EIATRACK is underpinned by a world-class group of experts and specialists cutting across the disciplines of law, environmental policy and science. Collaborative, globally networked, yet practically grounded, the EIATRACK team is unmatched in terms of experience and commitment.

Beveridge & Diamond
Hunton & Williams
Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA)
ESHconnect
Perchards
Product Ecology
Eco-Frontier Co.
Strategic Counsel
Tokio Marine
Crem

Beveridge & Diamond

Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. was established in Washington DC over 25 years ago by a small group of attorneys who practice environmental and corporate law. Since that time they have become the largest and oldest firm in the nation that concentrates on all aspects of environmental law and litigation. Beveridge & Diamond provide EIATRACK with information on the Americas and key Asian jurisdictions.
www.bdlaw.com

Authors

Mateo Davis - Associate
Mateo Davis concentrates on international environmental law and the Clean Water Act. Prior to joining Beveridge and Diamond, Mr. Davis served as an intern with the Natural Resources Defense Counsel in Mexico City. Mr. Davis graduated magna cum laude from Vermont Law School in 2001, where he was the Senior Managing Editor of the Vermont Law Review and a member of the Pace Environmental Moot Court Team. He graduated from Harvard College in 1991 with a B.A. in Government. Mr. Davis is currently a Vice-Chair of the International Environmental Law Committee of the American Bar Association's Section of Environment, Energy and Resources.

Angela Farleigh - Associate
Ms. Farleigh received her legal degree from the American University, Washington College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2003) and her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan (B.S., 1997) with concentrations in Environmental Policy and Resource, Ecology and Management. While attending American University, Ms. Farleigh clerked for the U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. Prior to law school, Ms. Farleigh was an advocate for the Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit consumer and environmental advocacy organization.

Richard Ferris Jr. - Principal
Richard (“Tad”) Ferris is a Director at Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. and Co-Chair of the Firm's International Section. Tad has acted as a consultant for United Nations organizations, development banks, and foreign government institutions and agencies, including developing-country organizations such as China's State Environmental Protection Administration and the Environmental Protection Administration of the Republic of China on Taiwan. He has also testified before Asian legislatures on issues related to the implementation of national and local environmental legislation.Tad holds a Juris Doctor degree, a Masters of Law degree in Comparative and International Legal Studies, a Masters in East Asian Studies, and a Bachelors Degree in International Relations. Prior to pursuing his legal studies in the United States, Tad studied law with the National Taiwan University Faculty of Law. He has also lectured at the World Bank, and Peking, Soochow and National Taiwan Universities on comparative law topics. Among other positions, Tad serves as Chair of the United States Council for International Business (USCIB) China-Environment Working Group and is a member of the China Task Force of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) to the OECD.

Alfred Fraijo Jr. - Associate
Alfred Fraijo Jr. focuses on environmental review, permitting and local land use entitlement matters. His advocacy work includes partnerships with the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, the California Center for Land Recycling and the Greenlining Institute. Mr. Fraijo received his legal degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (J.D., 2002) and his undergraduate degree from Harvard University (B.A., 1999). Mr. Fraijo also serves on the Board of Directors for La Raza Centro Legal, a nonprofit legal services organization assisting Latino, indigenous, immigrant and low income communities of San Francisco and the greater Bay Area.

Aaron Goldberg - Principal
Aaron H. Goldberg has been actively involved in hazardous waste issues since the beginning of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA") regulatory program in 1980. He started as a consultant to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and then worked at the Office of Management and Budget, before joining Beveridge & Diamond over ten years ago. In addition to being an attorney, Mr. Goldberg has extensive training and experience in both chemistry and economics. He has a bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Yale University, and a master's degree from the California Institute of Technology. He received his law degree from Stanford University in 1985.

Paul Hagen - Principal
Paul Hagen is a Principal with Beveridge & Diamond, P.C. practicing in the areas of U.S. and international environmental law. As Chair of the Firm's International Environmental Practice Section, Mr. Hagen has over a decade of experience advising on the negotiation and implementation of regional and global environmental agreements, including matters arising under the NAFTA and WTO Agreements. His recent work include advising the U.S chemical industry on the negotiation and implementation of the Stockholm POPs Convention and representing the U.S. electronics industry on international and domestic initiatives impacting product design and the management and recycling of end-of-life equipment. In 1998, Mr. Hagen served as an advisor to the People's Republic of China on its implementation of new land use and natural resource legislation and in 1997, he served on a U.S. State Department delegation to South Africa to advise the national and provincial governments on the drafting of new environmental laws. Mr. Hagen is an adjunct professor of law at the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, D.C. where he teaches a course on Environmental Issues in International Business. He is a graduate of Providence College (B.A., 1986) and the Washington College of Law at American University (J.D., 1990).

Madeleine Kadas - Of Counsel
Fluent in Spanish, Maddie Kadas advises clients on environmental issues under the laws of a number of countries in Latin America, including Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. Prior to joining Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., Ms. Kadas was a staff attorney with the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) where she represented the Executive Director in administrative trials relating to low-level radioactive and hazardous waste permits. Ms. Kadas graduated from the University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1988) and the University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1994). From 1994-1995, Ms. Kadas attended La Escuela Libre de Derecho School of Law in Mexico City, Mexico where she completed a Diploma ("LL.M.").

Amanda Monchamp - Associate
Amanda Monchamp practices in the areas of land use, natural resources, and environmental law with an emphasis on project development and regulatory compliance. Prior to joining Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., Amanda worked at the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) in Washington, D.C. At EIA, she represented the electronic industry in state, federal, and international environmental regulatory, legislative, and policy arenas and advised the industry on regulatory compliance issues related to product “take back” initiatives and restricted substance bans. Amanda graduated from the University of California at San Diego (B.A., 1995) and received her J.D. and Master's Degree in Environmental Law from the Vermont Law School (1999).

Alan Sachs - Associate
Alan Sachs is an Associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., practicing environmental law with an emphasis on pesticides and international environmental law issues. Mr. Sachs graduated, with honor, from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2003, where he was awarded a concentration in environmental law. He was an Associate Editor for the Maryland Law Review, co-President of the Maryland Environmental Law Society and a member of the Order of the Coif. He graduated from the University of Maryland in College Park in 1999 with a B.A in English. Mr. Sachs is a member of the Maryland Bar.

Hongjun Zhang Ph.D. - Of Counsel
Hongjun Zhang advises clients on environmental, health, and safety, investment, and trade issues in China and other Asian jurisdictions. Prior to joining Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., Dr. Zhang was a Director in the Legislative Office of the Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Conservation Committee (EPNRCC) of China's National People's Congress responsible for drafting national environmental laws and policy documents and overseeing national and local government implementation and enforcement of environmental and natural resources conservation laws. Dr. Zhang also served as Program Officer in China's State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA). Dr. Zhang has received environmental law training at American, Harvard, New York and Yale universities in the United States, Uppsala University in Sweden, Nijenrode University in the Netherlands, and Chiang Mai University in Thailand.

Hunton & Williams

Founded in 1901, Hunton & Williams is a major US law firm with an international presence. More than 850 attorneys serve clients in 80 countries from 17 offices around the world. They provide EIATRACK with their extensive knowledge of European legislation
www.hunton.com

Authors

Prof. Lucas Bergkamp - Partner
Based at the Business Practice Group, Brussels Prof. Bergkamp’s practice focuses on regulatory and trade as well as liability and transactional work. He counsels on the laws of various European Union Member States, interfaces between national laws and EC law, WTO law, and proposed regulation. He has advised on WTO law aspects of existing and proposed EU legislation, including fuel quality legislation, eco-design rules, take back regimes, and chemical restrictions. The Professor has also advised on a wide range of issues under the EU’s chemical legislation, including the EINECS and polymer exemptions, the definition of impurity, eco-toxicity labeling, carcinogenicity labeling, reporting and informational requirements, and safety data sheets. Professor Bergkamp has undertaken a law degree, a M.D and Ph.D at the University of Amsterdam, 1985 and his Masters of Laws at Yale University, 1989. He speaks Dutch, English, French and German.

Josefina Bunge - Associate
Josefina Bunge focuses on environmental and regulatory law, including health & safety, trade, waste, liability, chemicals, standardization and product regulation. She counsels on EC law and the national laws of EC member states including waste disposal, product take-back regimes and packaging requirements. Before entering private practice, Ms. Bunge worked as Assistant at the Supreme Court of Argentina. She was also a Researcher of Public International Law at the University of Buenos Aires. Her first degree was completed at University of Buenos Aires, 1999 and her Masters of Laws at the London School of Economics and Political Science, 2001. Ms. Bunge speaks Spanish, English and French.

Electronic Industries Alliance

The Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) is a national trade organization that includes the full spectrum of U.S. manufacturers, representing more than 80 per cent of the electronics industry.
www.eia.org

Authors

Rick Goss - Director, Environmental Affairs
Rick Goss oversees EIA's environmental policy activities, including the Alliance's industry-leading work on behalf of U.S. high-tech companies in the areas of federal and state electronics recycling issues. Before joining EIA, Mr. Goss served as a Senior Project Manager with DecisionQuest-Environmental Issues Management. His responsibilities included providing regulatory affairs and public affairs services to several large companies and corporations. Prior to this he served as Legislative Director under New York State Assemblyman Samuel Colman, where he supervised legislative operations, formulated strategy and negotiated public policy on several state and local issues. Mr. Goss holds a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of Rochester and a Master's Degree in Environmental Management and Policy from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

ESHconnect

ESHconnect, Inc. provides knowledge management solutions for environmental, safety, and health (ESH). Our goal is to help organizations effectively communicate ESH issues to their diverse and distributed workforce, ensuring employee safety, productivity, and regulatory compliance.
www.eshconnect.com

Authors

Brian Sherin, CSP - President and CEO
Brian Sherin, is the founder and President of ESHconnect, Inc. and was also the co-founder of Environmental & Occupational Risk Management, Inc. (EORM), a nationwide ESH management consulting firm, from which ESHconnect spun-off in January 2001. Mr. Sherin has twenty-two years of experience in safety engineering, safety management, safety training, industrial hygiene and environmental health and chemistry within the semiconductor, electronics and chemical industries. Mr. Sherin has a B.S. in Genetics from the University of California, a Master's Degree in Biology/Toxicology from San Jose State University and is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP). He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Semiconductor Environmental Safety & Health Association (SESHA), the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) EHS Committees and the member of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE). Mr Sherin is a Lecturer in the Environmental Studies Department at San Jose State University.

Andrew Sweatman - Vice President REGconnect
Andrew Sweatman has over twelve years of experience providing strategic consulting services to companies in Europe, Australia and the U.S. to help reduce the environmental impact of their products and production processes. This unique area of expertise is enhanced by his information technology skills that allow such consulting solutions to be delivered to global clients via the internet in the form of web-based regulatory tracking and e-Learning solutions. Mr. Sweatman's achievements include the development of regulatory tracking systems for the electronics sector, the textile sector and the semiconductor sector. He has also developed successful on-line regulatory tracking systems for Nike, Sony and Apple. Mr. Sweatman is a certified Associate Environmental Auditor with a degree in Industrial Design from RMIT University, Australia and a Master's degree in Environmental Management from Brunel University London, UK.

Perchards

Perchards track and report on issues related to packaging, product take-back and batteries at the EU and UK level including developments related to industrial and economic affairs, the environment, consumer protection, energy, employment and social affairs. Perchards monitors regulatory policies, analyses the implications, plans strategy and helps clients put the message across.
www.perchards.com

Authors

David Perchard - Director
David Perchard has been involved with legislative issues affecting business - especially packaging waste management policy - throughout his thirty-year career with the Food Manufacturers Federation, Cadbury Schweppes, CSM Parliamentary Consultants and since 1987 with Perchards. He is an expert both in EU policies, policymaking procedures and in national policies across the 18 countries of the European Economic Area. He has been a member of several official advisory committees in the UK, has given evidence to Parliamentary committees in Brussels and Westminster, and is heavily involved with the work of industry policy groups operating at EU and national level. In January 1998 David was appointed Consultant to CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, to check the compatibility of the draft European packaging standards with CEN's mandate from the European Commission, and to identify any inconsistencies and omissions.

Product Ecology

Product Ecology Pty Ltd is a sustainability consulting group centered on strategies and advice related to Design for Environment, Product Stewardship and related environmental communications. Based in Australia, Product Ecology helps clients and partners, navigate a practical pathway through otherwise complex environmental imperatives. Providing advice to manufacturers and trade associations in the Australasian electrical and electronic sector is a key area of activity for Product Ecology.
www.productecology.com.au

Authors

John Gertsakis - Director and Principal
John Gertsakis’s research and consulting experience spans a ten year period with projects covering the policy and practice of EcoDesign and Product Stewardship. John has developed, co-authored and edited a diverse collection of manuals, guides and web sites, including EcoSpecifier; Savewater.com.au; A Guide to EcoReDesign™ and Return to Sender: an Introduction to Producer Responsibility. He sits on the editorial board of the Journal for Sustainable Product Design (Netherlands). John Gertsakis serves as an environmental juror on national and international judging panels, including the Design Resources Institute Sustainable Design Awards (Seattle, USA). Prior to establishing Product Ecology, he was the Head of the Centre for Design at RMIT University (1997 - 2001), where he continues to be involved as a Senior Associate and member of the Centre's Advisory Group.

Ecofrontier

Since its foundation in 1995, Eco-Frontier Co. has been committed to conducting policy studies and solutions development related to environmental management and providing on-site consulting services over the last 8 years, assisting the government and businesses in their efforts to sustain co-existence of the environment and the economy.
www.ecofrontier.co.kr

Strategic Counsel

Holly Evans - President
Holly Evans is President of Strategic Counsel, LLC - a consulting firm that represents electronics companies on product-related environmental policy matters. Holly possesses more than ten years experience representing the global electronic industry on environmental, health and safety issues at the international, federal, and state levels. Before forming Strategic Counsel, Holly served as Director of Environmental Policy for the Electronic Industries Alliance - the US-based trade association for the global electronics industry, and Vice President of Government Relations for the IPC - the trade association for the printed circuit board and assembly industries. Holly obtained her law degree from the University of Connecticut and has a master's in environmental policy from the University of Michigan.

Tokio Marine

Tokio Marine Risk Consulting Co., Ltd. TRC provides environmental consulting services. TRC gives advice to businesses from a risk management perspective, extending from grasping of issues through to issue resolution in areas of risk that insurance alone cannot fully cover. It performs a highly specialized consulting service that deals with environmental issues as one area of business risk. The range of environmental consulting services on offer includes: Environmental Risk Assessment/Evaluations, Soil Pollution Assessments, ISO14001 Certification Support, Environmental Information Consulting, Environmental Consulting Service.
www.tokiomarine.co.jp

Crem

Established in 1989, CREM was one of the first consulting firms in the Netherlands to specialize in management and policy focused on "sustainable development" (people, planet and profit). CREM works with government and business, providing research and advice in all phases of the policy cycle. CREM's main strengths lie in an interdisciplinary approach, coupled with a focus on the economic and international context of environmental and social issues
www.crem.nl