Steve Hellem

Steve Hellem "has provided strategic counsel to associations and coalitions on a variety of environment, energy and technology business issues. He has helped organize, support and direct the day-to-day management of coalitions and organizations, provided legislative and regulatory counsel and advocacy, and provided communications and public relations support to a wide range of Fortune 500 companies that have been participants in organizations that he has managed or supported

"During the past 25 years he has served as: Associate Director of Energy, United States Chamber of Commerce; Executive Vice President of the National Environmental Development Association and four of its advocacy projects on Clean Air, Clean Water, RCRA and Groundwater; Executive Director, Sorptive Minerals Institute; Executive Director Corporate Environmental Enforcement Council; Executive Director Industry Cooperative for Ozone Layer Protection; Senior Counselor, The Global Sullivan Principles; Executive Director Suppliers Partnership for the Environment; and Executive Director of the Global Environmental Management Initiative.

"In addition, he has often been a spokesperson for the organizations he has represented with governmental organizations, the media and international audiences. Most recently he was a panelist at a UNEP Industry and Consultative Meeting on sustainability and supply chain issues for GEMI in Paris. He has written and edited extensively including newsletters, brochures and pocket cards, and has developed a wide range of press releases for his clients.

"Steve has an A.B. in Political Science from the University of Missouri and has a J.D. from the International School of Law that is today the George Mason University School of Law."


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