Board of Directors

Richard L. Ottinger,*  Professor Emeritus and former Dean, Pace University School of Law; former Member of Congress (D-NY).  Chair

John J. Sheehan,* EESI Board Vice Chair; retired Legislative Director, United Steelworkers of America 

Nancy Bacon, Senior Vice President, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.  

Ambassador Richard E. Benedick, Senior Advisor, Joint Global Change Research Institute, Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNL); former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment, Health, and Natural Resources

Rosina M. Bierbaum Ph.D., Dean, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan; served as Acting Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP); directed OSTP’s Environment Division

Jared Blum,* President, Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers Association (PIMA)

Quincalee Brown, former Executive Director, Water Environment Federation

Frances S. Buchholzer, former Director, Ohio Department of Natural Resources

Mortimer M. Caplin, Founder and Partner, Caplin and Drysdale; former Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service

Gerald Decker, Vice President, Midland Energy, LLC; Chairman Emeritus, Decker Energy International, Inc.

Roger Duncan, Deputy General Manager, Austin Energy

Bob Edgar, President and CEO, Common Cause ; ordained United Methodist Church Minister; former Member of Congress (D-PA)

Elliott Laws, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLP; former President of Safety, Health and Environment for Texaco Inc.; former EPA Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response

Ruth Patrick, Ph.D. Senior Curator, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Chris Schepis, Legislative Director, Office of Congressman John Barrow (GA 12th)

* Executive Committee Members