Jon R. Dougal

Jon Dougal joins Green Real Estate Education in the Building Systems Division. Jon was the Sustainable Initiatives Manager for Armstrong Industries, responsible for training the company’s employees in LEED certification, green building design and construction and introducing “sustainability” as a core value to the corporation. His experience encompass' marketing, new product creation and introduction, distribution & sales, from regional & nationally to international operations.

A former building and remediation contractor, Dougal has been involved in green building for 14 years, and views the future of humanity though his granddaughters' eyes. Jon’s Non-Profit activities included consulting for the German American and International Cultural Affairs Institute of San Francisco on environmental marketing; co-Founding the Green Ribbon Panel for the City of San Francisco, and the ensuing Environmental Achievement Awards; contributor to the San Francisco Sustainability Plan; the ISO 14000 West Coast Working Group - a coalition of the top corporations and organizations of the S.F Peninsula; Founder of the S.F. Chamber of Commerce's Round Table on The Environment; Steering Committee for the Environmental Forum of Marin- a 26-week course on Environmental Consciousness; the City of Berkeley and Oakland's Green Building Initiatives; Founder and Publisher of the BIPER Newsletter [Building Industry Professionals for Environmental Responsibility]; Director and Board Member of the Environmental Remediation Foundation and the Hydrogen Partnership, both in New Mexico; Public Relations Manager of the Professional Environmental Marketing Association; and 1st Green Building Materials Showcase Director for ADPSR (Architects Designers, Planners for Social Responsibility).

An environmentalist for over 30 years, Jon was an early experimenter in tire recycling, subsurface farming, eco-tourism, fish farming, and “greening" of the Board Room, He has been a keynote speaker for many professional organizations, including interviews and call-in shows on NPR and CBS.

jondougal@gmail.com