Heather Bolick is the Chief Sustainability & Resiliency Officer at the City of Charlotte. She leads a cross-organizational team tasked with the strategic plan to help the city reach the goal to be a zero carbon city by 2050. Recent highlights include negotiating a green tariff for an 80-MW solar energy project, which is anticipated to offset 100% of carbon emissions from electricity used by city-owned buildings. She led the revision of the Sustainable Facilities Policy which works to make sustainability a priority in the design, construction, and renovation of City-owned facilities. Heather’s experience includes energy management of institutional buildings, residential energy auditing, supervising a workforce development program in the energy sector and managing a neighborhood energy grant. She has a Bachelor of Science from UNC-Chapel Hill and a Master of Science in Environmental Systems Analysis from UNC-Charlotte. Heather has held the following certifications: Professional Energy Manager, BPI Building Analyst & Envelope Professional and LEED AP.