Leadership
Judi Schweitzer, MRED, AMDP, CGBP - Founder and President, Chief Sustainability Advisor
Judi is a pioneer in designing and applying innovative green and sustainable community development solutions for real estate policy, acquisitions, entitlements, development and construction relating to master-planned communities, resorts, lifestyle and mixed-use commercial projects. She founded Schweitzer + Associates, Inc. to apply her 25+ years of experience and knowledge in complex multi-faceted real estate developments, to the challenges facing the real estate industry today. Judi is seen as an industry expert and is entrusted by industry organizations, public, private and non-profit entities to review and design policies, programs, and solutions that are transformative in the marketplace.
She leads and assembles multidisciplinary consulting teams with cutting-edge expertise to help clients navigate the dynamic and often confusing world of sustainable development. With her clients, Judi creates projects that are innovative, high performance, environmentally responsible, sustainable, beautiful and valuable.
Judi’s ongoing research contributes practical solutions and insights to the industry’s understanding and quantification of the value proposition of green and sustainable developments. She is developing proprietary tools that will enable true cost pricing, and total cost accounting/valuation that addresses total costs and benefits, both market (economic) and external (global impacts) for various stakeholders in development and design decisions.
Judi has designed and taught the inaugural Sustainable Real Estate Development Course through the Master of Real Estate Development Program at USC, and is in the process of helping to design a new Sustainability Certificate program for Truman State University who is a preferred provider for Boeing Corporation.
Judi is a sought after lecturer and speaker on Sustainable Real Estate Development and Sustainable Economics; she has published a variety of articles on the subject and is the co-author and major contributor to Urban Land Institute’s best selling book; Developing Sustainable Planning Communities.
Education
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
Advanced Management Development Program in Real Estate (AMDP) Graduate
Alumni Advisory Council Member, Class IV Leader
AMDP Around the Globe - Alumni Newsletter Assistant Editor
University of Southern California
Master of Real Estate Development (MRED)
Graduate and MRED Adjunct Professor in Sustainable Real Estate Development
Truman State University
Bachelor of Science in Economics, Business Minor
University of California – Los Angeles
Environmental Interior Planning and Design - Coursework
San Diego State University
Fine Arts - Coursework
Current Appointments & Industry Leadership
State of California – Building Standards Commission
Green Building Code – Governor Appointed Position
Technical Advisory Committee Member
California Energy Commission/US DOE
Project Advisory Committee, Chula Vista Research Project
Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Full Member: Sustainable Development Council Member
Orange County/Inland Empire - Sustainable Communities Initiative Council; Assistant Vice Chair and Executive Committee Member
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
Advanced Management Development Program in Real Estate Development (AMDP) Alumni Advisory Board Member
Harvard Newsletter Assistant Editor
USC – School of Policy Planning and Development
Master of Real Estate Development – Sustainable Real Estate Development Course Designer and Adjunct Professor
Truman State University
Sustainability Initiative Designer and Head visionary
Truman/Boeing Sustainability Certificate Contributor
US Green Building Council
Member of LEED-ND Corresponding Committee
Building Industry Association Orange County (BIA/OC)
Quality Construction Sustainable Building Committee Member
Prior Appointments & Leadership
Home Builder’s Council (HBC)
Director and Board Member of Orange County Chapter
Government Affairs Committee Member
American Institute of Architects/World Congress of Architects AIA/UIA First Sustainable Conference
"Declaration of Interdependence for a Sustainable Future"