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About Us
Deconstruction & ReUse Network strongly supports the green building movement by advancing the general environmental principal of "reduce, reuse and recycle" within the construction and demolition (C&D) industries.
Our goal is to educate and empower homeowners, building industry professionals and civic leaders to adopt the practice of deconstruction as a rational alternative to traditional demolition, thereby keeping C&D materials out of landfills, while simultaneously growing a robust network of individuals and organizations committed to the reclamation and distribution of reusable building materials.
Deconstruction & ReUse Network works hard to reconcile the interests of public-benefit stakeholders, such as environmental organizations, charitable nonprofits and local governments, with those of for-profit building industry professionals.
We know time is money, so our programs emphasize efficiency and expediency without sacrificing quality used building materials that deserve a second life.
Deconstruction is not a zero-sum game and Deconstruction & ReUse Network’s member contractors and architects know it!
About Deconstruction & ReUse Network
Board Members
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Lorenz Schilling
Lorenz Schilling founded Deconstruction & Building Materials ReUse Network, Inc. (Deconstruction & ReUse Network), an environmental and humanitarian nonprofit, that supports California’s green building movement by advancing the general environmental principal of "reduce, reuse and recycle" within the construction and demolition (C&D) industries. As President, Schilling works with homeowners, building professionals, other non-profits and local government to create waste management solutions and to help implement deconstruction practices, as well as, likeminded businesses and organizations endeavoring to reuse.
Schilling, who has been developing deconstruction programs since 2001 in Los Angeles and Orange County, ran Southern California operations for The Reuse People from 2003 though 2007. He founded Deconstruction & ReUse Network to meet the need for user-friendly deconstruction solutions for homeowners and to increase the humanitarian benefits of building materials reuse. He recognized that people wanted what was best for the environment and community, but needed a streamlined process to help them navigate through the unfamiliar practice of deconstruction.
Schilling is committed to developing deconstruction programs that offer simple solutions for homeowners to dismantle and reuse their home’s valuable physical assets rather than disposing of them. On average, a 2,000 square foot home may yield as much as 85% in reusable materials. In addition to the environmental benefits, the programs also help homeowners achieve significant tax savings based on their donation’s appraised value.
Partnering with regional Habitat for Humanity affiliates allows valuable reclaimed materials, such as windows, doors and appliances, to be reused or resold in the community. The organization also works with Corazon, a ministry that build homes in Baja California, to donate rough framing lumber. Schilling has personally delivered truckloads of lumber to Corazon that will be used to rehabilitate homes near their organization’s community centers.
Schilling says his background in hospitality management and technical recruiting has been an asset in the non-profit world, giving him the patience to listen and respond more effectively to industry challenges. As the president of Deconstruction Network, Schilling understands his responsibility to educate and empower others about the need for waste reduction and building material reuse. He embraces his mission and feels confident his hard work will help cities throughout California, and beyond, empower community members to achieve municipal waste diversion goals, while leading to the mainstream acceptance of deconstruction.
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Gerald Long
Gerald Long believes that businesses can help shape a better world, which is why he truly values his work with Deconstruction & Building Materials ReUse Network, Inc. (Deconstruction Network.) As Project Manager, Long is able to work with likeminded homeowners, contractors, and nonprofit partners to reclaim building materials from homes in the Bay Area and recycle the salvaged items right back into the community. His work insures that all parties involved with the process, as wells as community members, benefit from deconstruction.
A native of Griffin, Georgia, a small town outside of Atlanta, Gerald moved to Northern California in 1985. For several years Gerald worked in various environments; including stints as a Restaurant Manager, Technician, and Sales Consultant. All of his work allowed him to utilize his training in management, sales, and marketing, but Gerald did not find his true niche until 2005 when he began working in the Reuse and Deconstruction Industry. For the first time, he felt like he was in a job where he had the opportunity to really make a difference.
Gerald, an eternal optimist, is inspired by his mother and the careers of positive business leaders like Warren Buffet, Tom Monaghan, and Ken Behring. In the future Gerald would like to devote more time volunteering in and around the Bay Area, much like the business-minded philanthropists he admires.
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Stuart David Arkin
Stuart D. Arkin has been a member of the Board of Directors of Deconstruction and
Building Materials ReUse Network (“Deconstruction Network”) since May 2008. Mr. Arkin has vast experience strategic business development; domestic & international commercial real estate brokerage; strategic partnerships/alliances and selected M&A.
Throughout his career, Mr. Arkin has made it a priority to participate in
philanthropic causes, which include: facilitating the selection and acceptance of Wal-Mart International’s COO/Seiyu Japan’s CEO to the Board of Directors of the Giuliani Sage Japanese-American Leadership Foundation in 2006; implementing a micro-lending project to assist families and children Barangai Holy Spirit, P.I. in association with the Rotary Club of Dansville NY, Rotary Tandang Sora of Quezon City, P.I. and Haligi Ng Bata of Quezon City, P.I. from 2003-2006; creating and implementing a high school student exchange program between The Ross School of East Hampton, NY and Lycée Antonin Artaud of Marseille, France from 2003-2004.
Mr. Arkin is a former membership chairman and board of governor of the YM/WREA,
the Young Men’s/Women’s Real Estate Association of New York from 2001-2004; a member of ABNY, The Association For a Better New York and a Licensed Real Estate Broker. Mr. Arkin has a thorough working knowledge of Japanese Language and Culture, Spanish and French. Mr. Arkin is an alumnus of Baruch College and New York University in New York City. Mr. Arkin resides in Long Beach, California.
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Miranti Ojong
Miranti Ojong has over ten years of business experience in a variety of industries including Commercial and Residential Real Estate; Green Lending; Hotel Management and Real Estate; Hospitality Services and Construction. Currently, she holds the title of Green Builder Relations at Cal Green Lending, a green mortgage brokerage company in Calistoga, California. Ojong’s expertise in green business strategies and her work with Cal Green Lending has heightened the awareness of green building throughout the green building industry and the community.
Ojong is also founder and president of MIRANTI Real Estate, offering residential property investment, renovation, construction management, and international hotel asset management and operational consulting. Her entrepreneurial endeavors don’t end there, she is also the founder of My Kitty Mall, an e-commerce business selling cat products and supplies to online consumers.
After graduating from Cornell University with a Bachelors of Science in Hospitality Management and a concentration in Real Estate Development, Ojong went on to earn a Certificate in Construction Practices from San Diego State University. She always knew she wanted to be in construction and with a concentration in Real Estate Development under her belt she is now hard at work on obtaining a general contractor’s license.
Ojong is an active member of the Residential Green Building Advocacy Committee of the U.S. Green Building Council in San Francisco and she continues her alma mater support as a Cornell ambassador. She currently resides in San Francisco, but will be making her move to Calistoga this year, where her Fiancé and business partner at Cal Green Lending, resides.
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Patricia Wilbur
In June 2009, Patricia Wilbur, joined the Board of Directors for Deconstruction & ReUse Network to help guide the organization toward its environmental and humanitarian goals within the Green Building industry. Patricia brings to DRN over 20 years of HR management experience working for medium, large and start-up organizations in multiple industries.
She has held executive leadership positions in the finance, healthcare, hardware, software and most recently biotechnology industry. In addition to developing and implementing corporate programs and directing global HR operations, Patricia has been a trusted advisor and consultant to members of senior management and leadership teams and BOD members, regarding strategic initiatives, compensation, compliance, labor relations and talent management.
Patricia holds received a BS in Business Administration/HR Management from San Jose State University and belongs to the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM). Further accomplishments include University of Michigan HR Executive Leadership Program and Management Trainer Certification. As a board member for DRN Patricia will be instrumental as a business and human resources consultant as well as a Green Building Industry advocate for the San Francisco south bay region.
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Jason Scheurer
Jason Scheurer has been in the construction business since 1983 and has extensive experience in all aspects of the industry. From his apprenticeship days as a framer, to a Field Project Manager for residential foreclosures (Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac), Jason has become an industry leader. After working at various construction companies throughout Southern California, Jason formed his own remodeling company in 1995 and began working in the greater LA/OC areas as a Licensed General Contractor.
With many successful years as a Licensed General Contractor, and studying to become an Environmental Building Scientist, Jason had the opportunity to create a unique company (Living Green Homes Construction and Development, Inc.) to help grow the “Green Revolution” in the Orange County area. With this in mind, and his accomplishments within the building science arena, Jason has become one of the go-to Contractors in the energy efficiency and Green industry. Jason has the knowledge and expertise to build and remodel residences and buildings with important features including Comfort, Indoor Air Quality, Energy Efficiency, and Health/Safety, which he, in turn, shares with other green advocates, builders and consumers. He has educated, advised and provided services including whole house energy assessments, green products, and renewable energy.
Jason’s ability to secure more than twenty-five (25) different manufacturers and distributors to participate in a sponsorship program in his one-of-the-first of its kind all green homes in OC, called Project 319 - www.LivingGreenOn319.com, has set the stage for Living Green Homes to become a leader in Green Products and Technologies.
Project 319 has received media attention locally and regionally and will be among the first “Net Zero Energy Homes” built new in Orange County. Jason has worked hands on with city officials and building inspectors to expand innovative technologies, green products, and help introduce new building codes, to ensure that they have the most current information on the explosive “Green Building Revolution.”
As an advocate of green building practices, Jason’s goals are to inspire, motivate, and assist developers, investors, asset managers, homeowners, and the community to understand the importance of building and living green as regulatory and market forces shift the industry toward green built environments that are healthier, safer, more resource efficient and less polluting with better indoor air quality.
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Matt Macko
Through years of hands-on experience in the construction and development fields, Matt Macko came to appreciate firsthand the need for progress in green building. From the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business, Matt received degrees in economics and finance, as well as, an Entrepreneurial Certification. Meanwhile, he was the President of the University of Colorado's Real Estate Council and the owner of two successful businesses. During schooling and as a post-graduate, he successfully built and managed one of the greenest residential projects in Connecticut.
Matt is now a LEED Accredited Professional, RESNET Energy Rater, Certified Green Building Professional and Certified Sustainable Building Advisor, as well as, Chair of the Bay Area LEED Users Group (BAyLUG), board member of the California Deconstruction & ReUse Network, active member of the Northern California Chapter of the USGBC and board member of the Emerging Green Builders Association. Through the various projects he's managed, Matt personally encountered many of the challenges associated with sustainable development and has the experience, knowledge, and leadership to overcome new hurdles in future projects.
Matt recently returned from Washington D.C. where he co-wrote the new LEED 2009 exam. As a result, he regularly presents on the changes to LEED throughout Northern California.
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Our Team
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Myles McGray
Area Manager, South Bay (L.A. County)
Myles McGray is a native Michigander with a B.A. from Oakland University. Currently, a graduate student in the College of Environmental Design at Cal Poly Pomona, McGray’s academic focus lies in the development, implementation, and reuse of sustainable built forms. With work experience in both the environmental field and various building trades, he is pleased to have found a union between the two at Deconstruction & ReUse Network (DRN.)
McGray joined DRN in 2008 as an intern where he worked alongside founder/president Lorenz Schilling. As a certified LEED AP he has been instrumental in the development of the organization’s standards and procedures, and has supported the executive team’s participation at trade shows, partner meetings and Green Building conferences. He has experience in environmental education and worked as a coordinator on a habitat restoration program through Marin Conservation Corps. After years as a firsthand witness to the tolls of demolition and building material waste, McGray was thrilled when asked to help join the DRN team to help bring the message of deconstruction to the masses. In his newly appointed position, McGray will manage projects and partnerships in the South Bay, Palos Verdes and Long Beach areas of Los Angeles County.
Contact: Myles@reusenetwork.org
800-587-7630 ext. 502
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Bill McCullough
Area Manager, Santa Barbara, Ventura
Bill McCullough has been the volunteer Program Manager for Habitat for Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County for the past six years. He developed the organization’s ReStore retail operation, which recently completed its first year of operation in August 2009.
McCullough is the area manager for The Deconstruction and Reuse Network for Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. He is active in the community promoting ReUse to industry professionals and property owners as a significant means of conservation.
Prior to volunteering with Habitat for Humanity, Bill and his wife Joyce owned a medical supply business in the San Francisco Bay Area for 25 years. Bill currently serves on the Mission Canyon Association Board as Treasurer and Communications Director and has been actively involved in recovery efforts in that community following the Jesusita Fire.
Contact: bill@reusenetwork.org
888-545-8333
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Nicole Tai (a.k.a. reusemama)
Nor. Cal. Development Director
Area Manager, San Francisco & Marin Counties
Nicole Tai joins Deconstruction & ReUse Network to spearhead the organization’s development efforts in Northern California. Her dedication and extensive experience will be a valuable asset for DRN.
She has a BS in Conservation Resource Studies from UC Berkeley and her Masters in [Sustainable] Community Development from UC Davis. She is a co-founder of the non-profit organization Reuse Alliance (Astoria, NY), and was an integral part of start up and development efforts for the "ARROW Reuse Center for
Building Materials" (Astoria, NY) and Build it Green NYC (New York, NY). Amongst
other related talents and experience, she has extensive grant writing experience
and is an accomplished public speaker.
Contact: nicole@reusenetwork.org
888-545-8333 ext 201
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Toni Renee (T.R.) Vierra
Area Manager: Napa, Sonoma, Solano Counties
Toni Renee (T.R.) Vierra is a sustainability expert who works with individuals, businesses, and public and non-profit entities to improve green building and business practices.
As an agent for DRN Ms. Vierra works with property owners and policy makers to help them save money and resources through deconstruction. Her expertise in behavioral change, infrastructure improvements, and identifying incentive programs, is an asset to DRN’s mission. Ms. Vierra is a Certified LEED®-AP and Build It GreenTM Certified Green Building Professional, with experience in Green Building Practices & Products; Deconstruction and Environmentally-Friendly Demolition; Sustainable Business Practices & Operational Plans; Waste Reduction; Energy Conservation and Water Conservation.
Contact: tr@reusenetwork.org
800-587-7630 ext. 208
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Leslie Roth
Deconstruction Consultant, Santa Clara & San Mateo Counties
Leslie Roth is a national sales account manager with extensive experience in the telecom industry with several companies.
Throughout her career she has successfully built many strategic business relationships with high-end Fortune 500-1000 Companies headquartered in the Silicon Valley. Ms. Roth utilizes her effective management skills and expertise in project implementation to further DRN’s mission. She currently works with building industry professionals, property owners and policy makers to implement DRN’s deconstruction and reuse solutions.
Contact: leslie@reusenetwork.org
888-545-8333 ext. 230
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Lyndsy Czapla
Deconstruction Consultant, Orange County
Lyndsy Czapla joined Deconstruction & ReUse Network to help increase awareness for the organization in Southern California. She creates outreach campaigns and meets with city officials and policy makers on behalf of the organization.
She also contributes regularly to the Recycle Your House blog to help educate homeowners and building professionals on the importance of waste diversion and reuse in construction. Ms. Czapla holds a bachelors degree in political science from Purdue University and a masters degree in administrative leadership from the University of Oklahoma.
Contact: Lyndsy@reusenetwork.org
800-587-7630 ext. 113
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Jorge Michios
San Diego County & Palm Desert Area: Project Manager & Deconstruction Consultant
Jorge Michios joins the Deconstruction & ReUse Network (DRN) to advocate and increase awareness in the Palm Springs region, covering Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, La Quinta, Banning and Beaumont.
Jorge has worked on several design projects focusing on sustainable design and in 2007 won an award as Exemplary Design Student from Plinth and Chintz. Among his other creative endeavors, which include varying forms of fine art as well as performing as a Progressive House DJ, his experience in design, and passion for architecture gives him a keen eye for reusable materials from deconstructed homes, a powerful asset to DRN.
Contact: jorge@reusenetwork.org
888-545-8333 ext. 106
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Meaghan Hundley
San Diego County & Palm Desert Area: Network Development & Deconstruction Consultant
Meaghan Hundley’s passion for green living and her business savvy provide the tools and information necessary to make her a powerful asset to the Deconstruction & ReUse Network for the San Diego region.
Meaghan has always had a strong belief in the power of the individual to minimize their daily impact on the environment, and has taken a more active interest in sustainability over the past few years. Taking advantage of her background in Marketing and Business Development, Meaghan has applied these skills in helping companies adopt sustainable practices, while also developing strong relationships with professionals and companies in the sustainability sector. While enjoying the beauty of San Diego at the beach or hiking in the local foothills, she is strengthening her already rock-solid education from Syracuse University by pursuing a certificate in Sustainable Business Practices from UCSD.
Contact: meaghan@reusenetwork.org
888-545-8333 ext. 614
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Amy English
New Media Strategist
Amy English makes use of online social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to reach out to the green building community and potential customers.
Ms. English works with DRN’s marketing team to develop new media campaigns and original content. In addition, she contributes greatly to DRN’s Recycle Your House blog and creates graphics and videos to supplement the company’s message. Ms. English holds a BA in Japanese and Asian Studies from UC Santa Barbara and is an accomplished singer/songwriter.
Contact: amy@reusenetwork.org
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OUR OPERATING MANTRA is SMILE
Together we can break from the chain of home-wreckers before us!
Simplify: Our programs must be user-friendly so more people will participate.
Motivate: Our programs must offer tangible benefits.
Integrate: We must seek to ally the interests of property owners with those of a broad range of professional participants.
Listen: We must take into consideration the needs of differing stakeholders.
Experience: Education happens through effective experience. We must get industry professionals in the game and teach through participation.
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