The External Advisory Board is a multi-stakeholder group representing business and industry, government, NGOs and academia that meets twice a year to review the Center's progress, provide guidance in planning activities for executing the Center's mission, and help identify new areas for research that is timely and relevant to the public and private sectors.
Advisory Board Chairs
Shoshannah Lenski, Chair
Director of Strategy & Planning
DTE Energy
Erik Petrovskis, Vice Chair
Director of Environmental Compliance and Sustainability
Meijer
Past Advisory Board Chairs
Peter M. Wege (Deceased)
Chair Emeritus
President, Wege Foundation
Past Vice-Chairman of the Board, Steelcase, Inc.
NPPC Chair 1991-1994
Thomas Zosel (Deceased)
Manager of Pollution Prevention
3M Corporation
NPPC Chair 1994-1999
Scott Noesen
Director of Sustainable Development
Dow Chemical Company
CSS Co-Chair 1999-2006
Terry Cullum
Director, Auto/Steel Partnership
CSS Co-Chair 1999-2006
CSS Chair 2006-2011
Ross Good
Senior Manager, External Affairs Department
Chrysler Group LLC
CSS Vice Chair 2006-2011
David Rinard
Director, Global Environmental Performance
Steelcase, Inc.
CSS Chair 2011-2013
Tim Wallington
Systems Analytics and Environmental Research Department
Ford Motor Company
CSS Vice Chair 2011-2013
CSS Chair 2013-2015
Candace Wheeler
Global Energy System Center
General Motors
CSS Vice Chair 2015-2017
Mark Retzloff
Chairman and Founder
Alfalfa's Market
CSS Chair 2016-2019
Advisory Board Membership
[Current members in bold]
Industry
- 3M Company
- 5 Lakes Energy
- Alcoa
- Aurora Organic Dairy
- Auto/Steel Partnership
- Dow Chemical Company
- DTE Energy
- Fiat Chrysler Autmobiles (Stellantis)
- Ford Motor Company
- Franklin Associates, A Division of ERG
- Freedom Energy Logistics
- GE Global Research
- General Motors Corporation
- Lucent Technologies (Nokia)
- Meijer
- National Grid
- Positive Scenarios Consulting
- SCS Global Services
- Solect Energy
- Steelcase
- Worldsteel
- WorldView Consulting, LLC
- Xerox Corporation
Government Agencies
- Argonne National Lab
- City of Detroit - Office of Sustainability
- Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
- Michigan EGLE - Materials Management Division (MMD)
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Energy - National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- U.S. Department of Transportation - Federal Railroad Administration
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 5