People
Sandy Wiggins, Chairman
Known for his commitment to the future of the human family, Sandy has been a national leader in the Green Building revolution.
Sandy is founder and principal of Consilience, LLC a national consultancy with a mission to build environmentally, socially and economically sustainable communities. He is also a principal in Aye Partners LLC, a green development firm focused on net zero energy communities, and serves on the advisory boards of Meidlinger Partners, a Philadelphia based private equity firm focused on green water technologies, and Silpa, Inc., a green building technical consultancy with offices in Bangalore and Dubai.
Sandy is Past Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), was Founding Chair of the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI), was a co-author of LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system and served on the LEED 2009 Executive Committee. He currently serves on the national board of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), the Mayor’s Sustainability Advisory Board for the City of Philadelphia, the Advisory Board for the Philadelphia-based U.S. DOE Energy Efficient Buildings Innovation Hub, and the Advisory Board of Rutgers University Center for Green Building,. He was also Founding Chair of Philadelphia’s Delaware Valley Green Building Council.
During a three-decade career in the building industry, Sandy has had responsibility for projects totaling over one billion dollars. His vision and leadership have been responsible for the development of dozens of LEED commercial projects and the nation’s first LEED Gold certified homes, which were also net zero energy consumers. He has also guided the development of sustainable master plans for municipalities and institutional campuses and regional public policy initiatives. He is a frequent lecturer on sustainable business throughout the country.
Frank J. Baldassarre, Jr. President/CEO
The driving force behind the e3bank promise, Frank now applies his impressive career as a financial lending professional to support his devotion to the future of our planet. He brings e3bank highly-honed analytical, sales and leadership skills grounded in the myriad disciplines that define the banking industry, including extensive experience in real estate, commercial and consumer lending, new business development, asset recovery/workout, credit review and branch management.
Prior to founding e3bank he served as Senior Vice President of Fox Chase Bank of Exton, PA and First Vice President/ Commercial Real Estate Loan Officer of First Financial Bank, Downingtown, PA.
Frank received his B.S. in Management with a concentration in Finance at Widener University. He holds certifications from Risk Management Association and the American Institute of Banking and is a graduate of the Stonier School of Banking.
Frank is a Director of the Philadelphia Sustainable Business Network, the Delaware Valley Green Building Council and the Risk Management Association. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Pennsylvania Green Growth Partnership.
Rose M. DiMarco, Chief Financial Officer
Rose has over twenty years of banking experience, primarily in finance and accounting. Inspired by the mission of e3bank and looking for a career challenge that went beyond traditional banking, Rose decided to leave First Keystone Bank after 23 years of service, most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Her duties there included financial reporting, accounting, asset and liability management, treasury functions and various corporate matters, as well as managing a $140 million investment portfolio.
Ms. DiMarco received her MBA from Villanova University and a B.S. in Management with a concentration in Finance and Accounting from Widener University.
Kirsty Halliday, Sustainability Advisor (Cash Management and Sustainability Adaptation Advice)
Kirsty has fifteen years of experience in the field of environmental management, with practical experience at manufacturing facilities as well as corporate company headquarters.
In her previous positions within SCA Americas, a global hygiene products company, Kirsty worked directly on a wide variety of environmental issues such as ISO14001, Climate Change, Energy & Waste Management, Environmental Reporting, Product Certifications as well as LEED Green Building certification. She was also responsible for the company’s philanthropic involvement with the local Philadelphia community, at the city and non-profit levels.
Kirsty is on the National Board of Earth Force, an environmental education non-profit; the Board of Directors for the Rotary Club of Philadelphia and is a member of the 3Ci Council at the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.
Ms. Halliday was a 2008 class member of Leadership Philadelphia and is one of Philadelphia’s "101 Emerging Connectors." Kirsty received her B.Sc in Environmental Science from the University of Plymouth, England, and moved from Scotland to Philadelphia in 2004.
Board of Directors
Jim Lutz, Director
Jim is Senior Vice President of Development, with responsibility for all development for Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LRY), a $6 billion REIT which owns over 73 million square feet of office and industrial space in 21 markets throughout the United States and the United Kingdom. He was responsible for the startup of Liberty’s operations in the U.K. where he lived for 5 years with his family while developing Kings Hill, a 1,000 acre sustainable mixed use community.
Jim’s leadership and deep commitment to sustainable development has established Liberty as the nation’s largest developer of High Performance Green Buildings, with over 40 LEED projects representing almost $1.5 billion in investments and including Philadelphia’s Comcast Center - the nation’s tallest LEED building, One Crescent Drive - the nation’s first LEED Platinum speculative office building, and Bull Ridge Distribution Center - the nation’s first LEED speculative warehouse.
Jim was a Founding Director of the Delaware Valley Green Building Council, a 501c3 that helped launch the U.S. Green Building Council chapter movement. He continues to serve on the DVGBC Board and is also a Director of Walnut Street Theater and member of NAIOP and the Urban Land Institute.
David Berry, Director
David is an internationally recognized speaker, facilitator, and consultant on sustainability with a practice throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. He is Co-founder of the Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable, which brings together federal and state agencies, corporations, and NGOs working with water resources.
He began his career as an economist, was a principal of a building management system company, and founded an international trade company doing business in Korea and Ecuador. He joined the US Department of the Interior in 1991 and spent seven years in the White House Council on Environmental Quality, where he co-founded and chaired two Interagency Groups: Sustainable Development Indicators and Industrial Ecology.
He was a U.S. delegate to the OECD Forum on Sustainable Development in Rome and led a U.S. team for the CSD 9 meetings at the United Nations. He also represented the U.S. on the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment and was a member of the National Research Council Committee on Material Flow Accounting.
A musician and singer, David has performed often on Korean and American television and radio, including many appearances on National Public Radio’s “A Prairie Home Companion.”
Jackie O’Neil, Director
Jackie is a well known Delaware Valley sustainability leader, advocate, and winner of a 2007 Philadelphia Sustainability Award. She has 30 years of high level management, systems strategy, usability design, web, and software design experience for companies such as The Vanguard Group, where she designed and managed the operational workflows and online customer experiences.
She is a partner in Intuitive Design, where she consults on product innovation and user experience for companies such as Merck, GSK, Dow Chemical Company, Unisys, Deloitte, Fannie Mae, and Colorado National Bank. Jackie built and lives in the first LEED Gold certified home in the U.S., which is also a net-zero consumer. She developed this home with a vision to make it an educational model for mainstream, sustainable homebuilding throughout the region, and she was successful at doing that at conventional market costs.
Thousands of building industry professionals, educators, homeowners, and school children in the U.S., and from as far away as Japan and Nigeria, have made the pilgrimage to visit her home and hear her story so that they can share her vision of what is possible.
Dr. John M. Mason, Director
John M. Mason is a professor at Penn State University and has taught in both the Management Division and the Engineering Division. He was formerly on the faculty of the Finance Department at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Mason has been President and CEO of two publicly traded financial institutions and the Executive Vice President and CFO of a third. He has also served as a special assistant to the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, D.C. and as a senior economist within the Federal Reserve System.
Dr. Mason has served on the boards of venture capital funds and other private equity funds. He has worked with young entrepreneurs, especially within the urban environment, starting or running companies primarily connected with Information Technology.
Mark Pennington, Director
Mark Pennington has over twenty years experience as an entrepreneur. He is currently one of the Principals and Chief Financial Officer of Gardner/Fox Associates, a regional architectural design and construction company. In this role, Mr. Pennington is responsible for all accounting, finance, personnel, marketing and information systems. Gardner/Fox is a three time Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Company, a five time Philadelphia Top 100 Private Company, and has been in the Remodeling Magazine “Big 50” three times. Additionally, Gardner/Fox was presented with the Historical Architecture Review Board Historic Preservation Award.
Gavin Kerr, Director
Gavin is a seasoned executive and values-based leader with a reputation for strategic insight and building high performance teams.
Gavin is president and CEO of Inglis Foundation. In his rich career he has served as President and CEO of Mercy Health System, Executive Vice President and COO of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Chairman of Keystone Mercy Health Plan, Chairman and CEO of AssetTRADE.com, Vice President of Planning and Organizational Effectiveness for University of Pennsylvania Health System, Director of Human Resources for PepsiCo, and Director of Marketing and Product Development for MONY Financial Services.
His commitment to volunteer service and social equity is equally inspiring beginning with his work in Kenya with the Peace Corps in 1979. Gavin currently serves as Co-founder of ConKerr Cancer, the Chairman of Pennsylvania Adaptive Sports Center, the Vice Chair of Alex’s Lemonade Stands Foundation, a Director of the Bone Tumor Foundation, and on the Finance Committee of the PA Pediatric Palliative and Hospice Care Task Force.
He is a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and holds a Master of Divinity-Counseling from Princeton University and an AB in Economics from Colgate University.
