I grow profitability through energy saving initiatives for the built environment. I optimize building performance by measurement and analysis yielding the shortest payoff. I coalesce personalities and skills into high performance teams. I’ve lead decades of initiatives resulting in high-yield performance and return on investment for the nation’s largest property owners.

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Chief Sustainability Officer | Climate Software startup • 2024 – present

Advisor | Waste AI startup • 2025 – present

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Joined a software startup in its first year. Significantly expanded sales pipeline, guided creation of a full
product line tied to market demand and reviewed product for regulatory accuracy, formed connections with key industry groups and collected customer feedback.

 

Sustainability Editor | Yield Pro magazine • 2023 – present

Vice President, Sustainability | RealPage • 2019 – 2023

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Led and grew the Sustainability/ESG Team, which spanned four countries and three states, developed software and AI solutions for the Real Estate Industry while creating strong relationships with stakeholders, team members, executive leaders, and strategic partners. Provided financial oversight for Sustainability P&L, where I helped improve profitability by 30% for the division while growing the team with exceptionally low attrition of both customers and team members.

  • Product Development leader for three sustainability products (Waste Reduction and Diversion, Water Leak Detection, and Compliance/Data Assurance), including product launches and creation of the Go to Market documentation, materials, and training.
  • ESG reporting offering and support for RealPage customers (Owners, operators, and investors)..
  • Provided oversight of programs which helped customers save 194M gallons of water, 3.5M kWh of electricity, 11M therms of gas, and divert >194.8M tons of recycling in 2022.
  • Created Sustainability Success Series Podcasts, hosted four Energy Summits, and wrote/participated in 11 webcasts.
  • Took over and grew nine-member Sustainability team with lowest morale scores and highest attrition rates to 35 members: within one-year reduced attrition rate to 2% and improved engagement scores 85% (RealPage).
  • Teams scored highest rankings in company for implementations, engineering, and engagement.

Director of Ancillary Services | Prometheus Real Estate Group • 2007 – 2019

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Director of Ancillary Services (Jan 2013 – May 2019)

Orchestrated utility and telecom expense and ancillary income program for >12K units. Collaborated directly with suppliers, stakeholders, and properties to reduce utility consumption, increase revenue, and ensure compliance with State, County and City requirements for various programs. Conducted routine analysis to ensure goals achievement.

  • Increased Recycling Diversion from 37% to 63%
  • Obtained >$2M in rebate funding for energy and water efficiencies.
  • Managed all Green Loans upgrades and Green Certifications for company.
  • Lead Sustainability Committee (cross departmental) from 2008-2019)
  • Increased NOI by ~$500K, compounded annually.
  • Developed and implemented paperless billing program, reducing paper bills by 30% annually.
  • Implemented Utility Benchmarking program and first Portfolio Attribute database.

Sr. Manager of Ancillary Services (Jan 2012 to Dec 2012)

  • Increased NOI by approximately $550,000, compounded annually.
  • Negotiated energy procurement deals with favorable terms for the company’s portfolio, saving $70,000.
  • Interviewed by Cadmus Group to direct Local Utility District on upcoming rebate initiatives for Multifamily Industry.

Manager of Ancillary Services (Jun 2007 to Dec 2011)

  • Increased NOI by ~$2,320,000, compounded annually.
  • Reduced inefficient utility expense billing processes; reduced Accounting’s workload by 10 hours per month.
  • Developed Natural Gas procurement contract that saved the company approximately $40,000 for 2009.

Education

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Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and Dramatic Art, University of California at Berkeley, CA

Hard Skills and Certificates

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  • Energy Resource Management Certification, UC, Davis
  • Certifications: GRESB AP, LEED O&M, TRUE advisor, BOMA ESG, TCFD, Sustainable Materials Mgmt.
  • Utility Management Advisory, founder, first President and editor
  • RealPage steering committee
  • Prometheus Sustainability Lead
  • CAA Water Conservation Task Force 2014
  • NAA Sustainability Task Force
  • Journal of Utility Management, founder and editor

Selected Skills

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  • Communication and Collaboration
  • Waste Management
  • Zero Waste
  • Net Zero Solutions
  • Water
  • Management
  • Rebate Program Maximization
  • Leadership
  • Team Development
  • Training and Mentoring
  • Utility
  • Management
  • Budgeting
  • Innovator and Implementor of New Solutions
  • RUBS Ancillary Income
  • Cable Revenue
  • EV
  • Charging Station
  • Energy Management
  • Leadership
  • Energy Procurement
  • Business Strategy
  • LEED
  • Green Building
  • Operations
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Sustainability Consulting
  • Data Analysis
  • GRESB & ESG Reporting
  • Futurist

 

Technology and Tools

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  • EnergyStar Portfolio Manager Compliance Benchmarking
  • GRESB Reporting
  • CDP
  • Reporting
  • Waste Diversion Reporting
  • EnergyCAP
  • Measurabl
  • BI Analytics
  • Excel
  • Word
  • PowerPoint
  • Outlook
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Jira
  • Agile
  • Squarespace
  • WordPress

About Mary Nitschke

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mary@marynitschke.com

Wylie, Texas

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