USGBC Names Hicks Vice President of LEED

The U.S. Green Building Council has named Tom Hicks vice president of the LEED^® Rating System. Hicks has served as director of LEED for Existing Buildings since November 2004 and before that spent nine years as principal architect and program manager of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star^® commercial building rating system. Hicks replaces Nigel Howard, who was named USGBC chief technical officer in July 2005. USGBC is online at www.usgbc.org.