Whitney Hoover 2011

Name: Whitney Hoover, LEED GA Title: Sustainability Manager Company: The New York Palace Location: Manhattan, N.Y. Birthplace: Berkeley, Calif. Family: ...is everything College: University of Southern California. Fight On! First job outside of real estate: Broker Service Rep for GreenPoint Mortgage First Job in real estate or allied field: Engineering Coordinator at The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? We are a historic luxury hotel in Midtown Manhattan that works diligently to implement and improve our sustainable programming. In addition to operating using 100% renewable energy, we compost, use environmentally sound cleaning products, buy from local, organic farms, and donate all partially used soaps and bottled amenities to children and families in impoverished countries. We look forward to further demonstrating that "green" and "luxury" are not mutually exclusive. Hobbies: Cooking, reading, writing, traveling, laughing and making people smile, whenever I can Favorite book: "The Alchemist" by Paolo Coelho Favorite movie: "Love Actually" Keys to success: Planning, passion, persistence and patience If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? A writer for Travel and Leisure