Naomi Cole

Naomi is a Program Manager for the Portland Sustainability Institute and leads the EcoDistricts Initiative. Previous experience includes a role on the Sustainable Design Team at ZGF Architects and as a sustainability consultant with Konstrukt. Naomi is a Portland native, and after several years back east, 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. She has an interdisciplinary degree in architecture, environmental science, and urban studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Naomi chairs the City Club New Leaders Council. In her spare time she makes and sells jewelry locally and designs and bakes one of a kind cakes.