Bridging The Gap Board of Directors
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Bob Berkebile
Principal, BNIM Architects
Bob leads BNIM's sustainable design work. He also chairs the Kansas City Environmental Management Commission. Bob's passion is exploring the restorative capacity of the relationship between nature and human nature. |
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Melicent Boysen
President, Initiatives Worldwide, Inc., and Boysen & Associates
Both of Melicent’s business consulting firms specialize in entrepreneurship, business management, and technology commercialization. She also has extensive experience in solid waste recycling. Her roles in the community include serving on the founding Board of Directors of Rose Brooks Center, Visible Horizons, and the National Center for Indigenous American Indian Cultures. Under her leadership, Visible Horizons was awarded the 2003 President’s Volunteer Action Citation, a Points of Light Program. She has provided consulting services for numerous non-profit organizations.
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William (Bill) Craig
President / CEO, Lakemary Center
Bill is the CEO/President of Lakemary Center. He is also Appointed Chair of the Kansas Autism Task Force and President and Governmental Affairs Chair of InterHab, the state association for agencies serving developmental disabilities. He is a life-long nature-enthusiast and Kansas Citian.
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Steve DiGiacinto
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Steve, a Professional Engineer and Associate in Risk Management, is currently the Director of Risk Management Services at Hallmark Cards. Prior to Hallmark, Steve worked in the environmental engineering field in the Kansas City, Missouri area for approximately 10 years.
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Amy Hargroves
Sprint
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Tom Jacobs
Mid-America Regional Council
Tom has over fifteen years of experience working in Kansas City and internationally to promote sustainable development patterns and an improved ethic of environmental stewardship. He has worked for the Mid-America Regional Council for twelve years, serving as Director of Environmental Programs since 2001. In this position, Tom oversees regional environmental policy and planning initiatives related to open space conservation, air quality, watershed management and solid waste management.
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Kay Johnson
Attorney
Kay is Interim Executive Director of ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri. She worked for several years as an attorney at Lathrop and Gage LC. Her community activities include involvement with The Central Exchange, Rose Brooks Center, Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, Women’s Intersport Network for Kansas City, The Women’s Foundation of Greater Kansas City, Girls to Women and Mid America Assistance Coalition. Kay was awarded the 2004 Kansas City Spirit Award.
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Kathy Loshbaugh
Vice President - Network Engineering, Sprint Nextel
Kathy serves as vice president of network engineering for Sprint Nextel Corporation. She serves as the lead for green initiatives for technology services, a member of the Sprint Corporate Social Responsibility Steering Committee and a key member of several employee resource groups designed to promote diversity in the workplace. Kathy further serves on community committees and boards, including Project Lead the Way to encourage youth to pursue studies in Engineering, Mid-America Minority Business Development Council, and the Pre-Engineering Advisory Committee for the Blue Valley School District. |
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Roland Maliwat
Kansas City Power & Light
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Brad Nies
BNIM Architects
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Mary Ramm
RubinBrown LLP
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Laura Thompson
Managing Principal - Energy Services Group, Burns & McDonnell
Laura oversees the Burns & McDonnell sustainability team. A Registered Professional Engineer with a B.S. in Mechanical from the University of Missouri-Columbia, she also earned an EMBA from the UMKC Bloch School of Business. Her previous experience includes Certified Energy Manager, Board of Directors of the National Association of Energy Services Companies, the Greater KC Chamber Energy Policy Task Force, and Subcommittee Chair to assess target GHG reduction goals for the KCMO Climate Protection Steering. Other community activities include technical assistance for leadership students planting an eco-friendly landscape for a low income area school, weatherization projects for low income housing, facility improvements for non-profits, and scholarship support for low income students (JCCC and MCC). |
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Keep Kansas City Beautiful Board of Directors
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Deletta Dean
Neighborhood and Community Services Department
of the City of Kansas City
Deletta is the manager of Neighborhood Services, a division of the Neighborhood and Community Service Department of the City of Kansas City, Missouri. She is experienced in nonprofit management and public program administration and has dedicated over 15 years to delivering services and administering public programs that improve the quality of life of Kansas City residents in distressed neighborhoods. She is a graduate of the Kansas City Civic Council’s Kansas City Tomorrow leadership program. She holds a Bachelor degree in Public Administration and a Master’s degree in Public Affairs.
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David Frye
Lathrop & Gage, L.C.
David has extensive litigation experience in the areas of commercial contracts, insurance defense, personal injury, and product liability. He deals with various types of tort actions including those arising from automobile accidents, trucking accidents, construction defects, and premises liability. David regularly assists individuals and business clients in disputes involving insurance issues relating to injury claims and insurance coverage. |
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Mary Ellen Johnson
Philip Morris USA
Mary Ellen is currently the Section Sales Director at Philip Morris, leading a sales team of 100+ professionals in achieving their goals. Her geographic responsibility includes an area that covers all of Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and the western one third of Missouri and Iowa, the panhandle of Texas and the NW corner Arkansas. Prior to PMUSA, Mary Ellen was with Frito-Lay/PepsiCo in several Sales leadership positions of increasing responsibility from 1985 until November, 1996. In addition, she held several Human Resource leadership positions at Beatrice/Hunt Wesson; Western National Mutual Insurance and Gillette Manufacturing. |
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Margaret J. May
Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council
Since 2001, Margaret has served the Ivanhoe neighborhood (31st Street to Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd, Prospect to Paseo) in the role of Executive Director. In this position, she provides leadership and oversight in implementation of community change initiatives designed to fulfill Ivanhoe’s vision of making the neighborhood a “thriving community.” Prior to joining the Ivanhoe team, Margaret served as president of the Swope Corridor Renaissance, a community improvement organization. Margaret retired from the Social Security Administration in 1998, as the Director of Human Resources.
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Constance Parker Norton
Oak Park United Neighborhood Association,
Tension Envelope
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Bruce Palmer, AIA, LEED-AP
Ellerbe Becket, Inc.
For more than three decades, Bruce has played an integral role in overseeing design and construction of numerous projects in the Kansas City metropolitan area. As a Senior Project Manager for Ellerbe Becket Architects, he directs the project delivery process from planning and budgeting through design and construction to occupancy and grand opening. Bruce is a registered architect in the State of Missouri, and received a Bachelor of Architecture from Kansas State University. He and his wife, Page, have three children and live in the Brookside neighborhood of Kansas City. Bruce and Page are avid bicyclists, and have completed the MS 150 Bike Ride from Kansas City to Sedalia for the past four years. Bruce enjoys participating in various KKCB events throughout the year and helping to make a positive difference in the built and natural environment. |
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Malenda Shahane
UMB Financial Corporation
Malenda is the Sustainability Manager for UMB Financial Corporation. She is responsible for the company's green initiatives which target employee engagement, facilities, marketing and community outreach. As a past board member of the Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood Association, Malenda is currently involved in beautification efforts for her Northeast neighborhood including organizing a monthly Adopt-a-Street cleanup. She is an active volunteer for Bridging the Gap and is a member of the Environmental Excellence Business Network. |
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Mike Spady
Coldwell Banker
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Rory Grounds
Kansas City Power & Light
Rory has been with KCP&L for 26 years and serves as Director Human Resources Generation. He is a licensed Clinical Psychologist in Missouri. Rory has been married to Donna for 40 years, and has two children: Carrie, who is an physician and Aaron who is a Division Sales Manager. Rory volunteers with Day of Caring, Harvesters, Truman Medical Hospital, and Bridging the Gap Community Recycling Centers. He loves his family, the outdoors, and the Missouri Tigers. |
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Heartland Tree Alliance Board of Directors
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Susan Bailey
Community Member
Susan has a wide range of experience with non profits and community work. Professionally, she was a development associate of Harvard University and of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. She holds a journalism degree and previously managed PR and marketing for an academic publisher. Susan’s passions include working as vice president of the Friends of the Kansas City Public Library and landscape design and restoration.
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John Bower
Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation, Unified Government
Raised by a forest geneticist and an avid horticulturist, John was taught the value of trees from an early age. Both personally and professionally, he has demonstrated a commitment to creating a verdant community. As Deputy Director for the Parks and Recreation Department, John was an active member of the team that developed the Unified Government’s first tree care ordinance and establishment of a Tree Board. Serving as the department’s natural resource manager, he is excited about the opportunities that abound for preserving, protecting and enhancing the urban forests under his care. |
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Dominique Davison
Principal, Davison Architecture
Dominique is dedicated to the greening of our metro area and would love to see lush, healthy trees along all of our major boulevards! Dominique received her Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from University of California Berkeley and her Master’s degree in Architecture from Yale University. Not only is Dominique the Principal of her own architecture firm but she also finds time to teach design at the University of Kansas and has taught previously at the University of Missouri Kansas City. Dominique has won many awards for her work. In addition to her interest in the environment, Dominique is also a cellist and song writer. |
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Gary O’Neil
Superintendent of Vegetation Management, Kansas City Power & Light
As the System Forester for Kansas City Power & Light, it is not surprising to see this tree advocate promote the Right Tree Right Place message. Gary has 28 years of utility and residential arboriculture training & experience that includes both hands-on field experience and program management across the US. He is an International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certified Arborist, Utility Specialist and ISA Test Proctor. Throughout his career he has held various local, state and regional vegetation industry positions. His passion for people has been the driving force behind his travels to Africa, Central America, Russia, and South America. |
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Donna Owens
Overland Park City Councilmember
As former President of the Overland Park Tree Board and former Vice Chair of the Friends of the Arboretum, Donna brings many years of experience to the Heartland Tree Alliance Board. She is currently an Overland Park City Councilmember, where she serves on the Finance, Administration & Economic Development and the Public Safety committees. She is an active and long-term volunteer in the Kansas City area, which is evident by her receipt of the Kansas City Corporate Volunteer Council award in 1985. Donna also serves appointments on the Mid-America Regional Council Board of Directors and the Johnson County Transportation Council, 4th District. Donna is married with two sons and three grandchildren.
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Janese Reed
Small Business Owner
Janese currently serves on the boards of The Friends of Powell Gardens and the Garden Center Association of Greater Kansas City. She is an active member of Missouri Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City and a recent graduate of Tree Keepers. Janese is the owner of Hamadryas, a private gardening and consultation firm. As an advocate of The New Wave Movement, which encourages naturalistic plantings in public spaces, Janese enjoys speaking, writing, and producing videos on this subject in her spare time. |
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Jeff Reinhardt
Community Member
As the former Assistant Director of Facilities at the Kansas City Zoo, Jeff had his hands full not only with overseeing the horticulture, security, building and ground maintenance of the hundreds of acres of the Zoo’s property, but in managing volunteers, writing grants, and communicating with the media about events at the Zoo. Jeff is also a partner with another Bridging The Gap affiliate, Kansas City WildLands.
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Jim Summers
Consultant, Greener Communities
Jim has over two decades of experience with nonprofit tree organizations, the majority of that time as the Forestry Director of TreePeople, the Los Angeles-based urban forestry organization that helped launch the community forestry movement in the 1970s. Looking for a healthier place to raise his young family, Jim and his wife Tina relocated from Los Angeles to Overland Park in 2007. Since then, Jim has continued to work for TreePeople as a long-distance consultant, most recently overseeing the organization's ambitious, corporate-sponsored initiative that addresses the problems of deforestation throughout Southern California's national parks. |
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Stephanie Williams
Public Affairs Specialist, Mid-America Regional Council
Stephanie brings a great deal of passion for the environment to the HTA board. She was both a participant and a leader for environmental Alternative Spring Break trips in college to the Gila National Forest and rural western Colorado. After graduating from Missouri University with her Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Stephanie was an AmeriCoprs member with the Missouri River Communities Network. She has also worked with Missouri River Relief and Willing Workers on Organic Farms in New Zealand. Stephanie currently works as a public affairs specialist for the Mid-America Regional Council with the One KC Voice community engagement Air Quality program. In her spare time, Stephanie likes to travel and run in marathons. |
Advisors to the Heartland Tree Alliance Board
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Kim Bomberger
NC and NE District Community Forester,
Kansas Forest Service
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Helene Miller
Urban Forester, Missouri Department of Conservation, Discovery Center
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Kansas City WildLands Executive Committee
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Jason Dremsa
Applied Ecological Services, Inc.
Jason is the Kansas City regional contracting/restoration superintendent, providing field services for the implementation and maintenance of all AES restoration projects in the region. He has over seven years of professional experience in ecological restoration and management, including projects to restore streams, shorelines, wetlands, woodlands, prairies and oak savannas. Jason is also well-versed in erosion control practices, native seed collection, prescribed fire and native landscaping vegetation identification. As a Restoration Superintendent, he is active in all phases of the restoration process, including marketing, planning, estimating, propagation, installation and management. His experience includes a wide variety of significant project sites throughout the Midwest.
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Sarah Hatch
Friends of Lakeside Nature Center
Sarah was born and raised in Kansas City and received her undergraduate and graduate degrees close to home. She has traveled to all but five states but says there is no where else she would rather call home. Sarah has a deep commitment to making Kansas City a better place for our wildlife and plant communities and a better place to live for individuals. Sarah’s education, work and volunteer experience reflect this commitment. Sarah feels being a member of the KC WildLands Partnership Council over the past seven years has been a wonderful experience and it has been great to watch so many passionate individuals come together to recapture some of our natural areas. She also loves what a great opportunity it is to educate thousands of people about the beautiful areas that exist right here at home.
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Paul Klawinski
William Jewell College
Paul’s focus in ecology includes conservation issues and invasive species. He has been passionately involved in Kansas City WildLands since its inception and has served on the Restoration Committee and as past chair for the KCWL Executive Committee. He has led a great number of restoration workdays and has committed to making Kansas City WildLands a component of every course he teaches at William Jewell College. Through these courses, his students gain a better appreciation of natural systems and the alterations humans have wrought on the native landscapes of the Midwest. Paul hopes these students will incorporate this appreciation into their future decisions at all scales.
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Ginevera Moore
Mid-America Regional Council
Ginny is currently the Watershed Program Manager for Mid-America Regional Council. Among other community service activities, she has served as a volunteer and member of the Board of Directors of Greater Kansas City Public Achievement, a youth-based civic engagement project, and as a volunteer for Front Porch Alliance, a faith-based initiative in the Ivanhoe Neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. In her current position at MARC, she works with citizens and communities across the Kansas City metropolitan area on stormwater education and outreach activities, watershed planning and management and building partnerships to address land conservation issues on both sides of the Kansas/Missouri State Line.
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Larry Rizzo
Missouri Department of Conservation
Larry was born and raised in Kansas City and has worked for the Missouri Department of Conservation for 20 years—the past 12 as Natural History Biologist in the Kansas City region. His work involves identifying, managing and protecting what remains of the region’s original natural communities such as prairies, glades, forests and savannas. In 2001, the Department of Conservation published Larry’s book Kansas City WildLands, a guide to the area’s best surviving natural communities. Also at that time, Larry helped found the organization by the same name that works to protect these sites using volunteers to perform ecological restoration activities.
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Chad Scholes, Ph.D.
Rockhurst University
Chad grew up in South Dakota. His Master’s degree research involved sampling prairie across South Dakota and describing differences in plant species diversity with respect to latitude and season. For his dissertation, Chad worked on alternative control methods (including biological control) for leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.), an exotic rangeland plant. Chad has been teaching biology for 15 years at the college level. He is currently teaching plant biology, general biology, and environmental science at Rockhurst University. Chad has been involved with KC WildLands since before the first official workday. He attended a majority of the monthly partnership meetings and his students have consistently participated in restoration workdays. Chad brings a strong commitment, energy, and great intellectual resources to the Kansas City WildLands organization and mission.
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Joe Werner
Kansas City Power & Light
Joe has been involved with Kansas City WildLands since its conception in the late 1990s. He was very instrumental in the development of the mission and goals of the KCWL Coalition, and is heavily involved in the restoration of Jerry Smith Park prairie. Joe has a lifelong love of the outdoors. He has always been involved with ecological and outdoor issues, and has worked in environmental education, restoration, and biology in both an ecosystem scale and in specific species studies. He is currently a biologist with Kansas City Power & Light, Inc. Joe brings his experience and strengths to KCWL not only from his employment experiences, but also from his past work as a member of the boards of The Nature Conservancy Missouri, the Blue River Glades Project, the Prairie Foundation and the Kansas Audubon Society. He would be honored and thrilled to serve on the Executive Committee of Kansas City WildLands.
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Shadowcliff Board of Directors
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Karen Bigelow
Karen Bigelow has served as a member of the Shadowcliff Board of Directors for 3 years and has been a volunteer there for nearly 15 years. Karen is an accountant who works for the Department of the Interior. She has spent in excess of 30 years managing the nations assets located primarily in the Gulf of Mexico. She is married to David Grossman and they have 3 children and 3 grandchildren. Karen has also served on the board of Hostelling International and is passionate about travel. Karen recently completed her “life list” which involved seeing the 28 wonders of the world before her 50th birthday. |
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Judith Christy – Co-Director
Judith F. Christy is Co-director of Shadowcliff, a Master Gardener and a Ceremonialist. Judith combines her love of nature with her knowledge of plants, organic gardening, nutrition and the natural world. She has owned and run several small businesses, worked as a cook, a teacher and founder of a Children's Community Gardening Museum in Kansas City. She has also served as lay minister of an alternative interfaith community and brings a rich knowledge of ceremony and sacred dance from many traditions. |
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Michael Dorsch
Michael Dorsch is a retired small business owner who now spends a lot of time volunteering. Since 2004, he has been Director of the annual Shadowcliff HIV Retreats, which were begun 16 years ago by the founders of Shadowcliff, Pat & Warren Rempel. These 3 day weekend retreats have a full agenda of various workshops and forums, interspersed with a variety of body therapies, as well as discussion groups, hikes, and social activities. In addition, Michael also organizes the monthly community educational forums in Denver. He also serves on the Colorado State ADAP Advisory Committee and the University of Colorado ACTG CAB. Nationally, he is involved in the Drug Development Committee of ATAC (AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition). He enjoys camping and cooking, and spending time with his best friend Skylab "Sky". |
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John Hoffman - Secretary
John Hoffman currently serves as Secretary of the Board, has an accounting degree and is the Corporate Controller for Scotch Industries, a Lawrence based cleaning company serving northeast Kansas. John is married to Beth, a father of eight and a grandfather of six. John is a bald eagle enthusiast, an avid runner and a person totally committed to the environment. John and Beth live rurally in Lecompton, Kansas and regard Shadowcliff as a second home! |
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Robert J. Mann – Co-Director
Robert J. Mann is Co-director of Shadowcliff. Bob practiced business law in Kansas City for more than 25 years before founding Bridging the Gap, Inc. in 1992. As founder and CEO until 2005 Bob led BTG to its prominent position as one of the largest environmental education organizations in the Midwest with a 20 person staff that leads and coordinates the efforts of thousands of community volunteers. Bob is a weaver, moving as easily in the business sector as among government and political leaders and grassroots activists. He has served as counselor and consultant to three Kansas City Mayors and countless elected officials and business leaders on sensitive environmental issues over the last 18 years. During the last five years Bob has facilitated overmulti-day workshops as part of Shadowcliff's Sustainability Series teaching the principles of sustainability and assisting participants to apply those principles to their day to day lives. Bob shares from his broad knowledge of environmental issues as well as his love for the natural world and inspires us to explore both the opportunities and the challenges which confront us as we work to integrate our personal values with our daily choices at home and in the workplace. He is an avid hiker, runner, bicyclist and a frequent lecturer, writer and facilitator. His daily life embodies the principles of collaboration and interconnectedness |
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Carl R.J. Sniffen – Vice Chair
Carl Sniffen is the deputy city attorney for the City of Grants Pass, Oregon. He has nearly 30 years of legal experience, working with many nonprofit, tax exempt organizations. He serves as a mediator and arbitrator, and he has been a member of many national, regional and local nonprofit, tax exempt organizations, including the Road Runners Club of America and Asante Health Systems. Carl teaches professionalism and ethics to tax exempt organizations at Rogue Community College and coaches cross country, track and field at Grants Pass High School. Carl and Barb Sniffen first visited Grand Lake, Colorado in 1978 and has been introducing many of his high school cross country runners to Shadowcliff, Grand Lake and Rocky Mountain National Park for the last several years. |
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Joni Teter - Chair
Joni is a long time sustainability entrepreneur in one of the largest bureaucracies in the world: the U.S. government. She works for the Environmental Protection Agency and teaches part time in the Global Social Sustainable Enterprise program at Colorado State University's College of Business.
Joni has 25 years' experience in the fields of environmental law and policy, integrated environmental management, urban growth and land use. Past work has included tours of duty at Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and environmental auditing support to the Malaysia Department of Environment. Joni and her husband Matt are still married after designing and building a passive solar, energy-efficient home in Boulder. |
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Lance Woodbury - Treasurer
Lance Woodbury currently serves as Chair of the Finance Committee. Lance is a partner with Kennedy and Coe, LLC, a regional accounting and consulting firm, where he leads their Agribusiness Practice. He lives in Garden City, Kansas with his wife Dana and their two daughters, Campbell and Whitney. Lance grew up visiting Shadowcliff, later working as summer staff, and joined the board in 2002. |
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BTG representatives:
William (Bill) Craig
Bill is the CEO/President of Lakemary Center. He is also Appointed Chair of the Kansas Autism Task Force and President and Governmental Affairs Chair of InterHab, the state association for agencies serving developmental disabilities. He is a life-long nature-enthusiast and Kansas Citian. |
Environmental Excellence Business Network Steering Committee
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Bruce Bowers
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Bruce is presently the Environmental Engineering Manager at Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group’s Vehicle Assembly & Power Train Operations facility in Kansas City, Missouri. Bruce is also a principal engineer with Environmental Science Applications, Inc. (EScience), which offers environmental science and regulatory compliance services. He is a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) and is active in the Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers (AGWSE) and the American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE). |
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David Brown
Honneywell FM&T
David has been a member of the Environmental Excellence Business Network steering committee since 2005. He has served on the programs committee and is currently the liaison between EEBN and Bridging the Gap boards. David has been with Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies for 22 years as an Environmental Protection Specialist. |
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Lisa Danbury
Mid-America Regional Council
Lisa Danbury is the Solid Waste Program Manager at the Mid-America Regional Council. In her role as planner for the MARC Solid Waste Management District, Lisa facilitated efforts to create the Kansas City Regional Byproduct Synergy Initiative managed by Bridging The Gap. Lisa is a current EEBN steering committee member and past president of the Missouri Recycling Association. |
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Ed Hubert
Environmental Works, Inc.
Ed is currently Regional Manager in the Kansas City office of Environmental Works, Inc. (EWI), where he is focused on expanding EWI’s sustainability consulting practice. In addition to his EEBN activities, Ed is President-Elect of the Heartland Chapter of the Academy of Hazardous Materials Managers and a member of the Board of Directors for the Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams. |
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Steve Kidwell
Lafarge North America, Inc.
Steve currently serves as chair of the Environmental Excellence Business Network and is the Environmental & Public Affairs Manager for the Lafarge Sugar Creek Cement Plant. Steve has nearly 20 years of environmental experience in consulting and manufacturing. |
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Anne Melia
Aquaterra Environmental Solutions, Inc.
Anne has recently been named as Aquaterra’s sustainability coordinator to develop and promote more sustainable practices within the company. Anne’s background also includes experience with field GC analysis, emergency response activities, hazardous waste identification and disposal, and project and program management through her previous work at Ecology & Environment, Inc. |
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Don Reck
Habitat ReStore
Don became director of Habitat ReStore in February 2000 and opened doors for business in June of that year. Today, ReStore averages $140,000 in gross sales and diverts 190 tons of material per month. Don currently serves on the Board of Directors of Kansas City Academy, was a member of the Kansas City, MO Waste Minimization Commission from 1988-1990 and received a Bridging The Gap Environmental Excellence Award in 2004. |
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Rick Robson
Hallmark Cards
As an environmental chemist at Hallmark Cards, Inc., Rick is currently working to identify and implement strategic environmental and sustainability initiatives at Hallmark. Energy and waste reduction through process redesign, material replacement, and redirecting wastes to alternative uses are primary goals. Rick’s environmental commitment is expressed in the “greener than normal” passive solar home he and his wife finished last year. Rick has been a member of the EEBN steering committee for over 4 years. |
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Jan Duffendack
BNIM Architects
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Andy Savastino
City of Kansas City, Missouri
By assisting city staff in implementing and maintaining the city’s Environmental Management System, he has helped the city become a model of environmental stewardship for local governments. Andrew is a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager. Andrew has been a member of the EEBN Steering Committee since August 2006. |
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Kerry Herndon
US EPA, Region 7
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Deb Smith
KCMO Water Services
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