Naomi leads the EcoDistricts program with responsibilities including strategy and concept development, creation of tools and resources, piloting the approach in five pilots and the EcoDistricts Summit.

She brings an interdisciplinary background in architecture, environmental science and urban studies. She has worked in the private sector as a consultant for Konstrukt and as a sustainability coordinator at ZGF Architects, where she led sustainability strategies for buildings and master plans for a range of public and private clients.

Outside the office Naomi is a member of the City Club Board of Governors and recently joined the AIA Urban Design Panel. She makes and sells jewelry locally and bakes elaborate cakes in her spare time.

As a native Portlander, she started working in local architecture firms at age 14. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, she returned to her hometown, determined to invest her life and career in the place that so many look to for sustainability leadership and that was so formative to her own development.