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R. Leland Davis, QEP, CCM

I-Define™ - Program Facilitator
Phone: (315) 956-6554
Email: DavisRL@obg.com

MS/Atmospheric Sciences; University of Michigan
BS/Mathematics/Chemistry; Central Michagan University

Juris Doctorate; Villanova University
BS/Accounting;: Saint Joseph’s University

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Ms. Pagano concentrates her practice in the areas of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Working with corporate, institutional, and governmental clients, Ms. Pagano leverages existing governance structures, strategies, and initiatives to deliver sustainable results. She has assisted clients in developing and advancing their CSR and sustainability programs, in preparing climate action plans and in educating and engaging their workforce on these matters. Ms. Pagano has over 20 years of experience in the energy and financial sectors where she has held various project management, strategy, policy, and sustainability roles. Before employment with O’Brien & Gere, Ms. Pagano implemented a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction and offset program and an ISO 14064 verified GHG inventory system with her previous employer. Ms. Pagano has also worked as managing editor of GRI-compliant sustainability reporting. Ms. Pagano is skilled at facilitating meaningful constituent engagement and engages stakeholders as partners in environmental and policy solutions. Ms. Pagano is an attorney, certified public accountant, and a member of the Council of Presidents of the Villanova Law Alumni Association.

Mr. Stuart J. Spiegel has more than 35 years of professional experience in the areas of environmental management planning, audits, corporate due diligence, and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) compliance assistance to 1000 facilities over that period. As Director of O’Brien & Gere’s College/University Program Group, he has worked with numerous colleges, universities, and regulatory agencies, as well as industrial and municipal clients. Mr. Spiegel is an expert on state and regulatory issues, and has been involved with the development of regulatory strategies since their inception in the early 1970s. He has advised clients on environmental management planning and procedures for operations, and as part of corporate mergers and acquisitions, and prepared environmental needs surveys and gap analyses, and assisted clients in the municipal, industrial and higher education sectors with the assessment of planning priorities for implementation according to criteria developed on a client-specific basis.

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Mr. Crawford leads the Firm's I-Achieve™ Process for sustainable remediation for industrial, municipal, state, and federal clients. His areas of expertise include investigation and remediation of hazardous waste sites under a variety of regulatory programs, including Superfund, RCRA Corrective Action, TSCA, Brownfields, and state programs. He is currently leading the Sustainable/Green Remediation program for a Fortune 100 company. The program includes ten hazardous waste sites and several portfolio-wide sustainability initiatives.

Throughout his career, Mr. Crawford has employed sustainable practices and principles such as environmental/carbon footprint evaluation of remedial strategies, habitat enhancement, natural treatment systems, waste reuse/recycling, and Brownfield redevelopment in the development, evaluation, design, and implementation of remedial programs. He has participated in and led consensus-driven partnering programs to capture and address the needs of multiple stakeholders. Examples of Sustainable Remediation solutions focusing on triple bottom line performance provided by Mr. Crawford include:

• Concurrent remediation and redevelopment of contaminated sites to return them to productive reuse, resulting in cost-effective remediation and economic development
• Treatment of hazardous wastes to remove hazardous characteristics and produce beneficially reusable and marketable products and materials
• Evaluation and implementation of in situ and natural treatment systems such as monitored natural attenuation, treatment wetlands, and evapotranspiration covers to provide environmentally-beneficial, socially-preferred, and cost-effective solutions with a minimal carbon footprint
• Beneficial reuse of remediation waste as construction materials to mitigate the use and cost of off-site landfill space as well as minimize the importation of fill from off-site sources, thereby optimizing the overall carbon and environmental footprint.

Bachelors/Mechanical Engineering
Professional Engineer, LEED Certified Professional

Graduate/Advanced Management Program; The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
MS/Civil/Environmental Engineering; State University of New York at Buffalo
BS/Chemical Engineering; State University of New York at Buffalo

Mr. Kyles leads the Firm’s sustainable environmental design programs, and directs or advises on environmental remediation projects that incorporate sustainability as a key feature of the remedial design. He has led habitat restoration programs as part of remediation projects on the Niagara and Hackensack Rivers, and led businesses in Ontario, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Georgia to help government agencies reduce automobile emissions. For that business, Mr. Kyles worked closely with clients, USEPA, and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, to ensure compliance with the Clean Air Act and equivalent Canadian regulations. He has been the project officer for the design and construction of LEED certified facilities, including a $150 million data center for the manager of California’s power grid. Mr. Kyles has authored or co-authored over 20 papers on innovative environmental remediation techniques, including those on sustainable remediation and habitat restoration. Mr. Kyles is a recipient of two American Institute of Chemical Engineers Professional Development Recognition Certificates, and is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and Water Environment Federation. Mr. Kyles is a Six Sigma Greenbelt, and was awarded the “Quest for Excellence Award” by Honeywell International in 2002 for his team’s work in reinventing the way environmental remediation projects were conducted by that firm.

MS/Electrical Engineering; Gdansk Polytechnic (Poland)

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Dr. William A. Schew leads the Firm's I-Achieve™ Process for the Firm’s Eco-Sciences™ group, which focuses its sustainability practice on the design and implementation of green solutions for increasing water quality, habitat restoration, management of biodiversity, and responsible management of natural resources. He is a skilled facilitator and excels in corporate sustainability strategy development and implementation, transparency and reporting, and designing and facilitating company-stakeholder dialog on sustainability issues. His expertise is present in finding practical and balanced solutions that satisfy both business goals and societal well-being. Dr. Schew has more than 23 years of experience in academia and applied consulting and has served as an industry liaison to state and federal agencies. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and has taught at Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and West Chester University. Dr. Schew was awarded a NIH Post-Doctoral Fellowship for his research at the UCLA Medical Center.

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