Washington, D.C. – April 29 – Veteran residential executive Nate Kredich has joined the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), stepping into the newly created role of Vice President for Residential Market Development, overseeing USGBC’s LEED for Homes program.

Kredich comes to USGBC with deep experience in the residential construction business. He spent the last five years with Creative Touch Interiors (CTI), a national turnkey provider of design center services to the nation’s largest homebuilders. Kredich led the sale of CTI to The Home Depot in 2004, then oversaw CTI’s integration into the home improvement retailer, building and leading a team that grew the business nearly threefold through geographic expansion, new business development, and acquisition. Kredich left the role of General Manager, California & Nevada at the end of 2007.

“We’re extremely excited to have Nate join our leadership team,” said USGBC President and CEO Rick Fedrizzi. “Nate’s experience in the residential market, track record for driving growth, and commitment to USGBC’s vision of a sustainable built environment will be extraordinary assets. Greening our homes is not only critical to creating healthier places for our families to live, it’s also an immediate and measurable way that every homeowner can reduce energy consumption and be a part of the solution to global climate change. ”

Before joining CTI, Kredich was CEO of BlueBolt, a software company in Durham, NC focused on the commercial interior design market. His experience includes corporate banking, strategic planning and sales/marketing in the energy and textile industries.

“Green homes are better homes, and USGBC’s LEED for Homes third-party certification system is the national benchmark for quality that the market needs,” commented Kredich. “Homebuilders have an enormous opportunity for innovation and growth by becoming leaders in energy efficient, healthy, green building practices. USGBC has the tools and programs to help them do it.”

Kredich is a graduate of Emory University, and holds an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.