Stephanie Barr

As Vice President of Sustainability at Harrison Street, Stephanie is responsible for managing the ESG strategy for the firm, including portfolio efficiency strategy, annual corporate responsibility report, and GRESB submissions for investment entities. She is also responsible for enhancing business processes across the firm and at assets to improve sustainability performance.

Prior to joining Harrison Street, Stephanie was an independent sustainability management consultant and supported a variety of real estate-focused clients in designing and managing sustainability programs. Her experience includes green building certification management, deploying efficiency strategies across large portfolios, consumption analytics and benchmarking, ESG reporting through GRI and GRESB, and resiliency planning. Prior to independent consulting, Stephanie was an Assistant Director at the Institute for the Built Environment at Colorado State University where she managed research and consulting projects focused on green building and organizational sustainability. She has published numerous academic white papers and spoke at conferences on sustainability planning and management.

Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Science in Design from Oklahoma State University, a Master of Science in Sustainable Design from Colorado State University, and is a LEED accredited professional.