2010 April: Building Sustainable Communities

Intro by Marty Maskall Project Manager Folsom EcoHousing

Kathryn McCamant, President, CoHousing Partners, LLC. Kathryn leads the CoHousing Partners team, oversees the firm's projects, and leads key training exercises for communities and staff. She also serves as liaison to the architecture and design consultants. She is based in Nevada City, California.

Shilpa Sankaran, Co-Founder, Vice President of Marketing; Communications, ZETA Zero Energy Communities. Shilpa is an expert in marketing, business strategy and operations performance for companies ranging from sustainable housing start-ups to Fortune Global 1000 corporations. At ZETA, she contributes over 15 years of experience in strategic planning, marketing strategy, communications planning, advertising strategy, and management consulting. Shilpa has driven projects and advised organization leadership, in a range of industry sectors including real estate, finance, telecommunications, retail, automotive and health care. Working with PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Sapient Corp., she has advised corporations such as, General Motors, Wells Fargo Bank, AAA, Nike, Verizon Wireless, and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.