Interface's Bandy Named to USGBC Board

Washington, DC, Dec. 9, 2011 -- Interface's George Bandy Jr. is among the newly elected members of the board of directors at the U.S. Green Building Council.

Bandy fills the Large Scale Manufacturing seat.

Other newly elected members include:

Fiona Cousins, Arup, filling the Designer of Buildings seat;
Marge Anderson, Energy Center of Wisconsin, filling the Environmental Nonprofit Advocate seat;
John Dalzell, City of Boston/Boston Redevelopment Authority, filling the Urban/Regional Planner seat.

In addition, the Board named the following directors to fill appointed seats:

Joseph Sanches, School District of Palm Beach County, filling the Educator (K-12) seat;
Stephen G. Bushnell, Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, filling the Insurance seat;
Gary Jay Saulson, The PNC Financial Services Group, filling the Finance seat.
The Board elected Allan Skodowski, Transwestern as chair-elect and Lisa Shpritz, Bank of America, as Treasurer. Other 2012 officers continuing in their terms are Chair Elizabeth J. Heider, Skanska, and Punit Jain, Cannon Design, as secretary. Mark MacCracken, CALMAC Manufacturing Corporation, will serve as immediate past chair. Terms will begin on January 1, 2012.