Barbara Ciesla

Barbara Ciesla is a green building champion and Senior VP, Occupier Strategies & Solutions at Jones Lang LaSalle Real Estate Services, Inc.  She developed an award-winning program to turn a downtown Toronto office complex into a leader in environmental stewardship. Barbara created an engagement program and first deployed it at the TD Centre which saw 90 tenant organizations and more than 21,000 occupants work together to reduce energy and waste and boost recycling. Not only did she create one of the best tenant engagement strategies in the country, but also helped tenants integrate sustainability into their operations. Barbara’s work is progressively transforming the landlord/tenant relationship, demonstrating true environmental leadership.