Green Seal

Green Seal develops "life cycle-based sustainability standards for products, services and companies and offer third-party certification for those that meet the criteria in the standard." Green Seal is a non-profit, founded in 1989, that "uses science-based programs to empower consumers, purchasers and companies to create a more sustainable world."

Board and Staff
The Board members are:
 * President and CEO: Arthur B. Weissman, Ph.D.
 * Chair: Gary Petersen: Principal, Environmental Problem Solving Enterprises
 * Secretary: Joanne Fox-Przeworski, Ph.D., Director of the Bard Center for Environmental Policy (BCEP) at Bard College
 * Treasurer: Paul Walitsky, CHMM, President, The Industrial Ecology Co. LLC
 * Hal Conklin, Director of Public Affairs, Southern California Edison, President, California Center for Civic Renewal
 * Rena Shulsky David, Founder of Green Seal
 * Nancy Katz, Internet Marketing Consultant
 * Riva Krut, Director of Sustainability, Praxair, Inc.
 * Executive Committee Member: Michele Perrault, Vice President, International Relations - Sierra Club
 * Eugene Tseng, J.D., Environmental Attorney, Program Director of Recycling & Municipal Solid Waste Management - UCLA

Green Seal staff includes:
 * Arthur B. Weissman, Ph.D. President & CEO
 * Mehreteab Masho, Chief Financial Officer
 * Cheryl Baldwin, Ph.D. Vice President of Science & Standards
 * Linda H. Chipperfield, Vice President of Marketing & Outreach
 * Mark T. Petruzzi, Vice President of Certification & Strategic Relations
 * Katherine N. Probst, Vice President of Institutional Greening Programs
 * Andrew Beauchamp, Technical Coordinator
 * Rani Bhattacharyya, Executive Assistant to the CEO
 * Cerise Bridges, Certification Specialist
 * Nesia Brown, Receptionist
 * Liliana Cami, Accounting Associate
 * Christine Chase, Environmental Scientist II
 * Sharon Cooperstein, Environmental Scientist
 * Kimberly Crowley, Assistant to the VP of Certification
 * Bethany Drake, Environmental Scientist
 * Kelly Grant, Accounting Assistant
 * Susan Heaton, Manager of National Accounts Development
 * Amit Kapur, Ph.D., Environmental Scientist
 * Stacey Koch, Environmental Engineer
 * Anne Maynard, Monitoring Coordinator
 * Watson Millison, Associate Certification Coordinator
 * Charlotte Peyraud, Marketing & Outreach Lead
 * Davida Steinberg, Certification Lead
 * Mary B. Swanson, Senior Environmental Scientist

Contact Information

 * Green Seal Headquarters Office
 * 1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW
 * Suite 827
 * Washington, DC 20036-5525
 * Ph: 202-872-6400
 * Fax: 202-872-4324
 * Web: http://www.greenseal.org
 * Email: Online contact form

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