CaGBC Announces New President

The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) has bid farewell to Alex Zimmerman, who had served as president of the nonprofit organization since August 2003. “I can’t say enough about Alex’s contributions to the CaGBC,” says Joe Van Belleghem, cofounder of the Council, noting that CaGBC now boasts more than 900 members and 140 registered projects. Zimmerman has returned to his former work with the British Columbia Buildings Corporation. Taking Zimmerman’s place as president is Thomas Mueller, currently division manager of business and community services at the Greater Vancouver Regional District. Mueller has previously served as a director of CaGBC, chair of its intergovernmental committee, chair of the LEED-BC steering committee (see

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Vol. 13, No. 5), chair of CaGBC’s Vancouver branch, and a board member of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Cascadia chapter. Mueller officially begins work on July 6, 2005.