Nate manages significant project commissioning assignments and strategic consulting engagements for Stephen Turner Inc. He has commissioning experience on complex projects and very high performance buildings. Combining extraordinary communications skills with a can-do approach to field work, Nate earns respect and willing collaboration from the commissioning teams he leads. Nate is committed to consistent and efficient processes and systems, and to providing clients with complete, best in class commissioning outcomes and deliverables.

Nate’s primary project assignments have resulted in repeat clients based on collegial and productive working relationships. Now into his fifth year working with the City of Cambridge, he participated heavily in functional performance testing of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., School in Cambridge, coordinated the 859 Massachusetts Avenue Renovation commissioning effort, co-managed the net zero goal King Open School project, and leads the Foundry renovation and Tobin School commissioning teams. He also manages the firm’s technical and policy advising work for the Connecticut Green Bank, the nation’s first green lending institution.

Prior to joining Stephen Turner Inc., Nate served as Policy Director for a campaign for Rhode Island general office, for which he researched, wrote, and edited nearly all public content. Previously, Nate managed publishing operations and performed most of the letterpress printing at Thornwillow Press. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale University.