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R. Leland Davis, QEP, CCM

I-Define™ - Facilitator
Phone: (315) 437-6100 Ext. 2554
Email: DavisRL@obg.com

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

BS/Biological and Environmental Engineering; Cornell University

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Ms. Lawrence is a graduate of Cornell University where she focused on sustainability from both business and engineering perspectives. She is currently completing her thesis on sustainable remediation principles. As an Engineer with O’Brien & Gere, she is responsible for work plan development, remedial investigations and feasibility studies, engineering designs and calculations, greenhouse gas emissions inventory preparation, and development of sustainability programs and projects. Ms. Lawrence serves as facilitator for O’Brien & Gere’s I-Define™ process, which includes working with senior managers in series of meetings to develop a sustainability vision, principles and goals, and implementation strategies. Ms. Lawrence is also a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professional.

BS/Civil Engineering; Washington University
BS/Engineering and Public Policy; Washington University

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Ms. Partain serves as a facilitator for O’Brien & Gere’s I-Define™ process, which includes working with senior managers in a series of meetings to develop a sustainability vision, principles and goals, and implementation strategies.  Ms. Partain served as the Project Manager for Keystone Foods’s KeySTAR™ Sustainability Planning Process and continues to provide tasks related to the ongoing implementation of the program including preparation and distribution of program materials to 47 Keystone Foods facilities worldwide, development a customized, interactive key performance indicator (KPI) scorecard, collection and assimilation of KPI data from worldwide locations, and continuing facilitation of steering committee meetings to achieve KeySTAR™ goals. She received a Client Service Award for her responsiveness to Keystone Foods in meeting their goals for this program.

Mr. Stuart J. Spiegel has more than 35 years of professional experience in the areas of environmental management planning, audits, corporate due diligence, and 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 and 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. Throughout his career, Mr. Crawford has employed sustainable practices and principles such as environmental/carbon footprint evaluation of remedial strategies, 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.

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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 remediation program, 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 also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and Water Environment Federation. He has a M.S. in Civil/Environmental Engineering and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program of The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. 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 it’s 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. Dr. Schew has more than 21 years of experience in physiological ecology in applied consulting, in both industrial and academic settings. He has served as an industry liaison to state and federal agencies in situations involving endangered and threatened species and species of special concern. Dr. Schew has conducted studies that evaluated the impact of oil spills on wetlands and wetlands restoration efforts. He also has significant experience in assessing mitigation alternatives for situations involving endangered species. In addition, Dr. Schew has taught ecology and both human and animal physiology at Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and West Chester University and was awarded an NIH Post-Doctoral Fellowship for his research at the UCLA Medical Center.

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