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Preferred Name: Sara
Last Name: Neff
Degree String (Type, Year): ('02)
Job Title: Head of Sustainability
Company Name: Lendlease Americas
Bio: Sara Neff is Head of Sustainability for Lendlease Americas, where she is helping the company meet its ambitious goal of achieving absolute zero carbon across every scope by 2040 while creating $250 million of social value by 2025. In 2022, under her leadership Lendlease earned the top residential score in the Americas on GRESB and multiple green leasing awards among other accolades. Previously, she served as Senior Vice President, Sustainability at Kilroy, where she helped the company achieve carbon neutral operations in 2020. She has been named a Los Angeles Woman of Influence by the Los Angeles Business Journal, a 40 under 40 awardee by the Urban Land Institute, a Los Angeles Power Woman in Real Estate by Bisnow, a Women in Sustainability Leader by Green Building & Design magazine, a Woman of Influence by GlobeSt Real Estate Forum, and was the recipient of NAREIT’s 2020 Leader in the Light Leadership Personified award. She holds a BS from Stanford and an MBA from Columbia Business School.