WEC Board Appoints Board Officers for 2023

2022 Dec Update

WEC Board Appoints Board Officers for 2023

WEC’s global Board of Directors in December elected officers for 2023.  Emilio Tenuta (Ecolab) and Eunice Heath (Dow, retired) were reelected for second terms as Chair and Vice Chair, respectively.  Cristina Gil-White (Suzano) was elected as Secretary and Sheryl Telford (Chemours) was elected as Treasurer. The board thanked Lauren Hopkins (Beveridge & Diamond) and Donna Venable (Ricoh) for their two terms of service as Secretary and Treasurer, respectively. 

WEC’s Executive Committee Officers for 2023 are:

  • Chair: Emilio Tenuta, Senior Vice President & Chief Sustainability Officer – Ecolab, Inc.
  • Vice-Chair: Eunice Heath, Corporate Director of Sustainability – Dow
  • Treasurer: Sheryl Telford, Chief Sustainability Officer, The Chemours Company
  • Secretary: Cristina Gil-White, Chief Sustainability Officer – Suzano

Emilio Tenuta served previously as Board Chair. Eunice Heath served previously as a Vice-Chair. Sheryl Telford and Cristina Gil-White will start their first terms in respective roles.

They join current WEC Board Members: Kevin Butt, Director, Environmental Sustainability, Toyota North America; Zoe Haseman, Vice President, Global Sustainability, Jacobs; Kris Morico, Vice President, EHS & Sustainability, Baxter; Lars Murawski, Vice President, EHS & Sustainability, Boehringer Ingelheim; Glenn Prickett, President & CEO, WEC; Isabel Studer, Director, Allianza University of California-Mexico; and Karen Westley, Vice President for Carbon, Environment & Downstream Safety, Environment & Asset Management, Shell; and Exequiel Rolan Michel, Sustainability & Community Relations Manager – Fresnillo, plc.

“We are fortunate to have such accomplished global leaders in sustainability as the officers of the World Environment Center. I am thrilled with the experience, guidance, and oversight that they bring to our work,” said Glenn Prickett, WEC President & CEO.

About the World Environment Center
The World Environment Center advances sustainable development through corporate business practices. Headquartered in Washington, D.C. with offices in Europe and Latin America, WEC creates business solutions through executive roundtables on key sustainability challenges, builds capacity of small enterprises in emerging markets; and honors industry excellence through its annual Gold Medal Award. WEC is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization. For more information, please visit www.wec.org.