Source: U.S. Newswire
WASHINGTON - U.S. Newswire via Individual Inc. : President Clinton
announced his
intention to appoint five new members to the President's Council on
Sustainable
Development. The Council was established by Executive Order in June
1993 for the purpose
of advising the president on matters involving sustainable development.
The president is announcing his intention to appoint the following
individuals:
Ray C. Anderson of Atlanta, Georgia, is the Chairman and CEO of
Interface, Inc., a company
that manufactures and sells free-lay carpet tiles, broadloom carpet,
interior fabrics, chemicals and architectural products for commercial
interiors. Interface has 26 manufacturing facilities in six countries
including the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Holland, Thailand and
Australia. Anderson holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the
Georgia Institute of
Technology.
Scott Bernstein of Chicago, Illinois, is President of the Center for
Neighborhood Technology
which develops resources to promote healthy, sustainable communities.
In the late 1980's, he
launched a Sustainable Manufacturing program to provide strategically
important financial
and technical assistance to the nation's metal finishing industry.
Bernstein serves as an
advisor to many federal organizations including the National Academy of
Sciences-National
Research Council, the National Science Foundation and the Policy
Dialogue on Reducing
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from personal motor vehicles. Bernstein
studied engineering and
political science at Northwestern University, served on the staff of
its Center for Urban
Affairs and taught at the UCLA School of Public Policy.
Randall Franke of Salem, Oregon, is Chairman of the Marion County
Commission, and has
served on the Commission since 1979. He served as the President of the
National
Association of Counties in 1994, and is a past president of the
Association of Oregon
Counties. Franke holds a B.S. from the University of Oregon and a
Master's from Western
Oregon State College. Franke has also participated in Harvard
University's Senior Executive
Program and the University of Oregon's Pacific Program for Executive
Leadership.
Harry J. Pearce of Detroit, Michigan, is Vice Chairman of the Board of
General Motors
Corporation (GM), a position he has held since 1992. Pearce serves as a
member of GM's
Presidents Council with responsibility for various corporate staffs and
operating divisions.
Pearce serves on the Boards of Hughes Electronics Corporation, Marriott
International, Inc.,
and the National Defense University. Pearce is also a member of the
U.S. Air Force
Academy's Board of Visitors and the World Business Council for
Sustainable Development.
Pearce is a trustee of Howard University and is a member of
Northwestern University School
of Law's Visiting Committee. Pearce began his career at GM as Associate
General Counsel in
1985, and was promoted to General Counsel in 1987. Pearce holds a B.S.
in engineering from
the U.S. Air Force Academy and a J.D. from Northwestern University Law
School.
M. Susan Savage of Tulsa, Oklahoma, is currently serving in her second
term as the Mayor
of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mayor Savage has instituted a number of sustainable
development
projects and has directed an economic development effort that has
played a major role in
record job creation throughout the region. She also chairs the Indian
National Council of
Government and serves as chair of the Energy and Environment Committee
of the U.S.
Conference of Mayors. Mayor Savage holds a B.A. from Beaver College in
Pennsylvania.
The President's Council on Sustainable Development consists of 29
members from business
industry, non-governmental organizations and governmental
representatives from local,
county, state and federal levels. It is charged with developing
recommendations for a
national sustainable development strategy that will foster economic
vitality, environmental
integrity and social equity. The council issued its first report
entitled
Sustainable America: A New Consensus for Prosperity,
Opportunity and
a Healthy Environment for the Future.
During the next year, the council will work to implement the
recommendations in this report,
and to continue its outreach to interested constituencies.
[03-01-97 at 13:15 EST, Copyright 1997, Comtex]
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