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2006 Cooperating Organizations
California Cast Metals Association
Virginia DEQ
American Coal Ash Association
FHWA
FIRST
National Council for Air and Stream Improvement
National Slag Association
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Lillian Bagus, U.S. EPA, Director, Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Division
Lillian has 27 years of experience working at the EPA, all in the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. She has held pivotal roles in many EPA projects, including the Resource Conservation Challenge, Coal Combustion Products Partnership, Wastewise, Greenscapes, Municipal Solid Waste Recycling, Electronics and Industrial Materials Recycling. She received her B.S. at the University of Illinois.
Steve Beaulieu, RTI International
Amy Blankenbiller, American Foundry Society, Washington Office
Amy Blankenbiller is a senior associate with Waterman & Associates, the Washington, D.C. office of the American Foundry Society (AFS). Amy has worked with AFS for nearly ten years to develop its policies and legislative strategies on environmental issues. She engages in advocacy on behalf of AFS before Congress and the federal regulatory agencies on the organization's priority issues, which include: the redefinition of solid waste, RCRA enforcement and the beneficial reuse of foundry sands; the Iron & Steel MACT; the Clean Air Act Area Source rule for foundries and the AFS/EPA Sector Partnership Program.
In addition to her role in government affairs, last year Amy also assumed the position of Director of Environmental Programs for the association. In this capacity Amy continues to influence federal regulations impacting the foundry industry, as well as develop tools and services to assist foundries in meeting their environmental compliance requirements and providing staff support to the AFS Division 10 Waste & Water and Air Committees.
Prior to joining Waterman & Associates, Amy worked at the National Association of Home Builders where she was the Legislative Director for Environmental Policy, serving as the organization's chief lobbyist for environmental issues. In 1990, Amy was appointed by President George H.W. Bush to act as a Congressional Liaison at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Prior to her presidential appointment, she worked for Senator Bob Dole in the U.S. Senate and then for Congressman Bob Whittaker in the U.S. of Representatives.
Ms. Blankenbiller received her undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas and has completed coursework toward a Masters Degree in environmental planning at the University of Virginia.
Dr. Craig Benson, PhD, PE University of Wisconsin
Craig H. Benson PhD, PE is Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Geological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he has been a member of the faculty since January 1990. Dr. Benson has a BS from Lehigh University and MSE and PhD degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. All degrees are in Civil Engineering, with the MSE and PhD degrees specializing in geo-engineering. Dr. Benson is a licensed professional engineer.
For the last 20 years Dr. Benson has been conducting experimental and analytical research in geoenvironmental engineering, including various aspects related to the reuse of industrial byproducts in civil and geotechnical engineering. This research has included laboratory studies, large-scale field experiments, and computer modeling. Dr. Benson has received several awards for his work, including the Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation and the Distinguished Young Faculty Award from the US Dept. of Energy. Dr. Benson has also received the Huber Research Prize as well as the Croes, Middlebrooks, Collingwood, and Casagrande Awards from the American Society of Civil Engineers. Dr. Benson is a member of the Geo-Institute and is Editor-in-Chief of the ASCE/GI Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.
Dr. Elizabeth Dayton, Ohio State University
Becky Dietrich, VA DEQ
Michael Drury, Ecology Action
Dr. Rob Dungan, PhD, USDA
Dr. Robert S. Dungan is a Research Soil Scientist in the Environmental Management and Byproduct Utilization Laboratory with the USDA-Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville, MD, where he is the lead scientist responsible for determining the environmental safety of waste foundry sands in value-added products for agricultural and horticultural markets. The objectives of his research are to characterize and quantify organics and metals of environmental concern, assess their movement potential, and ascertain if value-added products containing waste foundry sands impact soil organisms and present a food chain risk. Dr. Dungan's prior research activities focused on the fate and transport of selenium and fumigant pesticides in soil and water systems. In particular, he has researched biologically-mediated selenium reduction and methylation reactions, and the effect of organic amendments on the sorption, degradation, and emission of soil-applied fumigant pesticides. In an effort to improve emission estimates for volatile selenium compounds and pesticides, he has successfully employed the use of active and passive chamber systems. Dr. Dungan has authored or co-authored 27 peer-reviewed publications, 3 book chapters, and 25 abstracts and proceedings. He is a member of the Soil Science Society of America and the American Society for Microbiology. Dr. Dungan received his B.S. degree (1993) in Environmental Science from Rutgers University, NJ, and his Ph.D. degree (1999) in Soil and Water Science from the University of California at Riverside.
Judith Friedman, Organics Branch Chief, California Integrated Waste Management Board
Judith Friedman has been with the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) since 1990 where she has served in a variety of capacities. The CIWMB promotes a zero waste California in partnership with local government, industry, and the public. This means managing the estimated 88 million tons of waste generated each year by reducing waste whenever possible, promoting the management of all materials to their highest and best use, and protecting public health and safety and the environment.
Currently, she is the Manager of the CIWMB's Organics and Resource Efficiency Branch in the Waste Prevention and Market Development Division. This Branch is focused on the sustainable and cost-effective use of millions of tons of organic materials, as well as the efficient use of resources by California's more than one million businesses.
Since July of 2005, Judith has been a member of the Governor's Climate Action Team, established by his June 1, 2005 Executive Order #S-3-05. This multi-agency team led by the Secretary for Cal/EPA was charged with devising the path to achieve the Governor's green house gas emission reduction targets. This path is documented in a Report to the Governor and Legislature dated March, 2006.
Prior to working for the CIWMB, Ms Friedman worked for the California Energy Commission (CEC) where she managed compliance and license amendment projects. She came to the CEC after working in the Santa Barbara County's Energy Division where she managed environmental review and permitting of offshore oil and gas and associated onshore facilities.
Dr. Kevin Gardner, University of New Hampshire
Kevin Gardner is the Robert C. Davison Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of New Hampshire. He directs the Recycled Materials Resource Center, a partnership between the Federal Highway Administration and UNH, and the UNH Environmental Research Group. His primary research interests are related to beneficial use of recyclable materials, particularly with regard to the environmental behavior of materials, risks associated with beneficial use of materials, and positive environmental aspects associated with substituting recycled materials in the place of virgin materials.
Rick Givan, Recycled Materials Company,
Inc. Construction Materials Association (CMRA)
Rick Givan is the President of Recycled Materials Company, Inc. located in Arvada, Colorado. Recycled Materials Company specializes in concrete and asphalt recycling and operates five stationary Recycle Centers surrounding the Denver Metro area and eight portable recycle units available for on-site recycling. The company also specializes in services such as civil construction, demolition combined with recycling, and civil recycling and environmental consulting. Rick has an extensive background involving construction field operations management, aggregate recycling, acquisitions, and financial management. He holds a B.A. in Economics and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Continuing education includes, but is not limited to, project estimating, asset sales and mergers, storm water and environmental controls, and U.S. exports. In addition to his dedicated work at Recycled Materials Company, he also contributes his time to the Colorado Materials Recycling Association (CMRA) as the associations President and serves on the Board of Directors. Project highlights during Rick's recycling career include on-grade highway recycle projects with the Kansas Turnpike Authority, The Lowry Re-Development Authority Base Recycle and Re-Development Project, "The World's Largest Recycle Project" at Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado, and the upcoming second "World's Largest Recycle Project" at the former El Toro MCAS in Irvine, California. By combining his education in finance with his hands on construction management field experience, and adding his creativity and enthusiasm for recycling, Rick has helped divert over 25 million tons of concrete and asphalt debris from landfills around the western United States. Rick is dedicated to educating the construction industry as well as policy makers on the sustainability aspects of recycling concrete and asphalt debris, as well as using recycled aggregates in new construction.
Dave Goss, American Coal Ash Association
David C. Goss, Executive Director, began with ACAA August 2002. Previously he worked for Xcel Energy as the Coal Combustion Byproducts Coordinator, where he coordinated the ash management activities for nine coal-fired plants located in Colorado and Texas. Goss has served as the Co-Chair of the Western Region Ash Group (WRAG), been a representative to the Texas Coal Ash Utilization Group (TCAUG) and a member of the American Coal Council ash subcommittee. Goss is a former National Steering Committee Chair for the Combustion Byproducts Recycled Consortium and previous to that was the Western Region Chair of the Emission Controls Byproduct Consortium. He was recently selected to co-chair the Recycle/Reuse Team of the Mid-Atlantic Green Highways Partnership and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Recycled Materials Resource Center and the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center Advisory Board. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society for Testing and Materials, the Air & Waste Management Association and the American Concrete Institute. Goss received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Denver and a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma. The ACAA is located in Aurora, Colorado. The mailing, e-mail address and phone numbers are 15200 E. Girard Avenue, Suite 3050, Aurora, CO 80014-3988, (720) 870-7897, fax (720) 870-7889, e-mail info@acaa-usa.org and web site: www.acaa-usa.org.
Matt Hale, EPA Director, Office of Solid Waste
Matthew Hale is Director of the EPA's Office of Solid Waste (OSW). In this position, he is responsible for managing EPA's programs governing hazardous and solid wastes under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). For the previous 7 years, Mr. Hale served as OSW's Deputy Director, and before that as Director of the OSW Permits and State Programs Division (PSPD) where he was responsible for working with EPA Regions and the states to implement the RCRA program. Before joining OSW, Mr. Hale was with EPA's Office of Toxic Substances, assigned to the new chemicals program. Mr. Hale holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard College and PhD in history from the University of Maryland.
Jason Harrington, FHWA
Denny Hoeh, Stanislaus County Department of Environmental Resources
Denny Hoeh has worked for the Department of Environmental Resources since the summer of 1978. He was the original inspector of Food Processing By-Products Use Sites for Stanislaus County. California State University of Stanislaus is his alma mater, with a Bachelors degree in Environmental Studies and a minor in Biology.
Dr. Arpad Horvath, UC Berkeley
Dr. Arpad Horvath is Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley (http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~horvath), and Director of the Consortium on Green Design and Manufacturing at UC Berkeley (http://cgdm.berkeley.edu). Professor Horvath's research focuses on environmental and economic life-cycle assessment and engineering, and environmental assessment and management of infrastructure systems. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Infrastructure Systems of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Industrial Ecology. He is a recipient of the Laudise Prize "for outstanding achievements in industrial ecology" by the International Society for Industrial Ecology, the NSF CAREER award, four-time recipient of the AT&T Foundation Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship, and recipient of the NSF-Lucent Technologies Industrial Ecology Fellowship. He was Conference or Program Co-chair of the IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment in 1999-2001 and 2006-2007, and organized numerous other workshops and conference sessions.
Elise Hunter, USEPA Region 9, Waste Management Division
Elise Hunter is a Life Scientist and Beneficial Use Coordinator at USEPA Region 9, Waste Management Division. She has been at EPA Region 9 for one year, and works on developing partnerships with organizations in the utility, metalcasting and construction industries to divert large-volume industrial wastes into safe, commercial applications. Elise is the lead point of contact for the 2006 Beneficial Use Summit, and has been planning this year's agenda since January in collaboration with a diverse, knowledgeable steering committee. She received her B.S. in Earth Systems from Stanford University. In her spare time she enjoys cooking, writing and riding her bike.
David Jaber, Natural Logic
David Jaber leads projects in strategy, metrics, and evaluation of social and environmental performance at Natural Logic. Work has included a regional ecoeconomic assessment of the City of Albuquerque, an environmental footprint benchmarking of the WA state pulp and paper sector, and business assistance throughout Alameda County resulting in over 15 thousand tons of waste diverted from the landfill. He will present the "regional ecoeconomic assessment" process which compares industrial environmental impact to economic contribution, and helps prioritize economic development initiatives.
Dr. Jenna Jambeck, Research Assistant Professor, Dept of Civil/ Environmental Engineering, University of New Hampshire
Jenna Jambeck received her Bachelors and Master's degrees in Environmental Engineering Sciences from the University of Florida. She then worked as a consulting engineer for URS Corporation in Minneapolis, Minnesota and returned to UF to obtain her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering Sciences. After her PhD, she worked for the US EPA Office of Research and Development in Research Triangle Park, NC as an ORISE post-doc. She joined the Civil Engineering Department at the University of New Hampshire in 2005 as a Research Assistant Professor and is a member of the Environmental Research Group. She specializes in solid and hazardous waste management, and has worked on specific research projects involving construction and demolition debris, wallboard, CCA-treated wood, abrasive blasting media, and mine waste.
Dave Jones, Associate Director for EPA Region 9 Waste Management Division
Hal Kassoff, Senior Vice President of Parsons & Brinckerhoff
Hal Kassoff is a Senior Vice President with Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) responsible for providing leadership in emerging highway-related practice areas. Hal has guided the development of a workshop on Sustainable Highways which he has delivered to clients and PB Professionals worldwide. He also led a team that produced PB's reference guide for Concepts in Contextual Highway Design. Prior to joining PB, Hal spent 25 years with the Maryland Department of Transportation, including 6 years as Director of Planning and Preliminary Engineering and 12 years as State Highway Administrator. During Hal's tenure, SHA was recognized for its aesthetic and environmentally sensitive bridges and highway designs. Hal has been a frequent speaker and has published a number of articles on Context Sensitive Highway Design and Sustainable Highways.
Jeff Kohn, USEPA
Jeff Kohn has over 14 years of experience working for, or in support of, EPA programs. He is currently in the office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation, and serves as the Metal Casting Sector Liaison for EPA. The Sector Strategies Program supports EPA's mission by developing comprehensive strategies to improve environmental performance of selected manufacturing and service sectors. As the metal casting sector expert, Jeff analyzes the industry's operations, impacts, and trends, and identifies opportunities for environmental stewardship and improved regulation. Working with EPA programs, metal casting trade associations, and other stakeholders, Jeff is EPA's catalyst for helping the industry progress from compliance to sustainability. Jeff has an Economics BA from University of New Hampshire and an MBA with a concentration in Environmental Management and Policy from George Washington University.
Dr. David Kosson, Vanderbilt University
Kate Krebs, Executive Director, National Recycling Coalition
Kate Krebs was appointed executive director of the National Recycling Coalition in January 2002. In that role she serves as the national advocate for recycling interests including public policy, funding mechanisms and sustainable design strategies with recovery as a key element. Prior to her position at NRC she served as executive director of the Arcata Community Recycling Center which is located on the north coast of California; was president of Californians Against Waste for a decade; and is founder of Fire & Light Originals, a glass tableware manufacturing company that utilizes recycled glass as the primary feedstock. She lives and works in Washington DC.
Joe Laubenstein, Synagro, National Director Pulp & Paper
Joe Laubenstein has worked on beneficial use projects for the Pulp & Paper Industry for the past 16 years. He has recycled over 5 million tons of paper mill residuals over these years including paper mill sludge, ashes both wood and coal, lime mud, and others. Joe received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. His background in soil science has given him both the knowledge and passion to develop and market soils produced from paper residuals used in mining closings, landfill reclamation projects, and water treatment systems. Joe will be giving a presentation on how the use of paper mill sludge, or Short Paper Fiber (SPF) as referred to by Joe, is used as a product to solve environmental issues in the Poultry Industry.
Michael Lindner, Texas CEQ,
Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division,
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Mike Lindner received his B.A. in Spanish from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1988. He then worked as a musician and translator in Seville, Spain, until moving to Central Texas to earn his Masters in Applied Geography at Texas State University from 1996-1998. Since then, he has worked at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; first as an Municipal Solid Waste Permit Engineer, and then as an Environmental Assistance Specialist for small businesses and local governments. Currently, in the Pollution Prevention and Industry Assistance Section, he is the lead on recycling and environmentally preferable purchasing for the state.
Dr. Terry Logan, Logan Environmental, Inc.
Terry Logan is President of Logan Environmental, Inc., which provides consulting services in bio-mineral by-product management to municipalities, industry and agriculture. Dr. Logan holds BS, MS and PhD degrees in soil science. From 1999 to 2004, he was President and then CEO of N-Viro International Corporation. Prior to 1999, he was a soil chemist in the School of Natural Resources at The Ohio State University where he held the rank of Professor. Dr. Logan's research has been in the general area of agricultural environmental quality, with specialization in water quality and beneficial use of biosolids and animal manure on agricultural land. He is a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Andy Mangan, U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development
Susan Mooney, EPA Region 5
Wayne Nastri, EPA Region 9 Administrator
Dr. George Offen, EPRI
Elizabeth Olenbush, FIRST
William R. "Bill" Orr, CIWMB
Bill is the Manager of the Recycling Technologies Branch of the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB). The CIWMB promotes a zero waste California in partnership with local government, industry, and the public. This means managing the estimated 78 million tons of waste generated each year by reducing waste whenever possible, promoting the management of all materials to their highest and best use, and protecting public health and safety and the environment. In his current capacity Bill oversees the CIWMB's Sustainable Building, Buy Recycled, Environmentally Preferable Purchasing and Plastics Recycling programs. Bill is a Certified Engineering Geologist in California. Prior to coming to the CIWMB, he had engineering project experience with CalTrans and the Department of Water Resources. Bill represents the CIWMB on the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) Board of Directors and chair of CHPS Technical Committee; is a member of the California Green Building Executive Order Schools Working Group and the State Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Task Force. He is also a member of the US Green Building Council's national LEED Schools Application Guide Committee.
Bharat Patel, DMJM, Inc.
Bharat Patel is a principal at DMJM and has over 25 years experience in Design and Construction in sustainable development. He is LEED accredited professional and is on the chair of the US Green Building Council - LA chapter. He is a registered engineer in 12 states. He has worked on building projects in Europe, Asia and America and has worked with a number of world renowned architects some of whom include: Sir Norman Foster, Sir Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano. His unique experience allows him to examine and provide unique solutions that balance competing concerns in design such as energy, environmental sensitivities, security and costs. He is also an adjunct professor at UCLA for 11 years where he teaches sustainable development. Patel heads the sustainable group for DMJM in America and works closely with the firms' sister company in Europe that was responsible for the BREEAM Green Building Rating Standard. Patel is currently overseeing and implementing the Sustainable Policy for the Los Angles Community College District (LACCD) $2.1 billion proposition A/AA Bond program and the Renewable Energy Policy. With approximately 43 LEED projects, the LACCD is the largest and "greenest" project in the country.
Tom Pyle, Caltrans
Dr. Anu Ramaswami, University of Colorado, Denver
Debbie Raphael, San Francisco Department of the Environment
Debbie Raphael is the Program Manager for the City & County of San Francisco's Toxics Reduction and Green Building Programs. In this capacity she is responsible for working with City agencies, local businesses, and San Francisco residents to reduce the use of toxic chemicals and implement the City's award-winning Integrated Pest Management, Environmentally Preferable Purchasing, and Green Building programs. Debbie was part of the team of City staff and community members that crafted San Francisco's Precautionary Principle Ordinance and is helping to lead the effort to implement the principle within City government. This year, Debbie was a recipient of the EPA's Environmental Award for Personal Outstanding Achievement.
Debbie also worked for the City of Santa Monica and implemented that city's far-reaching Toxics Reduction Programs. She has presented her work at numerous professional and technical meetings and has helped public agencies and school districts across the country institute similar environmental programs. Debbie received her Masters degree in Plant Physiological Ecology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She has also worked as an exhibit designer at the Exploratorium Science Museum and as a high school instructor of science and computer technology.
Rick Robson, Principal Environmental Scientist, Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Rick Robson, Principal Environmental Chemist, Hallmark Cards, Inc. is currently working to identify and implement strategic environmental and sustainability initiatives. Waste reduction through process redesign, material replacement, and redirecting wastes to alternative uses are primary goals. Rick is currently leading Hallmark's participation in the Kansas City Regional By-Product Synergy Project. The BPS project brings local organizations together in facilitated work groups to find and implement synergistic business opportunities particularly to reduce waste. Rick has a B.S. degree in Physics from Kansas State University and over 25 years experience in the environmental arena. In his spare time, Rick builds energy efficient homes incorporating green building technology.
John Sager, EPA OSW
Dr. Zubair Saleem, USEPA, Office of Solid Waste
Dr. Zubair Saleem is a senior scientist and modeling expert in the Office of Solid Waste, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He has been with USEPA for more than 20 years and has worked on the development of several models, including EPACML, EPACMTP, and 3MRA. Currently he is working on the assessment of impacts of the beneficial uses of recycled materials and the development of IWEM Version 2.0 (IWEM for highways). He also worked on the TC Rule, hazardous waste identification rule, lead-based paint risk assessment, Subtitle C leak detection rule, headwork exemptions rule, and several hazardous waste listing determinations, including petroleum refining listing determination. He is the recipient of several bronze medals and the technical achievement award. Before coming to USEPA, Dr. Saleem was the Director of the Groundwater modeling Center for SAIC and a tenured faculty member at the University of Illinois, Chicago, where he headed the Hydrology and environment program. He has also worked on numerous Superfund sites and is the author or co-author of over 50 publications and editor of the books, Advances in Groundwater Hydrology and A Decade of Progress in Water Resources. He also was the General Chairman of Twelfth American Water Resources Conference. Dr. Saleem received his Ph.D. from New Mex. Inst. of Mining and Tech. working with Professors C.E. Jacob and Mahdi Hantush (developers of the leaky aquifer theories).
Jeff Scott, EPA Region 9 Division Director
Bizhan Sheikholeslami, Wisconsin DNR
Otavio Silva, Bridging the Gap, KC Regional BPS Project Manager/Business Programs Coordinator
Otavio has been working as a civil engineer and environmental consultant for more than 22 years. He has worked extensively in the environmental field in the United States and Latin America, providing technical assistance to the private and government sectors. At Bridging The Gap, Otavio manages the Kansas City Regional By-Product Synergy Initiative and other environmental programs connecting community, industry and government. He has always had a passion toward conservation and sustainability. Otavio is a member of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce's Environment Committee and serves on the Community Advisory Panel for Bayer ScienceCrop. He is the founder and current Chairperson of the Brazilian Club; the Brazilian Commissioner for the Ethnic Enrichment Commission; a Board Member of Beyond the Book; and is a member of the International Relations Council. Otavio hobbies include reading, playing basketball, volleyball and soccer, and dancing jazz with his wife Jill. He also enjoys coaching soccer and speaking Portuguese to his 12-year old son, André, and 7-year old daughter, Daniela; and planning cultural arts programs for his children's school PTAs.
Susan Thorneloe, U.S. EPA/Office of Research and Development,
National Risk Management Research Laboratory,
Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division (E305-02)
Susan Thorneloe is Senior Chemical Engineer with EPA's Office of Research and Development. She has over 22 years with EPA and responsible for more than 100 EPA publications. Susan has led the application of life-cycle assessment in providing a more holistic approach to environmental management. Susan's research areas include:
- Development of decision support tools for municipal solid waste management and disaster debris management;
- Evaluation of potential cross-media transfers from management of mercury-enriched coal combustion residues;
- Landfill gas emissions and control; and
- Air issues with old landfills and brownfield sites.
Susan has been awarded over 20 EPA awards including 4 Bronze medals for her leadership and innovation in finding more efficient and effective solutions to environmental management. Susan graduated from North Carolina State in chemical engineering in 1982. Susan also received a Masters of Environmental Management Leadership from Duke University in 2006.
John N. Ward, Headwaters, Inc.
John N. Ward is Vice President, Marketing and Government Affairs, for Headwaters Incorporated - a leading provider of pre-combustion and post-combustion clean coal technologies and services. John is a board member and current president of the American Coal Council. He serves on the National Coal Council as appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Energy. He also serves on the BTU Conversion Committee of the National Mining Association and is vice chairman of the Government Relations Committee of the American Coal Ash Association. John is active in numerous construction industry associations promoting the use of coal fly ash as a value-enhancing building material. His son refers to him as a used coal salesman.
Ken Zarker, Washington Department of Ecology
Ken Zarker has been actively involved with hazardous waste, pollution prevention and toxics reduction programs for over twenty years. Ken has been responsible for managing state environmental programs in Texas and Washington State on hazardous waste permitting, policy, toxics reduction, and sustainability. Ken has served in a leadership capacity at the national and international levels as Chairman of the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable, Delegate to the North American Pollution Prevention Partnership, the U.S. EPA Forum on State and Tribal Toxics Action (FOSTTA) and the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) Cross Media Committee/Innovations Workgroup. Ken holds a B.S. in Environmental Management from the University of Houston at Clear Lake City.
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