2019 Women in Construction: Martine Dion, Principal, Director of Sustainable Design at SMMA

Designation: FAIA, LEED BD+C

How many years have you been in your current field? 27

Which project, deal or transaction was the “game changer” in the advancement of your career during the last 10 years? I started working as the sustainable design/LEED consultant and energy efficiency specialist for National Grid in 2006, work that has continued through present day. I built on 13 years of advanced energy efficiency expertise consulting that contributed to crafting their utility incentives programs.

Who are three women – living or dead – that you would like to have drinks with and why?

1) Rachel Carson: Her courage to stand for what she believed in for the good of all, i.e. speaking against harmful products that greatly affected habitat and human health. 

2) Michelle Obama: Her commitment to children’s health and education in her tenure as the First Lady, which all take part of environmental literacy.

3) Amal Clooney: Her global work (and impact) on social justice and social equity.