Chris Cleet - Moderator, Vice President, Policy, Environment and Sustainability, ITI

Chris Cleet provides expertise on technical environmental issues such as materials restrictions and best practices for electronics recycling. He leads the Environmental Leadership Council's Product Stewardship and Green Procurement committees which aim to ensure that environmental standards, and state, federal and international laws are based on sound science.

He is a certified qualified environmental professional (QEP) through the Institute of Professional Environmental Practice (IPEP).

Kevin Wolfe, Corporate Environmental Engineer, Intel Corporation

Kevin Wolfe is an environmental engineer working within the Global Environmental group within Intel Corporation, where he has been working in various EHS capacities for the past 23 years. Recent responsibilities have included providing ownership for wastewater environmental regulatory compliance worldwide, as well as the establishment of environmental risk assessment processes to enable compliance to environmental permitting requirements to semiconductor fab and assembly/test manufacturing facilities upon transfer of new manufacturing process technologies. Current responsibilities include coordination of all preparatory activities for emerging PFAS restrictions and regulations within Intel, as well as driving similar activities within semiconductor manufacturing industry associations.

Elizabeth Nichols, Ph.D., U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Office of Environmental Quality

Liz Nichols leads on circular economy for the U.S. Department of State and is a member of the U.S. delegation to the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, where she leads for the United States on finance. She has deep expertise in developing and negotiating innovative international environmental policy and multilateral financing solutions, developing strategic partnerships, and bridging the science-policy-practice interface. Prior to joining the State Department, Liz was a university professor, with a research focus on biodiversity science and quantitative policy analysis and earned her Ph.D. from Columbia University.  She fell in love with the West Coast during the pandemic and currently remotely works from Eugene, Oregon. 

Suhani Chitalia - Moderator, Environmental Regulatory Affairs Manager, IPC

As IPC’s environmental regulatory affairs manager, Chitalia is responsible for monitoring global environmental policy developments and regulatory requirements, liaising with industry members and policymakers, and developing responses to consultations, questionnaires, and calls for evidence from government entities.

Licensed to practice law in the state of Maryland, Chitalia served as an environmental law staff attorney at the University of Maryland School Francis King Carey School of Law and most recently as a government relations associate at lobbying firm, Public Policy Partners. She has extensive experience lobbying for climate change and environmental health legislation, and advocating for environmental justice concerns and public health in Maryland.

Nicolas Robin, Director of Fluoropolymer Products Group, PlasticsEurope

For more than 25 years, Nicolas has been involved in French and European politics – both as an actor, and also as an observer of the often complicated and Byzantine world of how Brussels functions. He has a track record of successfully shaping public policy at the EU and national levels on energy, the environment and reputation issues. Prior to his role in PlasticsEurope, Nicolas worked as in-house PA director for a leading glass packaging company, general secretary for electronic and payment system trade associations and manager of Brussels based PA consulting firms.

Sue Fortunato-Esbach, Regulatory & Sustainability Expert, Product Sustainability, Assent

Sue is a Regulatory and Sustainability Expert at Assent with a focus on European law.  She has an academic background in environmental sciences and law. Before joining Assent, Sue headed the product compliance team at a German manufacturer of electrical and electronic equipment and machinery. In this role she accompanied the product development to ensure that the products complied with EU and US law. Sue is active in trade associations on European level in order to share knowledge and stay abreast of regulatory developments in Brussels. She is passionate about helping companies make sense of the regulatory maze and uses her industry experience and regulatory expertise to advise and guide Assent clients.

Julian Lageard, Director, Global Government Affairs, Intel Corporation

Julian was born in England in 1968, holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Lancaster University and a Master of Science Degree from Imperial College, University of London. He worked in the European Parliament from 1992-94 and subsequently as a consultant in EU affairs. Since 2000, Julian has been based in the Brussels office of Intel Corporation and is Director, Global Government Affairs. He has worldwide responsibility for ESG and Responsible Business Conduct policy. Julian chairs AmCham EU’s Task Force on Responsible Business Conduct as well as the DigitalEurope and techUK groups on Responsible Business Conduct. He is a member and one of the founding strategic partners of the European Partnership for Responsible Minerals (EPRM), Member of the OECD Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) on Responsible Minerals Supply Chain and Member of the Business at OECD Committee on Investment and Responsible Business Conduct.  

Steven Andrews, Regulatory & Sustainability Expert, Product Sustainability, Assent Inc.

Steven Andrews works with companies to help them understand environmental product regulations and how they are enforced. He is an internationally recognized expert, with more than 20 years of experience in European Union (EU) policy development focusing on sustainability, product, waste and recycling legislation.

As the former Deputy Head of the Resources & Waste Division at the UK government’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, he led teams responsible for developing and enforcing policy around the EU’s RoHS, Batteries, and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directives, as well as broader legislation with an environmental and sustainability focus.

Dr. Michael Müller, Manager Product Compliance, Rosenberger GmbH

Michael Müller, Ph.D., heads the product compliance team at Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG. He has an academic background in organic chemistry. He is active in the implementation of product compliance laws since more than ten years. Michael is active in standardization and trade associations to understand best practices and transport them into standards as well as to support the law giver during intended involvement of stakeholders. Since 2021 Michael has served as chair of the Umbrella Project and since 2016, has served as co-chair of the working group for exemption 6(c) in the Umbrella Project.