| Management Consultant serving clients since 1972 .
Invited
speaker on management, communications, environmental affairs,
new technologies
and government relations in manufacturing and service industries.
Credited
with major active role in founding the American Plastics Council.
Holds
patents in package design and trade secrecy agreements
on manufacturing processes.
Board
and leadership positions have included many industry associations,
private companies, elected public office, state government
committees, and civic groups.
Spokesman
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
Hearing on Degradable Plastics (Washington, DC, September
1988); before a Joint Congressional Subcommittee Hearing on
Foreign Imports (Washington, DC, October 1980); and before
the Ohio Senate Finance Committee (Columbus, Ohio, May 1995).
Invited
lecturer, panelist and program moderator for universities
and organizations throughout the U.S. and in Canada, Japan,
Sweden, Finland and The Netherlands.
Consulted
for PRISMA Project (NOTA and Erasmus University, The
Netherlands) and the TEM Organization (University of Lund,
Sweden).
Personal
recipient of a 1994 Ohio Governor's Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Pollution Prevention, a U.S. Department
of Commerce NOAA Public Service Award and other recognition.
Elected
Commissioner of Treasure Island, Florida, District 1,
1997-1999;
Member
of Environmental Quality Policy Committee of the Florida
League of Cities and the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council.
(Authored League of Cities Policy Statement on Urban Litter.)
Professional
memberships in numerous trade and technical associations.
Professional
Service:
- Society
of the Plastics Industry (SPI), Board of Directors, Executive
Committee, 1994-1995
- American
Plastics Council (APC), Advertising Committee 1995-1997
- Plastic
Bag Association, President 1989-1992; Board and Executive
Committee 1989-1996
- Degradable
Polymers Council, Special Purpose Group of SPI, Chairman
1989-1993
- Ohio
Technology Network (OTNET) Ohio Department of Development,
Board of Directors 1994-1995
- Flexographic
Technical Association, Board of Trustees 1985-1986
Former Professional
Memberships:
- Institute of Management Consultants (CMC)
- National
Bureau of Certified Consultants (Senior Associate for Florida)
- Air
and Waste Management Association
- Society
of Plastics Engineers, Senior Member
- Society
of the Plastics Industry, Professional Member Professional
Memberships
- American
Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
- Flexographic
Technical Association, Board of Directors
- The
Planning Forum
Patents: D307825, D307826, 5620256
Personal
Awards: For achievement in pollution prevention, market
development and public service. |
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