Arlene Blum, Ph.D.
Green Science Policy Institute Founder and Executive Director
Dr. Blum is a biophysical chemist, visiting scholar at UC Berkeley’s Department of Chemistry, and author of Annapurna: A Woman’s Place and Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life. Blum’s research contributed to the regulation of two cancer-causing flame retardants used in children’s sleepwear in the 1970s, and prevented unnecessary flammability standards that would have led to the use of hundreds of millions of pounds of persistent toxic chemicals each year. Dr. Blum was selected by the National Women’s History Project as one of 100 “Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet,” received the Society of Women Geographers’ Gold Medal, and a top Purpose Prize from Civic Ventures. Please see www.arleneblum.com for more information about adventures and a calendar of events.
Michael Kirschner
Green Science Policy Institute Associate Director
President of Design Chain Associates, LLC, which helps product manufacturers understand, develop strategies around, and comply with environmental regulations as well as improve product and operational environmental performance. Kirschner is a member of the California EPA Department of Toxic Substance Control’s Green Ribbon Science Panel.
Green Science Policy Institute Advisory Board
Lauren Heine, Ph.D., Senior Science Advisor, Clean Production Action, Lauren Heine Group LLC
Don Kennedy, Ph.D., President Emeritus of Stanford University, former editor-in-chief of Science magazine and former FDA Commissioner
Richard Luthy, Ph.D., Silas H. Palmer Professor and Department Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
Nina McClelland, Ph.D., former Chairman of the Board, American Chemical Society; President of Nina I. McClelland, LLC, an environmental consulting group
William Nazaroff, Ph.D., Professor, Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley.