FOR INFORMATION:
Anne Hummer
Tel: 202.737.6307 Fax: 202.737.6410
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 6, 2007
HEINZ CENTER ELECTS NEW TRUSTEES
Washington, D.C. The Heinz Center is pleased to announce that today four new members were elected to its Board of Trustees. The new Trustees are: Melinda Blinken, Fred Mason, John Peterson Myers and Warren Washington.
Melinda Blinken is an advocate for environmental issues. She is an honorary trustee of the American Museum of Natural History in New York, where she serves on the advisory board of the Center for Biodiversity. Mrs. Blinken co-founded the Women’s Gynecological Cancer Research Fund at New York University Hospital. In addition to her work in the environment and health care, she is a member of the board of The Frank Church Institute for Government and Public Service at Boise State University, and a member of the Women’s Foreign Policy Institute in Washington, D. C.
Fred Mason is Director of Product Source Planning at Caterpillar Inc., and Managing Director, Caterpillar Luxembourg S.a.r.l. Apart from his primary responsibilities, Fred has worked to build recognition, support and structure for sustainable development as a strategic issue for Caterpillar. He is Caterpillar’s Liaison Delegate to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
John Peterson Myers is founder and CEO of Environmental Health Sciences, an organization engaged in advancing public understanding of environmental links to health. EHS publishes www.EnvironmentalHealthNews.org, which provides a resource for the most up-to-date media articles, science journal articles, and reports on environmental health issues. Along with two co-authors he wrote “Our Stolen Future,” a book (1996) that explores the scientific basis of concern for how contamination threatens fetal development.
Warren M. Washington is a senior scientist and head of the Climate Change Research Section in the Climate and Global Dynamics Division at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), where his areas of expertise are atmospheric science and climate research. He has authored more than 100 papers in professional journals, and serves as consultant and advisor on climate system modeling. Washington is a former president and Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. He is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Fellow of the African Scientific Institute, a member of the American Geophysical Union, and a Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering.
“We are fortunate to have the wisdom and perspectives of our four newest Trustees,” said Thomas E. Lovejoy, President of the Heinz Center. “Each member will contribute something unique to our programs and to the Center’s mission.”
The Heinz Center, established in 1995 in memory of Senator John Heinz, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan institution dedicated to improving the scientific and economic basis for environmental policy and to developing innovative solutions to environmental problems.
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