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 Federal Environmental Leadership: Environmental Management Systems Speaker Bios Ms. Deborah Brockway Deborah Brockway has worked for King County government for the past 18 years. She is currently the Executive Director of the Environmental Market Development where she develops business and marketing plans to turn waste into resources by identifying new product lines for those resources. She is also responsible for overseeing the county's sustainability effort. Prior to that she was Executive Director of the King County Commission for Marketing Recyclable Materials where she worked to increase identity and awareness for recycled products. For 10 years, 1987 - 1997 Deborah served as Director for the County's Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. From 1993 - 1995 she served as Artistic Director for EcoSound, an environmental program for urban youth sponsored by King County Executive Ron Sims. She has utilized her creative abilities to work on various city events that have included, Artistic Director of Festival Sundiata, stage manager for Seattle Bumbershoot and many other musical and stage events throughout the years. Deborah received her Masters in Public Administration and a B.A. in Advertising /Communications from the University of Washington. Mr. Bill Center Bill Center began his tenure at the Council in April 2001. He retired from the U.S. Navy as Rear Admiral concluding 35 years of distinguished service in April 1999. After joining the Navy at age 17, he began Naval Reserve Officer Training at UCLA. He was subsequently selected to attend the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD, where he graduated in 1968 with majors in political science, economics, naval engineering, and history. As a young sailor Bill fell in love with Seattle during a SEAFAIR visit by his ship. When the Navy offered him the opportunity to attend graduate school, he chose The University of Washington Graduate School of Public Affairs, where he earned a Master of Public Administration degree in 1978. During his naval career he commanded three ships and served in a wide variety of assignments at sea and ashore. He and his family resided in Japan during three different assignments totaling eight years. He served as a senior advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on arms control, non-proliferation, environmental matters, and international agreements and as a member of the Environmental Security Working Group of the National Security Council. As Commander Naval Base San Francisco, in 1994-95, Rear Admiral Center oversaw the closure and conversion all of the historic naval facilities around San Francisco Bay. During that period he also served as the Department of Defense Environmental Coordinator for Region 9. Bill's final Navy assignment was as Commander, Navy Region Northwest. In that capacity he was responsible for Naval activities in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska, encompassing 25,000 naval personnel, 18,000 civilian employees and annual outlays of more than $2.8 billion. He served as the Department of the Navy Environmental Coordinator for Region 10 from May 1996 to April 1999. During the two years since retiring from the Navy and before taking over the WCIT leadership role, Bill has devoted himself to not-for-profit and volunteer work in the community. He joined CRISTA Ministries and served on the Boards of the Red Cross, Northwest Center for the Retarded, Civic Light Opera, Rotary Club of Seattle and the USO. Mr. Thomas L. Curcio Mr. Curcio is currently the Lead Environmental Compliance Inspector, for Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Public Works, Fort Lewis, Washington. He holds degrees in Diesel Technology and Vocational Education (BS Southern Illinois University 1986). Since his association with the Department of the Army in 1986, Mr. Curcio has been involved in environmental issues. He has worked as a Hazardous Waste Management Technician, providing hazardous waste services to various units assigned to Ft. Lewis. From 1994-1998 he was the primary point of contact for Hazardous Materials and Waste Management issues for the 3rd Brigade Combat Team (Armor), 2nd Infantry Division. This has included training deployments to the Yakima (Washington) Training Center and to the National Training Center (Ft. Irwin, California). In 1998 he stood up the Environmental Compliance Inspection Team at Ft. Lewis. He is a certified Hazardous Materials Responded (Technician) with Specialist Level Training in Chlorine and Clandestine Drug Labs. He is also trained at the Incident Commander level. Mr. Curcio has written several training modules for Management of Hazardous Waste, Environmental Awareness and Pre-Deployment Training for the National Training Center. He has been an invited speaker for the Department of the Army at the Environmental Compliance Assessment System (ECAS) Conference, addressing the need for internal compliance inspections and training. Prior to coming to work for the Department of the Army, Mr. Curcio served in leadership positions in the United States Marine Corps as a Aviation Crash Fire and Rescue, Training Supervisor, Section Leader Chief and Crew Chief. This included several years deployed with the Fleet Marine Force Pacific. His awards include citations for Life Saving and Superior Performance of Duties. Patricia Finch Pat is a Business Management Specialist at GSA Management Services Center in Auburn. She has responsibility for conducting market research and marketing the Environmental Services and the Energy Management Services schedules. Pat has worked at GSA for 12 years, serving as specification manager and commodity manager for the Paints and Chemicals Center before her current position. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Zoology from UW and a Masters degree in Chemistry from Portland State University. Ms. Eun-Sook Goidel Part of an 8-person team, manage and implement key projects to advance adoption of 'greener' public purchasing practices among Federal agencies. Environmentally Preferable and Biobased Products Strategy: Developing a program strategy to ensure environmental and agricultural benefits can be mutually maximized in product purchases. 'Greening' Guidance: Coordinating a multi-agency development of a training module and document to assist the National Industries for the Blind and the National Institute for the Severely Handicapped incorporate environmental considerations into their non-profit agencies' products and services. Life Cycle Assessment and EPP: Overseeing project to translate LCA results into product attributes which can be used in procurement specifications. Team projects: Environmental copier paper project; 'how-to-do' EPP tool development; EPP program website content development; Environmental Management Systems scoping report; Federal Network for Sustainability. Ms. Barbara Lither Barbara J. Lither has been employed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency since 1978. For 15 years, Ms. Lither served as a regulatory attorney enforcing all major environmental statutes, and then as Director of the Region 10 Office of Enforcement. In 1995, she studied environmental protection in emerging democracies as an Eisenhower Exchange Fellow. From 1996 to 1998, she worked for the Washington State Trade Representative on integrating environment into trade and economic practices as a loaned executive from EPA. Currently, she is Senior Policy Advisor in the EPA Region 10 Office for Innovation working on non-regulatory, market-based approaches to environmental protection. She helped launch the Federal Network for Sustainability, a voluntary association of west coast offices of ten federal agencies committed to sustainability principles primarily through procurement and use of environmental management systems. Ms. Lither earned her J.D. in 1976 from Loyola University of Los Angeles School of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review. Linda Mesaros Linda Mesaros is the Office Director for Technical Assistance, Financing/Contracting and Departmental Energy Management at the Department of Energy, Federal Energy Management Program. Before coming to the Department of Energy, Ms. Mesaros served as Chief of Staff of the White House Task Force on Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition. She was the drafter of the first ever Government-wide Strategic Plan for waste prevention, recycling, and federal acquisition. Ms. Mesaros led a Task Force that was responsible for the implementation of Executive Order 13101, the FAR language supporting the E.O., automated and streamlined reporting requirements, and education and training programs. She also was intimately involved in drafting Executive Orders 13123 and 13148. Before leading the White House Task Force, Linda Mesaros served as Deputy Administrator for Procurement Innovation at the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Federal Procurement Policy. In this position, she provided policy leadership and management direction to implement environmental, energy, electronic commerce, and performance-based service contracting initiatives. Linda has held various positions in the Federal government both at the headquarters and field levels. Mr. Sydney Randell, CHMM Recently promoted to the position of Area Environmental Specialist for the Western Area of the U.S. Postal Service. Along with his counterpart domiciled in Portland, he is responsible for "environmental quality & compliance" throughout Western Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. Prior to his promotion, he was the Seattle District Environmental Coordinator for the past 5 years, responsible for "environmental quality & compliance" throughout Western Washington, with over 350 postal facilities. Prior to joining the US Postal Service, he was the Corporate Environmental, Health & Safety Manager for a diverse plastic manufacturing company in Seattle, where he worked for 6 years. In addition to his environmental & safety responsibilities, he also audited suppliers to ISO 9001 standards and help the plastic company become ISO 9001 certified. He also worked at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, where one of his main duties was to collect and arrange disposal of biological, radioactive, and chemical wastes from research labs. He started his "environmental career" as an Environmental Chemist for a Seattle TSDF. He has a B.A. in Chemistry from the University of Washington and an M.B.A. from Seattle University. He is a member of the American Chemical Society and American Industrial Hygiene Association. Mr. Robert P. Reuter; PE, MBA; Mr. Reuter is a professional Toxic Reduction Engineer at the Northwest Regional Office for the Washington State Department of Ecology. He has almost 10 years of experience in performing on-site technical assistance/cost analysis visits to industry. He has conducted these process audits for federal facilities, aerospace manufacturers, electroplating companies, printed circuit board manufacturers, electronics companies, metal fabricators, paint formulators, boat/ship builders and maintenance facilities, wood treatment facilities and a variety of other industries. Mr. Reuter has been the state-wide technical expert in environmental accounting for Ecology. He has provided numerous training sessions on process mapping and cost analysis to industrial facilities, trade groups and regulatory agency representatives. Prior to joining Ecology, Mr. Reuter worked for 4 years as a consulting engineer for a national firm. Education:
Mr. James Schell Jim started work at NOAA's Marine Operations Center in 1976 as a ship's base worker. He became Facility Manager in 1990 and was reclassified last year as an Environmental Compliance Specialist. Jim oversees the environmental and safety programs for the Atlantic and Pacific marine centers and NOAA's fleet of 15 research vessels. The Marine Center recently had an EMR performed at the marine center in 1999, and the marine center is in the final stages of implementing their EMS. The EMS should be on our web site within the next 3 months. Mr. Kevin Shupe Kevin Shupe currently works for the WA State Dept. of Ecology as a Technical Assistance Officer in the Toxics Reduction Program. Kevin graduated high school in the swarming metropolis of Underwood, NoDak, then made his way to the big city of Fargo, and attempted to attend classes at NDSU. After a year and a half of registering for classes, Kevin decided to enter the USAF for a reality check, and spent 6 yrs repairing computers for a mobile air combat control squadron and falling in love with his wife. In 1992 Kevin separated from the AF and followed his wife to England, where he was allowed to resume his studies at Oxford University. During his course of study in England, he interned as an env. management consultant from 1994-1997, and in the fall of 1997, received a joint honors degree in Env. Science and Env. Biology from Oxford Brookes University. Skip through 4 relaxing months of vacation on Cocoa Beach with his wife and daughter, and Kevin found himself languishing in Del Rio, Texas. From fall 1997- 1999, Kevin was the P2 and HM Pharmacy Program Mgr. for the 62nd Fighter Training Wing at Laughlin AFB, TX. Two years with an average year round temp of 90° found Kevin gladly following his wife to McChord AFB, WA and back working as a consultant for 6 months before landing a gig performing internal RCRA inspections for the Army at Ft. Lewis. Kevin discovered that bearing bad news to battalion commanders was a bit stressful and therefore secured his current position with Ecology. Ms. Kathryn A. Souders Graduated from the University of Hawaii in 1985 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. I went to work for the Navy as an environmental engineer at the Pacific Missile Test Center, Point Mugu, California. In 1987 my family moved to the Pacific Northwest and I went to work for the Navy's Engineering Field Activity, Northwest until 1988 when I was selected to head up Environmental Affairs at NAS Whidbey Island. Since then the office has grown from a three person division in Public Works to a full department with 18 staff members by 1998. The department manages all environmental, natural, cultural and historical resources, coordinates agricultural leases, liaisons with the tribes and heads up the spill response team for over 60,000 acres and 18 miles of shoreline on five properties on Whidbey Island and in Oregon assigned to the Commanding Officer, NAS Whidbey Island. In 1999 I came under the Navy Region, Northwest Environmental Program. At that time the station's Solid Waste and Resource Recovery Division was transferred from Public Works to the Environmental Affairs Department and we became responsible for solid waste, recycling and composting operations. I live on Fir Island in Skagit County with my husband, within easy driving (if we avoid all the rush hour traffic!) to see our three adult children and grandson who live in the Seattle area. Mr. Paul T. Steucke Jr. Mr. Steucke is currently the Chief of the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of Public Works at Fort Lewis, Washington. He received a Bachelors of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering in 1985 from Oregon State University and has worked for the Army since 1986 as an Environmental Engineer at three different installations. He served as the Chief of Environmental Resources at Fort Richardson, Alaska from 1988 to 1990. Prior to being appointed Division Chief, he has served as the Environmental Compliance Branch Chief at Fort Lewis since 1992. Mr. Steucke has managed programs encompassing a wide variety environmental media, including Hazardous and Toxic Waste Management, Hazardous Material Management, Superfund Site Management, Underground Storage Tank Management, NEPA Documentation, Hazardous Substance Incident Response and Planning, and Asbestos, Radon, ODS, Lead Based Paint and Air Quality Management. He is a contributing author to the 1994 Army Environmental Manager's Handbook series published by the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research laboratory on Environmental Management and was a leading researcher and writer for the 1995 and 1996 Fort Lewis CENTURION Total Army Quality (TAQ) Self-Assessments using the Malcolm Baldrige criteria. Fort Lewis Public Works was the first Army organization to have its Environmental Management System (EMS) certified to the ISO 14001 standards by an independent 3rd party. Mr. Hayden Street, REP, CHMM Hayden Street is the Director, HAZMAT and Waste Management Division, Naval Submarine Base Bangor and a Supervising Environmental Engineer. Hayden received his BSc in Environmental Science from the University of California, Davis and received his Master's in Environmental Planning, Utah State University. He has over 30 years of environmental management experience in research, consulting and with local, regional and federal governments, and has taught Hazardous Material Regulations at Shoreline Community College. In his current position Hayden's Division has the lead role for Pollution Prevention Planning for the Subase Bangor Complex in Silverdale, Washington. Since 1997 Subase Bangor has been using an Environmental Management System modeled after federal and State requirements and ISO 14000.in lieu of a Pollution Prevention Plan as allowed by Washington State regulations. As the Chair of the Bangor Complex Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Committee he has the task of coordinating Pollution Prevention, Recycling, Spill Response and Hazardous Material and Waste Management within the entire Bangor Complex. He also has served on numerous local, State, federal and professional committees. |
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