About Us

The Malachite LLC Team includes industry veterans and skilled professionals in the areas of sustainable architecture, engineering, construction management, development, finance, law, accounting, investment and property leasing and operations.

• The Malachite team is comprised of LEED Accredited Professionals and other green building experts. Our team members have  supported the development and retrofit of over 5 million square feet of green and energy-efficient real estate across the U.S., including office, retail, hotel and residential uses.
  
• Members of the Malachite LLC team have served on green and energy-efficient project teams since 1995, and have been leaders in the development, design, construction, financing and operation of sustainable real estate.
• Senior team members have secured or managed over $76 billion in real estate project financing, are experts on federal, state and local incentives for green and energy-efficient real estate, as well as on other real estate development incentives. A senior Malachite team member was the founder of the energy tax practice of a Top 15 national accounting firm.
• Our senior team members average over 27 years of experience each, and our combined team offers over 160 years of experience in green, commercial and residential real estate.

Meet each of our team members…

• Leanne Tobias
  LEED AP, Managing Principal
• Martha Paschal
  Managing Director
• Bill Fisher
  Managing Director
• Jim Gill
  PE, LEED AP, Director
• Jim LaRoe
  Senior Consultant
• Michael B. Schneider
  AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, Managing Director
• George Vavaroutsos
  LEED AP, Director