Douglas Snyder | Giám đốc Điều hành / Executive Director
Hội đồng Công trình Xanh Việt Nam / Vietnam Green Building Council (VGBC)

Based in Vietnam since 2012, Douglas Snyder currently serves as Executive Director of the Vietnam Green Building Council (VGBC) which works to promote Vietnam’s sustainable building market through key private and public sector partnerships and technical advisement. With over 25 years’ experience, Douglas has worked on over 50 green built and energy efficient construction and development projects in the US and SE Asia. These have included public, institutional, industrial, educational, health, commercial, and residential clients.

From 2016 to 2021, Douglas was Deputy Director of Sustainable Design for ARDOR Green in HCMC, Vietnam, overseeing LOTUS, LEED, and EDGE green building projects. In 2014, he served as green building expert for USAID’s Clean Energy Project providing recommendations to the Vietnam Ministry of Construction. From 2004 until 2016, he managed his own green building consulting firm in the US. Douglas has also provided consultancy to UNDP, World Bank, the Ministry of Science and Technology, Habitat for Humanity, and DFAT. 

Douglas was lecturer for business management and environmental science at the Vietnam National University from 2012-2022, and currently serves as General Director of Keep Vietnam Clean, a broad scope environmental advocacy organization. Douglas has received LEED AP accreditation (2004), MS, Organizational Management (2003), and BS, Environmental Studies (1992).