SP Announces 2010 Executive Committee: SP to be Led by Randy Leslie, Johnson Controls, Inc.

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Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP)

Mar 16, 2010, 10:00 ET

WASHINGTON, March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) has announced its new Executive Committee for 2010.

Chairing the SP Executive Committee for 2010 will be Randy Leslie, Vice President and General Manager, Johnson Controls, Inc, Automotive Experience. "I am pleased that the SP membership has selected me to serve as the Chair of the Executive Committee. SP is a progressive partnership that brings together environmentally-minded companies in an effort to improve environmental sustainability. SP will continue to be an innovator in the automobile industry, and I am honored to be selected to help lead SP in 2010" stated Leslie.

Leslie added, "We have three new members of the Executive Committee, Russell Brynolf of FTS Technologies Inc., who will be the new Vice Chair, and Vickie Mecsey of GM and Pat Beattie, of Arcalis Scientific, who will both be Members At-Large." "We would also like to thank the two committee members who will be leaving the SP Executive Committee this year, Leon Richardson of ChemicoMays and Mindy Tasich-Koyani of Allegiant Global. We thank them for their continued dedication to SP and to the Executive Committee," said Leslie.

SP's Executive Committee includes:

Chair: Randy Leslie, Vice President and General Manager, Johnson Controls, Inc, Automotive Experience

Vice Chair: Russell Brynolf, President, FTS Technologies Inc.

Finance Chair: Reg Modlin, Director, Environmental & Energy Planning, Chrysler LLC

Membership Chair: Adam Westerdale, COO, General Oil Company

Work Group Chair: Jim Laney, Senior Manager, Environmental, Safety & Health, Denso International

At-Large: Andrew Hobbs, Director, Environmental Quality Office, Ford Motor Company

At-Large: Vickie Mecsey, Manager, Global Environmental Program, GM

At-Large: Pat Beattie, President, Arcalis Scientific

Steve Hellem, Executive Director of SP states, "The exceptional combination of leaders in SP has led to an organization with the knowledge and experience to improve the environment while maintaining value to its members. The Executive Committee for 2010 will continue this tradition, and continue its good work in finding news ways to enhance collaborations within the automobile supply chain that will enhance the environmental sustainability of the automotive industry."

The Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) is an innovative collaboration between automobile manufacturers, their suppliers, and the U.S. EPA. SP's members include: 2V Industries, Inc., Advanced Environmental Management Group, AGS Technology, Inc., Allegiant Global Services, LLC, ARCADIS, Arcalis Scientific, Asset Recovery & Management Group, LTD, Atwater Steel Trading Corporation, Chemico Systems, Chrysler LLC, Crystal Filtration, DENSO International America, Inc., ECO Environmental Consulting, The Environmental Quality Company, Federal-Mogul Corporation, Ford Motor Company, FTS Technologies, Gage Products Company, Gayle Technologies, Inc., General Motors Corporation, General Oil Company, Inc., Goodwill Association of Michigan, Green Tree Products and Technologies LLC, Infiniti Environmental, Johnson Controls Inc., Lear Corporation, Merit Laboratories, Inc., Mobile Fluid Recovery, Inc., MPS Group, OmniChem LLC, Performance Environmental Services, Inc., Peter Feamster & Associates, Inc., Quaker Chemical, RTI Laboratories, Inc., TestAmerica Laboratories, Inc., VMX International, Inc.

More information about SP can be found at www.supplierspartnership.org.

SOURCE Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP)