Joshua Kace has spent his career working at the intersection of sustainability, energy and technology. He brings 13 years of experience in energy engineering for commercial and industrial buildings, sustainability consulting for commercial real estate, and software development for climate/decarbonization technologies. He helped to start and grow the Energy Management and Engineering Departments at CodeGreen, a leader in ESG/Energy consulting for commercial real estate. As a senior energy technology researcher, Joshua leads a large research program focused on applied research, demonstration and deployment projects used to accelerate the adoption of building decarbonization - energy efficiency, electrification, demand flexibility - in the commercial building sector, for existing buildings retrofits as well as new construction. Areas of focus for the projects include: overseeing technical analysis to support building performance standards and policies; technical assistance to building industry stakeholders, techniques and tools to support data-driven decision-making; technologies and strategies for deep retrofits; financing approaches.

Christopher Wright is the Head of ESG Risk Monitoring at Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the sovereign wealth fund of Norway. In this role, he oversees the fund's measurement and reporting of climate risk at portfolio level. The fund has US$60 billion of properties across listed and unlisted markets in the United States, Europe, and Japan, primarily in offices, retail, and logistics sectors. It uses CRREM to measure carbon-related risk and to benchmark properties against a net zero 2050 scenario. NBIM has been involved in the governance and funding of CRREM since 2019.

Sebastian Leutner is part of the CRREM team, co-leading efforts in the CRREM North America Project. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at IRE|BS International Real Estate Business School in Regensburg, Germany, focusing on sustainable real estate. He brings practical experience in the field of real estate finance and investment.

As Head of Sustainability for the Americas at LaSalle, Elena acts as a central leader for sustainability and climate risk initiatives across all asset classes and investment products, collaborating closely with Portfolio Management, Transactions and Asset Management. The sustainability team works on developing fund goals and strategy; implementing property activities including technical assessments, energy efficiency and climate resilience capital investments, on-site renewables, operational efficiency initiatives, and sustainability certifications; and conducts performance tracking, stakeholder engagement and governance. Prior to joining LaSalle, Elena served as the Director of Real Estate Strategy for View Inc, a Program Manager for the US Department of Energy in the Building Technologies Office, as well as an analyst at HR&A Advisors. Elena holds a Master of City Planning from MIT and a Bachelor degree from Bard College. She currently serves as a Director of the GBCI Board and Chair of the CRREM North America Working Group.