Past Speaking Engagements and Workshops

Lisa Michelle Galley has been a speaker or led workshops at the following events:

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March 03, 2010. Competitive Edge #1: Investment Analysis for Green Buildings. This first course in the Competitive Edge series focuses on investment and underwriting considerations for new green buildings. It takes participants from green building theory into practice, focusing on helping participants to develop the new knowledge and tools to integrate sustainability into their investment decisionmaking process. Highlights: * Learn the latest trends in green real estate investment. * Understand the key areas of property financial and investment performance affected by sustainable design. * Become familiar with emerging financial products and programs for sustainably-built commercial real estate. * Apply knowledge through case studies and the LEED v3 rating system to pro-forma cash flow analysis. * Deepen skills to develop the business case for and conduct due diligence on investments. * Learn how green building ordinances and code requirements will impact underwriting for all projects. * Understand legal issues related to sustainable design that impact investments.

February 13, 2010. Competitive Edge: Financial Tools for Green Building Investments. Galley Eco Capital will be conducting a series of workshops for real estate and A/E/C professionals, who want to improve their ability to underwrite and structure green real estate investments or learn financial underwriting basics in order to communicate with property owners about green initiatives. Hosted by law firm Hanson Bridgett and the US Green Building Council - Northern California Chapter, the Competitive Edge: Financial Tools for Green Investments is comprised of the following four workshops: #1: Investment Analysis of Green Buildings, 3/3/10 #2: Financial Considerations for Existing Building Retrofits, 4/7/10 #3: Understanding and Communicating the Financial Case for A/E/C Professionals, 4/28/10 #4: Raising the Bar: Green Investment Strategies, May '10 (exact date tbd). All workshops are being held in San Francisco. Workshop #1 is now open for registration. See registration page for pricing and discounts for attending multiple workshop sessions.

January 06, 2010. 'Greening the Mulifamily Housing Stock' by LISC. We'll be attending the Local Initiative Services Corporation's "Greening the Multifamily Housing Stock", being held in San Francisco. For more details, please contact Local Initiatives Support Corporation.

December 02, 2009. Green Finance Workshop at Ross Program on Real Estate. Lisa Michelle Galley will lead a workshop for the Ross Program on Real Estate, co-sponsored by the Bay Area Council.

November 04, 2009. Responsible Property Investing Council: 2009 ULI Fall Meeting. Lisa will be co-presenting an innovative paper on how institutional investors can utilitize Responsible Property Investing metrics for high-performance investing. Researched and authored in collaboration with Jean Rogers from ARUP, this fresh analysis is certain to become a benchmark for real triple bottom line investing and will help drive programmatic sustainability solutions across domestic and international markets. The wider conference features industry leaders from around the world sharing ideas and tools for smart, profitable, real estate development.

October 21, 2009. GSMI -The Sustainable Buildings Series: Retrofits. With the credit markets still all but frozen, creating higher returns within an existing real estate portfolio is critical. Lisa will be presenting her views on current challenges and smart solutions. The session will focus on the underlying essentials of financing building retrofits: structuring, financing & return objectives, valuation, benchmarking, lending programs, TBLI.

August 18, 2009. OWA Program: Panel Discussion - Women in Green. Panel Discussion: Lisa will be participating in a panel hosted by Kira Gould, Director of Communications at WILLIAM McDONOUGH + PARTNERS and author of "Women in Green: Voices of Sustainable Design". Discussions will focus on need for cross-disciplinary, collaborative efforts in design as well as green real estate finance. Other panelists include: Laura Rodormer, Anni Tilt, Marsha Maytum & Gail Brager. Read the blog post and get event details here.

July 28, 2009. EcoTuesday, San Francisco. Lisa Michelle Galley will speaking at EcoTuesday in San Francisco on 28 July 2009 about Galley Eco Capital's initiatives and green finance trends. Check out our blog post on this event for full details and RSVP link.

June 17, 2009. Green Finance/Affordable Hsg -Webcast. This webcast presents some of the latest successes and challenges with greening low and moderate income housing. Issues such as benchmarking, underwriting, and incentives are discussed over 45 minutes. These insights come directly from our work with green affordable housing -- showing what's working with stimulus funding, its challenges as well as the latest ideas on the ground for best practices. Click here to view the webcast.

June 01, 2009. IASP International Conference. Paper presentation: "How Sustainability Advances Science Parks, Their Users, Investors, Communities and Users" at the International Association of Science Parks World Conference on Science and Technology Parks. Lisa Michelle Galley will be presenting alongside Phil Wirdsek, President and Executive Director of the International Institute of Sustainable Laboratories. Both are co-authors of the above paper, which breaks new ground in the advance of sustainability in R&D campus and laboratory properties. Lisa Michelle Galley will specifically how the application of emerging green finance tools and techniques boosts the investment and environmental value of science park properties.

May 12, 2009. Financing Green Retrofits at the ULI Developing Green Conference. Lisa Michelle Galley will be speaking on a panel about the unique costs, benefits and risks of green buildings. The focus will be on underwriting: how developers can address these issues in their financing packages in order to receive the amount of financing these properties deserve. Check back for updates to this event.

March 14, 2009. Women in Leadership Conference - Haas School of Business. Lisa Michelle Galley will moderate a panel of women leaders in real estate finance and investment: Patricia Lizarraga, Managing Partner, Hypatia Capital Group, Janine Guillot, Managing Director, Barclays Global Investors, Sonja Velez, Vice President, Balance Sheet Management, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., and Nancy Wallace, Professor, Haas School of Business. This session, from 11:00am-12:00pm, is part of the Haas School of Business Women in Leadership Conference, taking place all day on 14 March. Details about the conference can be seen at http://www.wilconference.org/2009/index.html

March 02, 2009. Green Building Finance & Investment Forum - West. Galley Eco Capital is a proud sponsor the Green Building Finance & Investment Forum, produced by InfoCast Inc. Check back to our site regularly for updates on this upcoming event. The dates noted are tentative at this time and can be changed.

December 03, 2008. Green Finance Workshop for the Ross Program in Real Estate. Lisa Michelle Galley will conduct a session on green real estate finance at the 2009 Ross Program in Real Estate. The session, based on an actual case study, will focus on the types of financial issues that real estate professionals will typically encounter as they structure capital for a green real estate transaction. Some of issues to be discussed include financial incentives, capital sources plus underwriting opportunities and challenges. The Ross Program in Real Estate is a comprehensive training program designed to provide urban developers with the technical expertise and access to resources needed to develop significant urban real estate projects in their communities. It is organized by the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate and the Bay Area Council.

October 27, 2008. ULI Fall Meeting - Responsible Property Investing Council. Galley Eco Capital, as a full member of the Urban Land Institute, will be participating in Responsible Property Investing Council at the ULI Fall Meeting. This is the inaugural meeting of the Responsible Property Investing Council -- a brand new council for ULI. At this meeting, we expect to focus on the core concepts of responsible property investing and spend as much time as possible on sharing our own business experiences. We hope to see you in Miami!

October 23, 2008. USGBC-NCC: The Return of the Green Building Super Heroes Gala. Please join us at the US Green Building Council's Northern California Chapter annual Green Building Super Heroes Gala, to be held at the hip 444 Jessie street. This is a not to miss. Registration and event details can be found at http://www.usgbc-ncc.org.

October 22, 2008. Green Boot Camp with BB&T Insurance. Galley Eco Capital is proud to be a part of BB&T's Green Boot Camp, set for 22 October 2008 at BB&T's headquarters in Pleasanton, California. Lisa Michelle Galley will moderate the workshop for business which will include speakers from StopWaste, Pankow Construction, HansonBridgett, and Sustainable Energy Partners -- in addition to B,B&T Insurance Services, Inc.

September 16, 2008. Labs21 2008 Annual Conference. Lisa Michelle Galley moderated a breakfast roundtable for investors in high performance and sustainable laboratory real estate.

September 08, 2008. Green Building Finance & Investment Forum - East.

July 15, 2008. Lorman Education Services. Lisa Michelle Galley led workshop “Sustainable Development: Incorporating Green Designs Into Your Building Projects.”

July 9, 2008. Pridemark Everest Insurance Services Client Event. “Going Green in Real Estate: Help the Environment While Helping Your Bottom Line”. Brochure for PrideMark Everest "Going Green in Real Estate" [PDF] (2) Lisa Michelle Galley led a session on green real estate financing.

May 15-16, 2008. IRETO Global Real Estate and Deal Making Summit in Las Vegas. Two sessions led by Lisa Michelle Galley on opportunities in green real estate investment.

May 6, 2008. 13th Annual Fisher Center Real Estate Conference in San Francisco. Talk by Lisa Michelle Galley: “How Smart Is Green?”

March 25-26, 2008. Responsible Property Investing Forum. [PDF] Talk by Lisa Michelle Galley on the role of triple bottom line investing in the green building movement.

March 19, 2008. UC Berkeley Haas School of Business celebration alumni event; Green Buildings, Green Cities panel discussion at Gap Inc. Lisa Michelle Galley on a panel on the business opportunities associated with green real estate investment, along with Bill McDonough, world-renowned architect, Noah Horowitz, senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council, and moderator Dan Geiger.

March 4, 2008. Energy Efficiency Symposium, Insights into German and American Green Building, San Francisco.

February 20-22, 2008. Green Building Finance and Investment Forum, San Francisco, Galley Eco Capital was a lead sponsor. Lisa Michelle Galley led a workshopon green real estate underwriting, moderated a panel on triple bottom line investing, and spoke on current real estate finance trends.

December 2007. Build It Green Summit, Oakland, California. Green Appraisal, Finance, and Insurance panel; Lisa Michelle Galley spoke on financing for green real estate.

November 2007. Triple Bottom Line Investing Conference, Paris, France. Green Building panel; Lisa Michelle Galley spoke on opportunities and challenges of financing green real estate.

October 2007. US Green Building Council, Northern California Chapter, BayLUG. Lisa Michelle Galley addressed members on green real estate underwriting.

May 2007. USC Lusk Center; Green Development panel. Lisa Michelle Galley addressed alumni commercial real estate investors on trends in integrating solar installation into green building financing.

April 2007. ULI Green Building Conference, Pittsburgh. Financing Green Development panel. Lisa Michelle Galley addressed ULI membership on the need for integrated financial services to accelerate financing green properties.

December 2006. Build-it-Green. Lisa Michelle Galley addressed members of the sustainability community on “Costs of Going Green,” a lender’s perspective on green investing.

Fall 2006. Stanford University, graduate course in social entrepreneurship. Lisa Michelle Galley was guest lecturer on social entrepreneurship and intrepreneurship.

May 2004. University of Wisconsin, graduate real estate course. Lisa Michelle Galley was guest lecturer on international capital markets.

2002. Piper Rudnick Real Estate Conference, Chicago. Lisa Michelle Galley was a panelist addressing real estate investors on domestic US capital markets trends.

2002. Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate, Expo Real, Munich, Germany. Lisa Michelle Galley was a panelist on international real estate finance.