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Sustainability Team

Q&A

Alex Spilger

Senior Vice President

Sustainability Services

Tell us a little more about you:

I am an engineer

by training and am fortunate to have worn many

different hats within the sustainability industry.

I’ve worked as an energy engineer, a green

building consultant and most recently served

as Director of Sustainability for a large GC prior

to joining Cushman & Wakefield. I’ve been lucky

to work with incredible clients such as Google,

Salesforce, Skype, GoPro, Comcast,

Wolverine Worldwide, and the Wharton School of

Business among others.

As a former teacher, I’ve always been passionate

about education. I’ve taught more than 300 green

building workshops across the globe through

organisations such as the USGBC, AIA and the

Stanford Graduate School of Business. Education

provides an excellent opportunity to get Cushman

& Wakefield in front of potential clients and to

provide thought leadership in industry.

Notable industry achievement:

First WELL AP & WELL Faculty in all of Cushman

& Wakefield.

Consulted on Google’s Real Estate & Workplace

Services headquarters.

Presented at CoreNet annual Summit four years

on a row.

Participated in 2013 and 2014 World Economic

Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Taught full-day green building training in Bogota,

Colombia all in Spanish.

Volunteered in remote mountains of Central

America for one year through Harvard-based

non-profit.

What’s something you’re most proud of?

Building a sustainability & wellness practice from

the ground-up, building out a great team.

Lecturing at Stanford, Berkeley, and Wharton

business schools.

Taking one year off from industry to volunteer

through WorldTeach a Harvard-based non-profit

focused on providing training and opportunity to

underserved areas.

Related to the above, completing a miniature

documentary film on a coffee farming family

in Costa Rica with the purpose of connecting

grower, roaster and consumer.

Alex presenting at the

Wharton Business School.

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