THE ASHKIN GROUP ADVISORY BOARD

Michael Arny Michael Arny is President of the Leonardo Academy a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support and provide programs that put the competitive marketplace to work on improving the environment, advancing sustainability and reducing pollution. Currently he serves as Chair of the US Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB)..

Peter Ashkin Peter Ashkin is President of MediaWorks at CanWest Global Communications Corporation the largest media company in Canada and former President for Product Strategy at America On Line (AOL) the world’s largest internet company. Ashkin has also held key executive positions at Gateway, Inc., Toshiba USA, and Apple Computers.

Laura Brannen Laura Brannen serves as Director of the Hospitals for a Healthy Environment or "H2E" program -- a national program designed to move the healthcare industry towards providing healthcare in a manner that reduces their impacts on environmental and human health. Her background includes serving as the Assistant Director of Environmental Services at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston; a "hazardous materials specialist" at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire; and has worked with Health Care Without Harm since 1995.

Rochelle Davis Rochelle Davis is founder and Executive Director of the Healthy Schools Campaign a not-for-profit advocate for policies and model programs that allow students and staff members to learn and work in a healthy school environment. She also serves as Primary Investigator on a National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) funded project to address asthma and obesity in Latino schools, a member of the Illinois EPA Greening Schools Committee and the Illinois Committee on School Health for the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Christine Ervin Christine Ervin is the past President and CEO of the US Green Building Council, Assistant Secretary of the US Department of Energy. Ervin also directed the Oregon Department of Energy, led the Oregon Governor’s task force on livable communities, oversaw budget policy for the State of Missouri, and conducted policy analyses at The Conservation Foundation and the World Wildlife Fund.

Llyod J. Kolbe, PhD Lloyd J. Kolbe, PhD serves as professor of applied health science at Indiana University; where he is developing health policy and systems research to improve school and adolescent health programs. He was the founding Director of the Division of Adolescent and School Health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); President of the American School Health Association; Chairman of the World Health Organization Expert Committee on School Health Programs; and Vice-Chair of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Adolescent Health and Development.

Richard Liroff, PhD Richard Liroff, PhD is a Senior Fellow in the Toxics Program at World Wildlife Fund, where he works on corporate safer chemicals/products policies.  He is the author of six books and more than 50 articles on various facets of environmental policy and has served on numerous government advisory panels. His current focus is working to strengthen the case for incorporating environmental factors into investment management policies for large institutional investors (i.e. pension funds).

Barbara Sattler, RN, DrPH. FAAN Barbara Sattler, RN, DrPH, FAAN, is the Director of the Environmental Health Education Center at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. She is a researcher, educator, and advocate on issues associated with human health and the environment. She is a leader in this emerging field and provides a syndicated column that reaches over 2 million nurses in the US.

Sheila Sheridan, CFM, CFMJ Sheila Sheridan CFM, CFMJ, recently retired from Harvard University as Director of Facilities and Services at the JFK School of Government and recent past Chair of the International Facility Management Association (IFMA). She currently is an active member of the United States Green Building Council ( USGBC) as member of the LEED –EB and Curriculum and Accreditation Committees.

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