Verdani Partners
Kristen Wernick currently serves as the Senior Manager of ESG and Head of Biodiversity at Verdani Partners since December 2020, following a progression of roles within the company, including ESG & Biodiversity Manager, Associate ESG Manager, and Sustainability Coordinator. Prior to Verdani Partners, Kristen held the position of Assistant General Manager at Tree of Life Nursery from December 2019 to December 2020 and served as Horticulture Outreach Manager and Outreach Coordinator at the California Native Plant Society from June 2017 to December 2019. Kristen's experience also includes working as a Water Use Efficiency Specialist at Santa Margarita Water District from June 2014 to May 2017. Kristen holds a Master of Business Administration from The Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine, an Associate of Science in Landscape Design from Saddleback College, and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies with an emphasis in Geography from UC Santa Barbara.
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Verdani Partners
Verdani Partners is a full service sustainability consulting firm specialized in corporate sustainability, LEED certification and greening and retrofitting existing buildings. We focus on “Making what is here better” by greening large portfolios of existing buildings with profitable solutions and promoting continuous improvement of existing building operations. We offer corporate sustainability strategies, portfolio wide energy optimization strategies, LEED Gap Analysis, LEED Certification and Recertification, LEED Volume Program, ENERGY STAR Benchmarking, ASHRAE Audits and Education and Training. Our clients are developers, architects, building owners and managers representing a wide range of building types. Our vision is for an everlasting planet that is prosperous, verdant and safe for all living beings. Our mission is to empower organizations with cost effective strategies to create regenerative buildings and communities. We are striving to overcome the barriers to sustainability that will inevitably lead to positive impacts on our industry, community and our environment. In order to reduce the environmental impacts of buildings we must address and retrofit the stock of existing buildings. We are committed to collaborating with industry leaders to promote widespread, voluntary adoption of green building practices, and to reduce the environmental impacts of the building industry. Verdani Partners is a proud women owned business.