ASHKIN GROUP MEMBERS

Stephen P. Ashkin President of The Ashkin Group, LLC., Steve has been a leader in the effort to green the cleaning and maintenance industry for 15 years. Steve is a prolific writer, speaker and advocate for safer and healthier cleaning methods. Send a note to Steve.

Richard Ellis Richard brings 33 years of experience in staff supervision, training, environmental assessment, project management and LEED-EB project documentation skills to The Ashkin Group. Richard is a registered environmental health specialist with the National Environmental Health Association and a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers. Send a note to Rich.

David R. Holly David is the President of Don't Panic Productions, Inc, a video and multi-media production company providing services to the maintenance industry. His 25 years of industry experience include: Vice President of a regional BSC, Director of Sales & Marketing for S.C. Johnson Professional, and Marketing Director for Multi-Clean. Send a note to David.

John Russell For the past three years John has been a member of the Ashkin Group, the world’s most recognized consulting group for “Green Cleaning”. Here he has been involved with distributors on a national basis, helping them and their customers build a “green cleaning” strategy that fits the individual customer. This process includes educating and training the sales staff as well as the customer base, providing seminars, assisting with marketing materials, and creating a selling advantage. Send a note to John.

Vince Elliott Vincent F. Elliott is the founder and current President and CEO of Elliott Affiliates, Ltd. of Hunt Valley, (Baltimore), Maryland. He is widely recognized as the leading authority in the design and utilization of performance-based management techniques to establish continuous improvement systems for cleaning and facilities outsourcing. As one of the first to apply the concepts of performance based contracting in the Real Estate industry over 30 years ago, Vince has a broad experience and insight into - and understanding of - the buyer's view of what “clean” means, how it is used in performance-based measurement, and on-going management of cleaning.

Eric Hauck Eric Hauck is the Director of Communications for The Ashkin Group. Before joining The Ashkin Group, Eric was Director of Marketing and Education at the Monroe County Solid Waste Management District and then served as an Associate Instructor at Indiana University while completing his master’s degree in Journalism at IU-Bloomington. Send a note to Eric.