Jonathan Cohen, LEED Green Associate, founded and leads DOE’s Better Buildings Residential Network, a national membership network of more than 400 residential energy-efficiency programs and partners. He co-founded and leads the Health and Home Performance Initiative, and is responsible for educational programming for the DOE Solar Decathlon Build Challenge. He served as account manager for more than $175 million in grants that developed energy-efficiency markets during the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) following the 2009 recession.

He was previously director of the Responsible Purchasing Network, launched the first global standard to verify corporate sustainability reports with the UK-based international organization AccountAbility, managed the national NGO program at the United Nations Association of the USA, and taught at New York University concerning NGO-corporate social responsibility partnerships.