About Jonathan BURGESS

Mr. Jonathan Burgess is a creative leader and serial entrepreneur focused on ventures that promote sustainable products,  landscapes, and real estate development. For more than a decade, he has focused on assisting architects, design professionals, and construction teams with creating high-performing, healthy buildings and neighborhoods.

As a LEED Fellow and Principal of Spinnaker Group – A Division of SOCOTEC, Jonathan and his team have consulted on more than 190 certified green-building projects (LEED, WELL, LBC, Green Globes, FGBC, and NGBS). His firm has more than 200 active projects currently pursuing certification across the USA and beyond.

With more than 16 years of experience in sustainable design and landscape architecture, Jonathan became in 2017 the youngest person in the world to achieve the prestigious accreditation of LEED Fellow. As a much sought-after speaker and lecturer, Jonathan also tours the country as both USGBC Faculty and WELL Faculty, educating and advocating for the adoption of the LEED and WELL building standards across Florida and beyond. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami’s prestigious School of Architecture.