CHEMFORWARD Foundation
Board
Stacy Glass, CHEMFORWARD
Stacy Glass is CEO of ChemFORWARD where she is responsible for executing on the strategic plan for growth, impact and scale. Stacy develops key partnerships, collaborations and stakeholder engagement that support the mission of ChemFORWARD to create broad access to chemical hazard data and illuminate safer alternatives in partnership with industry. Through this work, she pursues her vision to end toxic chemical exposure and advance human and environmental equity.
To lead this innovative project, she draws from 30 years of experience encompassing management consulting, high growth start-ups, public-private partnerships, and an MBA from Duke University. She has been honored with the Women in Sustainability Leadership Award and the Beyond Duke Service and Leadership Award.
Bill Walsh, Safer Chemistry Impact Fund
Bill Walsh has a distinguished career leading innovative nonprofit initiatives to reduce the impact of toxic chemicals on human health and the environment, and to accelerate the adoption of safer chemistry. He is the founding Director of the Safer Chemistry Impact Fund, an innovative blended capital fund for non-profits who are advancing science-based, data-driven solutions to systematically eliminate hazardous chemicals and replace them with verified safer alternatives. Previously, he served as Executive Director of the Passport Foundation, where he oversaw grant-making in the field of environmental health and chemical hazard reduction. From 2000-2022 he served in leadership roles with Habitable, which he founded as the Healthy Building Network (HBN) in 2000. Bill and HBN received numerous awards and recognitions for efforts reduce human exposures to chemicals in building materials and create market incentives for healthier innovations in manufacturing. There he oversaw the development of the Pharos Chemical Hazard Database, and the of the Health Product Declaration, where he served as a Founding Board Member. From 1989-2000 Bill held leadership positions with Greenpeace USA, including many years as the Toxics Campaign Director. Bill has been a visiting professor at the Parsons School of Design, and holds a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law and an LLM in Public Interest Advocacy from Georgetown University.
David Bourne, Google
David Bourne is the Lead for Environmental Strategy and a founding member of the consumer hardware sustainability team at Google. He develops the strategy and roadmap for product innovation in sustainability for Google's consumer electronics portfolio, with a focus on circular economy principles, including the use of recycled materials and safer chemistry. Prior to Google, he held positions at Nest Labs and Apple.
Heather McKenney, M.P.H., ChemFORWARD
Heather McKenney is the Safer Chemistry Lead at ChemFORWARD. She manages the ongoing development and quality implementation of the ChemFORWARD chemical hazard assessment process and helps industry partners design projects to accelerate safer chemistry adoption. She is a toxicologist and public health professional with previous industry experience in toxicology and product safety at The Honest Company, where she focused on ingredients in personal care, cosmetics, and cleaning products.
Meg Whittaker, Ph.D., M.P.H., CBiol., F.R.S.B., E.R.T., D.A.B.T., Managing Director and Chief Toxicologist, ToxServices
Dr. Margaret “Meg” Whittaker is the Managing Director and Chief Toxicologist of ToxServices LLC. She is a pioneer in the field of chemicals alternatives assessments, and an accomplished human health risk assessor, chemical hazards assessor, and alternatives assessor. She performs chemical hazard assessments for standards like GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals and the U.S. EPA Safer Choice Program. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology (DABT) and a U.K./EuroTox Registered Toxicologist (ERT).
Mike Delee, Dow
Mike DeLee (Michael DeLee) is the Global Business Product Stewardship Director at Dow in the Packaging and Specialty Plastics and Olefins, Aromatics, and Alternatives business. He leads a global team responsible for product safety and regulatory compliance, tracking chemical regulations, and ensuring products meet the highest standards of safety and sustainability. With nearly two decades of experience in plastics and polymers, his role is pivotal in driving Dow's circularity initiatives and enabling a circular economy for plastic. He serves as co-chair of the ICCA Additive working group focused on increasing transparency on chemical additives in plastics. He has a degree in Polymer Chemistry from Louisiana State University.
Richard Wielechowski, Planet Tracker
Richard Wielechowski is a Senior Investment Analyst at Planet Tracker. He leads projects that analyze industries such as Textiles, Plastics, Advertising, and Petrochemicals to inform professional investors. He has significant experience analyzing and modeling different industries and communicating the results, gained from a decade at sell-side equity firm Bernstein Research covering sectors including Retail, Media, and Medical Devices.