Andrea C Pinabell is a sustainability executive with nearly 30 years of global experience in the private, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors all focused on energy & holistic sustainability with a focus on the built environment and communities.
Currently Andrea is the Vice President of Growth & Innovation for RE Tech Advisors, a Legence company, who operate at the intersection of sustainability, technology, and decarbonization/ESG programming/risk management supporting over $1.5T AUM and representing 4.45 billion SF over more than 22,000 assets.
Prior to joining RE Tech, Andrea headed an independent consulting firm where she advised businesses, academia, and private equity on implementing and integrating holistic and sustainable purpose-driven strategies, partnerships, and programs to drive organization growth, reduce risk and improve impact. She has held executive leadership roles focused on strategy, operations, and innovation with a focus on sustainability and philanthropy in hospitality, real estate, retail industries as well as within the nonprofit sector.
Andrea sits on several nonprofit boards including 2030 Districts, Center for Responsible Travel, the Strategic Energy Institute, and the Center of Sustainable Business at Georgia Tech University, where she also recently served as a Distinguished Executive Fellow within the Strategic Energy Institute. In addition, she has been honored with multiple awards including Most Notable Georgians (2020), Atlanta 500 Top Leaders, (2020 & 2021), USGBC Leadership Award (2019), and being inducted into the 2018 Energy Leader 75, recognizing some of the nation’s top energy leaders.
Andrea earned her BS ChE in Chemical Engineering from Iowa State University and has a Business Sustainable Management graduate from the University of Cambridge.