JENNIFER HENRY
is CMI’s Real Estate Sector Manager, based in NRDC’s Chicago office. Jennifer holds a Masters of Urban Planning from New York University and a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the past she has worked with NRDC on legislation for New Jersey that would establish a tax credit for smart growth development, and has also worked with the Trust for Public Land and Madison Metro Bus Transit. More recently, she worked at the U.S. Green Building Council with a coalition of the nation’s leading progressive design professionals, builders, developers, and environmentalists to develop LEED® for Neighborhood Development, a national rating and certification system that takes LEED beyond the single building scope to incorporate criteria regarding compact development patterns, proximity to transit, mixed use, mixed housing type, and pedestrian- and bicycle- friendly design.