Nate Kredich has joined the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) as VP for residential market development, overseeing USGBC's LEED for Homes program.
Kredich comes to USGBC after spending the last five years with Creative Touch Interiors (CTI), a national turnkey provider of design center services.
Kredich led the sale of CTI to The Home Depot in 2004 and oversaw CTI's integration into the home improvement retailer.
"We're extremely excited to have Nate join our leadership team," says USGBC president and CEO Rick Fedrizzi.
"Nate's experience in the residential market, track record for driving growth, and commitment to USGBC's vision of a sustainable built environment will be extraordinary assets.
"Greening our homes is not only critical to creating healthier places for our families to live, it's also an immediate and measurable way that every homeowner can reduce energy consumption and be a part of the solution to global climate change. "
Before joining CTI, Kredich was CEO of BlueBolt, a Durham, N.C.-based software company focused on commercial interior design.
His experience also includes corporate banking, strategic planning and sales/marketing in the energy and textile industries.
"Green homes are better homes, and USGBC's LEED for Homes third-party certification system is the national benchmark for quality that the market needs," says Kredich, who graduated from Emory University and has an MBA from the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business.
"Homebuilders have an enormous opportunity for innovation and growth by becoming leaders in energy efficient, healthy, green building practices. USGBC has the tools and programs to help them do it."