Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Announces Lily Turner as New Board Member and Green Walls Committee Chair
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) is proud to announce its latest board member and Green Walls Committee Chair, Lily Turner.
Turner is a renowned director of green walls at Urbanstrong, an award-winning green building firm, biophilic designer, and living wall specialist. She is experienced in working with architects, designers, and contractors to provide technology that aligns with their budget, design parameters, and scale.
Turner's unique perspective on design, planning, and development recognizes the social, environmental, and economic value of living architecture. She is committed to making urban areas more resilient to climate change through her work. “Humankind is inextricably linked to the natural world. It is imperative that we build and expand our cities in a manner that is harmonious with nature” she added.
As Chair of the Green Walls Committee, Turner will work alongside a team of experts in green walls and living architecture to develop resources and advocate for supportive green wall policy to enhance adoption of these technologies and recognition of their benefits to the broader human ecosystem. These committee members include:
Alan Burchell, Urbanstrong
Sabrina Buttitta, Plant Connection Inc.
Melissa Caggiano, Plant Connection Inc.
Reuben Freed, independent
Sasha Liston-Milnes, Ginkgo Sustainability
Kristi Montovani, SNIPS
Amber Ponce, LiveRoof & LiveWall
Michael Repkin, Omni Ecosystems
Jordan Richie, Ginkgo Sustainability
Dylan Robertson, New Earth Solutions
Jason Rokosh, Vertical Landscape Architects
Daniel Sekzer, Jakob Rope Systems
Jean-Pierre Sijmons, GSky Plant Systems
Rachael Stauffer, greenscreen
Hal Thorne, GSky Plant Systems
David Yocca, independent, Green Infrastructure Foundation
GRHC is thrilled to have Lily Turner and this esteemed committee on board. Together, the board will work towards creating healthy, sustainable cities through the implementation of living architecture.
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Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) is a non-profit 501(c)(6) professional industry association working to grow the green roof and wall industry throughout North America since 1999. Our mission is to develop and protect the market by increasing the awareness of the economic, social, and environmental benefits of green roofs, green walls, and other forms of living architecture through education, advocacy, professional development, and celebrations of excellence.
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