Rick Fedrizzi, founding chairman of the US Green Building Council (USGBC), was appointed president & CEO of USGBC in April 2004.

Since he joined the Council, USGBC has launched two new rating systems, LEED for Existing Buildings and LEED for Commercial Interiors; commenced work on LEED Version 3; upgraded and increased its educational offerings; doubled in staff size; and welcomed nearly 3,000 new members, including a new category for professional and trade associations, to the USGBC community. Prior to his appointment, he was the founder and president of Green-Think, an environmentally focused marketing and communications consulting firm. Rick founded Green-Think after a distinguished 25-year career at United Technologies Corporation (UTC), where he served as an in-house environmental marketing consultant. He is also the past president of the World Green Building Council (1999-2004), headquartered in Sydney, Australia, and has worked closely with the Chinese government to develop a framework for the creation of a Chinese Green Building Council.

Fedrizzi holds a bachelor of science in accounting from LeMoyne College and a master's degree in business administration from Syracuse University.

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