Rachel Gutter

Rachel Gutter is director of the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council.

Rachel Gutter is director of the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council.

Rachel came to USGBC in 2007 to oversee the launch of LEED for Schools, a version of USGBC's popular green building certification program that facilitates the design, construction and operations of high-performance, green schools. To accelerate market transformation, USGBC launched the National Green Schools Campaign to engage students and teachers, parents and school superintendents, elected officials and other policy makers in a national conversation about the relationship between high-performance educational facilities and high performing students.

Rachel's professional experiences in the fields of green building consulting and interior architecture and her time with the Green Building Program of Montgomery County Public Schools have contributed to her in depth knowledge of green schools. However, it is her six years of teaching experience that fuels her commitment to educating a generation of sustainability natives. Rachel received her Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University. A competitive figure skater throughout her childhood, today Rachel finds balance through a daily dose of yoga. She lives in Washington, D.C.