Kevin Pierce, AIA, CEO Kevin Pierce is the President and CEO of Emergency Picnic, LLC, a consultancy focused on sustainable practice for organizations. In his role as an architect and urban designer, Kevin has, for the past eight years, concentrated exclusively on sustainably–oriented projects. He is a principal designer of the award winning Chicago Center for Green Technology, the flagship green building of the City of Chicago and the first municipal building ever granted a Platinum LEED* rating by the US Green Building Council. Recent projects include the Bethel Center, a LEED Gold design that gets 20% of its energy from the sun, and Greenworks, the new headquarters for Christy Webber Landscapes and the centerpiece of a new 12 acre eco-industrial park on Chicago’s west side. Before starting Emergency Picnic, Kevin was Principal and Director of Architecture at Farr Associates. He spent three years as Director of Planning for Lohan Associates, and ten years with Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill. Kevin is on the board of the Resource Center, a Chicago-based nonprofit focused on urban agriculture and extreme recycling. He is a member of the US Green Building Council, the American Institute of Architects, and the American Planning Association. He is regularly invited to speak at national and regional conferences on architecture and sustainability, and has taught at the University of Oregon and the University of Illinois. Emergency Picnic 1474 N Milwaukee Ave,Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60622 (312) 933-5254 Fax (773) 862-0173 kevin_at_emergencypicnic_dot_net *The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System® is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings of the US Green Building Council. USGBC's members, representing every sector of the building industry, developed and continue to refine LEED.