COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP
Roster
February, 2012
John Bartlit (505) 672-9792 Jrbartlit@aol.com
Acting Chair
John Bartlit received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering at Purdue Univ. in 1956 and a Doctor's degree in chemical engineering at Yale in 1963. He was a research engineer at Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1962 to 1993. He has been a volunteer with New Mexico Citizens for Clean Air & Water since 1969 and has worked to cut pollution from New Mexico's coal-fired power plants, copper smelters, wood waste burners, mining operations, and computer chip operations. John has authored biweekly newspaper columns on environment from 1971 to the present. He also served as a public representative on New Mexico Mining Commission from 1997 to 2002.
Sarah Chavez (505) 794-4917 sarah.t.chavez@intel.com
Sarah Chavez was born in Albuquerque NM and went to NM Tech, where she obtained a BS in Environmental Engineering. She has been with Intel for 16 years and has worked as an Environmental Engineer in the air, water, wastewater, and ISO14001 programs. She also participates as an examiner and judge for the NM Green Zia Environmental Excellence Program.
Hugh Church (505) 821-6687 Churchhw@aol.com
Hugh, born in Santa Fe, received a BS degree from UNM and an MS degree in meteorology from UCLA. He is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist by the American Meteorological Society. He was a member (later senior member) of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories from 1957 retiring in1998. He previously served in the U.S. Weather Bureau’s Severe Local Storms Research Unit in Washington, DC. He is a member of the American Meteorological Society, the American Geophysical Union, and the local Air and Waste Management Association chapter. He is currently a volunteer and board member of the American Lung Association of New Mexico.
Lane Kirkpatrick (505) 897-0437 lkirkpatrick@kaconsulting.com
Lane W. Kirkpatrick is the President, CEO, and owner of Kirkpatrick & Associates (K&A), a management consulting and executive search firm. Having worked on behalf of domestic and global clients, Lane helps organizations develop business “visions” and strategic market and business plans. He has served as Vice President and General Manager of environmental, advanced automation and system integration businesses for several Fortune 500 companies. Lane has served on several civic and professional society boards. He holds degrees from the University of Washington and has completed advanced courses and programs at the University of Southern California and the Harvard Business School.
Thom Little 505 659 3062 thomas.m.little@intel.com
Thom Little comes to New Mexico with 12 years experience as a manufacturing shift manager at Intel in the Santa Clara facility (D2). His responsibilities included managing all aspects of a semi-conductor manufacturing organization. In addition, Thom worked for 15 years as a professional Geologist in California and Utah for CH2M Hill and a Schlumberger subsidiary, respectively, managing environmental and oil production related projects. He has a strong background in hydrogeology and worked on numerous landfill siting projects as well as industrial waste clean up projects throughout the United States. His oil-field experience mostly pertained to oilfield problem solving and managing petrologic services. Thom has a Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Geology.
Stephen Littlejohn, Facilitator (505) 450-3526 swlittlejohn@comcast.net
Stephen Littlejohn, Ph.D., has been a professor of communication for 36 years and has practiced mediation and facilitation internationally for the past 15 years. Stephen is a founder of the Public Dialogue Consortium, a non-profit based in California. He is author of seven books and numerous articles on communication, mediation, and conflict management. He serves in a neutral capacity as facilitator of the Group.
Edward Pineda (505) 994-3041 epinedav@aol.com
Edward Pineda is a retired Naval Engineering Officer. He received a BSME and MSME from US Naval Engineering School and an MSCE from Naval Polytechnic Academy. Edward was Assistant Director for Latin America at the American Society for Testing and Materials. He was Project Engineer and Principal Engineer for liquefied natural gas and industrial gases plants at Air Products and has been a consulting and environmental engineer with various industrial companies in US and Latin America, participating in environmental impact assessment and resolution of environmental conflicts between investors/polluters, communities, and regulators. Having returned to the US in 1999, Edward currently lives in Rio Rancho, where he continues his participation in city, environmental and community activities.
Mike Williams (505) 455-7221 MW229@aol.com
Mike Williams has BS, MS, and Ph.D degrees from UCLA in engineering. He has approximately 35 years of experience in air quality modeling and measurements. He is a co-founder of New Mexico Citizens for Clean Air and Water and has provided atmospheric modeling assistance to several conservation organizations. He also served as the chairman of the Southwest Regional Conservation Committee of the Sierra Club.