Sonja O'Claire, Leed Ap Email & Phone Number

Greater Seattle Area

Website content editing and development on sustainable building practices for homeowner and professional audience for Ruvtop.com. •Managing Materials and Third-Party Certification subject matter•Composing blog posts on green building topics•Responding to customer inquires for consultation on third-party green building certifications and green building materials•Advising on business development strategy

Greater Seattle Area

•Consulting on compliance for projects targeting Built Green, LEED, Living Building Challenge, or DOE Net Zero Ready Homes certifications•Advising on green building certification program development •Professional speaking on topics of housing, sustainability, decarbonization, sustainable development•Advocating and supporting jurisdictional green building policies•Subject Matter Expert for Rūvtop, content editing for website's launch in 2024

•Chair of Northwest Green Building Slam Committee, coordinating and executing a 200+ person green building educational event

Greater Seattle Area

Implemented data-driven green building strategies in Washington State's prevalent green building certification program that increased decarbonization and equity in the residential building industry. • Developed and oversaw Built Green program objectives to drive strategic growth and increase decarbonization in the Western Washington housing market. • Overhauled and authored Built Green certification requirements, checklists, technical handbooks, and supplemental certification materials.• Evaluated certification procedures for opportunities to streamline the certification process and aligned it with jurisdictional green building incentive requirements. • Reviewed and certified housing projects for Built Green program compliance and enhance the home building and buying experience. • Advocated and counseled jurisdictional, environmental, and housing industry stakeholders to create valuable and impactful green building incentives. • Executed annual Built Green Conference, networking, and educational programming. • Mentored and cultivated professional and personal development of Built Green team members.Key Achievements:• Implemented overhauls to the Built Green certification checklists and technical handbooks to maintain above-code building performance of Built Green certified buildings• Instituted equity and social justice and embodied carbon requirements to Built Green program that advanced commitment to green building and social justice actions in the Washington state market• Collaborated with wide range of stakeholders, including architects, engineers, contractors, energy modelers, state building code experts, and municipalities in the development of new checklists and green building incentives• Envisioned and executed four Built Green Conferences with an annual attendance of 250 people• Devised and submitted a code proposal to the SBCC Energy TAG for Built Green certification to be considered as a compliance pathway in the 2021 WSEC-R Energy code

Seattle, Wa

Developed educational programming for Aqualyst’s accelerator program for stormwater technology startups. Sought and facilitated relationships, meetings, and presentation opportunities for Aqualyst accelerator participants to drive sales and increase exposure. Mentored Aqualyst participants in business development and educational strategy.

Greater Seattle Area

Advised and educated trades and private clients on green building material products and selection. Managed, processed, tracked and followed-up on all my sales leads and orders.

Seattle, Washington

• Developed and executed recruitment strategies to recruit graduate students and promote Presidio Graduate School's former Seattle campus. • Evaluated and coordinated participation in recruitment events. • Followed up with leads generated by marketing channels through email and phone calls, recorded prospective student data and development stage in Salesforce CRM. • Hosted in-person class visits and virtual open houses to convert leads to applicants.

San Francisco Bay Area

Directed targeted business development strategies that increased annual revenues 150% over 3 years.• Consulted on green infrastructure and low-impact building projects using pervious concrete; including technical specifications, design, performance, maintenance, LEED credits, and LBC eligibility. • Developed and implemented strategic business development and marketing plan. • Identified, cultivated, and coordinated business development opportunities and events. • Executed strategic marketing analytics reviews to ensure effectiveness of marketing activities. • Organized bid process, tracks win/losses, and oversaw contract and document control and accounts receivables for project administration. • Managed and created all digital and promotional content.Key achievements:• Cultivated relationship that led to largest contract in company history; contract was valued at 115% of the previous year’s revenue • Launched new website increasing web-sourced leads by 175% in the initial year• Calculated total embodied energy and carbon reductions of 64% and 71% for a pervious concrete driveway on a LEED Platinum certified home and published a blog post of the analysis

San Francisco Bay Area

Provided professional consulting services as part of the experiential learning courses at Presidio Graduate School.Schools of the Sacred Heart: • Analyzed financial scenarios to develop long term strategic recommendations for possible capital investments to reduce environmental impacts of campus. • Presented recommendations to staff and faculty via written report and formal presentation.Bay Area Pervious Concrete: • Researched and analyzed various methods of promotion and their effectiveness to develop a strategic marketing plan to meet company revenue targets.San Francisco Planning Department: • Researched and analyzed options for re-use of urban street tree waste to reduce environmental impact. • Conducted further interviews and site visits with project stakeholders to generate the final report. • Presented recommendations to the San Francisco Urban Forest Council at San Francisco City Hall.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Provided administrative support to multiple studio Architects across various project types and sizes. • Facilitated correspondences and meetings between architects and contractors. • Maintained all project related files, reports, and databases. • Assisted with on-site punch-list inspections.

Oakland, Ca

• Provided administrative, clerical, and technical support for office and executive staff. • Researched leads and business development opportunities for the VP of Business Development. • Assisted marketing team with physical proposal production. • Chaired the Oakland office's Outreach Committee and participated on SkanskaUSA's National Green Council.

Seattle, Wa

• Managed high traffic reception areas to provide exceptional front line customer service to support a wide range of customers and staff. • Developed, scheduled and oversaw environmental programming for Northgate Community Center. • Researched market demand and demographics to maintain databases for recreational programs. • Created promotional materials for facility events.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Certificate Of Completion

Certified Sustainable Building Advisor

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