Ken Leung. Mr. Leung is a managing director
in Sanders Morris Harris Group's
Investment Banking Division and
heads the firm's Environmental
Services Group providing
advisory and financing to
private and public middle-market
companies in air and water
pollution, solid-waste,
hazardous waste, and recycling
industries in the United States
and Canada. During his career,
Leung was named an "All-Star
Analyst" by Institutional
Investor for 21 years. In
addition to serving as editor of
Environmental Review,
he is a sought-after writer for
environmental publications, a
speaker at environmental and
financial conferences and media
commentator. At Sanders Morris
Harris Group, Leung also serves
as chief investment officer for
Environmental Opportunities
Funds I and II, which represent
$113 million of private-equity
partnership monies. Before
joining Sanders Morris Harris in
1995, Leung was a managing
director at Smith Barney
focusing on environmental
investment research and
investment banking. Mr. Leung
holds a Bachelor of Arts from
Fordham College and a Master of
Business Administration from
Columbia University.
Michael Potts.
Michael Potts is the CEO of
Rocky Mountain Institute in
Snowmass, Colorado an
independent, entrepreneurial,
nonprofit organization that
fosters the efficient and
restorative use of resources to
make the world secure, just,
prosperous, and
life-sustaining.. He was most
recently Managing Partner of
Galway Investments, a boutique
investment firm. Previously, he
served as CEO for American
Fundware, creator of the
FundWare line of software
product used by more than 2,000
non-profit and government
organizations, and held other
senior positions with fast
growing high-technology
companies
Frank A. Kvietok Ph.D . Frank A. Kvietok was a new product explorer for Orange Glo International, where he re-invents and develops under marketed products into entrepreneurial sales. Kvietok is also founder and principal of KV Design, an independent concept technology business management company. Among his responsibilities are team development, launch products into new categories, infomercial re-invention, and mentor staff. Frank has the capability to convert traditional business approaches into innovative concepts and acquisitions. Kvietok contributed significantly to home and laundry care products whilst at The Proctor & Gamble Company through product conception, consumer needs research, prototype development, and patent strategy. Kvietok is inventor/co-inventor on 12 granted and 23 pending US and International patents (OGI, P&G, or independently owned) covering field of surfactant molecular design, laundry product formulation, novel zeolite structures, carbohydrate processing, air filtration media/device design, hard surface cleaning product formulation, and cleaning implements/delivery systems. Frank A. Kvietok holds a B.A. in Chemistry from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Colorado.
Jon Leonard. Jon Leonard is Senior Vice President for R&D and Processing at Florida Chemical Company. His responsibilities include product development, processing, business strategy, supply, operations, QC, R&D, formulations, re-formulations, applications, engineering, reverse engineering, maintenance, EH&S, design, contract negotiations, scheduling, construction, start-up, troubleshooting, value determination, processing fate, tolling, standardization, technical support and HR duties. Leonard has over fifteen years cross-functional experience in production, pilot plant, and engineering in citrus oil based products, formulations, applications, distillation, separation sciences, Citrus Flavor and Fragrance. Leonard’s background includes positions of Research Scientist and Process Engineer Citrus Specialties at Givaudan Flavors, Quality Supervisor at Coca-Cola Concentrate Manufacturing, Chemist II Supervisor Distillation Laboratory at The Bureau of Petroleum Inspection, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and Chemical Research at Millar Wilson Laboratory. Jon Leonard holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Jacksonville University and a Master of Science in Executive Management Program from Florida State University.
Uri Zoller . Uri Zoller is Professor of Chemistry and Science Education in the Faculty of Science and Science Education– Chemistry, at the University of Haifa – Oranim, in Israel. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Handbook of Detergents, the prestigious multivolume series that documents the state of surfactant science. His areas of scientific research, teaching and national and international activities are: Science Education: Science, technology and environment in the social context; teaching, learning and assessment of higher-order cognitive skills/critical thinking; Environmental Chemistry: Surfactants and PAHs in surface and groundwater; and Organic Chemistry: Synthesis and chemistry of strained, small rings containing sulphur. He has published 6 books and over 200 publications.
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