Chuck Chaitovitz Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Managing a portfolio of environment, sustainability, and agriculture issues to foster unique partnerships among the private sector, government, and civil society organizations to advance public policy goals. Works with members to support company leadership on sustainability — building the business case and the enabling conditions through commonsense public policy and the actions of member companies, trade associations, and state and local chambers.• Launched, managed, and developed thought-leadership for business and multistakeholder coalitions on climate, PFAS, recycling, resilience, stormwater, and water policies. o Coordinated a group of leading trade associations in supporting passage of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act and ratification of the Kigali Amendment, which will result in more than 33,000 new jobs worldwide and avoid up to .5 degree Celsius in potential global warming. o Convened pubic and private stakeholders to advocate for inclusion of water provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and ensure access to associated funding for small and disadvantaged communities.o Serving as a member of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Environmental Technology Trade Advisory Committee, the National Integrated Drought Information System Executive Council, and the Water Finance Exchange Advisory Board.

Lorton, Va

I have co-founded and manage a Virginia-based professional services firm specializing in strategic communications, marketing and government relations:• Led a team of technical experts to help with business strategy transformation and implementation of environmental, health, and safety management systems for a traditional heavy manufacturing company.• Developed new market opportunities for other innovative environmental technologies. Examples include developing commercialization strategies for several water purification and biogas technologies and government relations programs for defense/aerospace technologies, including a robotics technology supporting emergency preparedness and response objectives and a uranium detection technology to address nuclear proliferation and dirty bomb threats; and• Provided ongoing strategic counsel and program management to clients on a range of international environment, energy and climate change projects including water and sanitation capacity building and field trial in 25 communities in West Africa, a 15- country effort to share nutrient management best practices in Central and Eastern Europe and relationship management in China.• Worked with private sector partners to facilitate, manage and grow the National Metal Finishing Strategic Goals Program (SGP) – a voluntary partnership of more than 500 companies, states and local regulatory agencies for U.S. EPA’s Sector Strategy Division to share best practices and meet environmental targets.• Conducted extensive outreach to state governments with the greatest clean air problems to promote new markets for innovative clean burning fuels. Involved a multitude of public and private stakeholders to ensure the best regulatory environment possible for market entry, including favorable legislative language in Federal Highway legislation providing potential access to approximately $1.5 billion per year to assist with market entry.

Arlington, Va

Facilitated the launch, management, and growth of the U.S. Water Partnership – a public-private partnership of more than 120 U.S. private sector, government and civil society organizations to mobilize the “best” of U.S. expertise, ingenuity and resources to address global water challenges and assisted in development of a multi-million fundraising campaign,

Arlington, Va

• Managed program development and U.S. stakeholder participation in the Global Energy Assessment, the first comprehensive evaluation of global energy systems in more than a decade;• Provided counsel regarding corporate carbon management strategies and implications on meeting Chicago Climate Exchange requirements;• Helped facilitate the Asbestos Strategies process among more than 100 government, industry, and NGO stakeholders and experts to provide recommended actions for oversight, outreach and education to enable stakeholders to effectively address and better manage costs and exposure risks associated with asbestos use and management issues. Helped draft a report of short-term and long-term recommendations, which was provided to U.S. EPA.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Advised U.S. Congressman Jimmy Hayes (R-LA) on the feasibility and impact of a wide range of policy areas, specializing in budget, energy, science, technology, oil and gas, environment, transportation and economic development issues. • Managed legislative activities for Congressman Hayes and provided oversight for proposals through the legislative process, including drafting of legislation, floor statements, press releases and hearing testimony. Results included incorporation of tens of millions of dollars in infrastructure development and environmental and science program funding for local communities and universities and passage of numerous amendments and legislation. • Served as a staff member of the U.S. House of Representatives Science Committee where he helped draft Federal research priorities including research in clean water, renewable energy and cleaner production technologies.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Marketing/Marketing Management, General

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