LEED for Homes Gets New Vice President

Washington, D.C., April 30, 2008--Veteran residential executive Nate Kredich has joined the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) as vice president for residential market development, overseeing USGBC’s LEED for Homes
program.

Kredich spent the last five years with Creative Touch Interiors (CTI), a national turnkey provider of design center services to the nation’s largest homebuilders.

Kredich led the sale of CTI to The Home Depot in 2004, then oversaw CTI’s integration into the home improvement retailer, building and leading a team that grew the business nearly threefold through geographic expansion, new business development,
and acquisition.

Before joining CTI, Kredich was CEO of BlueBolt, a software company in Durham, N.C.focused on the commercial interior design market.