The Importance of Passion for Sustainability with Jenn Mahon

<p><strong>Jenn Mahon</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Sustainability Consultant with Sustainable Investment Group (SIG), joins Charlie Cichetti.  Jenn is based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is not only a LEED expert but is also out in front of the New Wellness Real Estate movement.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Jenn Mahon - Sustainability Radar</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jenn went to the University of Minnesota.  She has a Bachelor’s of Design in Architecture and a Minor in Sustainable Design.  Sustainability became a hot topic her sophomore year of college during her minor program.   Eventually the university built programs around sustainability.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jenn had an early interest in architecture and grew up sustainability minded. Her career path included working in advanced programs for a large general contractor, also.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">"I have an engineer brain but I also have this artistic side - I really love to build things."</span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">–Jenn Mahon</span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jenn also graduated from Boston Architectural College in 2013 with a Masters of Sustainable Design.  She worked with M. A. Mortenson Company for several years gaining valuable experience in rating systems even outside of LEED.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Sustainability Minded Leads To Success</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jenn is always sustainability minded in her personal life.  She loves the outdoors and growing up, her family instilled the value of awareness of fixing and not always throwing things away.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jenn stayed at Mortenson for 6 years and wore various hats including advanced green building programs and Building Information Modeling (BIM) to show clients virtual models of all facets of the project.  Jenn started to