Danielle Pieranunzi is drawn to work that bridges the gap between science and practice to create accessible tools and compelling stories that foster positive, measurable change in society. Since 2006, she has worked on the Sustainable SITES Initiative (SITES) collaborating with a diverse group of practitioners, scientists, educators, and policymakers to elevate the value of nature in the built environment. This resulted in a set of comprehensive design guidelines and a certification system guiding development projects toward nature-positive outcomes while addressing impacts on carbon, resilience, human health, biodiversity, and more. At GBCI, Danielle continues to support SITES focusing primarily on technical development and client solutions.

Chris Hardy is a Senior Associate Landscape Architect and Arborist at Sasaki, based in Boston Massachusetts. Chris’s experience includes an array of projects around the world, ranging from master plans to complex, constructed urban landscapes. Chris focuses on the integration of ecology and culture, with a commitment to exemplary craft in the built environment. x000D x000D Chris recently served as a virtual delegate for Architecture 2030 at COP 28. Chris has been the principal investigator for Sasaki’s landscape Carbon Conscience research team from 2019 to the present. This project includes building both landscape and architectural datasets and translating them into a free and accessible design application, providing carbon metrics for planning and urban design analysis. x000D x000D Outside of practice, Chris participates in the design community through advocacy, teaching, service, and writing. Chris serves as cochair of ASLA’s Climate Action Plan Carbon and Biodiversity Subcommittee.

Christopher Woodall is currently the National Program Leader for forest carbon quantification research in the Research and Development (R&D) deputy area of the US Forest Service, Washington, DC. Since 2021, Woodall has served at R&D’s national office as a technical lead on various emerging national and international forest topics including: European Union Deforestation Regulations, Executive Order #14072 Mature and Old-Growth Classification, Interagency Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification Team, and USDA Entity Scale GHG Methods for Forests. Prior to this assignment, Woodall served as a Research Forester with the US Forest Service’s Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Program for over twenty years where his research centered on implementing FIA’s national inventory of dead wood and fuels, strategic scale forest density assessments, carbon accounting, and tree regeneration and associated range dynamics. He holds a BS in Forestry from Clemson University and MS/Ph.D. in Silviculture from the University of Montana.

Jason is an Associate Principal at Andropogon who joined the firm in 2007. With a background in agriculture and sustainable systems, he brings a unique, firsthand perspective on the interaction between buildings and ecological systems to all of his work. Through his designs, Jason explores novel and creative strategies to reduce negative environmental impacts and create efficient building and site synergies to unlock greater heights of sustainable performance. His passion for regenerative design and experience on a number of cutting edge projects has given Jason a fluency with a variety of ratings systems including the Living Building Challenge, LEED, and SITES. Jason is adept at fostering collaboration in the design process and has developed expertise in consensus building through multi-stakeholder, multidisciplinary working sessions. Jason was a volunteer co-leader of a project-based learning course that used Living Building Challenge as the class framework at a local high school for 3 consecutive years, and he currently serves as a Co-Facilitator for Green Building United’s Living Future Community Council, which seeks to promote a more holistic regenerative future.