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Salas O’Brien names Marianna Palmour Director of Sustainability and Impact
In this new role, Marianna Palmour will guide Salas O’Brien’s approach to aligning sustainability, performance, and measurable impact across the firm and for clients.
Salas O’Brien is pleased to announce that Marianna Palmour, WELL AP, LEED AP, ActiveScore AP, GRESB AP, has been named Director of Sustainability and Impact, a natural transition that reflects the firm’s commitment to accountability, sustainability, and delivering lasting, positive impact for clients and communities as expectations from stakeholders continue to evolve.
In her role, Marianna works closely with leaders across Salas O’Brien to help define priorities and shape the firm’s sustainability and impact strategy. Her work spans firmwide measurement and disclosures, as well as embedding sustainability and corporate responsibility principles into operations and project delivery to support consistent, measurable outcomes.
Over the past year, Marianna has helped build the foundation for this work, leading measurement of Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions, supporting the firm’s Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) commitment, and advancing transparency through key disclosures such as EcoVadis, CDP, and climate risk reporting aligned with TCFD. She also works closely with client delivery teams to extend Salas O’Brien’s sustainability expertise to clients through practical, data‑driven solutions that improve efficiency, performance, and long‑term value.
Marianna joined Salas O’Brien with the Epsten Group merger in 2023 where she worked for over a decade, most recently as a LEED specialist and Senior Manager of ESG. She is widely recognized as a leader in sustainability consulting and was honored in 2023 with the Adoption of WELL Award by the International WELL Building Institute. She is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she earned both a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture.