WASHINGTON, May 8, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- The Global Environmental Management Initiative
(GEMI), an organization that has for over 30 years provided a forum
for cross-sector companies and associations to work collaboratively
and effectively to address Environment, Health & Safety and
Sustainability management solutions, announced today the election
of new members of the GEMI Board of Directors, and the election of
Co-Chairs for 2024.
GEMI's new members of the Board of Directors include
Rebecca (Becky) Hensley, Senior
Manager, Sustainability, CSX Corporation; Brooke Wynn, Senior Director, Sustainability,
Smithfield Foods; and, Tanis
Marquette, Senior Vice-President and Sustainability &
ESG Practice Leader, Woodard & Curran who join Myra Hughes Foster, Vice President,
Sustainability, Innovation & Strategy, SEE on the Board. In
addition, Becky Hensley and
Brooke Wynn have been elected as
Co-Chairs of GEMI.
"I am very pleased to welcome the new members of the GEMI Board,
and the two Co-Chairs of GEMI," said Mark
Johnson Senior Vice President Director – Private Sector
Services, Gannett Fleming, Inc. He
continued, "I have been pleased to Chair GEMI since 2020, and am
delighted that Becky and Brooke, will become Co-Chairs, and will be
joined by Myra and Tanis on the GEMI Board of Directors."
In a joint statement, Becky
Hensley and Brooke Wynn
expressed how pleased they were to become the Co-Chairs of GEMI and
thanked Mark Johnson for his many
years of serving on the Board of Directors, and his leadership as
GEMI Chair, for four years, and wished him well on his retirement.
"GEMI's member companies and associations are global leaders in
developing insights and creating effective collaborative
sustainability solutions for business. GEMI members have always
been committed to environmental and economic progress, and that
commitment continues in GEMI's Four Current Work Groups that
include: Environmental Sustainability Leadership; Scope 3;
Contaminated Plastics; and, the Trade Association Sustainability
Forum," said Hensley and Wynn.
They continued, "GEMI has always been an organization committed
to EH&S and Environmental Sustainability leadership and
supporting companies and organizations as they work collaboratively
to develop and implement solutions to the challenges faced by our
member companies and organizations."
"On behalf of the members of GEMI, I want to thank Mark Johnson for his leadership and support of
GEMI. It has been a pleasure to work with him as a Board Member and
Chair," said Steve Hellem, GEMI's
Executive Director.
For over 30 years, GEMI has captured the vision and
experience of corporate EH&S and environmental
sustainability leaders through the development of a wide range of
tools and deliverables designed to help companies
improve the environment and provide business
value. Present members of GEMI and its Work Groups
include: American Chemistry Council; Bristow Group Inc.;
ConocoPhillips; CSX; FedEx; FMI – The Food Industry Association;
Gannett Fleming; Nexus Circular;
Plastics Industry Association; SEE; SLB; Smithfield Foods; The
Fertilizer Institute; Tyson Foods; Verdesian; and, Woodard &
Curran.
For more information about GEMI please visit
GEMI's website at www.gemi.org
For More Information Contact:
Steve Hellem (202) 441-0942
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SOURCE Global Environmental Management Initiative