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Posted: September 24, 2012
Harris Schaer 2012
Name: Harris Schaer
Title: Project Manager
Company: NYSERDA
Location: New York, N.Y.
Birthplace: Westchester, N.Y.
Family: One brother and one sister.
College: University of Chicago (BA), University of Iceland (MSc)
First job outside of real estate: Faculty IT support at UChicago
First job in real estate or allied field: NYSERDA
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? I am a leader in commercial building sustainability services in N.Y.C., I would eventually like to take my scope internationally and to include the automotive sector.
Hobbies: Tall ship sailing, glass blowing, automobiles
Favorite book: "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" by Oliver Sacks
Favorite movie: "Children of Men"
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Oliver Sacks
If you had to choose another vocation, what would it be? Glass artist
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