Lucia Athens, LEED AP, has served as the City of Austin’s first and only Chief Sustainability Author for the past eleven years. She currently co-chairs the WELL for Cities Advisory Council, and serves on the LEED for Cities and Communities Working Group. Over a 20-year period Athens helped develop Austin Energy’s Green Building program, chaired LEED®’s 2.0 Site and Water technical group, and led the City of Seattle’s sustainable building program. Lucia has served on the National Board of Directors for USGBC, Green Business Certification Institute, and EcoDistricts. 

Athens, a licensed Landscape Architect, is a frequent keynote speaker, on behalf of organizations including The Economist, The Atlantic, and Metropolis Magazine. She is author of the Island Press book Building an Emerald City. Her forthcoming book, The Sustainability Revolutionists: Heroes and Hope for Our Planet’s Future, explores the deeper meaning of sustainability through the power of story.

For more see: 

www.austintexas.gov/sustainability,

@LuciaAthens

https://www.linkedin.com/in/luciaathens/