Credentials Advisory Council

Arden L. Bement, Jr.

Chief Global Affairs Officer, Purdue University

Director, Global Policy Research Institute

Dr. Arden L. Bement Jr. is the Director of the Global Policy Research Institute at Purdue University. Prior to his current position, he was the Director of the National Science Foundation from 2004- 2010. He served as a member of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO and as the vice-chair of the Commission's Natural Sciences and Engineering Committee. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

He joined NIST from Purdue University, where he was the David A. Ross Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering and head of the School of Nuclear Engineering. He has held appointments at Purdue University in the schools of Nuclear Engineering, Materials Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, as well as a courtesy appointment in the Krannert School of Management.

Bement joined the Purdue faculty in 1992 after a 39-year career in industry, government and academia. His positions included: vice president of technical resources and of science and technology for TRW Inc. (1980-1992); deputy under secretary of defense for research and engineering (1979-1980); director, Office of Materials Science, DARPA (1976-1979); professor of nuclear materials, MIT (1970-1976); manager, Fuels and Materials Department and the Metallurgy Research Department, Battelle Northwest Laboratories (1965-1970); and senior research associate, General Electric Co. (1954-1965). He has also been a director of Keithley Instruments Inc. and the Lord Corp. and a member of the Science and Technology Advisory Committee for the Howmet Corp., a division of ALCOA.

Bement holds an engineer of metallurgy degree from the Colorado School of Mines, a master's degree in metallurgical engineering from the University of Idaho, a doctorate in metallurgical engineering from the University of Michigan, and honorary doctorates from Cleveland State University, Case Western Reserve University, and the Colorado School of Mines, as well as a Chinese Academy of Sciences Graduate School Honorary Professorship.

He is a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and a recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal of the Department of Defense, and the French Legion of Honor.

 

Peter Bogin

Partner, Spencer Stuart

Peter Bogin is a Partner at Spencer Stuart and a Member of the Global Energy Practice.  Prior to joining Spencer Stuart in 2002, Peter was responsible for key account management and business development in Europe and the Middle East for Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA). His clients include all companies with a vested interest in energy — financial institutions, large industrial concerns, and the oil, gas and renewable energy industries.

Peter joined CERA as a specialist on world oil markets and geopolitics and in that capacity was the co-author of CERA's highly respected World Oil Watch and the author of numerous reports on global energy matters.  His views were regularly  cited in the written press, and he was a frequent commentator on a number of international radio and TV news programs.  Prior to joining CERA, he served at the International Energy Agency and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Peter has been based in Stamford, Connecticut since September 2010.  He originally joined Spencer Stuart in Paris and was based in Dubai for two years before his return to the United States.  He continues to work on assignments in the U.S., as well as Europe, Asia and Latin America.

Peter is a graduate of Dartmouth College and is fluent in English and French.

 

Professor Roland Clift, CBE FREng FIChemE HonFCIWEM FRSA

Emeritus Professor of Environmental Technology, University of Surrey

Executive Director of International Society for Industrial Ecology

Emeritus Professor of Environmental Technology and founding Director of the Centre for Environmental Strategy at the University of Surrey; previously Head of the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Surrey; Visiting Professor in Environmental System Analysis at Chalmers University, Göteborg , Sweden; Adjunct Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Executive Director of the International Society for Industrial Ecology; a past member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution and the Science Advisory Council of Defra; and a Vice President of Environmental Protection UK.  His research is concerned with system approaches to environmental management and industrial ecology, including life cycle assessment and energy systems.

 

Mariola Kopcinski

Global Strategic Marketing Director, FMC Co.

APG New Business Development

Mariola Kopcinski is Global Strategic Marketing Director at FMC Co. where her key role is to identify, evaluate and lead growth through the open innovation model at an Agricultural Chemical business.  She also represents this business within FMC’s Sustainability Council and drives sustainability business integration efforts.  Mariola started her career in Agricultural Chemicals at Rohm and Haas Co, where she was the Business Manager of a start-up post- harvest chemical treatment business.  While working at DuPont Co, her roles included strategy development for BioMax and CoolMax brands, and co-development of DuPont Food Industry Enterprise approach within the Ag and Nutrition Platform, followed by management of their global fungicides portfolio.  She has also been Strategic Marketing Manager at Syngenta Co., in Basel, Switzerland, where she worked on the team developing global strategy for combined seed and crop protection business.  Mariola was born in Poland, where she earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in biochemistry in Seed Technology at Poznan University. Her post-doctoral position at Cornell University was in the area of seed anatomy and biocontrol.  She also holds a MBA in finance from the University of Rochester, and marketing training from Kellogg and Insead.  She is an author of several research articles and has presented at many technical and business meetings.   

 

John C. Marshall

President & CEO

JMAR Aviation Consulting, LLC

Mr. John C. Marshall is president of an aviation consulting firm that specializes in assisting commercial airlines world-wide improve operational, maintenance, and safety performances.  He formerly was vice president - Corporate Safety and Compliance for Delta Air Lines. Mr. Marshall had responsibility for six departments at Delta, including Flight Safety, Industrial Safety, Environmental Services, Emergency Planning and Operations, Safety Analysis and Quality Assurance, and Security.

Mr. Marshall gained aviation experience through his 26-year aviation career with the U.S. Air Force. His assignments included duties as a fighter pilot, special assistant to the Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, fighter squadron commander, base commander, and fighter wing commander. During his career, he primarily flew F-4s, F-15s, A-10s, and F-16s. Mr. Marshall later served as the Inspector General of the Pacific Air Forces and then became the Director of Operations of the Pacific Air Forces. In his last assignment, he served as the United State’s Director of Security Assistance for the Middle East where he was responsible for all sales, marketing, training, and logistic support between the United States and eleven countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Southwest Asia.

Mr. Marshall received his Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Air Force Academy in Colorado. He also is a graduate from the National War College, holds a master of arts degree in personnel management from Central Michigan University, and a master of science degree in civil engineering (environmental) from the University of Hawaii.

 

Arthur E. Schwartz, Esq.

Deputy Executive Director & General Counsel, NSPE

Arthur Schwartz is the deputy executive director and general counsel of the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE). His responsibilities include serving as staff director to the NSPE Board of Ethical Review, Licensure & Qualifications for Practice Committee, Professional Liability Committee, and Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee.

Schwartz holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo (1977) and a Juris Doctor degree from the American University/Washington College of Law (1980). Schwartz is a member of the American Bar Association, as well as the District of Columbia, Florida, and Virginia Bar Associations. He is also an honorary member of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers and a certified association executive (CAE).

Schwartz writes both an ethics column and a legal column in NSPE's monthly publication, PE magazine, and a professional practice column for Structural Engineering & Design magazine. He has written extensively for various professional journals on matters involving ethics, professional liability, contracts, and engineering licensing and has participated as a guest lecturer at many colleges and universities, federal and state agencies, and national professional association conventions.

Schwartz has authored more than 400 published ethics decisions and has written dozens of articles and papers addressing such topics as the protection of the public health and safety, conflicts of interest, duty of confidentiality, professional competency, liability, risk management, contracts, insurance, and other professional practice issues.

Schwartz, a native of New York City, has resided in Arlington, Virginia, since 1980 with his wife Marsha Lederman, an illustrator. They have two adult children, Zach and Genna.

 

Lisa L. Walker

Managing Director, Leadership Capital Advisors

Lisa Walker is the Founder and Managing Director of Leadership Capital Advisors, a boutique retained executive search firm where she has built the revenue and infrastructure, and managed entrepreneurial growth. Prior to founding this business, Ms. Walker was a senior partner with Korn/Ferry International and a partner with Heidrick & Struggles.  At Korn/Ferry, Ms. Walker initiated, built and led the Global Sustainability practice including co-authoring three white papers, coordinating a global team, driving brand positioning, and delivering incremental revenue in new markets.  She repeated the practice development when she initiated the Global Agribusiness practice at Korn/Ferry before embarking on her own.

With two decades of experience in executive search as well as in senior roles within the industrial marketplace, Ms. Walker leads general management and key functional searches for clients seeking marketing, strategy, business development, technology and operations expertise. She specializes in commercialization roles and has built her reputation identifying talent with an emphasis on performance, potential and cultural fit.

Prior to entering executive search, Ms. Walker was with BP Amoco, Air BP, as Chief Marketing Officer, managing all marketing for the international jet fuel business. Previously, Ms. Walker held positions as Director of Strategic Planning and Director of Marketing Strategy for Amoco Corp.  Earlier in her career, she utilized her engineering background at Honeywell Corporation, working in design and manufacturing with Honeywell’s solid state electronics division in Colorado Springs and Minneapolis.

Ms. Walker began her career as a management consultant with A.T. Kearney and Bain & Company in strategy, marketing and operations in their Chicago office. 

Ms. Walker earned her Master’s of Business Administration in Finance and Economics from the University of Chicago, and her Bachelor's of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University.

She currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Clean Energy Trust and on the Women's Board of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.