Prior to her employment at Rutgers, Dr. Senick worked in executive and research positions at Telcordia Technologies and the Rand Corporation, and founded a planning and environmental asset management consulting firm. Areas of expertise and publication include: sustainable development, green building, and environmental behavior, trends in technology adoption/use and multi-method approaches to field inquiry and building performance evaluation. Current appointments include Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), Board Member and co-chair of the EDRA Sustainable Planning Design and Behavior Network; American Planning Association (APA) International Division, Coordinator of International Health Planning and Impact Assessment Initiatives; NJ Health Impact Collaborative, Facilitator; Rutgers Global Advancement and International Affairs Centers (GAIA Centers), Global Urbanism Biennial Theme Faculty Committee; Rutgers Sustainability Committee. Dr. Senick recently or currently is an investigator on grant-funded research from the U.S. Department of Energy, the American Planning Association with the American Public Health Association, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Agency, the U.S. Green Building Council, the National Science Foundation, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities and other state and private organizations.