BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF

Mike Watson is an industry advisor with key focus on Producer Responsibility, technology, and global operations, and has represented the recycling/refurbishment sector in the development of the R2 Standard and CTIA’s standard for the wireless industry.

Over the past 20 years, Mike’s roles have included industry advisor for producer responsibility strategies, CEO for an electronics recycler start-up, and Director of Strategic Business Development for the largest US electronics recycler, and most recently, Chief Compliance Officer for Global Resale. Prior to the recycling industry, Mike served as Director of Global Compliance for Dell Asset Recovery and Recycling.

Brandon is a sustainability professional with a focus on end-of-life and natural resource management issues, and a particular interest in electronics sustainability. Brandon worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a physical scientist on resource conservation and sustainable materials management, and his leadership role in the flagship America Recycles program and other sustainability efforts is well aligned with SERI’s mission and strategic plan. Additionally, Brandon served on the R2 Technical Advisory Committee and participated in the development of the R2v3 Standard. Brandon holds an M.Sc. in Earth and Planetary Sciences from McGill University and a B.A. in Geology and History from Colgate University.

Venky Murthy is a leading expert in the international electronics recycling industry and has 20 years of experience in the establishment of e-waste recycling technologies, process management, precious metals refining, close loop pollution control policy support, and ISO standards.

Venky holds an M.Sc., in Industrial Chemistry, M.Tech., in Process Metallurgy and MBA in International Marketing. Currently founder & Managing Director of Vans Chemistry PTE LTD based in Singapore.

Renee St. Denis is a well-respected consultant in the field of electronics recycling, working for some of the leading brand owners and recyclers in the industry. Prior to her consulting work, Renee was Senior Manager of Global Recycling and Trade-In at Apple; Director of Manufacturer Compliance for Sims Recycling Solutions; and Director of Product Take Back and Recycling in the Hewlett Packard Americas organization.

In addition to her tenure in the electronics recycling industry, Renee is experienced in quantitative analysis of financial instruments.

She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Finance at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, and her MBA at the University of Southern California.

Corey Dehmey is the Chief Executive Officer of SERI and also serves on the organization’s Board of Directors. He has worked in various roles in the Electronics Recovery industry since 2008.

Corey holds a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Computer and Information Systems and spent 12 years in the IT industry before transitioning to electronics recovery.

Cheryl T. Coleman is the Vice President for Sustainability at The Institute for Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI). Cheryl has over 30 years of experience in materials management. In her current role at ISRI, she is leading efforts with ISRI members and other stakeholders to strengthen the industry’s voice in domestic and global policy sustainability discussions including climate change, the circular economy and environmental justice; the development of a Recyclability Protocol Program for fiber based packaging; and, is working with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities, technical schools and community colleges to increase awareness of career opportunities in the recycling industry.

Cheryl previously served as the Director of the Resource Conservation and Sustainability Division at US Environmental Protection Agency where she led efforts to improve the US recycling system, reduce food loss and waste, used electronics management and beneficial use of industrial materials. In her position at EPA, Ms. Coleman represented the US on issues related to sustainable materials management at the Milan Expo, an expert Life Cycle workshop Kyoto, Japan, and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Working Party on Resource Productivity and Waste.

Prior to her tenure at EPA, Cheryl was the Director for RCRA and CERCLA related programs at the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.

Craig Boswell is co-founder and President of HOBI International, Inc., and has more than 30 years of experience in the design, development, and deployment of electronics demanufacturing and recycling techniques.

Additionally, Craig is HOBI’s chief industry consultant on demanufacturing, design for disassembly, and reverse logistics programs. Craig has published and presented numerous papers on electronic products recycling and the keys to designing more recyclable products.  Craig has served the industry in a variety of roles including as chairman of ISRI’s electronics division and as a member of several standards creation efforts.

Craig holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Connect with Craig on Twitter at @CraigBHOBI.

Daniel Ott is a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from ETH Zurich (Switzerland) and a Master of Business Administration from Quantic School of Business and Technology (US). He has more than 18 years of experience working with and in Latin America.

Since 2006 he has been dedicated to the issue of the management of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in developing countries, with a special focus on Latin America. Between 2008 and 2013 he was Project Manager of the “Swiss e-Waste Program Latin America”, implemented by Empa and financed by the Swiss Cooperation SECO. In 2014 he participated as an expert consultant in the formulation of the WEEE Management Project for Latin America by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Currently he is the Manager Latin America of Reverse Logistics Group (RLG), providing support to the electronics industry for environmental legal compliance and the implementation of WEEE take-back systems.

Paul Walker has spent 35 years in the wireless industry. He currently serves as a Senior Director with Samsung’s North American Headquarters Team where he focuses on developing solutions and standards that expand Customers service options, in a safe and responsible way, within an ever changing industry landscape.

After serving in the military he started his ‘wireless’ career with Ericsson and spent spells with Motorola and MetroPCS/T-Mobile before moving to Samsung. He has held positions in manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, procurement, quality, vendor management and customer service.

In addition to being engaged in all of the major industry developments since 1987 he was part of a very small team that brought the first LTE and first VOLTE phones to market as well as introducing new Manufacturers to the US.

Sean Nicholson is currently Executive Director for external relations in the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). In this role, Sean is responsible for managing NRCs fundraising and public engagement with a team that raises millions of dollars for people displaced by conflict. Before joining NRC Sean worked at Microsoft in a number of roles including Education, Windows and OEM, and developed global programs to support reuse of older computers. Prior to that Sean has been a Commonwealth adviser to the government of Namibia, an ICT services manager for the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council, and trained as an applied chemist. He lives in the United Kingdom.

Verena Radulovic is Vice President for Business Engagement at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions and has been engaged on e-waste and e-scrap issues for nearly twenty years.

At C2ES, she works with businesses, policymakers, and other stakeholders to advance business action on climate mitigation and resilience and help galvanize business support for ambitious, practical climate policies and solutions. She manages the Business Environmental Leadership Council (BELC), one of the largest U.S.-based cross-sectoral group of corporations taking action on climate.

Previously, for over 15 years, Ms. Radulovic worked to foster public-private partnerships at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to advance sustainability among companies. In her personal capacity, she led research on how end of life electronics are managed in Peru and India. In India, she examined public perceptions of informal workers and worked with multiple stakeholders to develop policy recommendations on engaging the informal sector and use of standards to help drive responsible e-waste management across India.

Ms. Radulovic has an Msc. in environmental policy and international development from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.A. in political science from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Joan Motsinger has over 30 years in technology, operations, and executive leadership, with her last corporate responsibilities at the C-suite of Seagate Technology, where she led a broad range of governance, transformation, sustainability, and general administrative.

She also served as Chair of the Board of Directors at Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), the industry coalition dedicated to corporate social responsibility in the electronics industry, and on the Circular Drive Initiative (CDI) Board of Directors committed to enabling circularity across the breadth of IT hardware and supply chains.

Scot Case is currently the VP for Sustainability at the National Retail Federation, the world’s largest trade association for retailers, where he also serves as Executive Director of the NRF Center for Retail Sustainability.

Throughout Scot’s career as a strategist, consultant, and sustainability expert, he has worked with organizations ranging from the White House, World Bank, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, multiple Fortune 50 companies, multiple colleges and universities, and federal, state, and local governments around the world.

Scot was a partner in an environmental standard-setting and certification company that he and his partner sold to Underwriters Laboratories, served on the Advisory Board of the Global Ecolabelling Network, and was the first employee of the Global Electronics Council (formerly Green Electronics Council), which manages the EPEAT sustainable electronics standard.

Spencer Hahn is a longtime logistics executive, spending the last 11 years working in hyperscale data center technology for Amazon. Spencer most recently led a team that established re:Cycle Reverse Logistics (RRL) as a standalone entity, which provides ITAD services to customers including Amazon Web Services (AWS). RRL is a global organization specializing in securely testing, repair/refurbishment for reuse, resale, component separation, and recycling of used electronic equipment. Spencer’s experience in tech warehousing, server integration, and reverse logistics drive his focus on sustainability through reduction of landfill and Scope 3 carbon.

Prior to Amazon, Spencer spent 6 years at Caterpillar, implementing and managing international logistics solutions to reduce cost and carbon for Caterpillar’s ocean network. Spencer has an undergraduate degree in Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University and a MBA from Bradley University