Gautami Palanki currently serves as VP, Sustainability at The Howard Hughes Corporation, where she leads sustainability strategy to advance the commitment to innovative placemaking, design excellence, and operational high performance. For more than a decade, Gautami worked in both private and non-profit environments, where she led architectural design projects, technology implementation and deployed global sustainability standards and technical programs. Passionate about community-based climate action, Gautami has also keynoted talks and led workshops for audiences in more than 20 countries and is on the board of mission driven organizations. Gautami holds a B. Arch from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, and M.S. in Sustainable Design from Carnegie Mellon University. She is a Licensed Architect and LEED Fellow.
