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Washington State Department of Ecology's Green Building Group

Meet Our Staff:

Statewide Green Building Coordinator

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Vicki Colgan

Northwest Region Sustainable Building Coordinator

Vicki Colgan works as the Regional Coordinator for Sustainable Building in the Northwest Region's Bellevue office. She is the senior member of the Green Building Group. Vicki is a certified Sustainable Building Advisor, a LEED® Accredited Professional, and a Charrette Manager as certified by the National Charrette Institute. She has an extensive background in business management, corporate training, ergonomics, and facilitation. On the scientific side, Vicki has field experience in geology, hydrology, and water law.

Among other professional affiliations, Vicki is a member of the Executive Board for Built Green of King and Snohomish counties, serves as a technical advisor to the Sustainable Development Task Force in Snohomish County and Built Green® Washington, and is a Director on the Board of the National Sustainable Building Advisor Program. She also assists housing authorities and tribes in creating sustainable as well as affordable housing.

Allison Kingfisher

Eastern Region Green Building and Sustainability Specialist

Alli Kingfisher is a Green Building and Sustainability Specialist with Ecology's Waste 2 Resources Program in Spokane. She supports both residents and businesses in the design and construction of more sustainable projects. Alli works to assist both urban and rural projects in identifying solutions to regulatory, policy, and commercial barriers to green building practices. Alli is a LEED® AP, a Certified Sustainable Building Advisor, and is a NCI Certified Charrette Planner/Manager.

A former Peace Corps Volunteer, she has worked for the Jamaica 4-H Clubs as well as having been a faculty member of the Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic. She has traveled independently through more than 30 countries ranging from Bolivia and Laos to Mauritania and South Africa.

In her free time, Alli is working on a sustainable demonstration home built in the earthquake ravaged region surrounding Chengdu, China in summer 2009.

Christopher Piercy

Central Region Sustainable Building Specialist

Christopher Piercy is Ecology's Central Region Sustainable Building Specialist and Solid Waste Planner, based in Yakima, Washington. He received his bachelor's degree in Environmental Science from Huxley College of the Environment at Western Washington University in Bellingham.

Chris is a LEED® Accredited Professional and has been certified by the National Charrette Institute as a Charrette Planner and Manager. He has been involved with the facilitation of eco-charrettes for publicly-funded projects seeking LEED® certification, as well as certification under the Evergreen Sustainable Development Standard in Washington State. Chris has also presented at various workshops and conferences about the social, environmental, and economic benefits of high-performance buildings; serves on the Board of Directors for the Central Washington Built Green® Association; and is a member of the steering committee for Built Green® Tri Cities/Walla Walla. Chris' experience as a solid waste planner also provides him with a unique combination of experience in the recycling industry and the financial and regulatory implications of solid waste management. Prior to coming to Ecology, Chris worked as a chemist in two private environmental laboratories.

Anya Caudill

Southwest Region Sustainable Building Specialist

Anya Caudill works for the Waste 2 Resources Program in Lacey, within Ecology's Southwest Regional office. She is a green building and solid waste facilities specialist. Anya works with local governments and citizens to support their sustainable building projects. She also reviews SEPA (State Environmental Policy Act) proposals for construction and demolition projects in the Southwest region.

Anya is certified as a charrette planner by the National Charrette Institute. She received her bachelor's degree from the Russian State University for Humanities in Moscow, and her Master's in Environmental Studies degree from the Evergreen State College. She has experience working for non-profit, industry, and governmental sectors.