USGBC Virginia is pleased to announce the recipients of our 2023 Community Impact Awards. These awards recognize the people and partners in the community who strive for excellence in high-performance, healthy design and building, environmental stewardship, and community impact. The awards also serve to highlight the green building initiatives of USGBC Virginia and the people in the community who demonstrate exceptional leadership in their contributions to USGBC’s mission, including by
- Supporting their USGBC local community work in exceptional ways as volunteers.
- Achieving a milestone that demonstrates a legacy of advancing USGBC’s mission locally.
Community Impact Persons of the Year
Kim Lombard
Kim Lombard has been a long-standing member of the USGBC Virginia community and is a LEED Fellow, LEED AP and Market Leadership Advisory Board (MLAB) volunteer. She is the senior sustainability leader at AECOM, working on multiple LEED projects across the U.S. and internationally.
Lombard has shared her experiences by working on these projects with her coworkers through training programs and by working with the community through her years of volunteering and being a member of the MLAB and various volunteer committees. She has also presented multiple education sessions and building tours—most recently, a Greenbuild tour in Washington, D.C.!
Sandra Leibowitz
Sandra Leibowitz is the founder, owner and managing principal of Sustainable Design Consulting and has been a long-standing supporter of the USGBC Virginia community. Leibowitz draws from her decades of advanced experience in sustainable design projects and organizational programs to serve owners, architects and builders with expert green building/LEED consulting and process management. Leibowitz has supported the USGBC Virginia community by being a repeat education presenter, past awards judge and volunteer with the USGBC Advocacy Working Group.
Community Impact Organization of the Year
Flipp, Inc., is dedicated to creating and supporting an inclusive workforce, reducing employment barriers for formerly incarcerated individuals and empowering low-income communities with renewable energy and entrepreneurship development training opportunities. Flipp is based in rural Dilwyn, Virginia (Buckingham County), and is working to make sure the green energy transition is far more inclusive and supportive of underserved communities than the fossil fuel era. Flipp conducts training and NABCEP certification prep at their Dilwyn office (an old gas station) as well as at mobile training at locations around Virginia.
More information
The Community Impact Award winners and the project award winners will be recognized at the 2023 USGBC Virginia Community Leadership Awards event on Nov. 16, 5–7 p.m., at J.R. Tucker High School. Register today.