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The 29th Bi-AnnualCorporate Affiliates

ACHIEVING RESULTSACHIEVING RESULTSExecutive Workshop

January 21 & 21, 2015

Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak ResortPhoenix, AZ

Facilitated by Bruce PiaseckiPresident and Founder of the AHC Group, Inc.

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Agenda

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Save the Dates30th Corporate Affiliates meeting on June 17-18, 2015and the next Innovation & Carbon workshop June 16, 2015

Welcome Information

January 20, 2015Affiliate Registration and

Networking Cocktail Reception5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

First Floor, Palacio LoungeJoin us for drinks and hors d’œuvres

at the AHC Group Welcome Reception.

January 21, 2015Networking Cocktail Reception

5:30 PM – 7:00 PMFirst Floor, Palacio Lounge

Join us for drinks and hors d’œuvres.

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Wednesday, January 21

Workshop 1: Competing on Sustainability8:00AM – 12:00PM, Palacio - Horizon (1st Floor)Chairs: Ken Strassner, AHC Group Senior Associate

9:15 – 10:35Richard Ellis, Alliance Boots

“An Overview of Alliance Boots and Its Stakeholder Management Process”

25 minutes break: peer 2 peer networking

11:00 – 11:50Maureen Mazurek, Monsanto

“The External View from within Monsanto: Human Rights, Public Affairs &Strategic Partnerships”

11:50– 12:00Concluding Remarks from Workshop Chair

8:00 – 8:20Welcome from AHC President & Workshop Chair

8:20 – 9:10Tim Lindsey, Caterpillar

“Sustainability: The Power of Endurance”

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For more information regarding competing on sustainability or otherAHC Group services please visit www.corporateconsultinggroup.com

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Ken Strassner is an honors graduate (Magna cum Laude) of Yale College (1968) andof Yale Law School (1974). Prior to joining Kimberly-Clark in 1976, Mr. Strassnerserved as an officer in the U. S. Navy, practiced with a Washington, D.C. law firmand served as Executive Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Labor forOccupational Safety and Health. Mr. Strassner’s legal specialties include U.S. andinternational environmental and energy law, product safety matters and occupationalsafety and health requirements.

In 1988, Mr. Strassner was appointed Vice President-Environment and Energy,Kimberly-Clark Corporation, responsible for formulation of corporate policies andmanagement of the Corporation's technical support staffs in both areas. From 2004 to2008, Ken served as Vice President - Global Environment, Safety, Regulatory andScientific Affairs for Kimberly-Clark. In 2009, Ken became a Senior Associate at theAHC Group after retiring from Kimberly-Clark.

Ken Strassner

Wednesday, January 218:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Workshop 1Competing on Sustainability

Ken Strassner, Chair

To see Ken’s key career accomplishments please visithttp://www.ahcgroup.com/c29/Ken-Strassner-c139.html

For a video of Ken Strassner, go tohttp://corporateconsultinggroup.com/

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Sustainability: The Power of EnduranceTim Lindsey

Introduced by: Dennis Welch, AEP

Tim LindseyGlobal Director of Sustainable Development

Dr. Tim Lindsey joined Caterpillar in February of 2012 to lead enterprise efforts to build aculture of sustainability. His team focuses on integrating sustainability principles into allinternal business units as well as Caterpillar's many suppliers, dealers, and customers.Prior to joining Caterpillar, Dr. Lindsey spent 20 years at the University of Illinois leadinga wide range of research, education, and outreach initiatives focused on improving businesssustainability. He and his staff helped hundreds of organizations improve their processes,products, and systems through the development and implementation of innovations thatreduce their utilization of energy, materials, water, and land.

He is an accomplished program and project manager with experience in multiple industrialsectors, including: energy, mining, machining, metal finishing, die-casting, electronics,agriculture, food processing, biofuels, and chemical processing. For 7 years prior tocommencing his academic career, he worked for ExxonMobil at a Powder River Basin coalmine where he held various positions, including: Environmental Engineer, Safety Director,and Senior Construction Project Manager.

Dr. Lindsey is a nationally recognized expert regarding the implementation of innovativesustainability practices. He holds both B.S. and M.S. degrees in EnvironmentalEngineering from Southern Illinois University and a Doctorate in Urban and RegionalPlanning from the University of Illinois


An Overview of Alliance Boots and Its StakeholderManagement Process

Richard EllisIntroduced by: Gerry Bresnick, AHC Group

Richard Ellis is the Director of Corporate Social Responsibility at the Alliance BootsGroup.

Richard has spent the past 30 years working for a range of Companies on all aspects of theCSR agenda.

The early part of his career was spent in Banking before becoming involved in CSR afterthe Inner City riots of the early 1980s. After this involvement he held CSR relatedpositions at HSBC, TSB, British Aerospace and ran his own CSR consultancy for five years.

In 2003 he joined Boots and became responsible for all the Company’s CSR activities.Following the merger between Boots and Alliance UniChem and the subsequent PrivateEquity Buy Out he was appointed into his current role.

Richard EllisDirector of Corporate SocialResponsibility

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The External View from within Monsanto: Human Rights,Public Affairs & Strategic Partnerships

Maureen MazurekIntroduced by: Gerry Bresnick, AHC Group

Maureen Mazurek is the Director of Sustainability Strategy and Operations. She and herteam are responsible for the development and implementation of Monsanto’s company-wide Sustainability Strategy and reporting processes. Prior to her current role, Maureenwas responsible for the Communication Strategy for Monsanto’s newly formed BiologicalAgriculture business. She was Director Corporate Responsibility for Monsanto Company.In that capacity she was responsible for the company’s corporate responsibility strategy.

The strategy included measureable advancement in sustainability including the company’sadoption of GRI reporting, the initial design of the company’s first corporate sustainabilitycouncil, the original development and implementation of Monsanto’s global human rightssupply chain effort, development of an industry coalition to eliminate child labor inagriculture supply chains and led Monsanto’s environmental partnerships.

In Maureen’s 20 years with Monsanto she has developed a broad operational background,including key leadership roles in Agriculture Procurement/Supply Chain, CommercialEnvironmental, Safety and Health (ESH), Human Resources, and a number ofManufacturing positions.

Maureen holds a BS in Supply Chain & Manufacturing Management from Bowling GreenUniversity, Executive Chemistry from Duke University and a Masters in BusinessAdministration (MBA) from Tulane University.

Maureen MazurekDirector, Sustainability Strategy& Operations Lead

Workshop 2: Delivering on the Bottom Line1:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Palacio - Horizon (1st Floor)Chair: Steve Willis, AHC Group Senior Associate

2:00 – 2:50John Friedman, Sodexo

“Sodexo’s Plan: A Better Tomorrow Starts Today”

3:05 – 3:55Mark Sasek, Celanese

“Stewardship Improvement”

4:00 – 4:50 pm Bruce Klafter, Flextronics

“Corporate Responsibility, Compliance & Innovation in the ElectronicsIndustry”

4:50 – 5:00Concluding Remarks from Workshop Chairman

1:00 – 1:10Welcome from Workshop Chair

1:10 – 1:55Alastair Orchard, Siemens

“The Future of Manufacturing:The Siemens Vision of 4.0 and the Siemens Strategy”

Wednesday, January 21

15 minutes break: peer 2 peer networking

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Steve Willis

Steve Willis joined the AHC Group as a Senior Associatein 2008. He is the former Global Director of WhirlpoolCorporation's health, safety, and environmental (HSE)management system, having retired in 2007 after 33 yearsof service, including his last 22 years as the senior HSEprofessional for the corporation. All but four of his yearswith Whirlpool were directly or indirectly involved withHSE responsibilities at the research, manufacturing, andcorporate leadership levels. In those four “missing” years,Steve was learning the business of plant management inleadership positions in process and industrial engineering atWhirlpool’s largest plant in the world.

Prior to Whirlpool, Steve had seven years of experience working for NASA on researchprojects involving regenerative life support systems for long- duration manned spaceflights at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia. His most unique challenge wasdeveloping a zero-gravity shower that the astronauts insisted their fellow astronautsneeded.

Steve graduated with honors from Virginia Tech University in 1969 with a B.S. inEngineering Mechanics, and from Vanderbilt University in 1973 with an M.S. inEnvironmental and Water Resources Engineering. At Vanderbilt, he was the recipient of aWhirlpool Fellowship in Environmental Studies. Steve is a registered professionalengineer in the State of Ohio.

Steve and his wife Pam relocated from Michigan to Arizona in 2007, where they both findretirement exceeding their high expectations, particularly when Steve can continue tobuild on his career while working with an outstanding group of clients and colleagues.

To see Steve’s key career accomplishments please visithttp://www.ahcgroup.com/Steve-Willis-c41.html

For a video of Steve Willis, go tohttp://corporateconsultinggroup.com/

Wednesday, January 211:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Workshop 2Delivering on the Bottom Line

Steve Willis, Chair

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The Future of Manufacturing: The Siemens Vision of 4.0and the Siemens Strategy

Alastair OrchardIntroduced by: John Wolfe, AHC Group

company behind the software and moved to Boston to run the consulting team. OrsiAutomazione's broad manufacturing portfolio was acquired by Siemens in 2001 andAlastair Product Managed its launched under the SIMATIC IT brand in 2005 along withSpecification Management and LIMS offerings from Belgium's Compex. SIMATIC ITwas the first model-based manufacturing operations platform on the market, and Alastairused it to patent, build, and launch vertical solutions in the Food, Beverage, Chemical,Automotive, Mechatronic, and Complex Manufacturing markets.

Siemens is a 150 year old, $100 Billion multinational conglomerate employing 400,000people. Born at the advent of the electrical age, Siemens has been at the industrialforefront of each wave of social advancement. In 2007, conscious of the impact thatsoftware could have on manufacturing, Siemens added Product Lifecycle Management totheir Industrial Software portfolio in a $3.5 Billion acquisition of US-based UGS. Incombination with the SIMATIC IT Manufacturing Operations Platform now expanded tocover SCADA, Advanced Planning & Scheduling, Production, Quality, Logistics, andAsset optimization, Siemens uses the Teamcenter Innovation Platform to bring the virtualworld of product design and the real world of manufacturing operations execution into aseamless portfolio.

Settled in Italy with his wonderful wife and four crazy children, Alastair now runsSiemens' Digital Enterprise Realization Industry Management organization. He workswith multinationals like Ford, Chrysler, Rolls Royce, Airbus, Cargill, Kraft, Monsanto,Unilever, P&G, and Siemens' own 300 manufacturing facilities to be more flexible, costeffective, transparent, collaborative organizations, and to bring their world-class productsto market faster than their competitors.

Alastair OrchardDirector IndustryManagement

A chemical engineer by education,Alastair was implementing AdvancedControl in Texaco's UK refinery when hewas first exposed to OperationsManagement in the shape of an OperatorAdvisory Expert System. Encouraged bythe results and intrigued by the potential,Alastair joined the Italian automation


Sodexo’s Plan: A Better Tomorrow Starts TodayJohn Friedman

Introduced by: Rick VanDellen, Amway

John Friedman is an award-winning communications professional and recognizedsustainability expert with more than 20 years of experience as both an external andinternal sustainability leader, helping companies, ranging from small companies toleading global enterprises, turn their values into successful business models byintegrating their environmental, social, and economic aspirations into their cultures andbusiness practices. Friedman heads corporate responsibility communicationsworldwide for Sodexo and serves on the corporate responsibility steering committee.

His background includes developing and implementing effective and award-winningprograms that maximize stakeholder engagement, community relations, organizationaldevelopment, change management, and strategic philanthropy.

Throughout social media, Friedman is recognized as a sustainability thought leader,one of the 100 leading voices in CSR by Global CEO Magazine, and has regularly beenincluded among the top voices in CSR by Forbes’ Brandfog. His insights onsustainability issues and strategy are a regular feature on Huffington Post and herecently published ‘PR 2.0: How Digital Media Can Help You Build A SustainableBrand’ which has been described as “One of the first books bridging the immense realmof brand with the still juvenile, but booming world of sustainability.”

An Albany State (New York) communications graduate, Friedman earned amanagement certificate as part of the Lafarge/Duke Management Training program atthe Fuqua School of Business in 2000.

John FriedmanCorporate Social ResponsibilityCommunications Director

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Stewardship ImprovementMark Sasek

Introduced by: Brian Kellogg, Quaker Chemical

Mark Sasek is Global Health and Safety Manager for Celanese, and leads a teamresponsible for global strategy, policies, and management pertaining to safety,industrial hygiene and medical issues.

Celanese is a technology and specialty materials company with 7600 employees locatedin 35 facilities in 18 countries around the world. Products include specialtythermoplastics, sweeteners and preservatives, filter material, intermediate chemistries,and polymers for paint, adhesives, and carpets.

Prior to joining Celanese in 2012, Mr. Sasek served in a number of leadership roles forEnvironmental Health, Safety, Process Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Security,Emergency Response, and Medical for LyondellBasell, General Electric, and IMCGlobal. He has extensive experience in designing and implementing strategies thathave achieved world class performance in the chemical, refining, and largemanufacturing industries.

Mr. Sasek has multiple professional certifications, a Chemistry degree from Saint LouisUniversity, and a MBA from Washington University in Saint Louis.

Mark SasekGlobal Health & Safety Manager


Corporate Responsibility, Compliance & Innovation in theElectronics Industry

Bruce KlafterIntroduced by: Ken Strassner, AHC Group

responsibility initiatives. His role includes regular consultation with senior management onsustainability and EH&S matters, including participation in the Compliance Council andfacilitation of the Corporate Sustainability Leadership Committee (CLSC). Flextronics was afounding member of the Electronics Industry Citizen Coalition (EICC) and Bruce currentlyserves as an EICC Board member and as Vice-Chair for the organization.

Previously, Bruce leveraged his unusual blend of business, environmental and legal expertise tohelp integrate sustainability strategy into Applied Materials' worldwide operations. Amongother efforts, Bruce created a safety culture initiative that helped reduce injury ratescontinuously over a seven-year timeframe. He developed Applied's high-level sustainabilitypolicy and guiding principles, published the company's first non-financial external reports,initiated an award-winning product energy efficiency strategy and led the formation of a socialand environmental supply chain program. A highly effective communicator and team leader,Bruce served as the principal spokesperson for Applied's sustainability programs and played akey role in numerous industry and professional development efforts.

Prior to joining Applied Materials, Bruce had a distinguished legal career in public and privatepractice, specializing in environmental and natural resources law. Bruce began his legal careeras a California Deputy Attorney General, representing various state agencies, including theWater Resources Control Board, the Air Resources Board, Parks and Recreation, Fish andWildlife and others. Bruce also practiced law for a number of years with Orrick, Herrington &Sutcliffe, a top 100 U.S. law firm. Among his specialties, Bruce was a recognized expert intransactional due diligence.

Bruce has been active with numerous organizations in leadership roles, e.g. Sustainable SiliconValley (Advisor); Silicon Valley Leadership Group (Executive Advisor); Acterra (BoardMember); Association of Climate Change Officers (Advisor); State Bar Environmental LawSection (former Chair and Advisor); Presidio Graduate School(Expert in Residence).

Bruce KlafterVice-President,Corporate Social &EnvironmentalResponsibility

Bruce Klafter is a respected leader inenvironmental, health and safety (EH&S)and sustainability circles. In 2013 hejoined Flextronics, a socially-responsible,global leader in design, manufacturing,distribution and aftermarket services, toprovide strategic direction to theCompany's social and environmental

Workshop 3: Site Remediation & Risk Reduction8:00AM - 12:00PM, Palacio - Horizon (1st Floor)Chair: Dwight Bedsole, AHC Group Senior Associate

9:00 – 9:45Rick VanDellen, Amway

“Focus on Green Chemistry”

10:15 – 11:00Ed Pinero, Veolia North America

“Is It Worth Worrying About Water Risk?”

11:00 – 11:45Brian Vassigh, BP

andSarah Wright, de maximis Data Management Solutions (ddms)

“Corralling Environmental Data at BP”

11:45 – 12:00Concluding Remarks from Workshop Chairman

8:00 – 8:15Welcome Remarks / Emerging Issues from Workshop Chairman

8:15 – 9:00Bob Lockemer, Bayer CropScience

“Managing Real Estate Risk Around the World”

Thursday, January 22

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30 minutes break: peer to peer networking

Group

Dwight Bedsole, AHC Group Senior Associate and formerBusiness Director for the DuPont Corporate RemediationGroup chairs the “Site Remediation and Risk Reduction”workshop, as he has done since 2001. The purpose of thisworkshop is to continuously improve and strengthen the riskmanagement skills of participants and to evolve a moreeffective business model for managing corporate environmental

liabilities. Workshops not only focus on best practices and new risk management toolsbut identify and assess emerging issues that help to define program strategies. Over theyears, it has transformed to focus on a broader topic range which includes financialassurance, disclosure, operational/enterprise risk, and sustainable remediation.Participants recognize that in the future there will likely be a different approach toremediation and to be responsive to an even greater and more complex challenge theymust continuously fine-tune their management skill.

Dwight has presented testimony at state, federal and public hearings, participated innumerous state, federal, and international industry forums as a presenter and panelist onissues related to Superfund, RCRA, Cost/Benefit, Tort Reform, Brownfield's, EminentDomain, NRD, Risk Assessment, Risk Communication, Contaminated Sediments andSarbanes Oxley. Dwight has also conducted numerous industry benchmark studies,served on Corporate Advisory Boards and published articles in LexisNexis. Beforeretiring from DuPont in 2008, Dwight spent 40 years in a variety of plantproduction , technical, R&D, project design/liaison, environmental and businessmanagement roles. Dwight participated in the formation and startup of a 100% DuPontsubsidiary — DuPont Environmental Remediation Services (DERS) and formation of theDuPont Corporate Remediation Group. Dwight is a graduate of Auburn University witha BS and MS in Chemical Engineering and a minor in Economics.

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Thursday, January 228:00 AM – 12:00PM

Workshop 3Site Remediation / Risk Reduction

Dwight Bedsole, Chair

To see Dwights key career accomplishments please visithttp://www.ahcgroup.com/A-Dwight-Bedsole-c38.html

For a video of Dwight Bedsole, go tohttp://corporateconsultinggroup.com/

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Managing Real Estate Risk Around the WorldBob Lockemer

Introduced by: TBD

Robert C. (Bob) Lockemer has worked in the Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE)field for over 30 years. As a consultant to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency inthe mid-1970’s, he helped develop the Wastewater Effluent Guidelines for the OreMining and Dressing Industry, one of the first Effluent Guidelines issued. Since then,Bob has spent half of his career in corporate functions providing strategic advice andtechnical support to senior management and site management in the chemical industry.The other half of his career has been spent in chemical manufacturing sites putting whathe preaches into practice and achieving positive HSE results. His current responsibilitiesfor Bayer CropScience include real estate and historic environmental issues around theworld.

Bob has a Bachelor of Science degree in Bioengineering and a Master of Science degree inChemical Engineering. He is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineersand Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society.

Bob is located at the North American headquarters of Bayer CropScience in ResearchTriangle Park, North Carolina, USA.

Bob LockemerDirector, Real Estate & Remediation


Focus on Green ChemistryRick VanDellen

Introduced by: Gabe Wing, Herman Miller

Eric VanDellen is currently responsible for managing global sustainability programsat Amway including metrics, energy, and water conservation. In addition, hesupports real estate transactions and tax incentives, and global insurance coveragefor the corporation. Prior to that position, he managed Environment, Health &Product Safety, with responsibilities for environmental and occupational healthcompliance, auditing, remediation, and toxicology.

He has published in the fields of microbiology, nutritional analysis, drinking watertreatment, and environmental toxicology. His early career at Amway included groupleader positions in nutritional analysis and microbiology labs. Eric is the pastChairman of the Environmental Quality and Energy Committee for the MichiganChamber of Commerce, twice the past board president of the West MichiganSustainable Business Forum and an active member of the American CleaningInstitute’s Sustainability Committee.

He received his BA and MA in chemistry from Western Kentucky University, andattended school on an athletic scholarship.

Rick VanDellenSustainability Program Manager

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Is It Worth Worrying About Water Risk?Ed Pinero

Introduced by: TBD

Mr. Pinero is Senior Vice President for Sustainability for Veolia North America (VNA),and liaison to Veolia’s worldwide Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Affairsdepartments. Mr. Pinero oversees all efforts related to sustainability, in regard tooutreach, client issues, and internal practices, including the water, energy, and wastebusiness lines. VNA provides leading edge water, energy and environmental serviceand technology activities, and has approximately 10,000 employees and generatesapproximately $2 billion in annual revenue.

Over his more than 34 year career, Mr. Pinero has worked in the private sector,including as a consultant to many clients on sustainability, environment, and energy.He has also served in the public sector at the state and Federal level addressingsustainability issues; including serving as the White House Federal EnvironmentalExecutive, where he focused on developing and implementing sustainability policy andpractices within the US Federal government. Mr. Pinero served in state government inPennsylvania as both the Director of the Bureau of Environmental Sustainability,Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection; as well as holding the office ofPennsylvania State Energy Director. He started his career as an oil and gas geologistwith Mobil Oil Corporation.

Mr. Pinero is heavily involved in water management and stewardship initiatives aroundthe world, including the UN CEO Water Mandate, the Alliance for Water StewardshipInternational Standards Development Committee; and ISO’s Integrated Water TaskForce, among others. He has Bachelors of Science degree in Geology from the StateUniversity of New York and Masters of Science degree in Geology from Texas A&MUniversity. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Arizona.

Ed PineroSenior Vice President forSustainability and Public Affairs,North America


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“Corralling Environmental Data at BP”Brian Vassigh

Introduced by: Steve Myers, de maximis

Brian Vassigh is BP's Global Knowledge Management and Technical Systems(KM&TS) manager for the Remediation Management (RM) function. BP's RMfunction has over 170 employees and over 1000 contract professionals working formany supplier organizations worldwide. BP's RM function has over 1500 sitesconsisting of Refineries, Mines, Retail Stations, Pipelines, Terminals and other types ofsites. Brian leads the KM&TS team to design, develop and support the InformationManagement and Business Intelligence Reporting processes, systems and strategiesfor the global RM function. Brian works with RM leadership and various managersand directors globally in RM and other BP Business Units and Functions to gainalignment and synergies on the key projects and activities to help with reducing BP'senvironmental liabilities or preventing possible future liabilities.

Brian has worked with BP's RM function since 2009 and been in the KM&TS Managerrole since 2012. Brian has been with BP since 2005 working mostly with the NorthAmerica Gas & Power trading organization leading various projects around BusinessIntelligence and Information Reporting. Prior to BP, Brian was a manager withAccenture based in the Houston office working in the Energy Trading and RiskManagement practice. Brian graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Business degreein Management Information Systems from the University of Houston.

Brian VassighKnowledge Management & Technical SystemsManager Global Remediation Management


Sarah Wright is a Senior Project Manager for ddms, inc. (de maxims DataManagement Solutions, inc.), specializing in enterprise system implementations.Sarah has over fifteen years of experience related to environmental projects andenvironmental management information systems (EMIS) technologies. Sarah iscurrently working closely with BP’s Remediation Management and Gulf CoastRestoration Organization’s data management systems and has been working with BPfor five years. Sarah has implemented data management systems and trained datamanagement teams throughout the world. In addition to system implementations,Sarah is skilled at providing needs assessments and system audits allowingorganizations maximize their efficiencies and ensure high data quality.

Sarah has been with ddms for five years with a team specializing in environmentaldata management and visualization. Prior to working for ddms Sarah worked forEarthSoft, Inc., developers of the industry standard data management system,EQuIS®, as their Training and Help Desk Manager. Before joining the EarthSoftteam Sarah worked as a consultant and laboratory technician generating the data shehelps teams manage today. Sarah graduated Cum Laude from the University ofIllinois with a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences.

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“Corralling Environmental Data at BP”Sarah Wright

Introduced by: Steve Myers, de maximis

Sarah WrightSr. Project Manager Enterprise System Specialist

Workshop 4: Emerging Issues1:00PM – 4:00PM, Palacio - Horizon (1st Floor)Chair: Gerry Bresnick, AHC Group Senior Associate

1:00 – 1:15Welcome from Workshop Chairman

1:15 – 3:45Panel Presentation:

“Emergence of ESG Metrics and Stock Valuation”

Thursday, January 22

3:45- 4:00Concluding Remarks from Workshop Chair

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For more information regarding emerging corporate issues or otherAHC Group services please visit www.corporateconsultinggroup.com

• Dennis Welch, American Electric Power• John Wilson, Cornerstone Capital Group• Bill Cobb, Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold• Maureen Kline, Pirelli Tire• Kevin Butt, Toyota• Tim Smith, Walden Asset Management

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Gerry Bresnick

Gerry Bresnick was most recently the Corporate Vice Presidentfor Environment, Health, Safety and Social Responsibility at HessCorporation prior to joining the AHC Group as a SeniorAssociate. Gerry joined Hess in June of 2001 following twenty-oneyears of experience with Amoco and BP Corporations.

Immediately prior to joining Hess he was the U.S. Director ofHealth, Safety and Environment for BP, headquartered inChicago. Prior to assuming that role he was the General Manager ofHSE Strategy for BP located in London. This role includedresponsibility for BP’s worldwide crisis management function. Gerryjoined BP following its merger with Amoco Corporation in 1998.

To see Gerry’s key career accomplishments please visithttp://www.ahcgroup.com/Gerald-Bresnick-c171.html

For a video of Gerry Bresnick, go tohttp://orporateconsultinggroup.com/

Thursday, January 221:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Workshop 4Emerging Issues

Gerry Bresnick, Chair

Gerry joined Amoco in 1980 following a brief career with an international environmentaland engineering firm, the World Bank and as an Assistant Professor of Environment andEcology. During his 18 years with Amoco, he was involved in all areas of Environment,Health and Safety. His assignments ranged from Manager of EH&S for the AmocoChemicals Company to Director of Corporate Medical Services. While at Amoco, he ranAmoco's Product Stewardship program (which included Amoco Chemicals - at that time, the5th largest chemical company in the world - and was Chair of the Product Stewardshipcommittee at what was then the Chemical Manufacturers Association. He also served asDirector of Regulatory Affair and was responsible for the EH&S Audit Program. At the timeof the BP / Amoco merger he was the Strategic and Financial Manager for Amoco SharedServices.

A native New Yorker, Gerry received his BS degrees in Biology and History from the StateUniversity of New York at Buffalo. He then received his Ph.D. in Biology (Ecology) fromTulane University and an Executive MBA from HBS.

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Emergence of ESG Metrics and Stock ValuationDennis Welch

Introduced by: Gerry Bresnick, AHC Group

Workshop #4Emerging Issues

Welch previously served as executive vice president and chief administrative officer. Priorto that, he served as executive vice president - Environment, Safety and Health & Facilities,since 2007. Under his leadership, the company’s commitment to sustainability advancedsignificantly, nationally and internationally, and is clearly defined in AEP’s annualCorporate Sustainability Report.

He joined AEP in 2005 as senior vice president of Environment and Safety. Welch waspreviously president and chief operating officer of Yankee Gas & Yankee Energy System, anoperating subsidiary of Northeast Utilities (NU) in Berlin, CT. He was named president andchief operating officer of Yankee Gas, Connecticut’s largest natural gas distributioncompany, and Yankee Energy System in 2001. During his tenure at Yankee Energy, Welchchaired the Northeast Gas Association for two years, helping the industry trade associationnavigate through difficult times and a merger with the New York Gas Association. A 20-year veteran of NU, Welch served as vice president of Environmental, Safety & Ethics atNU for four years immediately prior to his position at Yankee Gas & Yankee Energy.

A native of New Albany, Ind., Welch earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental, healthand safety management from Indiana State University at Terre Haute and a master’s degreein business and human resource management from the Hartford Graduate Center ofRensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He also completed the Executive EnvironmentalLeadership Program at Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

Currently, Welch serves as AEP’s policy committee co-chair voting representative to theAmerican Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) Board of Directors. He also serveson the AEP Foundation Board of Directors and he represents AEP at the World BusinessCouncil for Sustainable Development.

DennisWelchEVP&ChiefExternalOfficer

Dennis E. Welch is executive vice president andchief external officer for American ElectricPower. He is based in Columbus, Ohio. As a seniorofficer of the company, he serves on the company’sExecutive Council. Welch is responsible forgovernmental affairs, environmental affairs andservices, corporate communications, safety andhealth, corporate sustainability, strategic policyanalysis, corporate security and aviation, and realestate and workplace services.

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Emergence of ESG Metrics and Stock ValuationJohn Wilson


John K.S. Wilson is the Head of Corporate Governance, Engagement & Research atCornerstone Capital Group. John has over 16 years of experience in socially responsibleinvesting and corporate governance. He was Director of Corporate Governance forTIAA-CREF, the largest private pension system in the United States with assets undermanagement of over $500 billion. In this role, he oversaw the voting of proxies atCREF’s 8,000 portfolio companies and engaged in dialogue with corporate boards andmanagement to promote sustainability and good corporate governance. He also writesand presents widely about the relevance of social responsibility to investmentperformance for academic, corporate and investor audiences. Prior to joining TIAA-CREF in early 2008, John served as Director of Socially Responsible Investing forChristian Brothers Investment Services, an investment advisor to Catholic institutions.In that role, he led the company’s shareholder advocacy, social screening, and proxyvoting functions as well as participating in the company’s outreach to religiouscommunities around the United States.An Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia Business School, John is also a member ofthe Advisory Council to the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board. He is a pastVice-Chair of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and was a foundingadvisory committee member of the International SRI Working Group, a think tankserving social investing professionals. John has also served on the Global ReportingInitiative’s Human Rights Working Group and the UN Principles for ResponsibleInvestment Clearinghouse Steering Committee. He has an MBA and a Master ofInternational Affairs from Columbia University and a BA in English from GeorgetownUniversity.

John WilsonHead of Corporate Governance,Engagement & Research


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Emergence of ESG Metrics and Stock ValuationBill Cobb


Bill Cobb is Vice President of Environmental Services and Sustainable Development atFreeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, the largest publicly traded copper-producing company inthe world. Mr. Cobb is responsible for an annualbudget exceeding $300 million and a diverse team of approximately 350 people engaged in:• environmental compliance and environmental management system implementation,• permitting and Environmental Impact Statements for new projects,• life cycle analysis of mining facilities,• environmental technology development/implementation,• community/social responsibility and engagement,• human rights impact assessment and implementation of UNGP• ethical investor/SRI analyst engagement• corporate-wide reporting under the GRI, CDP and development of the company’s annual Sustainable Development report• management of the company’s efforts on Product Stewardship,• closure and reclamation of existing mining operations,• management and redevelopment or sale of discontinued operations, and• remediation of historic environmental liabilities in 27 states.Bill Cobb joined Phelps Dodge Corporation (Freeport-McMoRan predecessor) in 2004 as Director– Environmental Affairs; prior to that he was a consultant for 20 years. He spent 13 years atCH2M HILL where he served 3 years as Vice President and Global Director of CH2M HILL’senvironmental services to the mining, minerals, metals industries; transportation sector (airlines,railroads, airports/ports); general manufacturing, and aerospace industries. He also was engaged inenvironmental and project development activities with a mining company from 1979 through1984.Mr. Cobb is in his fifth year serving on EPA’s Financial Advisory Board.He has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and M.S. in Mineral Economics fromColorado School of Mines.

Bill CobbVP, Environmental Services,Sustainable Development


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Emergence of ESG Metrics and Stock ValuationMaureen Kline


Maureen Kline is Director of Public Affairs and Sustainability for Pirelli Tire NorthAmerica, covering the US, Canada and Mexico. She is based in New York.

Previously she managed Pirelli’s global public affairs and international communicationsfrom the company’s headquarters in Milan, Italy.

Prior to her public affairs and communications career, Maureen worked as a journalist.She was a Milan correspondent for the Wall Street Journal Europe and Business Week,among others. She currently writes a weekly column for Inc.com on sustainability.

Maureen is a board member of the Tire and Rubber Association of Canada and of theGeorgia Chamber of Commerce. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Yale Universityand a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics.

Maureen KlinePublic Affairs and Sustainability


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Emergence of ESG Metrics and Stock ValuationKevin Butt


Mr. Kevin Butt is the Regional Environmental Director of Toyota’s North AmericanEnvironmental Programs. He is responsible for the development of EnvironmentalPrograms and Regulatory/Legislative development for all of Toyota’s North Americanoperations.

Prior to Mr. Butt’s current assignment he was the General Manger/ChiefEnvironmental and Safety Officer for Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing forall of Toyota’s Manufacturing operations. Prior to that assignment Mr. Butt was theAssistant General Manager of Body Production Engineering for Toyota MotorManufacturing North America, Inc., (TMMNA). He is responsible for BodyEngineering for all Toyota’s North American manufacturing operations. BodyEngineering consists of Welding, Stamping, and Painting Operations.

Mr. Butt has served as Chairman of the Association of International AutomobileManufacturing’s Stationary Source Committee. He has also served in the same capacityfor the Alliance for Automobile Manufacturers. Mr. Butt was appointed by Ms. CarolBrowner, EPA Administrator to serve on EPA’s Common Sense Initiative.

Mr. Butt serves on several boards including the National Wildlife Habitat Council,Newport Aquarium WAVE Foundation, Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Foundation,World Wildlife Fund National Council, and the North American Great Plains AdvisoryBoard.

Mr. Butt has a Bachelors of Science degree in Environmental Science from GeorgetownCollege.


KevinM.Bu1RegionalEnvironmentalDirector

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Emergence of ESG Metrics and Stock ValuationTim Smith


Tim Smith serves as the Director of ESG Shareowner Engagement at Walden AssetManagement, a division of Boston Trust & Investment Management Company.Walden has been a leader in sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) since 1975. Asof December 31, 2013, Walden managed approximately $3 billion in assets forindividual and institutional clients.

Mr. Smith joined Walden in 2000 to lead Walden’s ongoing shareholder engagementprogram to promote greater corporate leadership on ESG issues. This includes companydialogues, shareholder proposals, proxy voting, and public policy advocacy. Among theareas Walden focuses on are sustainability reporting, political spending and lobbying,board diversity, executive compensation and governance, supply chain standards, wateruse, and human rights. He also serves on sustainability stakeholder dialogue teams witha number of companies.

Previously, Mr. Smith served as executive director of the Interfaith Center on CorporateResponsibility (ICCR) for 24 years. ICCR coordinates corporate responsibilityprograms for over 275 religious, institutional investors.

In 2007, 2012 and 2013, Mr. Smith was named as one of the “Top 100 Most InfluentialPeople in Business Ethics” by Ethisphere Institute. In 2008, he was elected as a boardmember of the General Board of Pension and Health Benefits of the United MethodistChurch. He also services as Chair of the Kimberly Clark Sustainability Advisory Board.In 2010, Mr. Smith received the Bavaria Award for Impact.

Tim SmithSenior Vice President, Director of Environment,Social and Governance ShareownerEngagement


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