Lisa Michelle Galley, Managing Principal
Founder and Managing Principal, Galley Eco Capital
Specialties: Green building and triple bottom line finance and investment, energy efficiency finance, responsible property investing, incentives, LEED,
A recognized leader in sustainability, Lisa is one of the few real estate consultants in the United States with expertise in financing programs for green real estate projects. Her experience includes developing all components of a green real estate investment strategy.
Lisa’s unique knowledge of the opportunities in green real estate has made her a sought-after consultant, speaker, and thought leader on green financing and urban sustainability. She has been an invited speaker and trainer at the Urban Land Institute, the US Green Building Council, and the Triple Bottom Line Investing Conference.
Her sustainability work has included developing key components of an executable green and triple bottom line real estate investment strategy:
- Defining “green” real estate investment parameters, including due diligence process, mortgage risk thresholds, and loan pricing/proceeds parameters
- Establishing a market of best-in-class green real estate service providers and specialists to provide third-party services
- Direct origination, underwriting, and closing on project-based loans for LEED- certified commercial real estate developments for internationally prominent investors
- Structuring of warehouse lines and private placement securitization package for a pilot green residential mortgage conduit
- Structuring of several LEED-certified, zero-energy mixed-use real estate transactions
- Structuring of a LEED-certified green hotel transaction
Interviews & Feature Articles
Publications, Training & Research
- Course Author & Trainer - Underwriting for Green Multifamily Development. Developed and taught specialty green finance workshops for the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank’s National Community Development Lending School, 2010 .
- Course Author & Trainer - Competitive Edge: Financial Tools for Green Building Investments. Developed and taught series of green finance courses covering underwriting new green buildings, energy efficiency retrofits and structuring green portfolios. (3-6/2010)
- Co-author, “Metrics for Responsible Property Investing: Developing & Maintaining a High Performance Portfolio“. Co-authored with Jean Rogers, Principal at Arup, and David Wood, Head of the Responsible Property Investing Center. 11/2009
- Author, “Present Your Green Project to Lenders”. 12/2008
- Course Author & Trainer, “Getting Started in Green Finance”. 1/2009
- Co-Author, “How Sustainability Helps Science Parks, Their Users, Communities & Investors”. Co-authored with Philip Wirdzek, President of the International Institute of Sustainable Laboratories. 3/2009
- Editor, “Our Green Journey“, Galley Eco Capital’s blog on green building finance and investment. 9/2007-present.
- Research: Contributed research Malachite LLC study “Towards Sustainable Financing and Strong Markets for Green Building”. 2/2007
Green Building Finance - Industry Leadership
- Treasurer, US Green Building Council Northern California Chapter (2008-2011)
- Member, National Finance Committee, US Green Building Council (2010+)
- Member, Green Buildings Committee, California Sustainability Alliance (2010+)
- Member, San Francisco Mayor’s Task Force on Existing Building Efficiency Initiatives (2009)
- Co-Chair, US Green Building Council California Alliance of Chapters (2009)
- Convening Sponsor and Chair, Green Building Finance & Investment Forum - West. 3/2009
- Co-Sponsor, Green Building Finance & Investment Forum, 2& 9/2008
Before founding Galley Eco Capital, Lisa was a banking executive, concluding more than $3.5 billion in transactions in several European countries and North America. In her former roles, she helped open real estate operations in New York and San Francisco. She also successfully negotiated workouts on underperforming credits, which significantly reduced potential losses. Before her lending career, Lisa worked with real estate investors in asset management and property management positions.
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