Bill Lower Email & Phone Number

Wilmington, De

Direct compliance with federal and state EHS regulations for $500 MM commercial redevelopment company, including CAA, CWA/NPDES, RCRA, CERCLA, DOT and OSHA regulations.Conduct multi-media EHS audits to assure regulatory compliance and alignment with corporate standards and policies. Negotiate $5 MM in NPDES, subaqueous, and RCRA permits with requisite regulatory bodies.Lead and manage all legislative/regulatory activity, including fiscal/budget, environmental, land use/zoning, resource management, health care, energy, hotel/hospitality, and transportation issues. Cultivate and capitalize on diverse, bipartisan relationships with municipal, county, State, and federal officials to secure corporate public policy objectives. Facilitate development of integral, sustained relationships between corporate team and key legislators and governmental officials.Design and lead comprehensive planning processes with municipalities to assess strategic opportunities and secure long-term redevelopment goals.Lead enactment and ongoing implementation of municipal "mixed use" redevelopment ordinance w/ relaxed bulk standards consistent with Smart Growth principles.Turnaround agent for controversial $50 MM mixed-use Hyatt Place Hotel, condominium, and commercial redevelopment resort project along Atlantic coastline. Reversed governmental and community opposition, forging new relationships among stakeholders.Coordinate innovative, non-traditional project management of all engineering and legal documents attendant to “Land Cube” redevelopment. Develop and negotiate easements, amenities and access agreements b/w condominium owners, hotel guests, and retail/restaurant clientele.Conduct environmental due diligence for $40 MM corporate acquisitions and divestitures over past decade. Lead project management of multiple “brownfields” sites to assess, remediate, and return $5 MM contaminated parcels to active commercial and retail use.

Rochester, Minnesota

Led institutional advancement efforts for private K-12 school system encompassing 5 schools and 2,000 students, generating record $2 MM gifts over 7-year period. Assembled and secured grants from philanthropic organizations in support of school system mission.Expanded portfolio of benefactors by 25% to cultivate and secure new unrestricted gifts, with special focus on math, science and technology efforts.Developed and actualized all communication strategies for RCS mission, including marketing portfolio and collateral material.Led and managed news media relations, including TV/radio appearances, press releases, digital platform, newsletters, and Superintendent correspondence.Co-chaired planning and reengineering study with objective to rehabilitate or construct new Lourdes High School (Grades 9-12), including impact on benefactor relations and capital investment needs. Designed and executed special events to promote the school system, including fundraisers, benefactor briefings, awards luncheons and dinners. Led interface and advocacy with all federal, State and local officials, including the world HQ of the Mayo Clinic and a wide array of business and non-profit leaders across the community.

San Antonio, Texas Area

Served as Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of $10 MM public policy research institute; responsible for operations management, supervision and human resources management, and strategic planning.Directed work of 12 professionals and support staff encompassing public policy research related to health care, environmental, fiscal/tax, property rights, and land use issues. Implemented reengineering process to improve financial standing and shareholder impact. Secured $230 M in new revenue via new development and institutional advancement initiatives. Transformed research institute with project management discipline to enhance profitability and meet stakeholder goals.Coordinated work product of research institute with State and federal officials, including then-Governor George W. Bush, Lt. Governor Rick Perry, and the bipartisan Texas congressional delegation.

Wilmington, Delaware

Led and directed EHS regulatory compliance for all mid-Atlantic company facilities, including transfer station, solid waste and recyclables management. Conducted multi-media EHS audits to assure regulatory compliance and adherence to corporate policies, with focus on OSHA regulations, including PPE, hazard control, MSDS, industrial hygiene, and incident investigations. Led interface with federal, State and local officials to rack and influence public policy and EHS regulations to harness profitability and protect competitive advantage.Designed and implemented environmental due diligence processes for $40 MM regional acquisitions over 5-year period.Closed $10 MM inactive hazardous waste sites consistent w/ State and federal regulations, securing certificates of completion of remedy.

Wilmington, Delaware

Designed, developed, and implemented strategic planning effort of external legislative, regulatory, and sociological factors affecting the future U.S. petrochemicals industry.Directed and managed EHS corporate oversight of DuPont Nylon Intermediates and petrochemicals facilities in Orange, TX and Victoria, TXTargeted multi-site DuPont capital investments of $30 MM per year to assure regulatory compliance, meet production goals, and secure sustained competitive advantage. Conducted multi-media EHS audits of nylon intermediate production and toll-manufacturing facilities, including regulatory permits and adherence to rigorous corporate safety and occupational health (S&OH) standards.Co-managed design and execution of corporate-wide reorganization of company EHS vision and execution, including policies attendant to polymers, petrochemicals, fibers, and energy segments.Led DuPont Chemicals implementation of Chemical Manufacturers Association "Responsible Care" initiative.

U.S. Department Of Energy - Savannah River Plant, Aiken, South Carolina

Prepared and coordinated DOE-NEPA assessments of EHS restoration needs for U.S. weapons production complex in post-Cold War era, including clean-up of 11 nationwide sites dedicated to tritium and plutonium production, separation, and assemblage for the U.S. Department of Defense.Led and managed closure of multiple radioactive/hazardous waste sites, including first-ever imposition of federal RCRA regulations to DOE radioactive waste sites.Led and coordinated writing of extensive NEPA documents for DOE Records of Decisions, including Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements, subject to review and oversight in Washington, DC.Developed and implemented overhaul of NPDES framework and water quality monitoring network for entire Savannah River site.

Bce, Bachelors Of Civil/Environmental Engineering, Environmental Engineering

Activities and Societies: Chair, Senior Design Project, environmental and legal implications of the newly proposed solid and hazardous.

Baas - Bachelor Of Arts - Political Science/Pre-Law, Political Science And Government

Activities and Societies: Senior Practicum - Teaching Assistant (TA) POL 105 - Introduction to American Government

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