About_Staff

Deborah Dunning is a respected advocate who has nearly 25 years of experience in the field of sustainability. After a 20–year career in sustainable community development during which she served as executive director of one of the largest historic preservation development organizations in the U.S., Deborah founded The International Design Center for the Environment, now called The Green Standard. Her founding vision was to create a not-for-profit organization that would translate scientifically robust product and service information into user-friendly tools to support green purchasing around the globe.

From 2000 to 2002, Deborah was project director for The Green Standard's "EPA KnowRoom", a 3,000 square-foot exhibit on green building design, construction and product selection created for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Between 2006 and 2008 she served as a member of the "LCA into LEED" project of the U.S. Green Building Council and a task force member of the Life Cycle Initiative of the UN Environment Program. Additionally, she has been a volunteer member of the stakeholder councils of the Business & Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) and the Carpet & Rug Institute (CRI), developing sustainable product standards with NSF International.

Beginning in 2007, Deborah took on the role of guest editor for “The Green Guide to NeoCon” and “The Green Guide to Greenbuild”, developed in partnership with Interiors & Sources magazine. She was a primary writer of The Green Guide EcoLibrary™, a compendium of articles introducing specifiers and purchasers to best practices globally in green purchasing. After relinquishing that role in mid-2008, Deborah has focused on developing the Green Purchasing Accredited Professional training and launching the first Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) System in the U.S.

Wesley Evans

Director of Training

Wesley Evans is an Executive-on-Loan to The Green Standard from Matrix Technology Alliance, Inc, where he serves as Executive Vice President with responsibility for sustainable economic development. His areas of specialization include green technology development and social justice programming. Previously, he was President of Evergreen Consulting Services, a company he created after retiring from Herman Miller, Inc. with 23 years of service in Marketing, Distribution, eCommerce and Environmental Business Development. He was the first field based volunteer on Herman Miller’s Environmental Quality Action Team and has spent countless volunteer hours promoting sustainable development in many communities. In this capacity, Wes helped to start and lead two chapters of the U.S. Green Building Council. He was one of the first LEED Accredited Professionals in the country and one of the first Green Purchasing Professionals accredited by The Green Standard. Wes serves on the Advisory Council of the International Green Energy Council.