(IL) Chicago Tribune – Growing up in the southwest suburbs, Sara Beardsley had a view of the Chicago skyline from her house. Today, she is transforming that skyline, but you won’t find her work glorified on a $6 mug or gracing postcards.

Most of her impact is invisible as she attempts to reduce one of the largest carbon footprints in Chicago — that of Willis Tower. Beardsley, a senior architect at Adrian Smith+ Gordon Gill Architecture in Chicago, is managing a $200 million to $300 million project to “green” the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.  More