Buildings, Humans, and the Sustainable Organization

We build businesses and buildings in a natural world brimming with lessons in the strength and power of the sum of the parts, otherwise known as an ecosystem. We sought out a practitioner in the built environment who was deeply aware of the form, function, and intent of a building or campus, as well as a student of out times.

Maxinne Leighton, PhD, Assoc. AIA, is Director of Marketing/Communications & Business Development for JB&B. JB&B has worked with many of the foremost architectural firms, corporate owners, institutions, and real estate developers throughout the world. In over 100 years of practice, JB&B has completed design projects in more than 50 countries and on 6 continents, serving as consulting engineers on some of the most iconic buildings of the 20th century as well as some of the most emblematic of the 21st.

But Maxinne has also provided her insights to the New York Chapter of Women in Security, Director of Communications for the newly formed NYC Chapter of AMFP (Assoc. of Medical Facility Planners), Honorary Council Member of the Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization, ACEC Awards Committee, the AIA-NY’s Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee, NYC Builds Bio+, and has facilitated numerous panels on climate vulnerable communities.

In 2018, she was recognized with WBC’s “Outstanding Women in the Building Industry” award as well as one of the 2018 New York Power Women.