NJSBA’s sustainability team consists of experts with more than 30 years of experience. Read more below.
Mr. Henry is the iSTEAM and Sustainable Schools Specialist for the New Jersey School Boards Association. He earned a master’s degree in Industrial Studies and Technology Education and began his career teaching energy and power courses at Montclair State College. In 1981 he was the recipient of a two-year research and development solar energy grant from the federal Department of Energy. During his 14 years as a technology education teacher, he coordinated an electric vehicle program at Woodbury High School, and co-authored and received a NASA Explorer Schools grant. In 2004-2005 he was selected as a NASA Einstein Fellow serving in Washington, D.C., at NASA headquarters in the Office of Education, a federal program governed by the Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education and the U.S. Department of Energy. He served on the board of directors and advisory committee for the Alliance for N.J. Environmental Education (ANJEE), and served two years on the board of directors for the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) – NJ Chapter. During that time, he chaired the Green Schools Committee and served as New Jersey’s Green Schools Advocate for USGBC. From 2010 through 2015, he was an advisor, curriculum writer, and the manager of New Jersey’s Green Program of Study for the last two years of a five-year grant in sustainable design, green construction and energy for the Department of Education. He served as co-principal investigator for a cyber learning grant from the National Science Foundation and he has a LEED Green Associate accreditation from the USGBC.
Mr. Kliwinski, an independent consultant working with NJSBA, is a founding partner of the Green Building Center, which has regional offices in New York and New Jersey. Jason has more than 15 years of experience in the practice of architecture and the integration of cost-effective sustainable design. Mr. Kliwinski earned his bachelor’s degree in architecture from NJIT in 1994. In 2001 Jason obtained his architectural license in New Jersey and became one of the first LEED accredited professionals in the country.
involved with dozens of projects using the LEED guidelines, including gold-certified projects such as the Microsoft School of the Future in Philadelphia.
firm believer that it does not cost more to build green.