Eileen Quigly

Eileen Quigley is the Sustainability Manager at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), one of the world’s leading environmental advocacy groups with six offices in the U.S. and one in China. Her role is to ensure that NRDC maintains the lowest environmental footprint possible, to prioritize human health and happiness of building occupants while constantly pushing the boundaries of environmentally restorative practices in the built environment. Specifically, she project manages all of NRDC’s capital improvement projects, sets and implements strategy related to operational sustainability, contributes to tasks related to real estate and educates – internally and externally – on the organization’s environmental building practices.

Prior to joining NRDC in 2015, Eileen was a consultant with Closed Loop Advisors where she led NRDC, as her client, to build the first ever tenant improvement project to achieve recognition from the Living Building Challenge (LBC). Both the Chicago and Beijing office renovations achieved first-of-their-kind certifications from LBC while also achieving LEED. Through the combination of cutting edge sustainable construction practices and strategies for operating the organization, NRDC aims to have a positive, or restorative ecological effect.

Eileen got her B.S in Engineering from Cornell and an M.S. in Sustainability Management from Columbia. She ultimately aims to create and inspire spaces that have a net positive impact on her peers, the world community and the planet.