Joan serves as Program Manager, Cement & Concrete at GMA, where she is leveraging her experience to manage a multi-stakeholder engagement process to design a credible book-and-claim system and develop a collective procurement process to drive decarbonization in the cement and concrete sector.
Prior to GMA, Joan was a Sustainability Manager at Lendlease Construction providing expert sustainability support, guidance, and governance to construction project teams across Lendlease’s national portfolio. She specialized in guiding low-carbon procurement for high-impact materials with embodied carbon modeling and led initiatives to reduce jobsite GHG emissions. Her career began on the operations side of Lendlease Construction, managing trades on several mixed-use residential high-rise development projects in San Francisco.
Joan holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a LEED AP BD+C accredited professional. She is based in San Francisco.