Jessie Sackett joined the US Green Building Council in 2003.

She has written extensively on green building for a number of publications including Environmental Design & Construction; Urban Land; DATELINE, the journal of the Design-Build Institute of America; and Engineering News Record. She also manages the USGBC Web site, a primary source of information on the LEED Rating System and green building in the US, and is editor of the Council's spectrum of monthly e-newsletters. Prior the Council, Sackett worked in community and alumni relations for The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY, and developed technical and marketing communications for a technology firm in Arlington, VA.

Sackett graduated with honors from Binghamton University with a dual degree in English language & literature and French language & literature.

Contributions

• The US Green Building Council: Transforming an Industry with LEED, (September, 2006)