Senior Associates Profiles

AHC Group Senior Associates  A. Dwight Bedsole Group Senior Associate & Workshop Chair Assistant EPA Administrator Marianne Lamont Horinko presents award to Dwight Bedsole. The award was to the DuPont Corporate Remediation Group Director Dwight Bedsole for the company's pledge to meet two key contamination control measures (Environmental Indicators) by the end of 2005 at 6 Dupont sites. DuPont has committed to meeting the EIs at more sites than any other company. Business Experience ? Business Director for a $1BBL+/yr. global business (currently $3BBL). ? Lead Strategic Planning Process for Marketing, R&D and Manufacturing. Operations in 13 countries and sales in 70, with 36 global competitors. ? Led complete restructure of global vusiness. Replaced extensive mature product line with new environmentally friendly products in over 30 major end-use markets — enormous effort that spanned three years and involved thousands of customers. ? Developed and implemented global pricing strategies for mature product line in extremely competitive markets. ? Negotiated joint ventures in China and Saudi Arabia and acquisitions in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. ? Formation and startup of a 100% subsidiary that marketed environmental remediation services. Environmental/Safety Experience ? Worked with the US EPA, State Department and UN to negotiate chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) global phase-out plan with the international community (Montreal Protocol). ? At the invitation of the UK Government, participated in the investigation of the Flixborough disaster (1974 vapor cloud explosion at a caprolactam plant) that killed 28 people in Flixborough, England. ? Participated in the formation and management of DuPont Environmental Remediation Services (DERS) — a 100% subsidiary of DuPont (with 350 employees) that sold remediation services to the global market. ? Chartered and managed the DuPont Corporate Remediation Group (CRG). ? Provided testimony on stratospheric ozone depletion before the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, 101st Congress. Remediation Experience ? Created mission, vision and principles and provided leadership (17 years) to a group chartered with responsibility to manage DuPont's global environmental remediation liabilities. Annual expenditure of approximately $100 million US; liability estimated $350 million low-end, $1.2bbl high-end. ? Centralized resources — people and funding, created a Center of Excellence for Remediation and managed environmental liabilities with a business approach. ? Member of Remediation Advisory Board for an international oil and gas company. Provided strategic advice and counsel for a three-year period. ? Founder and leader of industry coalition group (20+ companies) in New Jersey (Site Remediation Industry Network — SRIN) that has had significant impact on laws, rules and regulations governing remediation in the State. ? Led Legislative efforts resulting in two bills ( ISRA and Brownfields) that had significant impact on the remediation process in New Jersey. ? Member of Board Directors for National Brownfields Association (NBA). ? Provided Leadership to many industry task groups and advocacy efforts — NJDEP Site Remediation Advisory Group, Brownfield Working Group, and NRD Task Group; and represented the concerns of industry through the development of white papers and presentation of testimony at numerous state, federal and public hearings. ? Presenter and Panelist at national/international industry and regulatory forums on issues related to Superfund, RCRA, Cost/Benefit, Tort Reform, Brownfield Development, Eminent Domain, Natural Resource Damages (NRD), Risk Assessment, Sediments and Sarbanes-Oxley. ? Sought after and provided input into the formation of new laws and regulations governing remediation in China and Taiwan. ? Led industry benchmarks on Remediation Management, Toxic Torts, Liability Estimating and Disclosure, Remediation Metrics, and Safety and Remediation Consultant Contracting Process. ? Taught short courses on Financial Reporting; published articles in LexisNexis on "Why Remediation Should be Run Like a Business" and "Financial Assurance"; and has Chaired the AHC Group Site Remediation & Management Risk Reduction Workshop for seven years. Mark Coleman Senior Associate & World Inc. Case Leader Biography Mark C. Coleman currently serves in a senior research capacity for the AHC Group, Inc. Mark is a Senior Program Manager at the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies (CIMS) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). At CIMS, Mark is managing a portfolio of projects focused on sustainable product design and life-cycle analysis. Mark also holds responsibilities for aligning the core strategic competencies of CIMS with emerging technologies and research and development funding and partnership opportunities between industry, government, and research institutions nationally and abroad. Prior to working at RIT, Mark worked as a Project Manager with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), a public benefits corporation funded at $150 million annually. At NYSERDA, Mark worked within the Energy Analysis Group participating on a cross-disciplinary team that oversaw the evaluation of NYSERDA's public benefits funded programs, and provided objective information, data, and analysis to support program design, development, and administration, as well as strategic organizational and program planning. While at NYSERDA, Mark also contributed to the 2002 New York State Energy Plan, 3-year strategic planning, and the development of a market research and intelligence capability. Mark has been associated with the AHC Group for more than six years, in which time he has conducted market-and-competitive research, corporate research profiling, and aided in the dissemination of objective data, information, and analysis. In addition, Mark has helped facilitate growth in AHC Group's executive leadership and benchmarking workshops. Mark holds a M.S. in Environmental Management and Policy from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and a B.A. in Geography and Environmental Studies from Binghamton University. Mark resides in Fairport, NY, with his wife Aileen. Dennis R. Minano AHC Group Senior Associate & Workshop Chair Dennis R. Minano currently acts as an advisor on energy, environmental and transportation issues. He served as General Motors (GM) vice president of environment and energy and chief environmental officer until his retirement in 2002, and in that position, was responsible for overseeing environmental and energy policies worldwide. During his 30-year career at GM, Minano remained at the forefront of public policy debates affecting the transportation and energy industries. He joined the company in 1971 as an attorney involved in marketing, product liability, energy and environmental law. He was appointed practice area manager of the environmental and energy legal group in 1990, representing the company's interests on major national policy issues. During 1995-1996, he also served as vice president for GM Communications, helping to integrate communication with business strategy. Minano was instrumental in establishing GM's environmental vision. Under his leadership, GM published its first Environmental Report in 1994, demonstrating a corporate commitment to public accountability. Since that time, the annual reports have addressed GM's accomplishments and challenges at its facilities and with its products in both environment and energy. During his tenure, GM's progress in advanced vehicle technology, creation of unique partnerships with organizations like The Nature Conservancy, and improved environmental and energy performance for GM facilities received wide recognition. Minano currently chairs an energy and transportation group charged with formulating recommendations for future U.S. policy. In this role, he is building on his previous work with diverse stakeholders aimed at crafting new public policy through forums such as the Department of Energy's Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicle, President's Council on Sustainable Development and the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund Evaluation Committee. He has published and spoken in public policy forums on issues involving technology, transportation, environment and energy. Minano is also a member of the Keystone Center Board of Trustees and is Co-Chair of the Board's Science and Public Policy Committee. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Nature Conservancy of Michigan, the Board of Trustees of the University of Detroit Mercy, and the Board of Trustees of the Sonoran Institute. He holds a law degree from the University of Detroit Law School where he was adjunct professor of environmental law, and is a graduate of the University of Dayton (Ohio). Steven W. Percy AHC Group Senior Associate Senior Associate Steve Percy at the AHC Group's September 2003 sessions in Washington, DC. Key AHC Group Assignments: 1. Mentoring leaders to become CEOs 2. Increasing AHC Group Workshop members diversity and range 3. Working with Bruce Piasecki and Dennis Minano on client development Steve Percy is the former Chairman and CEO of BP America, Inc., BP's U.S. subsidiary prior to its merger with Amoco Corporation, and served in that capacity from 1996 until 1999. Prior to assuming those duties, he was President of BP Oil in the U.S. from 1992 to 1996. Mr. Percy returned to BP America in 1992 from London, England, where he served as Group Treasurer of The British Petroleum Company p.l.c. and Chief Executive of BP Finance International. Since retiring from BP he has served as the head of Phillips Petroleum's Refining, Marketing and Transportation Company, visited as a Professor of Corporate Strategy and International Business at the University of Michigan Graduate School of Business, and conducted workshops on corporate governance for the AHC Group, a strategic consultant in the areas of environment, energy, and materials. Mr. Percy is currently contributing to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment of the United Nations as Coordinating Lead Author with respect to its Conceptual Framework and its Responses working group as well as leading the writing of its synthesis report for business and industry. Mr. Percy is a member of the Board of Directors of Omnova Solutions Inc. and is Non-executive Chairman of Wavefront Energy and Environmental Services Inc., a Canadian company that has developed and commercialized innovative technologies for fluid flow and process monitoring in the environmental and energy sectors. Born in 1946, Mr. Percy is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a Masters in Business Administration from The University of Michigan and a Juris Doctorate from Cleveland Marshall College of Law. He is a member of the Ohio State Bar. Mr. Percy joined The Standard Oil Company (predecessor of BP America) in 1976 following service in the U.S. Army and several years with Babcock & Wilcox as a Senior Planning Analyst. His posts with Standard Oil included Manager of American Flagged Marine Transportation, Manager of the Eastern Crude Oil Division, Director of Operations Analysis, Director of Downstream Strategic Planning and Development, and Director of the Executive Office. In 1987, following the merger of BP and Standard Oil, Mr. Percy moved to London to become Manager, Oil Planning and Control in BP Oil International. Past corporate board memberships include GenCorp, Inc., the Tranzonic Companies, KeyBank National Association, and Transtar International. Mr. Percy currently serves on the boards of Resources for the Future and the Cleveland State University Foundation. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Michigan's Erb Institute® and the National Advisory Board of the Cleveland Marshall College of Law. Previously, he has served as a member of President Clinton's Council on Sustainable Development in the role of Co-Chair of its Climate Change Task Force. He has Chaired Cleveland State University's Foundation, held the position of Vice Chairman of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association and Chair of its Finance Committee and Chairman of Neighborhood Progress, Inc. He has also served as a member of the boards of University Hospitals of Cleveland, the American Petroleum Institute, the National Association of Manufacturers, the British American Chamber of Commerce and the Council on Economic Priorities. Mr. Percy is married to Barbara, a math educator, and has two grown daughters. Steve Willis AHC Group Senior Associate Biography AHC Group Senior Associate Steve Willis President of Willis Environmental Solutions LLC based in Tucson, Arizona, Steven P. Willis joined the AHC Group as a Senior Associate in 2007. Steve is the former Global Director of Whirlpool Corporation's health, safety, and environmental (HSE) management system, having retired after 33 years of service, including over 22 years as the senior HSE professional for the corporation. All but four of his years with Whirlpool were directly or indirectly involved with HSE responsibilities at the research, manufacturing, and corporate leadership levels. Prior to Whirlpool, Steve had seven years of experience working for NASA on research projects involving regenerative life support systems for long-duration manned space flights at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia. Key Career Accomplishments 1. Converted company's environmental management system from a reactive to proactive mode focused on environmental risk management by minimizing the number of hazardous waste disposal facilities used, by eliminating use of PCB, TCE, asbestos, and underground storage tanks. 2. Lead evolution of company's HSE management system as it grew from 10 U.S. plants in three countries in 1990 to 65 plants in 14 countries in 2007. 3. Developed and implemented management processes that: ? Assessed risk from soil and groundwater contamination; ? Implemented permanent, long term solutions yielding the lowest total cost over the life of the projects; ? Assured consistent, permanent solutions regardless of limitations of some local laws; ? Where third parties were involved, provided leadership focusing on clearly defining common objectives and then establishing solutions that met those objectives; ? Provided primary leadership for over $60 million in soil and groundwater remediation projects in all 14 countries where Whirlpool has manufacturing operations; and ? Used a minimum number of consultants as strategic partners who minimized total costs, rather than lowest costs for individual project tasks. 4. Developed and implemented detailed global HSE standards that provided consistent, high-level environmental protection in all countries, even where existing laws were not sufficiently protective. Compared these global environmental standards with requirements of ISO 14000. Found that both perspectives lead to similar levels of protection, with the main difference being varying degrees of process documentation. 5. Established global audit process that assured consistent and full compliance with both the local environmental laws and Whirlpool's global environmental standards. 6. Introduced global metrics and global training to assure consistent performance at all manufacturing plants worldwide. 7. Partnered with Corporate Accounting to established a reserve setting process which complied with U.S. laws and provided stakeholders with the information they needed; this process received high marks from third parties who were familiar with Whirlpool's and other companies' reserve setting processes. 8. Recognized sustainable development (corporate social responsibility) as an emerging issue when Whirlpool began to expand its business globally in early 1990s. Participated in evaluating and building on Whirlpool's global market research, which revealed that long-term corporate success correlated strongly in all parts of the world to a company's performance in protecting the environment and successfully managing all other social issues. Led Whirlpool's work with IKEA in partnering to define practices that would be viewed positively by future generations. Steve graduated with honors from Virginia Tech University with a B.S. in Engineering Mechanics, and from Vanderbilt University with an M.S. in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering and the recipient of a Whirlpool Fellowship in Environmental Studies. Steve is a registered professional engineer in the State of Ohio. Steve has been married to Pam, a retired elementary school teacher, for over 37 years. They have two grown children, daughter Tori and son Greg. Steve and Pam relocated from Michigan to Arizona in 2007, where they both find retirement exceeding their high expectations, particularly when Steve can continue to build on his career while working with an outstanding group of clients. Steve Wolff EVP Engineering, Evergreen Energy Senior Associate, Workshop Chair, and CST Board Member Key AHC Group Assignments: 1. Implementation of environmental projects, particularly air-related projects at fixed sources 2. Implementing organizational change effectively 3. Designing efficient labor-management collaborative initiatives 4. Setting the direction of the "Delivering on the Bottom Line" Workshops Biography AHC Group Senior Associate Steve Wolff Download Steve's resume» As an experienced senior executive officer for a major power company, Steve Wolff has proven his abilities as an innovative leader who has increased revenue, profits and shareholder value by utilizing strong interpersonal communication, people development and operations management skills. He has demonstrated success in leadership roles, which generated top performing teams and increased organizational effectiveness. Strengths include leading and developing people, managing complex platforms and processes, and revitalizing operations. He is driven, competitive yet compassionate, and results-oriented, and he has solid operational, financial, environmental, regulatory, and safety management experience. Relevant skills include: ? Strategic Planning ? Financial Management ? Leadership ? Communication ? Consensus Building ? Operations Management Mr. Wolff currently serves as EVP Engineering at Evergreen Energy. Prior to that, as President of Power Production at Dayton Power and Light Company in Dayton, Ohio, Mr. Wolff provided leadership for over 4400 MW of electricity generation and all corporate information technology, purchasing and environmental compliance areas. He led over 550 employees and had full P&L responsibility for an annual gross margin in excess of $700M. In this position he achieved the top four power generation years in company history and a ranking among the top energy companies in generation efficiency and productivity. One reason for his success in this position was his effort to transition DP&L power production from a regulated mindset utility to a deregulated competitive entity. Among his key bankable innovations at DPL, he introduced management tools and benchmarking initiatives that enabled increased monitoring and management of crucial performance metrics on a real-time basis. Mr. Wolff is a veteran of the U.S. Navy and holds the following degrees: ? MS Environmental Management and Policy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY ? MSE Engineering Management, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC ? MA National Security and Strategic Studies, Naval War College, Newport, RI (graduated with distinction) ? BSME Mechanical Engineering, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD   Steve Willis AHC Group Senior Associate Biography Key Career Accomplishments Steve Wolff EVP Engineering, Evergreen Energy Senior Associate, Workshop Chair, and CST Board Member Key AHC Group Assignments: Biography