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Sustainability Team Q&A

Alex Spilger Senior Vice President Sustainability Services

Tell us a little more about you: I am an engineer by training and am fortunate to have worn many different hats within the sustainability industry. I’ve worked as an energy engineer, a green building consultant and most recently served as Director of Sustainability for a large GC prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield. I’ve been lucky to work with incredible clients such as Google, Salesforce, Skype, GoPro, Comcast, Wolverine Worldwide, and the Wharton School of Business among others. As a former teacher, I’ve always been passionate about education. I’ve taught more than 300 green building workshops across the globe through organisations such as the USGBC, AIA and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Education provides an excellent opportunity to get Cushman & Wakefield in front of potential clients and to provide thought leadership in industry. Notable industry achievement: • First WELL AP & WELL Faculty in all of Cushman & Wakefield. • Consulted on Google’s Real Estate & Workplace Services headquarters. • Presented at CoreNet annual Summit four years on a row. • Participated in 2013 and 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. • Taught full-day green building training in Bogota, Colombia all in Spanish. • Volunteered in remote mountains of Central America for one year through Harvard-based non-profit.

What’s something you’re most proud of? • Building a sustainability & wellness practice from the ground-up, building out a great team. • Lecturing at Stanford, Berkeley, and Wharton business schools. • Taking one year off from industry to volunteer through WorldTeach a Harvard-based non-profit focused on providing training and opportunity to underserved areas. • Related to the above, completing a miniature documentary film on a coffee farming family in Costa Rica with the purpose of connecting grower, roaster and consumer.

Alex presenting at the Wharton Business School.

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