BAKER
BANGERT
BATES
BATH
BAUER
BEAGLE
BEAN
BIEL
BOCCHI
BOCK
BORMAN
BOSAN
BOZARTH
BRENNER
BRESKMAN
BROTZGE
BROWN, Gerald
BROWN, Kenneth
CATES
CHAMSI
CLEMENTS
COLEMAN, James
COLEMAN, Robert

BATES, Gardner
The Chlorine Institute, Inc.
2001 L St., NW, Suite 506, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-775-2790 Fax: 202-223-7225
Subject Areas: Related Associations

BATH, Robert M.
Technical Services Director, Raabe Corporation
N92 W14701 Anthony Ave., Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
Phone: 262-255-9500 Fax: 262-255-0684
Email:
Website: www.raabecorp.com
Qualifications: Twenty-five years experience in product development and quality assurance of aerosol coating products. Mr. Bath has done numerous presentations and talks regarding aerosol coatings and color technology. BS from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
Subject Areas: Aerosol Paint Products

BAUER, Mike
Senior Vice President, Technical and Regulatory Affairs, Tnemec Company, Inc.
123 West 23rd Ave., N. Kansas City, MO 64116-3094
Phone: 816-474-3400 Fax: 816-842-3904
Email:
Website: www.tnemec.com
Qualifications: Eight years as a paint chemist for Cook Paint Co. Twenty-five years at Tnemec as Senior Chemist, Director of Research and Development, Vice President of Research and Development, Vice President Technical Services, and Senior Vice President, Technical and Regulatory Affairs. BS Chemistry, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO
Subject Areas: Coatings Formulations, Industrial Coatings, Industrial Maintenance Paints, Lead-Based Paint -- Technical Information, Related Associations, Solvents, Water Quality

BEAN, III, Albert C.
Vice President, Planning and Strategy, Wattyl (US) Limited
308 Old County Rd., Edgewater, FL 32132
Phone: 904-428-6461 Fax: 904-427-7130
Email:
Website: www.wattylus.com
Qualifications: BS Westminster College, MA University of Southern California.
Subject Areas: Architectural Coatings, Coatings, Economic Value, Industrial Coatings, Industrial Maintenance Paints, Special Purpose Coatings

BIEL, Mark
Executive Director, Illinois Paint Council
920 S. Spring St., Springfield, IL 62704
Phone: 217-522-5805 Fax: 217-522-5815
Email:
Subject Areas: State/Local Associations and Paint Councils

BOCCHI, Gregory J.
Executive Director, The Powder Coating Institute
2121 Eisenhower Ave., #401, Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-684-1770, 1-800-988-COAT Fax: 703-684-1771
Qualifications: More than six years of experience representing the North American powder coatings industry as Executive Director of PCI. Extensive media experience, including video and print interviews with consumer and trade media. Extensive public speaking before large and small groups of both a technical and non-technical nature. BA, Business Administration, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.
Subject Areas: Powder Coatings

BOCK, Nancy L.
Director, Consumer Affairs, The Soap and Detergent Association
1500 K St., NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-347-2900 Fax: 202-347-4110
Email:
Website: www.cleaning101.com
Qualifications: Twenty years Family and Consumer Science Education. BS degree in Education,West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.
Subject Areas: Community Education/Service, Related Associations

BORMAN, Jr., Earle K.
Owner, Earle Borman Enterprises
7000 SE Federal Hwy., Suite 300, Stuart, FL 34997
Phone: 407-220-3888 (Summer: 203-637-2687) Fax: 407-220-3080,
407-283-1217 (Summer: 203-698-0262)
Qualifications: Almost 40 years of experience as a senior manager in the area of environmental policy management for the paint and coatings industry. Active board member of NPCA and Chemical Specialty Manufacturers Association. Experienced interview subject for consumer media, and recipient of professional media training. BS, Health Education, Springfield College.
Subject Areas: Air Quality

BOSAN, S.
Principal Chemist, Ameron, Inc.
201 N. Berry St., Brea, CA 92621
Phone: 714-529-1951 Fax: 714-990-0437
Qualifications: Over 40 years in coatings.
Subject Areas: Color Retention, Colorants

BOZARTH, Hal
Executive Director, New Jersey Paint Council
150 W. State St., Trenton, NJ 08608
Phone: 609-392-4214 Fax: 609-392-4816
Subject Areas: State/Local Associations and Paint Councils

BRENNER, Don
Materials Engineer, Walt Disney World
1274 W. Facilities Way, Lake Buena Vista, FL  32830
Phone: 407-824-4278 Fax: 407-824-7403
Email:
Qualifications: Thirty-eight years in all facets of paint business. Experienced interview subject contributing to articles in trade, consumer publications, and author of numerous trade publication articles. Overseas manufacturing experience. Extensive OSHA and EPA exposure. Participation in regional safety organization and educational video. North Dakota State, BS, Coatings Program, University of Chicago, Management Development Program.
Subject Areas: Application Equipment Technology, Coatings Formulations, Industrial Coatings, Marine Coatings, Technology Trends

BRESKMAN, Benjamin S.
President and CEO, Sentry Paint Technologies, Inc.
237 Mill St., Darby, PA 19023
Phone: 610-522-1900, ext. 207 Fax: 610-522-9278
Email:
Website: www.sentrypaint.com
Qualifications: Has been a value-added vendor to the miscellaneous metal paints and coatings users since 1949. Low, very low and 0.0 VOC products for dip, spray and HAPs-free systems for various metal substraits and cleaning. Boston University.
Subject Areas: Coatings, Industrial Coatings, Miscellaneous Metal Paints and Coatings

BROTZGE, Greg
Executive Director, Kentucky Paint Council
950 Breckenridge Ln., Suite 140, Louisville, KY 40207
Phone: 502-891-2508 Fax: 502-891-2514
Subject Areas: State/Local Associations and Paint Councils

BROWN, Gerald E.
Manager of Transportation, The Glidden Company
925 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44115
Phone: 216-344-8152 Fax: 216-344-8958
Qualifications: Twenty years of experience in the transportation area with Glidden, including DOT regulations, hazardous materials and motor fleet safety, as well as general transportation issues and functions. Authored articles for numerous industry trade publications. BS, Business, Transportation, Tri-State University.
Subject Areas: Transportation and Distribution

BROWN, Dr. Kenneth H.
Consultant, KHB Consulting Services
1212 Elmwood Ave., Evanstan, IL 60202
Phone: 866-CHEM-EXPT Fax: 847-475-3545
Email:
Website: www.khbconsulting.com
Qualifications: Experienced research and development director with 16 years managing the efforts of new product development, product cost savings, product maintenance, technical service, technology sourcing, process engineering and quality assurance. Strengths in organization, planning and project control. Strong communicator of coatings technical language into commercial or marketing language. Experience in industrial coatings, trade sale and consumer paints and chemical specialty products.
Subject Areas: Aerosol Paint Products, Coatings, Coatings Failure, Hazardous Chemicals, Household Chemicals, Labels and Warnings, Paint Failure, Solvents

CATES, Phil
Executive Director, Texas Paint Council
914 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701
Phone: 512-474-1072 Fax: 512-474-2162
Email:
Qualifications: B.S. Government.
Subject Areas: Community Education/Service, Legislative and Regulatory Issues Management, Lobbying, Public Policy, State/Local Associations and Paint Councils

CHAMSI, Ph.D., Dr. Antoine Y.
Vice President, Materials Chemistry and Research, Calcoast Analytical
4072 Watts St., PO Box 8702, Emeryville, CA 94608
Phone: 510-652-2979 Fax: 510-652-3085
Qualifications: Experience in failure analysis of coatings, sealants, adhesives and other elastomeric building construction materials. Evaluation of physical and chemical properties of coatings and sealants. Research, testing development and consultation in spontaneous combustion. Identification and chemical characteristics of drying soils, oil-based resins and metallic driers in paints and coatings. Evaluation of propensity of oil-based paints and varnishes to spontaneously combust. Author of numerous articles for trade publication, including the Journal of Chromatography, as well as five articles for Analyst. Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, Loughborough University of Technology, United Kingdom; MS, Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis, Loughborough University of Technology, United Kingdom; BS, Chemistry, Lebanese University, Lebanon.
Subject Areas: Coatings, Spontaneous Combustion

CLEMENTS, Paula
Executive Director, Paint & Decorating Contractors of America
Phone: 703-534-1201
Subject Areas: Related Associations

COLEMAN, James E.
Executive Director, National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers
581 Maint St., Woodbridge, NJ 07095
Phone: 732-855-1525 Fax: 732-855-1838
Email:
Website: www.NAPIM
Qualifications: Thirty-nine years in the industry; B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati.
Subject Areas: Inks

COLEMAN, Robert C.
Vice President, Marketing, Brockway Standard, Inc.
8607 Roberts Dr., Atlanta, GA 30350-2230
Phone: 770-587-0888 Fax: 770-587-4075
Qualifications: 25 years of sales and marketing experience in the can business, including management of advertising and promotion. Extensive media experience, author of articles on the packaging industry. BS, Syracuse University.
Subject Areas: Containers/Cans

CONNOR, Joseph E.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Fiberlock Technologies, Inc. (subsidiary of California Products, Inc.)
150 Dascomb Rd., Andover, MA 01810
Phone: 978-623-9987 Fax: 978-475-6205
Qualifications: Thirty years of industry experience with both multi-billion and multi-million dollar public and privately held corporations, including eleven years in general management. Extensive expertise in the areas of lead and asbestos abatement. Has authored numerous published articles on the above subjects. Keynote speaker at industry seminars. Served on several state legislative committees on lead and asbestos abatement.
Subject Areas: Asbestos Coatings, Asbestos Removal, Encapsulants, EPA Regulation, Lead-Based Paint — Legislative, Lead-Based Paint Removal — Abatement, Lead-Based Paint Removal — In-Place Management, Packaging, Related Associations

CUNNINGHAM, Ph.D., Glenn
Partner, Orr & Boss,
44450 Pinetree, Suite 103, Plymouth, MI 48170
Phone: 734-453-3033 Fax: 734-453-4320
Email:
Website: www.orrandboss.com
Qualifications: A Partner with Orr & Boss, Dr. Cunningham has worked there for the last five years on numerous coatings industry projects. Dr. Cunningham has worked on projects for many different coatings companies. Among other things, his consulting assignments include product development, market analyses, process improvement, plant redesign, branding and market entry. Prior to joining Orr & Boss, Dr. Cunningham spent 25 years in the coatings industry divided equally between PPG and Sherwin-Williams. His industrial career involved numerous managerial and executive positions, primarily in research and development. Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh.
Subject Areas: Adhesives and Sealants Council, Appliance Coatings/Electrocoating, Architectural Coatings, Automotive and Vehicle Finishes, Automotive Refinish Coatings, Business Strategies, Coatings, Economic Value, Industrial Coatings, Marketing, Mergers and Aquisitions, Manufacturing, Metal Decorating Finishes, Powder Coatings, Roof Coatings, Sealants, Special Purpose Coatings, Traffic Paints, Wood Furniture Coatings

DAILEY, Wayne L.
Color Chemist, Tnemec Company, Inc.
Phone: 816-326-4615 Fax: 816-474-9949
Email:
Website: www.tnemec.com
Qualifications: Twenty-three years paint experience. Three years in formulation and 20 years in color and color computers. White paper accepted and presented at the 1999 ICE on Pigment K&S Characterization. Also published in Modern Paint and Coatings, November 1999. AS, Barstow Junior College, Barstow, California.
Subject Areas: Color Matching, Pigment K&S Characterization

DETIVEAUX, Scott P.
Senior Consultant, Orr & Boss
44450 Pinetree Dr., 2nd Floor, Plymouth, MI 48170
Phone: 734-453-3033 Fax: 734-453-4320
Email:
Website: www.orrandboss.com
Qualifications: Scott Detiveaux is a Senior Consultant with Orr & Boss and has worked on a number of market analyses for clients in the paints and coatings industry. In addition to his marketing work, Mr. Detiveaux is one of the principle authors of the National Paint & Coatings Associations's U.S. Paint & Coatings Market Analysis (2000-2005) that is being prepared by Orr & Boss. Scott has spent his entire career in the specialty chemicals industry. For several years, he was a sales manager for a major chemical company. Prior to Orr & Boss, Scott served as the Customer Value Manager for the same chemical manufacturer. Master of Business Administration, University of Tennessee; Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry, Lousiana State University.
Subject Areas: Adhesives and Sealants Council, Appliance Coatings/Electrocoating, Architectural Coatings, Automotive and Vehicle Finishes, Automotive Refinish Coatings, Business Strategies, Coatings, Economic Value, Industrial Coatings, Manufacturing, Marketing, Mergers and Aquisitions, Metal Decorating Finishes, Powder Coatings, Roof Coatings, Sealants, Special Purpose Coatings, Traffic Paints, Wood Furniture Coatings

DICKEY, Stephen F.
President, Ameron Performance Coatings and Finishes Group
13010 Morris Rd., Suite 400, Alpharetta, GA 30004
Phone: 678-393-0653 Fax: 678-566-2697
Email:
Website: www.ameroncoatings.com
Qualifications: Twenty years in both technical and marketing capacities at Ameron. Working knowledge of high performance coatings uses and application.
Subject Areas: Coatings, Industrial Maintenance Paints, Marine Coatings, Special Purpose Coatings

EINHORN, Stephen
President, Einhorn Associates, Inc.
2675 N. Mayfair Rd., Suite 410, Milwaukee, WI  53226
Phone: 414-453-4488 Fax: 414-453-4831
Email:
Qualifications: Founder and president of Einhorn Associates, participating in over 150 merger and acquisition transactions, half of which were in the specialty chemical area. Worked in the chemical industry for 30 years, including the last 20 years in the acquisition field. Extensive media experience, including regular publication of articles for trade publications including Adhesives Age, American Paint & Coatings Journal, and Modern Paint & Coatings. Quoted regularly in trade media including Chemical Marketing Reporter, Chemical Week, and Coatings World. Wharton Graduate School; MS, Polymeric Materials, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute; BA, Chemistry, Cornell University.
Subject Areas: Economic Value, Industry Statistics

ELWOOD, John
Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Mercury Paint Company
14300 Schaefer Hwy., Detroit, MI 48227
Phone: 313-491-5650 ext. 120 Fax: 313-491-7977
Qualifications: Twenty-five years experience in all facets of paint industry management. National Association of Corrosion Engineers, Steel Structural Painting Council.
Subject Areas: Architectural Coatings, Lead-Based Paint Removal — Abatement

FAIRLEY, Patrick
Lab Director/President, Calcoast Analytical
4072 Watts St., PO Box 8702, Emeryville, CA 94608
Phone: 510-652-2979 Fax: 510-652-3085
Qualifications: Ten years as a product research development chemist. Teaching credential for coatings chemistry. Fifteen years of coatings analytical chemistry, forensic chemistry, and coatings failure analysis. Extensive media experience, including television news. Article of numerous trade publication articles for the California Air Resources Board, and the Journal of Paint Technology. Teaching Credential, State of California, Technical Coatings; MS, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY; BSc, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, Honors Chemistry.
Subject Areas: Architectural Coatings, Coatings, Coatings Formulations

FIELD, Charles
Staff Vice President, National Association of Home Builders
1201 15th St., NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005
Subject Areas: Related Associations

FUENTES, Cesar
ANAFAPYT
Gabriel Mancera 309, Apartado Postal 4-099, Mexico City, D.F. 03100, MEXICO
Subject Areas: Related Associations

GIESKE, Patrick S.
Laboratory Manager, Seymour of Sycamore
917 Crosby Ave., Sycamore, IL 60178
Phone: 815-895-9101 ext. 121 Fax: 815-895-8475
Email:
Website: www.seymourpaint.com
Qualifications: Pat Gieske has over 20 years of experience in the coatings industry. Mr. Gieske has a vast experience in aerosol coatings and chemicals through his tenure at Seymour of Sycamore; the development of various resins including alkyds, powder coatings, polyurethanes, and water-reducibles as the Laboratory Manager at Cargill. Mr. Gieske has given numerous presentations on aerosol issues including "Proposition 65," Maximum Incremental Reactivity (MIR), labeling, and formulation. Mr. Gieske was presented the 1999 NPCA Industry Achievement Award for co-authoring the NPCA's Industry Labeling Guide, Fifth Edition. Mr. Gieske is the chairman of the NPCA's Product Stewardship Committee and is a board member of the Aerosol Industry Development Association. B.S. Bradley University, Peoria, IL.
Subject Areas: Aerosol Paint Products, Architectural Coatings, Coatings Formulations, Industrial Maintenance Paints, Labeling

GEORGE, Sande
Executive Director, California Paint Council
925 L St., Suite 340, Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-443-5301 Fax: 916-443-3494
Email:
Subject Areas: State/Local Associations and Paint Councils

GLEICKE, Herbert
President, Altawood, Inc.
420 South 11th Ave., PO Box 1150, Upland, CA 91785-1150
Phone: 909-931-1531 Fax: 909-931-1536
Qualifications: More than 25 years of experience in the paint and coatings industry. BS, Industrial Management
Subject Areas:  Aerosol Paint Products, Automotive and Vehicle Finishes, Automotive Refinish Coatings, Coatings Formulations, EPA Regulation, Graffiti Prevention, Leftover Paint Disposal, Marine Coatings, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Recycling, Roof Coatings, Sealants

GOOD, Patricia M.
Chief, Laison and Policy, Office of Diversion Control, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Room E-6385, Washington, DC 20537
Phone: 202-307-7297 Fax: 202-307-8570
Qualifications: Twenty-nine years with the DEA, including investigative and policy functions, legislation related to chemicals used in drug production.
Subject Areas: United States Drug Enforcement Administration

GRAVES, Tom
General Counsel, National Paint & Coatings Association
1500 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-462-6272 Fax: 202-462-8549
Email:
Website: www.paint
Qualifications: Experience with legislation, regulation, litigation (lead and Proposition 65 litigation and reform efforts) and special projects such as CLEARCorps. Experienced television and radio interview subject, including CNBC news programs, and business radio interviews, extensive trade and consumer publication interview subject, including all paint and coatings trade press, as well as Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle and others, author of more than 30 articles in trade, consumer and legal publications. BA, Stanford University; JD, University of Virginia.
Subject Areas: Air Quality, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Congress, EPA Regulation, Industrial Coatings, Public Policy, Superfund Reform

HAASE, Christopher A.
Environment, Health and Safety Manager, Raabe Corporation
N92 W1470 Anthony Ave., Menomonee Falls, WI 53051-1630
Phone: 800-966-7580 Fax: 262-255-0684
Email:
Website: www.raabecorp.com
Qualifications: Environmental Consultant for eight years, five years in field experience. Certified: Hazardous Materials Manager, Environmental Assessor, Confined Space Sup., HAZWOP, Sup., Environmental Auditor. Environmental Specialist, Incident Responder, EHS-Trainer. Environmental Resource Management, Chadwich University, Birmingham, Hazardous Materials Manager, Lakeshore Tech. Cleveland, WI, MS, AL.
Subject Areas: Air Quality, Asbestos — Removal, Abatement, In-Place Management, Lead-Based Paint Removal — Abatement, Lead-Based Paint Removal — In-Place Management, Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program, Disposal, EPA Regulation, Fire Protection, Hazardous Waste Disposal/Management, Product Safety, Recycling, Storm Water Permits

HAFFNER, Robert
Vice President, Chief Analytical Chemist, Calcoast Analytical
4072 Watts St., PO Box 8702, Emeryville, CA 94608
Phone: 510-652-2979 Fax: 510-652-3085
Qualifications: Developed new test methods and modified existing ones to increase accuracy/applicability/precision of VOC measurements in various types of coatings. Extensive failure analysis and resin identification of sealants and caulking compounds using FTIR. Extensive failure analysis and identification of resins using FTIR. Extensive media experience, including television news interviews. Author of numerous trade publication articles. Engineering, California Coast University; BS, Chemistry, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
Subject Areas: Resins, Sealants, Volatile Organic Compounds/VOCs

HALL, John E.
Marketing Manager, Coatings, Millennium Inorganic Chemicals
200 International Circle, Hunt Valley, MD 21030
Phone: 410-229-4451 Fax: 410-229-4466
Email:
Website: www.mic-global.com
Qualifications: Twenty years experience in titanium dioxide pigment technology, sales and marketing. BS Chemistry, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Subject Areas: Pigments, Organometallic Complexes of Titanium

HAMBBROOK, Michael
Executive Director, Australian Paint Manufacturers Federation Inc.
The Denison 65 Berry St., Private Bag 938, NSW 2059, N. Sydney, AUSTRALIA
Subject Areas: Related Associations

HARKER, Timothy L.
The Harker Law Firm
9500 Accord Dr., Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: 301-983-0964 Fax: 301-983-6477
Qualifications: Over 31 years of experience in environmental law and litigation.
Subject Areas: Adhesives and Sealants Council, Aerosol Paint Products, Air Quality, Appliance Coatings/Electrocoating, Architectural Coatings, Automotive and Vehicle Finishes, Automotive Refinish Coatings, Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program, Coatings, Congress, Disposal, EPA Regulation, Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) , Hazardous Air Pollutants Emissions Standards and Controls, Hazardous Waste Disposal/Management House Paints, Industrial Coatings, Inks, Lead-Based Paint — Legislative, Lobbying, Marine Coatings, Pigments, Powder Coatings, Proposition 65, Public Policy, Solvents, Special Purpose Coatings, State/Local Associations and Paint Councils, Superfund Reform, Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), Transportation and Distribution, Volatile Organic Compounds/VOCs, Volatile Organic Compounds/VOCs Emission Standards and Controls, Water Quality, Wood Furniture Coatings

HARPER, William (Bill) C.
Technical Directory, Somay Products, Inc. (The Somay Paint Factory)
4301 N. West 35th Ave., Miami, Florida, 33142-4382
Phone: 305-633-6333 Fax: 305-638-5524
Email:
Website: www.somay.com
Qualifications: Forty-three years hands on experience in the paint and coatings industry, from bench chemist, to formulator, to quality control, to plant manager, to new paint and coatings manufacturing plant designer and construction manager, to customer technical service representative, to sales and paint manufacturer vice president, technical director. Attended Rutgers University, plus other non-degree courses in paint chemistry, etc.
Subject Areas: Aerospace Coatings, Architectural Coatings, Coatings, Coatings Formulations, Colorants, Graffiti Prevention, House Paints, Industrial Coatings, Industrial Maintenance Paints, Linseed and Other Vegetable Oils, Marine Coatings, Metal Decorating Finishes, Miscellaneous Metal Paints/Coatings, Roof Coatings, Solvents, Special Purpose Coatings, Traffic Paints, Volatile Organic Compounds/VOCs

HELMS, Jim
Vice President, Oak Printing Company
19540 Progress Dr., Cleveland, OH 44149
Phone: 440-238-3316 Fax: 440-238-9339
Email:
Website: www.paintlabels.com
Qualifications: Specialist in the design, production and fulfillment of labels for the paint and coatings industry; member of NPCA's Product Stewardship Committee. Experienced print media interview subject and author of articles on the label design, production, and inventory management.
Subject Areas: Labeling, Packaging

HILD, PE, Richard J.
Vice President, Engineering, Verlan Fire Insurance Company
8401 Colesville Rd., Suite 110, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301-495-7722 Fax: 301-495-9425
Qualifications: More than 16 years of experience providing property loss control services to paint and coatings manufacturers. Member NFPA 30, Flammable Liquids Code, NFPA 30B, Aerosol Products Code and NFPA 30 Organic Coatings Code. BS, Fire Protection Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland; PE in Maryland, Delaware.
Subject Areas: Fire Protection

HILLS, Robert
Executive Director, National Council to Prevent Delinquency
PO Box 2975, Annapolis, MD 21404
Phone: 410-897-9209 Fax: 410-897-9205
Email:
Website: www.antigraffiti
Qualifications: Twenty years of experience in issue and crisis communications and management; including 11 years designing and implementing regional and local programs to combat graffiti vandalism and other misuses of legitimate consumer products. Frequent contributor to trade publications; frequent expert witness before state and local legislatures concerning graffiti issues; regular participant in editorial board meetings on graffiti-related issues; experienced resource person and interview subject on graffiti and other product misuse issues for both electronic and print media. Occasional speaker/lecturer on communications issues. BA, Economics, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, Michigan.
Subject Areas: Graffiti Prevention, Inhalant Abuse

HOBSON, Joe
Director, Communications/Public Affairs, Roof Coatings Manufacturers Association
4041 Powder Mill Rd., #404, Calverton, MD 20705-3105
Phone: 301-348-2018 Fax: 301-348-2020
Email:
Qualifications: More than 25 years of communications and public affairs experience. Extensive public affairs and special events experience. BA, Journalism, University of South Carolina.
Subject Areas: Roof Coatings

HUGES, Ted
Executive Director, Pacific Northwest Paint Council
PO Box 844, Salem, OR 97308-0844
Phone: 503-378-1018 Fax: 503-371-9062
Email:
Subject Areas: State/Local Associations and Paint Councils

HULL, Ph.D., Colin
Group Executive, Ameron International Corporation
245 S. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101-2820
Phone: 626-683-4000 Fax: 626-683-4050
Email:
Website: www.ameron.com
Qualifications: Founder, President and CEO of Pacific Anchor Chemical Corporation, 1972 -1991. Joined Ameron in 1994. Ph.D. and BSc degrees, University of London.
Subject Areas: Coatings, Marine Coatings, Resins

IRISH, Allen
Counsel, National Paint & Coatings Association
1500 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-462-6272 Fax: 202-462-8549
Email:
Website: www.paint
Qualifications: Current experience focuses on management of association's environmental and occupational law issues, and providing compliance information and advice to member companies. Previously served as prosecuting attorney with the Environmental Prosecutions Task Force as Deputy Attorney General for the State of New Jersey. Also served as legislative liaison for New Jersey's Attorney General on environmental and criminal law issues. Experienced public speaker, and author of article on state environmental crimes for the Military Law Review. JD, Washington & Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia; BA, with Distinction, History and Economics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Subject Areas: Aerospace Coatings, Air Quality, Labeling, Marketing, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Product Safety, Wood Furniture Coatings

JOHNSON, Carlton
Business Director, Engelhard Corporation
101 Wood Ave., Iselin, NJ 08830
Phone: 908-205-5145, 908-205-5000 Fax: 908-321-0250
Subject Areas: Pigments

KANE, J.
R&D Manager, Ameron, Inc.
201 N. Berry St., Brea, CA 92621
Phone: 714-529-1951 Fax: 714-990-0437
Qualifications: MS degree.
Subject Areas: Industrial Coatings, Technology Trends

KARCZEWSKI, Kristen
Tire Industry Safety Council
1400 K St., NW, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-682-4846 Fax: 202-783-3512
Subject Areas: Related Associations

KLINE, Harlan H.
Tech Service Manager, Ameron PCG, Ameron, Inc.
201 N. Berry St., Brea, CA 92621
Phone: 714-529-1951 Fax: 714-990-0437
Qualifications: Over 35 years in the coatings industry, including experience in product labeling, coatings for nuclear facilities, corrosion protection of concrete and steel, regulatory compliance, asbestos fiber product development/testing, and other subjects. BS, Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University.
Subject Areas: History, Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs)

LENTOCHA, PE,  Mark A.
Director of Engineering, Verlan Fire Insurance Company
8401 Colesville Road, Suite 110, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301-495-7722 Fax: 301-495-9425
Email:
Website: www.verlan.com
Qualifications: More than 16 years of experience providing property loss control services to paint and coatings manufacturers. Member of NFPA 35, Manufacturing of Organic Coatings. BS Fire Protection Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park; MD, registered PE in Maryland and Delaware.
Subject Areas: Fire Protection

LEWIS, Stanton
Sales, Kraft Chemical Company
1975 N. Hawthorne Ave., Melrose Park, IL 61060
Phone: 708-345-5200 Fax: 708-345-4005
Qualifications: Fillers. Interview subject for Chemical Week, experienced consumer print media interview subject. Graduate education, University of Chicago Business, Paint & Rubber; BS, Perdue University.
Subject Areas: MICA, Fillers

LLOYD, David W.
Vice President, Government Affairs, National Paint & Coatings Association
1500 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-462-6272 Fax: 202-462-8549
Email:
Website: www.paint
Qualifications: 25 years with New Jersey Business and Industry Association, including 13 years as Executive Director of Employer Legislative Committees, ten years with National Paint & Coatings Association. Extensive television, radio and newspaper interview experience, including consumer and environmental stories and programs, extensive trade publication interview experience. LLB, New York University School of Law; BA, Cornell University.
Subject Areas: Grass Roots Organizations, Legislative Regulatory Issues Management, Lobbying  

LORENZEN, Wendy I.
Technical Service Manager, Colorants for Coatings, BASF Corporation
1609 Biddle Ave., Wyandotte, MI 48192
Phone: 734-324-5216 FAX: 734-324-6747
Email:
Qualifications: Currently manage colorants for coatings lab which includes sales and marketing of various pigments and applications. Also serve as a board member for the Detroit Colour Council. Masters of Science and Chemical Engineering.
Subject Areas: Coatings, Colorants, Miscellaneous Metal Paints and Coatings, Pigments, Special Purpose Coatings

MacDONALD, Lisa
Hazardous Materials Advisory Council
1101 Vermont Ave., NW, Suite 301, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-289-4550 Fax: 202-289-4074
Subject Areas: Related Associations

MALBIN, Irene
Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association
1101 17th St., NW, #300, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-331-1770 Fax: 202-331-1969
Subject Areas: Related Associations

MARQUEZ, MS, MBA, Linda E.
National Marketing Manager, Ameron, Inc.
201 N. Berry St., Brea, CA 92621
Phone: 714-529-1951, X 307 Fax: 714-990-0437
Qualifications: Twenty years of experience in sales/marketing for coatings industry. Experienced interview subject for radio and print, including public radio, McGraw Hill, Penton Publishing, California newspapers, and published in International Mining Review. EMBA, Claremont; MS, Chemistry, University of California/Riverside; BS, Chemistry.
Subject Areas: Industry Statistics

McAULIFFE, Esq., Heidi K.
Counsel, Government Affairs, National Paint & Coatings Association
1500 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-462-6272 Fax: 202-462-8549
Email:
Website: www.paint
Qualifications: Eight years of experience in government relations and regulatory work at NPCA. Experienced interview subject for trade and consumer media, including The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Decorating Retailer, and American Paint & Coatings Journal. College of Law, University of Cincinnati, Ohio. Undergraduate degree, Government (Business minor), St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana.
Subject Areas: Aerosol Paint Products, Air Quality, Chlorofluorocarbons — CFCs, Graffiti Prevention,  Lead-Based Paint — Legislative, Transportation and Distribution, Volatile Organic Compounds/VOCs, Volatile Organic Compounds/VOCs Emission Standards and Controls

McGOUGH, John
Executive Director, Ohio Paint Council
280 South 3rd St., Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614-221-5571 Fax: 614-221-2865
Subject Areas: State/Local Associations and Paint Councils

MIRANDA, Thomas J.
Senior Consultant, Consolidated Research
16731 Brick Rd., Granger, IN 46530
Phone: 219-272-3909 Fax: 219-272-3909
Qualifications: Thirty-five years of experience as a research director in the coatings field, working as staff scientist for Whirlpool on polymers and coatings. Experience related to electrocoating, materials science and thermal analysis. Currently an adjunct professor at Indiana University. Author of more than 50 trade and scientific articles, experienced public speaker. Also co-editor of FSCT monographs on coatings technologies. Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, University of Notre Dame; MBA, Indiana University; MA, Physical Science, San Jose State; AB, Physical Science, San Jose State.
Subject Areas: Appliance Coatings/Electrocoating

MONIQUE, Mark
Technical Director, Savogran Company
PO Box 130, Norwood, MA 02062-0130
Phone: 781-762-5400 Fax: 781-762-1095
Email:
Website: www.savogran.com
Qualifications: Experience in solvents, with a particular emphasis on paint removers, formulating, use application and safety htmlects. Experienced interview subject with trade publications covering the paint retailer market. BS, Chemistry.
Subject Areas: Graffiti Prevention, Solvents

MOWRER, Norman
Technical Manager, Ameron International
201 N. Berry St., Brea, CA 90631
Phone: 714-529-1951 Fax: 714-990-0437
Qualifications: Seventeen years experience in industrial maintenance and marine coatings. Background in solvent-based, waterborne and solventless coatings including epoxy, polyurethane, inorganic zinc silicate, silicone, alkyd, acrylic, A/F and vinyl/vinyl acrylic types. Corrosion resistant/weatherable coatings, concrete protection, nonskids, tanklinings and other specialties.
Subject Areas: Coatings Formulations, Coatings

MURRY, Richard
President, Canadian Paint & Coatings Association
9900 Cavendish Blvd., Suite 103, St. Laurent, PQ, H4M 2V2 CANADA
Subject Areas: Related Associations

NAKAO, Yoshiyuki (Yo)
Principal, Orr & Boss
44450 Pinetree, 2nd Floor, Plymouth, MI 48170
Phone: 734-453-3033 Fax: 734-453-4320
Email:
Website: www.orrandboss.com
Qualifications: Mr. Nakao joined Orr & Boss as a consultant six years ago. Prior to that, he worked as an engineer in such industries as automotive, aerospace, and metal tube manufacturing. Most of his work with Orr & Boss has been in the chemicals, paint and coatings industries for such companies as ITW, Valspar, BASF, Dal-Tile International, BFGoodrich, and Monarch Paint. Mr. Nakao's key projects have included waste survey and reduction, inventory control, paint design, ISO certification, quality control, process improvement, product line rationalization and production cost measurement. BS and MS in aeronautical engineering, Nagoya University in Japan.
Subject Areas: Adhesives and Sealants Council, Appliance Coatings/Electrocoatings, Architectural Coatings, Automotive and Vehicle Finishes, Automotive Refinish Coatings, Business Strategies, Coatings, Economic Value, Industrial Coatings, Manufacturing, Marketing, Mergers and Aquisitions, Metal Decorating Finishes, Powder Coatings, Quality Expert — QS 9000, Roof Coatings, Sealants, Special Purpose Coatings, Traffic Paints, Wood Furniture Coatings

NELSON, Bob
Director, Environmental Affairs, National Paint & Coatings Association
1500 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-462-6272 Fax: 202-462-8549
Email:
Website: www.paint
Qualifications: Fourteen years coatings formulation experience, lab group leader, quality assurance manager and technical director. Experienced trade and consumer publication interview subject. Northwestern University.
Subject Areas: Air Quality, Architectural Coatings, Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program, Coatings Formulations, Disposal, Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs), Hazardous Air Pollutants Emissions Standards and Controls, Hazardous Waste Disposal/Management, House Paints, Industrial Coatings, Industrial Maintenance Paints, Industry Financials/Prices, Industry Statistics, Plastic Parts Coatings, Special Purpose Coatings, Technology Trends, Volatile Organic Compounds/VOCs, Volatile Organic Compounds/VOCs Emission Standards and Controls, Water Quality, Wood Furniture Coatings

NEUMAN, Connie
Chemical Specialties Manufacturers Association
1913 I St., NW, Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-872-8110 Fax: 202-872-8114
Subject Areas: Related Associations

NEWTON, Kit
Media Relations, Bayer Corporation
100 Bayer Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15205-9741
Phone: 412-777-2500 Fax: 412-777-3899
Email:
Website: www.bayerus.com/coatingsandcolorants
Qualifications: Media relations contact will direct media inquiries to proper expert in paint and coatings technology based on topic. Experts at Bayer range in level of education.
Subject Areas: Adhesives and Sealants Council, Aerospace Coatings, Appliance Coatings/Electrocoating, Architectural Coatings, Automotive and Vehicle Finishes, Automotive Refinish Coatings, Coatings, Coatings Formulations, Raw Materials, Resins, Color Retention, Colorants, Graffiti Prevention, Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs), Hazardous Air Pollutants Emissions Standards and Controls, House Paints, Industrial Coatings, Industrial Maintenance Paints, Lead-Based Paint — Technical Information, Marine Coatings, Miscellaneous Metal Paints and Coatings, Pigments, Plastic Parts Coatings, Powder Coatings, Product Safety, Responsible Care™, Sealants, Special Purpose Coatings, Traffic Paints, Volatile Organic Compounds/VOCs, Volatile Organic Compounds/VOCs Emission Standards and Controls, Wood Furniture Coatings

NOON, Thomas J.
Principal, Industry Insights, Inc.
1585 Bethel Road, Columbus, OH 43220
Phone: 614-442-6626 Fax: 614-442-3302
Qualifications: More than 20 years of experience in financial performance analysis of, and improvement strategies for entire industries, as well as individual firms, including nearly ten years of tracking paint manufacturing industry performance through the preparation of various industry-wide statistical studies. Extensive media experience, including print interviews with national as well as trade publications, quoted in the Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, and numerous trade and professional magazines. Author of various books and publications, including an annual Retail Yearbook, Improving Vendor/Customer Relationships, Effective Space Productivity Planning and Improving Personnel Productivity, among others. MBA; BS, Finance, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Subject Areas: Industry Statistics

ORAVITZ, Cynthia J.
Manager, International Electrocoat Conference
Executive Director, The Electrocoat Association
6915 Valley Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45244
Phone: 513-527-8977, Direct Line: 513-527-8816, Fax: 513-527-8950
Email:
Website:www.electrocoat
Qualifications: Thirteen years of experience representing electrocoat technology as an environmental and economical coating method for industrial finishers. Responsible for producing the only technical conference dedicated to e-coat technology, technical manuals and books and dispersing information on all facets of the e-coat industry on a global basis. BA, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA.
Subject Areas: Appliance Coatings/Electrocoating, Automotive and Vehicle Finishes, Coatings, Electrocoating/Electrodeposition, E-Coat, Marine Coatings, Metal Decorating Finishes, Miscellaneous Metal Paints and Coatings

OVERBEY, Neal G.
President, Deeks & Company
6615 Corporate Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45242
Phone: 513-489-1300 Fax: 513-489-1301
Email:
Website: www.deeksandco.com
Qualifications: Seventeen years at Deeks & Company; started in sales; became sales manager and then vice president; progressed to president and CEO in 1996. Prior to that in chemical sales for U.S. Industrial Chemicals. BS Chemistry and Biology, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 1974; MEN -- Master of Environmental Sciences, Miami University, Oxford, OH.
Subject Areas: Colorants, Community Education/Service, Fillers, Grass Roots Organizations, Legislative and Regulatory Issues Management, Lobbying, MICA, Pigments, Sales Statistics, Sealants, State/Local Associations and Paint Councils

OWENS, Jack
Electrostatics Consultant, Condux
907 Old Public Rd., Hockessin, DE 19707
Phone: 302-239-7039 Fax: 302-239-7039
Qualifications: More than 36 year of experience as a senior consultant to the Dupont Company as an expert in the area of fire and explosion hazards. Published author, experienced interview subject. BEE, Cornell University.
Subject Areas: Fire Protection

PADOW, Mark
8832 Norwood, Leawood KS 66206
Phone: 913-385-0661
Email:
Qualifications: Vast knowledge of the history of the paint and coatings industry, with more than 30 years of experience, including various positions at NPCA from 1964 to 1995. Experienced interview subject for trade and consumer publications. NPCA Industry Statesman Award 1995, Advanced Institute for Organizational Management 7-year program; BA, Business and Public Administration/Public Relations, University of Maryland.
Subject Areas: History

PARKER, Sr., Garth
President, Somay Products, Inc. (The Somay Paint Factory)
4301 N. West 35th Ave., Miami, FL 33142-4382
Phone: 305-633-6333 FAX: 305-638-5524
Email:
Website: www.somay.com
Qualifications: Involved in the chemical industry for 38 years, of which 27 have been as president of a paint and coatings manufacturer and distributor of both architectural paints and high performance industrial  maintenance paints and coatings, and unique epoxy marine coatings. BA, Haverford College, MBA, Cornell University.
Subject Areas: Architectural Coatings, Coatings, House Paints, Industrial Coatings, Industrial Maintenance Paints, Marine Coatings, Roof Coatings, Special Purpose Coatings, Traffic Paints

POEMER, Robert John
Director of Marketing, Colorants, CREANOVA, Inc.
220 Davidson Ave., Somerset, NJ 08873
Phone: 732-565-672 Fax: 732-560-6386
Email:
Website: www.creanovainc.com
Qualifications: Approximately 15 years of experience in marketing, purchasing and manufacture of colorants. Bachelor of Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Masters of Business Administration, Rutgers University.
Subject Areas: Colorants

PONT, Ph.D., BSc.Hons, BSc.Dist., J. Duncan
Research Associate, Eastman Company
99 East Cottage Pl., Carpentersville, IL 60110
Phone: 847-836-3613 Fax: 847-551-9761
Email:
Qualifications: Current experience includes 15 years in powder coatings research and development for the functional, architectural and general industrial markets, following 17 years in liquid coatings for automotive, heavy duty marine and structural steel markets. Also experienced in implementation of ISO 9001, OSHA compliance and product marketing. Seminar leader, author/presenter of technical papers on forumlation, manufactur and performance of powder coatings. Member of Technical Committees of Powder Coating Institute and American Society for Testing and Materials. Ph.D., Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, BSc.Honors, Chemistry and Physics, BSc. with Distinction, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics, University of Liverpool,England.
Subject Areas: Architectural Coatings, Coatings, Coatings Formulations, Industrial Coatings, Manufacturing, Metal Decorating Finishes, Miscellaneous Metal Paints and Coatings, Powder Coatings

PRAT, Raimundo
Industry Specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
14th St. and Constitution Ave., NW, #4059, Washington, DC 20230
Phone: 202-482-0128 Fax: 202-482-2565
Qualifications: Broad experience as a consultant for the paint industry in the area of export promotion. Author of the U.S. Industrial Outlook article on paints and coatings. MBA, George Washington University, BS, Ch.E, University of South Florida.
Subject Areas: North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

REID, Kevin C.
Partner, Orr & Boss
44450 Pinetree, 2nd Floor, Plymouth, MI 48170
Phone: 734-453-3033 Fax: 734-453-4320
Email:
Website: www.orrandboss.com
Qualifications: Kevin Reid, having joined Orr & Boss in 1985, has over 18 years of manufacturing experience in the U.S. and Canada as an engineer, manager, and consultant. Mr. Reid is well recognized throughout the coatings and chemicals industries as an expert in decreasing the cost of operations through cycle time reduction, waste minimization, and making dramatic improvements in inventory systems. He has also managed several large assignments which resulted in greatly improved sales forecasting, MRP implementation, and production scheduling. A recent project management accomplishment resulted in the design of a world class manufacturing strategy and facility for a leading coatings company. He has worked extensively for such clients as Akzo Nobel, PPG Industries, Monarch Paint, Behr Process, Morton International, Valspar, Red Spot Paint, Ameron, Courtaulds, DuPont, Ford Motor and General Motors. Prior to his employment with Orr & Boss, Mr. Reid served as the Vice President of Manufacturing for Frazee Paint Company. He holds engineering degrees from Hailebury School of Mines, Ontario, Canada.
Subject Areas: Adhesives and Sealants Council, Appliance Coatings/Electrocoating, Architectural Coatings, Automotive and Vehicle Finishes, Automotive Refinish Coatings, Business Strategies, Coatings, Economic Value, Industrial Coatings, Marketing, Manufacturing, Mergers and Aquisitions, Metal Decorating Finishes, Powder Coatings, Roof Coatings, Sealants, Special Purpose Coatings, Traffic Paints, Wood Furniture Coating

RESOURCE CONSERVATION & RECOVERY ACT (RCRA) HOTLINE
Phone: 800-424-9346
Subject Areas: Hazardous Waste Disposal/Management

REUTZ, Billy G.
Technical Oils Department Manager, Cargill, Inc.
PO Box 5694 / MS 2, Minneapolis, MN 55440-5694
Phone: 612-742-6285 Fax: 612-742-6722
Qualifications: Thirty years of experience in sales, production and technical issues. Regularly interviewed by trade and consumer publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Chemical Marketing Reporter, and numerous paint and coatings trade publications. Undergraduate degree in Chemistry.
Subject Areas: Linseed and Other Vegetable Oils

ROONEY, Ph.D., Charles
Managing Partner, Orr & Boss
44450 Pinetree Dr., 2nd Floor, Plymouth, MI 48170-3869
Phone: 734-453-3033 Fax: 734-453-4320
Email:
Website: www.orrandboss.com
Qualifications: Charles S. Rooney, Ph.D. has been the Managing Partner of Orr & Boss since 1982. Dr. Rooney has consulted to the coatings industry in North America and Europe for 21 years. North American clients include Sherwin-Williams, PPG, DuPont, ICI, Valspar, RPM, BASF, Akzo, Benjamin Moore, Rohm and Haas, a large number of smaller coatings companies and raw material suppliers. Projects include market studies, corporate and manufacturing strategy and a wide range of operational and technical improvements. He has extensive contacts within the coatings industry and unparalleled access to accurate data on companies and markets. Dr. Rooney is published widely and he's spoken on a broad range of topics within the coatings industry including marketing strategies, corporate planning, leading-edge manufacturing strategies, and continuous improvement. BA, MA, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Cambridge, University, Cambridge, UK.
Subject Areas: Adhesives and Sealants Council, Appliance Coatings/Electrocoating, Architectural Coatings, Automotive and Vehicle Finishes, Automotive Refinish Coatings, Coatings, Business Strategies, Economic Value, Industrial Coatings, Marketing, Manufacturing, Mergers and Aquisitions, Metal Decorating Finishes, Powder Coatings, Roof Coatings, Sealants, Special Purpose Coatings, Traffic Paints, Wood Furniture Coatings

ROSENTHAL, Bill
Director of Environmental Training Services, Ellis Paint Company
3150 E. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA  90023
Phone: Within California 1-800-499-7145, ext. 340; Outside California 1-800-325-3148, ext. 340 Fax: 1-323-264-4278
Email:
Qualifications: Bill is a Certified Instructor in Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety and Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Training.  He has more than 22 years of experience in hazardous material/waste packaging, transportation and disposal operations.  He specializes in DOT Hazardous Waste Manifesting and related documentation. Bill currently provides training to the California Highway Patrol, the U.S. Customs Service, several Fortune 500 and 1000 Companies and numerous hazardous material/waste transporters nationally.
Subject Areas: EPA Regulation, Hazardous Waste Disposal/Management, Household Hazardous Wastes, Transportation/Distribution

RYAN, Richard W.
Staff Chemist, Exxon Mobil Chemical Company, Basic Chemical Intermediates Group
5200 Bayway Dr., Baytown, TX 77520
Phone: 281-834-2032 Fax: 281-834-2747
Email:
Qualifications: Twenty-two years formulating coatings for auto refinish,, auto OEM plastic, general industrial, truck and bus. Ten years working in solvents in coatings, all types, all applications. BS in Chemistry, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, IL.
Subject Areas: Automotive Refinish Coatings, Coatings, Coatings Formulations, Solvents

SANSONI, Brian T.
Vice President Communication and Education
The Soap & Detergent Association
1500 K. St., NW, Suite. 300, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-347-2900 Fax: 202-347-4110 Email:
Website: www.cleaning101.com
Subject Areas: Cleaning Tips, Public Policy, Related Associations, Soap and Detergent Industry

SEITZ, Kimberly
Hazardous Materials Advisory Council
1101 Vermont Ave., NW, Suite 301, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-289-4550 Fax: 202-289-4074
Subject Areas: Related Associations

SELL, Jim
Senior Counsel, National Paint & Coatings Association
1500 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-462-6272 Fax: 202-462-8549
Email:
Website: www.paint
Qualifications: Author of trade publication articles. JD, University of Virginia, BA, Economics, Georgetown University.
Subject Areas: Air Quality, Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs), Hazardous Air Pollutants Emissions Standards & Controls, Volatile Organic Compounds/VOCs, Volatile Organic Compounds/VOCs Emission Standards and Controls

SEUSS, Jr., P.E., George A.
Director of Engineering, Verlan Fire Insurance Company
8401 Colesville Road, Suite 110, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301-495-7722 Fax: 301-495-9425
Email:
Website: www.verlan.com
Qualifications: More than 13 years of experience providing property loss control services to paint, coatings, and aerosol manufacturers. Member of NFPA 30, Flammable Liquids Code, NFPA 30B Aerosol Products Code and alternate for NFPA 35, Organic Coatings Code. BS  in Fire Protection Engineering at University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Licensed Professional Engineer in Delaware; member of NFPA and SFPE.
Subject Areas: Fire Protection

SHANLEY, Vincent
Executive Director, Massachusetts Paint Council
Two Park Plaza, Suite 205, Boston, MA 02116
Phone: 617-423-6600 Fax: 617-423-6477
Subject Areas: State/Local Associations and Paint Councils

SHEA, Tom
Market Development Manager/Colorants, BASF Corporation
6020 Laurel Oak Dr., Suwanee, GA 30024
Phone: 770-888-1875 Fax: 770-888-1876
Qualifications: More than 25 years experience dealing primarily with colorants and film-forming polymers, with responsibilities including technical services, field sales, sales management and market development. Experienced trade publication interview subject. BS, Chemistry.
Subject Areas: Pigments, Dyes

SIDES, MS, CIH, Stephen R.
Division Director, Health Safety and Environmental Affairs, National Paint & Coatings Association
1500 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-462-6272 Fax: 202-462-8549
Email:
Website: www.paint
Qualifications: Prior experience includes eight years in project design and management in an engineering firm, 2 years as an occupational safety and health specialist in the insurance industry. Extensive television and radio interview experience, including local television news and consumer interview programs, national radio tour on preventing childhood lead exposure, National Public Radio, interviews with Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Chemical Week, various paint and coatings industry media, and author of articles for various industry and peer review publications. MS, Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; BS, Chemistry, College of William & Mary, Virginia.
Subject Areas: Environmental Estrogen, Indoor Air Quality, Labeling, Latex Allergies, Lead-Based Paint — Legislative, Lead-Based Paint Removal — Abatement, Lead-Based Paint Removal — CLEARCorps, Lead-Based Paint Removal — In-Place Management, Lead-Based Paint — Technical Information, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Product Safety, Proposition 65, Solvents, Spontaneous Combustion

SNYDER, Richard
Director of Policy and Programs, Roof Coatings Manufacturers Association
111 W. Main St., Salisbury, MD 21801
Phone: 410-749-9659 Fax: 410-546-8416
Qualifications: More than 25 years of experience working in construction industry related associations, including lumber, building materials, roofing, and roof coatings. Regular speaker on industry-related subjects, author of articles and interview subject for trade publications. BS, Industrial Management, University of Denver.
Subject Areas: Roof Coatings

STANLEY, Christine
Vice President, Technology, Ameron, Inc.
201 N. Berry St., Brea, CA 92621
Phone: 714-529-1951 Fax: 714-990-0437
Email:
Qualifications: Fifteen years of experience in industrial and marine coatings. Industry representative for regulatory negotiations on architectural and industrial maintenance coatings. BS, Chemistry, with Honors, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, United Kingdom.
Subject Areas: Air Quality, Coatings, Volatile Organic Compounds/VOCs

STREGE, Ph.D., Paul E.
Director, Quality & Regulatory Assurance, SC Johnson Polymer
1525 Howe St., Racine, WI 53403-5011
Phone: 414-631-3187 Fax: 414-631-4529
Qualifications: Eleven years at SC Johnson Polymer, eight years at Dow Chemical Company, six years of full-time industry participation on environmental, regulatory and quality issues. Experienced interview subject for trade publications including Chemical Week, Coatings, Graphic Arts, American Ink Maker, and published in American Ink Maker. Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, University of Wisconsin; BS, Chemistry/Mathematics, Wisconsin State University/River Falls.
Subject Areas: Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs), Metrics for Raw Materials, Responsible Care™, Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

SWARTZ, Allen
Engineering/Client Services, Verlan Fire Insurance Company
8401 Colesville Rd., Suite 110, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301-495-7722 Fax: 301-495-9425
Qualifications: Twenty years of experience providing fire protection and loss control to the paint and coatings industry. BS, Fire Protection Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park.
Subject Areas: Fire Protection

SWARTZ, Andrew Joseph
Coatings, Technical Service Manager, Millennium Inorganic Chemicals
6752 Baymeadow Dr., Glen Burnie, MD 21060
Phone: 410-762-1214 FAX: 410-762-1036
Email:
Website: www.mic-global.com
Qualifications: Ten years at Rohm & Haas in solvent and waterbase coatings. Five years at two small paint companies focusing on a variety of industrial, automotive and metal decorating coatings. One and one half years at Millennium Inorganic Chemicals — Ti02 producer. Taught five years in a row at Short Course, hosted by USM called, "Reformulating to Water." BS Biology, Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, NJ.
Subject Areas: Architectural Coatings, Automotive Refinish Coatings, Coalescent Selection, Coatings, Coatings Formulations, House Paints, Industrial Coatings, Industrial Maintenance Paints, Metal Decorating Finishes, Miscellaneous Metal Paints and Coatings, Pigments, Plastic Parts Coatings, Solvents, Wood Furniture Coatings

TOMPKINS, P. Kelly
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, RPM, Inc.
2628 Pearl Rd., Medina, OH 44256
Phone: 330-273-8883 Fax: 330-225-6574
Email:
Website: www.rpminc.com
Qualifications: In addition to legal experience with three major companies, RPM, Exxon, Reliance Electric/Rockwell, Mr. Tompkins has been an investor/public relations director and dealt extensively with the media. BS Mercyhurst College/American University; JD Cleveland-Marshall Law School, member Ohio/Texas Bars.
Subject Areas: Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Lead-Based Paint — Legislative, Legislative and Regulatory Issues Management, Product Safety

TOSLOSKY, Jack
Executive Director, Illinois Paint Council
9801 W. Higgins Rd., Suite 480, Rosemont, IL 60018
Phone: 847-823-4020 Fax: 847-823-4033
Subject Areas: State/Local Associations and Paint Councils

VERBORGT, Dr. J.
President, Sigma Coatings USA B.V.
1401 Destrehan Ave., PO Box 816, Harvey, LA 70059
Phone: 504-371-0001 Fax: 504-341-9120
Email:
Website: www.sigmacoatings.com
Qualifications: Antifoulings, tank linings, solvent-free coatings, epoxies in general, marine coatings, world-wide sales in marine and protective coatings, frequent speaker and lecturer. Ph.D. Chemistry, Louvain, Belgium; Post Doctoral, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Subject Areas: Industrial Coatings, Industrial  Maintenance Paints, Marine Coatings

WATERS, Timothy J.
Partner, Litigation Department, McDermott, Will & Emory
1850 K St., NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-778-8074 Fax: 202-778-8335
Qualifications: Thirty years of experience in the legal profession, with expertise in antitrust and trade regulation. Currently serves as Co-Chairman of the Trade and Professional Association Committee, Antitrust Section, of the American Bar Association. Experience also included work with the Federal Trade Commission. Member, bars of the Commonwealth of Virginia, District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Third and Fourth Circuits, and the Supreme Court of the United States. Member of the District of Columbia Bar Association and the Virginia State Bar. Contributing author of the text Economic and Antitrust Policy, published in 1989. Author of numerous articles for trade and legal publications. Graduated with honors, George Washington University Law School; Undergraduate degree, University of San Francisco.
Subject Areas: Antitrust and Trade Regulation

WHITESCARVER, John
Director, National Stormwater Center
7000 SE Federal Hwy., Suite 205, Stuart, FL 34997
Phone: 516-288-6852 Fax: 561-288-9914
Qualifications: More than nine years with the EPA, and more than 14 years as a consultant to industry on the subject of stormwater permitting. Experienced media interview subject, speaker, seminar/workshop leader, and publisher of a monthly newsletter. MS, Civil Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; BS, Civil Engineering, Virginia Military Institute.
Subject Areas: Storm Water Permits

ZACHARIAS, Kenneth L.
Director, Member Services, National Paint & Coatings Association
1500 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-462-6272 Fax: 202-462-8549
Email:
Website: www.paint
Qualifications: Ten years experience serving as a liaison between NPCA and nearly 30 local associations. Experienced trade and consumer publication interview subject. BS, Chemistry, Park College.
Subject Areas: Marine Coatings, Metrics for Raw Materials, State/Local Associations and Paint Councils

ZANE, William A.
Vice President Coatings and Inks, Plastic-Polymer Chemicals Div., Cognis Corp.
300 Brookside Ave., Ambler, PA 19002
Phone: 215-628-1135 Fax: 215-628-1111
Email:
Website: www.cognis-us.com
Qualifications: Management, marketing, sales, organization expertise in raw materials being supplied to the coatings and inks industry. Cognis is a global manufacturer of these products. BS CH.E Penn State University, numerous business courses, management courses (Mahler).
Subject Areas: Energy Cure Coatings, House Paints, Industrial Coatings, Industrial Maintenance Paints, Inks

ZIMMER, Deborah
PQI Director of Communitcations, Rohm and Haas Company
100 Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Phone: 215-592-3265 Fax: 215-592-6909
Email:
Website: www.paintquality.com
Subject Areas: House Paints

ZINNERT, Wolfgang
President, BYK-Chemie USA
PO Box 5670, Wallingford, CT 06492
Phone: 203-265-2086 Fax: 203-284-9158
Qualifications: Forty years of experience with the application of paint additives in all end-use markets in Europe, the U.S. and Canada. Frequent presenter of technical presentations with paint societies and customers. Business and Druggist Degree, Germany, 1953.
Subject Areas: State/Local Associations and Paint Councils

ZWICKER, Bruce A.
Vice President, Global Coatings Business, Millennium Inorganic Chemicals
200 International Cir., Hunt Valley, MD 21030
Phone: 410-229-4470 FAX: 410-229-4466
Email:
Website: www.mic-global.com
Qualifications: Eighteen years in sales and marketing. Eleven years in titanium dioxide. Author and presenter of various papers and articles. MBA, Marketing, University of New Haven, CT; BA, Fairfield University, CT.
Subject Areas: Pigments