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 NDIA Environmental & Energy Symposium Speaker Bios
Speaker PPT Presentations
Steve Butterworth is the energy/water program coordinator for the Pacific West Region of the National Park Service. He also serves on the regional sustainable practices committee. Steve's responsibilities touch 60 national parks, seven states, over 3500 employees, nearly 5 million square feet of managed space, and he serves on the Federal Network for Sustainability. During his 33 year career, he has served in a wide variety of field and regional positions, taught law at the University of Washington, and was part of a management team for Hilton Hotels. Mike Chapman is the Senior Architect in the Chief Engineer's Office of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Headquarters at the Washington Navy Yard. He is responsible for developing policy for the design of the Navy's shore facilities, and is the Program Manager for Sustainable Development of those facilities. Mr. Chapman graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1976, and is a registered architect in California. His wide ranging experience includes the design of homes, retail malls, commercial office buildings and federal facilities. Prior to coming to NAVFAC headquarters, he was a project architect-in-charge at the Engineering Field Activity Chesapeake, the facility architect for the National Maritime Intelligence Center, and in private practice in Washington, DC and California. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and a LEEDTM Accredited Professeional. He serves on the AIA National and Washington Chapter's Committees on the Environment. He is the Navy's liaison to the U.S. Green Building Council, serves on committees of the Federal Facilities Council, and interacts with other government and industry related professional committees. Beverly Dyer joined FEMP in October 2000, following her position as the EPA ENERGY STAR Buildings program manager for federal agencies. Her current duties include coordinating an interagency working group on sustainable design, developing a business case for sustainable design and construction, coordinating FEMP state grants, performing analysis of Federal sector needs and opportunities, and facilitating Energy Star bench marking and labeling of Federal buildings. In her eighteen years of Federal service, Beverly has also served at EPA as an interagency project officer for developing EPA/DOE/NRC guidance for modeling the transport of radioactive substances, and at the National Science Foundation as a science resource analyst tracking R&D. Ms. Dyer holds a Master of Arts degree in Science, Technology and Public Policy. Walker Lee Evey is Program Manager, Pentagon Renovation Program Office, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. In this position he reports directly to the Deputy Secretary of Defense. He is responsible for development and control of budgets, work schedules, acquisition strategy and plans and programs for use of swing space and for coordination and control of all office movements within the Pentagon involved with Pentagon Renovation activities. He serves as the principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense for all matters relating to the Pentagon Renovation Program. Mr. Evey was born in St. Petersburg, FL. After graduating from Boca Ciega High School in 1964, he attended St. Petersburg Junior College until 1966. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and in 1967 was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the infantry. During 1968 and 1969, he served as an Infantry Platoon Leader and Company Commander with the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry, First Infantry Division, Quan Loi, South Vietnam, where he participated in numerous combat operations. Mr. Evey entered federal service in January 1974 as a member of the Air Force Copper Cap Training Program at Patrick Air Force Base, FL. He is a member of the Senior Executive Association, the Air Force Association and the National Contract Management Association. Works in the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Federal Facilities Enforcement Office. Will is on the Planning Prevention and Compliance Staff and is the EPA staff lead for interagency compliance assistance related to Administration and agency environmental initiatives including environmental Executive Orders, Directives and Memoranda. Will had the lead for drafting language in Executive Order 13148, "Greening the Government Through Leadership in Environmental Management," and is the chair of the Interagency Environmental Leadership Workgroup responsible for implementation of EO 13148. Don Horn has 11 years experience with the Public Buildings Service of GSA in Washington, DC, first with the historic preservation program and since 1999, with the highly successful sustainable design program in the Environmental Strategies and Safety Division of the Office of Business Operations. Don is part of the Build Green team that won GSA’s Achievement Award for Real Property Innovation for Best Innovative Policy in October 2000. He serves on the Sustainable Subcommittee for the Whole Building Design Guide, is participating in the development of the LEED Version 3 Green Building Rating System of the U.S. Green Building Council, and is chair of the Northern Virginia AIA Committee on the Environment. He has presented sustainable design training nationwide to GSA employees and other agencies and has participated in partnering workshops focusing on green building goals for GSA projects. Don has an undergraduate degree in Architecture from the University of Virginia and a Master of Architecture degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to GSA, Don worked at various architecture firms in Virginia. Mr. Hurt assists in all senior level external environmental communications, relationships on a broad spectrum of environmental issues, complex ongoing problems and their solutions. Participates with the Environmental Protection Agency Regions IX and X, State and local environmental organizations, other Service Branches, DoD Chain of Command, including the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Environmental Security as well as other Federal Agencies on diverse initiatives. Mr. Hurt serves as the focal point as chair for the Navy's Western Region Environmental Managers Executive Committee comprised of AK, CA, WA, NV, AZ, HI and EPA Regions IX and X. In addition, serves as the lead program manager for the Defense/State Memorandum of Agreement for the policy, coordination and implementation in the Western Region. Mr. Hurt serves as the regional coordinator for the Navy's Sustainability program and initiatives supporting the President's E.O.s 13101 and 13123. Mr. Hurt also serves as the Chair for the Federal Network for Sustainability (FNS). The FNS was created on Earth Day 2000 to demonstrate and promote sustainable practices through a collaborative network of Federal agencies. The FNS is an open network in which all members work together, flourish, and build upon the strengths and successes of each of the member agencies. The FNS' current efforts focus on expanding sustainability principles throughout the Federal sector. Prior to his current Navy position, served as the Installation Manager for the Air Force Base Disposal Agency (Pentagon), and provided on-site staff advisory and planning activities at early BRAC closing installations. In this capacity, Mr. Hurt managed the Installation Restoration Program protecting public health by identifying and cleaning up environmental contamination with continuious collaboration with the regulatory community. Mr. Hurt previously participated as a project manager responsible for managing and directing a geotechnical and siting contract and environmental impact analysis process to support the Air Force's ICBM modernization program. Directed contractor tasks in identifying and evaluating planning, geotechnical and siting effort, and environmental considerations (natural resources) at potential basing modes U.S. wide. In addition, managed the siting and beddown of the ground launched cruise missile program in Germany and its associated environmental impacts. Officially commended by the Corps of Engineers for outstanding performance in the environmental engineering and management of the beddown process. Educational background includes a Master of Science in Environmental Studies, Bachelor of Science in Geology and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. Registered environmental assessor in the State of California. Currently an adjunct college professor for the University of California, San Diego and National University instructing in the areas of Environmental Geology, Environmental Management and Sustainability, Ecology, Land Use Management, Geography and other media focused sciences. Mr. Lintner is the program manager for the federal sector for Laboratories for the 21st Century Program and a staff member of the Federal Energy Management Program within the Department of Energy (DOE). The Laboratories for the 21st Century Program is a joint EPA/DOE initiative to increase the energy and environmental performance of the nation's laboratories. Mr. Lintner has over 20 years experience in the energy management and utilities management fields within the federal government. In addition to managing the Laboratory of the 21st Program for DOE, Mr. Lintner is also a general engineer with DOE's Departmental Energy Management Team. He was named one of DOE's Energy Champions for the Year 2000 for his significant contributions to reducing the operating costs of DOE's own facilities through the installation of energy conservation measures. Prior to working in DOE, Mr. Lintner was Senior Engineer for steam systems for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command. As such he was responsible for providing technical assistance to the Navy's shore installations to improve the performance of boiler plants and their distribution systems. His responsibilities included such initiatives as the "Clean Steam" program to deliver ultra-pure steam to the Navy's ships while in port. He is a Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia. He has served as Vice Chairman and is currently Director of the American Society of Mechanical Engineer's Northern Virginia Section. He is a graduate of George Washington University and George Mason University. Mr. Lopez is the Chief of Staff of the White House Task Force on Greening the Government Through Waste Prevention and Recycling under the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive. The Task Force was created in September 1998 as part of Executive Order 13101, Greening the Government Through Waste Prevention, Recycling and Federal Acquisition. Mr. Lopez has been responsible for establishing new programs and directives to advance the goals of E.O.13101 within the Federal government. His many accomplishments include the preparation of the first ever report to the President on Greening the Government, his active support of America Recycles Day national partnership program, and his effective educational and outreach efforts to recognize Government buy-recycled initiatives through the Closing the Circle newsletter and the White House Awards Program. His service at the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive began in January, 1997 representing the Department of Defense. He was response for assisting the Federal Environmental Executive, in the implementation Executive Order 12873 (the predecessor of E.O. 13101), with particular emphasis in improving federal agencies compliance with procurement of recycled content paper. Prior to coming to the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive, Mr. Lopez was the Chief of the Environmental Office for the US Army Test and Evaluation Command, the Army's largest test and evaluation organization. In this capacity, he was responsible for managing human and budgetary resources necessary to comply with all applicable environmental laws and regulations, remediating old contaminated sites, protecting the Command's cultural and natural resources, and executing pollution prevention and waste reduction initiatives. Mr. Lopez received a Master of Science degree in Environmental Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD in 1988. He lives in Bel Air, Maryland with his wife, Maria, and daughters Marian and Maribel. Linda Mesaros has vast experience in the environmental and energy areas. Ms. Mesaros served as Chief of Staff of the White House Task Force on Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition. She was the drafter of the first ever Government-wide Strategic Plan for waste prevention, recycling, and federal acquisition. Ms. Mesaros led a Task Force that was responsible for the implementation of Executive Order 13101, "Greening the Government Through Recycling, Waste Prevention, and Federal Acquisition", the FAR language supporting the E.O., automated and streamlined reporting requirements, and education and training programs. She also was intimately involved in drafting Executive Orders 13123 and 13148 that dealt with energy and environmental leadership in the Federal government. She served as Associate Director for Technical Assistance, Financing/Contracting and Departmental Energy Management at the Department of Energy. Ms. Mesaros also served as Deputy Administrator for Procurement Innovation at the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Federal Procurement Policy. In this position, she provided policy leadership and management direction to implement environmental, energy, electronic commerce, and performance-based service contracting initiatives. Linda has held various positions in the Federal government both at the headquarters and field levels. Since 1988, Ms. Vallina has worked for the Executive Office of the President as a Management Analyst in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). She is responsible for implementing the President's Management Agenda and ensuring government-wide implementation of Executive Orders on energy and environmental issues, including procurement of recycled, energy-efficient, biobased products and alternative-fueled vehicles. The President's Management Agenda includes workforce restructuring, e-government, financial management, competitive sourcing and performance and budget integration. Prior to OMB, she worked as a Consultant with Coopers & Lybrand, as the Government Affairs Manager of the Professional Services Council, and for the Business Alliance on Government Competition at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Vallina is from Pittsburgh and graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She is married to James Hostetter, has three children, and lives in Northern Virginia. |
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