Atlantic Rim Group offers consulting and training services, and products in areas including: system thinking, strategic planning, teams and teamwork, process management, customer focus, measurement and feedback, organizational diagnosis, and change management. They "work with" rather than "do for" their clients. Principals include: Kathleen Fenton, who has over eighteen years of experience supporting organizational improvement initiatives nationally and internationally; Mike La Versa, an industrial engineer with almost thirty years experience in the design, measurement, and control of engineered processes for the manufacturing and service industries as well as for government administration; Tony Long, who has a facilities management background with an emphasis in facilities contract management; and Gardner Shaw, Ph.D., with over twenty years of experience in management, applied statistics, organizational behavior, training and facilitation, and policy implementation.

Steve Ballard, Ph.D., is currently the Dean of the Graduate College and Vice Provost for Research at Bowling Green State University. In addition to his expertise and experience in higher education management, he is an experienced expert in interdisciplinary research, applied policy analysis, and in energy, water resources and environmental policy. His past positions include: Founding Director, Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy and Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Maine; and Director, Science and Public Policy Program and Professor of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma. He has published extensively in his areas of interest. He has also served and continues to serve on numerous boards and committees and has consulted with a range of both public and private sector organizations.

Kenneth Best is currently a Principal with The Best Performance Group, which helps companies accelerate their performance. He is a senior executive with more than 25 years of quality, human resources, and organizational development experience in both the public and private sectors, including line and corporate staff positions with McDonnell Douglas Corporation and The Boeing Company. His past positions have included: Vice President of the McDonnell Douglas-Boeing Executive Learning Center; Vice President of Quality, McDonnell Douglas; Vice President, McDonnell Douglas Institute; and Vice President, Quality and Human Resources, McDonnell Douglas; Director of Quality and Human Resources, McDonnell Douglas Computer Systems. He has served as a Judge, Senior Examiner, and Examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, and as a Member of the United States Quality Council.

Robert W. Brocksen, Ph.D., is a fisheries expert whose past positions at the Electric Power Research Institute, include Senior Scientist, Business Area Manager and Senior Program Manager, Ecological Studies Program. He has also served as President of R.W. Brocksen, Incorporated; Executive Director, Living Lakes, Incorporated; Director, Wyoming Water Research Center; Aquatic Ecology Section Head, Environmental Systems Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and Chief, Physiology Investigations, National Marine Fisheries Service. He has held faculty appointments at the University of Wyoming, University of Tennessee, and University of California. He has published extensively in his areas of expertise.

Laurie Broedling, Ph.D., specializes in the areas of human resources, quality, leadership, and change management. Her previous positions include: Vice President-Employee Involvement and People Systems, The Boeing Company; Senior Vice President-Human Resources and Quality, McDonnell Douglas Corporation; Associate Administrator for Continual Improvement, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Deputy Under Secretary for Total Quality, U.S. Department of Defense; Secretary of the Navy’s TQM Technical Advisor; and Department Director within the Navy Personnel Research and Development Center. She served as a Member of the Vice President’s Task Force on National Performance Review, a Judge and Examiner for the President’s Quality Award, an Examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, and a Judge for the Department of Veteran’s Affairs Quality Award.

George Burmeister is Founder and President of The Colorado Energy Group, which specializes in (1) leading outreach efforts to inform both citizens and policymakers about the benefits of using energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies and (2) raising funds for both private and public sector organizations. He is also the Executive Director of Americans for Clean Energy, a grassroots renewable energy lobbying organization. Prior to founding The Colorado Energy Group, he served as: Policy Director, National Association of State Energy Officials; Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy; Program Principal, National Conference of State Legislatures; Assistant Government Relations Director, Medical Group Management Association; and Regional Sales Director, Bleyle of America.

Neal E. Carter, Ph.D., is currently an executive consultant specializing in interim management assignments. Since founding his consulting business in 1996, Dr. Carter has provided major support in the development of numerous successful federal proposal bids. Dr. Carter brings a blend of general management, sales/marketing, and P&L experience culled from an extensive track record of successfully managing organizations, startups, federal programs and contracts, and proposals.

Dartha Dragnich is a private consultant with LRBC Associates, a company she founded in 1996. She specializes in written communications in both technical and non-technical areas. Prior to starting LRBC, Ms. Dragnich provided assistance as a Technical Writer/Editor and as a Management Information Analyst for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environment through her work at Argonne National Laboratory and at Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratory. During her eight years with Battelle, Ms. Dragnich was the lead Proposal Specialist in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Center, and played a key role in the preparation of the successful $230-million Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory proposal.

Daniel A. Dreyfus, Ph.D., recently retired from his position as Deputy Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of Natural History. In this position he was responsible for administration and operations, including the Museum’s multi-million dollar construction program. Prior to the Museum, he was the Director of the Department of Energy’s Civilian Waste Program, which has responsibility for the Yucca Mountain Project. He has also served as the Gas Research Institute’s Vice-President for Strategic Planning and Analysis and before that as the Staff Director of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. He brings a breadth of expertise as well as in-depth leadership and management experience in energy, environment, and radioactive waste management. He is well known for his success in rejuvenating problem projects and programs.

Enterprise Software, Incorporated, is a Simi Valley, California, based developer of innovative software products, including Enterprise Strategist‘ (ES‘). This breakthrough software application makes integration/alignment across the entire enterprise and managing for results realistically possible. Working with an advisory group comprised of ten past CEOs, President Charan Lohara designed ES‘ to ensure that CEOs and other C-level officers get the information they need to make well-informed decisions. ES‘ leads to making the Business Model and Information Technologies Model one and the same. A "topware" application, ES‘ also helps make ERP applications more productive.

Global Commerce Solutions Incorporated, a proven leader in Knowledge Management, understands how businesses can derive significant benefits in efficiency and profitability by thoughtfully and carefully managing information already available to them. It helps them improve profitability by using traditional IT Solutions, Electronic Commerce, Internet & Intranet Solutions, plus a wealth of other currently available technologies. Its expertise includes coordinating multiple data sources and turning disparate data into valuable, meaningful assets. Led by President William A. Young III, its Principals and staff deliver comprehensive Knowledge Management Solutions that help CEOs and their management Team make well-informed decisions.

Mary R. Hamilton, Ph.D., is currently the Executive Director of the American Society for Public Administration. Prior positions at the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) include: Deputy Director, General Government Division; Director for Quality Management; Regional Manager, New York; Executive Director, Reports Task Force; and Director, Science and Technology Policy. Prior to joining GAO, she was Manager for Energy Systems at the BDM Corporation and a member of the faculty of Saint Mary’s University. She has served as a Senior Examiner for the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award and a Judge for the President’s Quality Award and the U.S. Air Force Quality Award. She serves on numerous boards and committees in her areas of interest.

Heinz Heinemann, Ph.D., renowned for his work in catalysis, is now a Distinguished Staff Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a Lecturer in the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of California, Berkeley. He spent much of his professional career in industry, including: Senior Research Associate, Manager, Catalysis Research, Manager, Contract Research, and Manager, Technology Sales Development, Mobil Research and Development Corporation; Assistant to Vice President, Research, Director Exploratory Chemical Research, Director, Chemical and Engineering Research, The M.W. Kellogg Company; Senior Research Chemist, Houdry Process Corporation; and Research Chemist and Laboratory Supervisor, Attapulgus Clay Company. A member of the National Academy of Engineering since 1976, he has more than 170 patents and published articles and has won numerous awards, including the 1993 Homer H. Lowry Award in Fossil Energy.

Hub Hubbard, Ph.D., is a private consultant with extensive broad-based management experience in the energy and environmental areas. A former Director of the Solar Energy Research Institute (now the National Renewable Energy Laboratory), he recently retired as President and CEO of the Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR), a not-for-profit applied R&D center headquartered in Honolulu with an international Board of Directors serving Hawaii and the developing countries of the Pacific. Dr. Hubbard’s areas of expertise include: development and deployment of conservation and renewable energy technology, sustainable development, and public policy relating to science, engineering, and technical systems. He is Past-Chairman of the National Research Council’s Board on Energy and Environmental Systems.

Franz M. Jaggar functions as a private financial advisor and investment banker, working with clients to improve their financial management, secure capital, make acquisitions, assess technologies/products and markets, and value and sell assets. He has twenty-five years of experience in business development, marketing and corporate finance. Among others, his past positions include serving as: Vice President for Corporate Development and Manager of the Health Care Services of a major consulting company; Vice President of a communications engineering firm; Chief Financial Officer of Temps, Incorporated; and Chief Financial Officer of a global construction and property development company. His entrepreneurial activities have included founding several successful companies in diverse business areas, ranging from venture specialist (LBW Ventures, Incorporated) to bakery products (Bakers Place, Incorporated). He serves on numerous boards and has a broad-based consulting practice.

Ed Joseph is the Founder of Results, Incorporated, a research, teaching, and management consultancy devoted to helping federal agencies develop and implement results-oriented and customer-focused programs and operations. He is also a senior consultant to the Center for Improving Government, National Academy of Public Administration. Previously, Mr. Joseph was GAO’s expert on performance measurement, working with senior executive teams dealing with collaboration and performance measurement, teamwork, and related internal management issues; and was an external consultant to several federal agencies including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Forest Service, Treasury, IRS, Patent Trademark Office, Securities and Exchange Commission, HUD, and the Departments of Agriculture and Labor. He has over 20 years program evaluation experience and has trained both congressional staff and federal officials on performance

Don E. Kash, Ph.D., is Hazel Chair of Public Policy in George Mason University’s Institute of Public Policy and Professor in its Department of Public Affairs. With a broad-based expertise and extensive publications in science and public policy, Dr. Kash is one of the nation’s leading authorities on the process of technological innovation. Prior to joining George Mason University, he was the Co-Founder and Director of the Science and Public Policy Program and a George Lynn Cross Research Professor at the University of Oklahoma. He has also held faculty appointments at Purdue and Arizona State Universities, and the University of Kansas at Kansas City. During 1978-1981, he served as the Chief of the Conservation Division of the U.S. Geological Survey in the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Harald R. Leuba, PhD., has an undergraduate degree in Nuclear Physics and Mathematics, graduate degrees in Experimental Psychology, Statistics, and Operations Research , and a post doc in Quantification of Human Performance. He has extensive work experience and a reputation for creative problem solving in a wide variety of substantive areas. A former McNamara "Whiz Kid", his experience includes, in addition to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Assistant Secretary for Systems Analysis, Department of Defense, serving as Director of Nuclear Weapons and Planning at Defense, Vice President, Energy, Evaluation Research Corporation, Program Manager, Enviro Control Incorporated, Vice President for Science Information Exchange at the Smithsonian Institution and consultancies with clients including among others the Civil Service Commission, Edison Electric Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Logistics Management Institute, General Accounting Office, Department of Commerce, US Navy, and the National Cancer Institute. He is also frequently used as a consultant on environmental issues, both as an analyst and expert witness. Most recently, his broad substantive knowledge and know-how as a problem solver led him to establish The House Doctor, a home remodeling company licensed in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. As you would expect given his background, The House Doctor isn’t your typical home remodeling firm. Harald also continues to serve as Director of Resource Development for Jack Faucett Associates, Inc., and Director or Research for CONTEXT , Inc.

Alan H. McGowan spends a portion of his time in developing and managing programs for the Public Understanding of Science Program at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the remainder helping clients communicate more effectively on science and technology topics. His past positions include: President, Scientist’s Institute for Public Information, a science information organization known for its innovative and creative approach to providing information to the public and the media; President, Media Resource Service, Incorporated, which provides science referral services for journalists; Scientific Administrator, Center for Biology of Natural Systems, Washington University, St. Louis; Science Teacher at several independent schools; and Engineer, American Electric Power Service Corporation. His consulting clients include, among others: the International Institute for Applied Science Analysis; World Economic Forum; U. S. National Academy of Sciences; and the Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He also serves on numerous boards and advisory committees.

Gary McKown, Ph.D., a private consultant, is currently serving as the manager of the Edgewood Federal Remedial Operations Business Unit, Program Director of the U.S. Army ESPS and TEPS contracts and as Director of Technical Services for the USACE (Baltimore) TERC Contract. He has more than thirty years of project and program management and multidisciplinary technical experience, with an emphasis on investigations, remedial designs, and remedial action implementation associated with RCRA and CERCLA sites in compliance with federal and State Regulations governing environmental media. He has an extensive background in hazardous materials and ordnance research, implementation of innovative scientific and engineering approaches to environmental problems, and development of quality assurance programs for chemical analysis and geotechnical field studies. Prior positions include: Senior Vice President, ICF Kaiser Engineers; Program Manager, Battelle Memorial Institute; Supervisory Physicist, U.S. Army Research and Development Command; Research Associate, University of Southern California; and Chairman, Chemistry Department, Fairmont State College.

Francis J. Murray, Jr., Esquire is a private consultant in the energy and environmental areas. During 1996-1997, he was a policy consultant to the Secretary of Energy, providing analysis and policy advice on a variety of issues, including gasoline price increases, electric system reliability, appliance efficiency standards, and winter fuel supplies. He served as the New York State Commissioner of Energy from 1992-1994. As Commissioner, he was New York State’s principal energy policy official, reporting directly to the Governor. As Commissioner, he also served as Chairman of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, which in addition to conducting a major energy research, development, and deployment program, has responsibility for a tax-exempt financing program and nuclear waste issues, including the West Valley Nuclear Services Center. Other past positions include: Deputy Secretary to the Governor for Energy and the Environment; Senior Legislative Counsel in the New York State Office of Federal Affairs; and Legislative Counsel to Ohio Congressman James V. Stanton.

J. Dexter Peach, recently retired from the U.S. General Accounting Office. At the time of his retirement, he served as the Assistant Comptroller General for Planning and Reporting. Prior to that he served as the Assistant Comptroller General for Resources, Community, and Economic Development among other positions during his career at the General Accounting Office. In these various roles, he has dealt extensively with the Congress on major national issues. Of necessity he has acquired in-depth substantive expertise, and broad experience in leading and managing complex organizational units.

Ray K. Robinson, Sc.D., is President and Co-Founder of Ray K. Robinson, Incorporated, a management consulting firm specializing in new business start-ups; retention and accelerated growth; nuclear fuel-cycle technologies; commercializing federal technology; management consulting; project management; information, venture and financing services; and public-private partnerships. He has extensive technology-based executive-level operating management experience in all phases of business development from research and development, start-up, high growth, maturity to divestment. His experience includes positions in R.L. Ferguson and Associates, Gilbarco, Exxon Nuclear, Battelle Memorial Institute, General Electric, ALCAN, and Southern Extrusions. He serves on numerous business and civic boards and committees.

J. David Roessner, Ph.D., is Professor of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology and Associate Director of the Science and Technology Policy Program at SRI International. Prior to joining the Georgia Tech faculty in 1980, he was Principal Scientist and Group Manager for Industrial Policy and Planning at the Solar Energy Research Institute (subsequently designated the National Renewable Energy Laboratory) in Golden, Colorado. He also served in various positions in the National Science Foundation’s Research and Development Assessment Program and as a development engineer for Hewlett-Packard Company. His areas of expertise include national technology policy, the evaluation of research programs, management of innovation in industry, technology transfer, and indicators of scientific and technological development. He has published numerous technical reports, books, and in peer-reviewed journals in his areas of interest.

Thomas F. Widmer is a private consultant specializing in technology and business development. He has over thirty-five years experience in engineering, market analysis, research and development management, and structuring business plans for commercializing advanced technologies. He played a major role in the growth of Thermo Electron Corporation, which grew from a small start-up research and development company into a rapidly growing Fortune 500 company. He served as Vice President of Engineering and President of Thermo Technology Ventures. His career history includes Westinghouse Atomic Power Division and General Electric. Throughout the 1970s-1980s he contributed to the development of federal energy policies with a series of energy conservation studies that were well received by both the Administration and Congress.