A licensed professional engineer, Jerry Yudelson is a former board member of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and chaired the USGBC's annual Greenbuild conference from 2004 through 2009. He was the Research Scholar for Sustainability for the International Council of Shopping Centers, providing research and speaking services for ICSC. From 2001 to 2008, he trained more than 3500 people in the USGBC's LEED green building rating system. He is the author of 12 books on green buildings, green homes and green development, including Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis (2010), Choosing Green: The Home Buyer's Guide to Good Green Homes (2008), Greening Existing Buildings (2009) Sustainable Retail Development (2009), and Green Building Trends: Europe (2009) and Green Building through Integrated Design (2008).