Dear NESEA Members,
NESEA’s mission is to cultivate a community of practitioners who share, collaborate, and learn. The community that we aspire to build is one that is inclusive, accessible, and equitable. It will be achieved by acknowledging privilege, exploring blind spots, and engaging in important and sometimes uncomfortable conversations.
We stand in solidarity with those across the country demanding justice. Racism has no place in our community or in our world.
The building industry and NESEA are not immune from what we are seeing. We know that not everyone feels invited or even safe to pursue careers in high-performance building and design or to engage in our community. We acknowledge that we still have a lot of work to do.
We recognize the ways in which the building industry is interconnected with the greater struggle for equality and how people who have been denied their most basic needs for life and security for generations cannot and should not be expected to remain silent in the face of continued violence.
We ask everyone in our community to join us in committing to educating ourselves and one another, engaging in conversation, and cultivating a truly inclusive community of practitioners who share, collaborate, and learn.
Sincerely,
Miriam Aylward & Lauren Brust Moss
NESEA Executive Director & Board Chair
Our Mission
NESEA advances sustainability practices in the built environment by cultivating a cross-disciplinary community where practitioners are encouraged to share, collaborate and learn.
Lauren has more than 20 years of experience managing sustainability, energy and capital improvements for large-scale buildings and portfolios, and is recognized as an industry thought leader and advocate on green policy, regulation and compliance. Prior to joining Vornado, Ms. Moss was Senior Vice President at Adai, the administrator of the Fitwel certification program, and previously worked in the sustainability practices at engineering firms NORESCO and Steven Winter Associates.
Lauren is an active member of industry organizations such as Building Owners and Managers Association,...
As Director of People & Operations, Miriam is responsible for managing all aspects of the human resources and operational functions at HELM, and plays an integral role in developing and implementing strategies, procedures and business plans. She has worked with non-profits and mission-driven organizations for over 15 years.
Prior to joining HELM, Miriam served as Chief Operating Officer at Terra Praxis, a global nonprofit accelerating the integration of emission-free heat sources in existing energy infrastructure, and Executive Director of the Northeast Sustainable Energy...
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