Steve has a 40-year track record as an innovator and leader in the environmental, energy, and natural resource fields.  He was appointed for 8 years by three successive governors as Cabinet Secretary to lead the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.  During his tenure, he added over 60,000 acres to the state park system and led the development and construction of the first LEED Platinum state office.  He also represented Missouri and the US by chairing the NAFTA-US Governmental Environmental Advisory Commission (GAC), serving on the EPA’s Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) for 13 years, and he received the “United States Presidential Environmental Achievement Award” in 1989.  His work was also the subject of a “60 Minutes” episode because of his leadership in negotiating the first agreement in US history for a corporate buy out of the houses of Missouri citizens whose children were being exposed to lead contamination and smelter emissions.  Currently, he is advising the Nature Conservancy and many influential organizations on climate change, energy, environmental, natural resource and carbon management issues.  Steve holds a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Science from Rutgers University and is a graduate of the Yale University Environmental and Management Leadership.