AHC Group 17th Annual
Corporate Affiliates Workshop Series

"Achieving Results: In Corporate Strategy Today"

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February 1-2, 2007
Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort
Phoenix, Arizona

Risk Reduction and Site Remediation
Northrop Grumman Joe Kwan Corporate Director, Environmental Remediation www.northropgrumman.com Site Remediation and Risk Reduction Logic and Choices at Northrop Grumman As one of our newest affiliate members, Joe will be presenting in Dwight Bedsole's Risk Reduction and Site Remediation workshop.	see Joe's biography [PDF]

Environmental Protection Agency Rick Otis Deputy Associate Administrator Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation U.S. Wayne Nastri US EPA Region 9 Administrator Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership (CWRP) www.epa.gov Creating Change: Building the Future at EPA President Bush challenged EPA senior officials to accelerate the pace of environmental protection while maintaining our global economic competitiveness. Rick will discuss the relationship of the challenge to recent policy decisions as well as the future of the agency. Topics he will cover include: collaborative decision making; cooperative, stewardship, partnership, and voluntary solutions to environmental challenges; performance-based regulations and their relationship to EPA's Sectors Strategies and Performance Track Programs; and the agency's responses to the growing role of information, environmental management systems, and shareholder value as drivers for environmental performance. He will also discuss the external perception of these innovations and their relevance to attendees.	see Rick's biography [PDF]

Guida, Slavich & Flores/ Advanced Environmental Dimensions, LLC Greg Rogers, Attorney/President www.advancedenvironmentaldimensions.com Reducing Risk with Strategic Objectives to Corporate Valuation: How do Environmental Risk and Financial Reporting Relate to Corporate Value? Greg will address with the group in a high-level strategic discussion on what FIN 47, FAS 141R, and other current developments mean beyond compliance with GAAP and SOX. The focus will be on how to increase corporate value by reducing risks faced by businesses and existing and prospective investors.	see Greg's biography [HTML]
Shareholder Value and Financial Risk

Baxter Sharon Kemerer Corporate Director, Occupational Health www.baxter.com Sharon Kemerer of Baxter Healthcare will be presenting Baxter's pandemic preparedness strategy. This is especially interesting as an example of how one company is addressing Enterprise Risk. The possibility of a pandemic is ever present in the news. Corporations of all sizes are grappling with the need to prepare and how to do this in a reasonable way. How much is too much? How much is not enough? This presentation will explore how a large international healthcare manufacturing company has applied threat management theory to the possibility of a global pandemic. A threat management framework, process and levels of responsibility will be presented. View PowerPoint Presentation on Avian Flu Preparedness » (2.8MB download)	see Sharon's biography [PDF]

Arizona Public Service Edward Fox Vice President — Communications, Environment & Safety www.aps.com Being Green: Money, Environmental Leadership and the Market Response Ed has led the environmental programs at APS and its parent Pinnacle West Capital Corporation for the past decade. During this time he has seen EHS management evolve from a compliance risk management "problem" to a core strategic aspect of the business. During his tenure APS has received INNOVEST's highest AAA rating, been named to the Columbus Knights Global 100 and been selected for the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Ed will discuss APS's response to the surveys that helped achieve these recognitions and his concern about the proliferation of surveys. He will also discuss whether such recognition has any measurable market impacts and influence with market analysts and rating agencies.	see Ed's biography [HTML]

Suncor Energy, Inc. Al Mok, Director EH&S www.suncor.com Shaping SAP for Suncor Energy's Path of Growth: Enterprise Resource Planning Decisions Suncor Energy is rapidly growing in the global oil sands reserve market. In the last 3 years, Suncor has gone from a 12-billion to a near 40-billion dollar company. This talk explores their path of growth and their challenges. This talk by Al Mok describes the process and tool refinement by which Suncor matured their path to growth by implementing SAP across 10 business segments, including: Finance, HR, Marketing and Distribution, Production, Sales & Supply Planning, Supply Chain Management, Maintenance & Reliability, Performance Management and Planning, Project Management, Information Technology, and EH&S. Write bruce@ahcgroup.com if you want other Suncor cases from past workshops. Al will focus his presentation on implementation and on how Suncor has gained value and benefit from implementing Enterprise Resource Planning through SAP to manage EHS. He will also focus on how SAP benefits Suncor on EHS Governance. As a result of this smart Suncor initiative, there is a now a functional governance organization being set up at Suncor, and the details of this will be described and discussed by Mok.	see Al's biography [PDF]
Governance & Innovation
Dayton Power & Light Steve Wolff President of Power Production www.dplinc.com Running a Midsize Utility: Lessons over 5 Years Steve has been an active member of the AHC affiliates network for many years and an active client in benchmarking corporate CEOs and mentoring. Over the last 5 years Steve has worked with the Dayton Power and Light Executive team in reshaping their financial and environmental risks. Mr. Wolff is responsible for the operation of Dayton Power and Light's electric generating stations and operational peaking units. Dayton Power and Light operates over 4600 megawatts of coal- and gas-fired generation facilities located in Ohio and Indiana, providing electric services to 500,000 retail customers. Introduction by Mel Jones, CEO of Sterling Planet, Inc.	see Steve's biography [HTML]

Blasland, Bouck & Lee, Inc. Robert Goldman Chief Executive Officer/Chairman of the Board www.bbl-inc.com Running a Site Remediation Firm: Lessons on Building a Global Platform Robert Goldman has been an active member of the AHC Group's Corporate Affiliates programs over the last three years. During this key time when BBL has joined with Arcadis, Goldman will explore the logic of the merger and the synergies of a global platform. In addition, Goldman has agreed to seek input on the unmet needs of the member companies regarding site remediation and risk reduction for our future workshops before Corporate Affiliates.

Energy Answers & AHC Group Pat Mahoney, CEO — Energy Answers Pat's bio www.energyanswers.com www.ahcgroup.com Energy Answers and AHC will co-present on the importance of alliances and some of the alliances that Energy Answers has developed over the years with AHC Group.
Emerging Issues
Siemens Ari Kobb Marketing Manager, Energy and Environmental Solutions www.siemens.com Embracing the Green Transformation Ari will share his experiences in developing Siemens Building Technologies Green Building and Sustainability go-to-market strategy and solution development efforts, in addition to discussing the role that sustainability plays within Siemens Corporation. He will also share the results of Siemens recently conducted market research initiative titled "The Greening of Corporate America," focused on nearly 200 executives from some of the nation's major companies. Ari will be presenting on this emerging market in Dennis Minano's Emerging Issues workshop.	Ari Kobb is responsible for strategic marketing, market research and marketing communications for Siemens Building Technologies Energy and Environmental Solutions. Since joining the company in 2005, Ari has been involved in developing Siemens' strategies to meet customer needs for environmental solutions in their facilities, as well as the company's own internal initiatives and practices around environmental responsibility. Ari has a bachelor's degree from Dickinson College and a Masters Degree from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird). Prior to joining Siemens, Ari has held marketing positions with RR Donnelley and United Parcel Service.