board of directors

Vice Admiral George R. Sterner, United States Navy (Retired)
Chairman

George Sterner was elected Chairman of the Company in March 2005 and has served on the company’s Board of Directors since March of 2002. Admiral Sterner joined Raytheon in 1999 as the company’s Naval Mission Area Executive. He retired in 2005 after three years as Vice President for Strategic Pursuits at Raytheon. From 1998 to 1999, he served as Vice President – System Integration for Walt Disney Imagineering and directed the technical aspects and delivery preparations for the MS Disney Wonder cruise ship. Admiral Sterner spent 36 distinguished years with the U.S. Navy including four years as Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command (1994 – 1998), until his retirement in 1998. Admiral Sterner is currently co-owner and managing director of Sea Systems Solutions, Inc., a consulting firm in Vienna, Virginia.

Joe Allbaugh
President, Brisben Water Systems, Inc., and Director

Joe Allbaugh was named President of Brisben Water Systems in August 2006 and elected to the Board of Directors in October 2005. He also serves as President and CEO of the Allbaugh Company, LLC. As a former Director of FEMA, Mr. Allbaugh coordinated the federal government's post-9/11 response and recovery efforts. He was also a founding member of the President's Homeland Security Advisory Council. Prior to his presidential appointment, Mr. Allbaugh was the National Campaign Manager for Bush-Cheney 2000, Inc. where he successfully organized and managed a $192 million presidential campaign. Before that, Mr. Allbaugh served as Chief of Staff to then-Governor Bush in Texas.

Michael R. "Mickey" Donn, Sr.
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Brisben Water Systems Inc., and Director

Mickey Donn was elected to serve on the Board of Directors in March 2005 and was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Brisben Water Systems in August 2006. Mr. Donn previously served as a consultant, Director of Communications, Managing Director, Senior Vice President of Operations, and Treasurer for Brisben Water Technologies since 2000. Mr. Donn was Project Manager for the Company’s Environmental Protection Agency Verification testing. From 1994 to 2000, Mr. Donn served as the President of the 1700-member Miami-Dade County Fire Fighters Association, for which he previously served as Vice President and Treasurer since 1982. Mr. Donn coordinated relief efforts for the Miami-Dade fire fighters following Hurricane Andrew. Additionally, he set up and coordinated the Brisben Water relief effort in Waveland, MS following Hurricane Katrina. From 1978 to 1980, Mr. Donn conducted day-to-day operations of Dade Oil Company as General Manager.

Barry Hechtman
Director

Barry Hechtman was elected to serve as a company director in March 2005. Mr. Hechtman owns and manages an accounting firm in Miami, Florida. Previously he served as Chief Financial Officer of Banana Boat managing inventory controls, computer system installation and financial statements, and assisting in the multi-million dollar sale of the business. Mr. Hechtman’s previous work included serving as a Controller of a division of Exxon Corp, Staff Auditor at Deloitte, Touche, and Staff Accountant at a local CPA firm.

Stephen R. Johnson
President, Ultrastrip Envirobotic Solutions Inc., and Director

Stephen Johnson has been a director since October 2003. Mr. Johnson joined us as Senior Vice President of Marketing in January 2003 and served from September 2003 through September 2005 as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Johnson has been President of Ultrastrip Envirobotic Solutions since its organization in October 2005. He had also served on our Board of Advisors from February 2001 until he became a director. Previously, he served as Vice President for the Ocean Development Group, a cruise ship development company from 1998 to 2001. From 1997 to 2002, he served as President of Marine Management Consultants L.C. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Johnson served as President and from 1991 to 1994 as Vice President of Atlantic Marine Inc. Over a 20-year career with Betdlehem Steel Corporation, he has held positions that include President of the Ocean Shipping subsidiaries and Senior Manager of the Sparrows Point Shipyard.

J.C. "Jim" Rushing III
CFO and Director

Jim Rushing was elected to the Company’s Board of Directors in September 2003 and served as Chairman from January 2004 until March 2005. Mr. Rushing became Chief Financial Officer of Brisben Water Technologies in March 2005 and served as Treasurer. Mr. Rushing founded Corporate Resources Consulting Group, Inc., a consultancy providing experienced financial and operational management leadership services. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Rushing served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Isolyser Company, Inc., where he co-led a major financial turnaround. From 1997 to 1998, Mr. Rushing served as Chief Financial Officer and Director of New Life Corporation of America. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Rushing was Vice President of Finance at BBA Nonwovens, a $500 Million division of a British based company. The financial integration of a major acquisition, doubling the size of global operations, was Mr. Rushing's major focus in 1996. The new operations were managed for a profitable double-digit return on sales by the second year of operations.

J. Francis Lavelle
Director

J. Francis “Jim” Lavelle was elected to serve on the Board of Directors in August 2006. Mr. Lavelle is a Managing Director of New York-based Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, where he manages the firm’s Industrial Technology and Environmental Technology Investment Banking Group. Previously, Mr. Lavelle founded and successfully managed the Nassau Group, Inc., a corporate strategy and M&A advisory firm, for 12 years. Mr. Lavelle’s clients include emerging growth companies to global multi-billion dollar enterprises. Approximately half of his assignments have been integrated strategic advisory/proactive buy-side mandates for large, strategic acquirers. the balance of his mandates has been equally exclusive sell-side projects, with the remaining minority being private placements. Prior to establishing the Nassau Group, Mr. Lavelle was with Baring Brothers & Co., Inc. in New York and London for five years. He joined Baring Brothers from Booz Allen & Hamilton. Mr. Lavelle is licensed with the NASD as a General Securities Principal (Series 7, 63, 24).

Charles Vinick
Director

Charles Vinick was elected to serve on the Board of Directors in August 2006. Mr. Vinick currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound. His more than two decades with Cousteau international environmental organizations included several leadership positions: Executive Vice President, Ocean Futures Society; Vice President, Jean-Michel Cousteau Institute; and Vice President of the Cousteau Society. His responsibilities included operations and management, fundraising, financial and business development. His prior experience also includes Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation for Santa Barbara City College and Assistant Dean of the University of Southern California’s College of Continuing Education. Mr. Vinick’s consulting roles include interim positions as President of the Immaculate Heart College Center and Director General of Parc Oceanique Cousteau in Paris, France. He has consulted to King International Group of Los Angeles, the Reid Family Foundation, the Catalina Island Conservancy, and SMR Energy Inc. of New York. Mr. Vinick currently serves on the boards of Ocean Futures Europe and Heal the Ocean.

*Admiral William Owens, United States Navy (Retired)
Chairman Emeritus

William Owens previously served as Chairman of Brisben Water and was elected Chairman Emeritus upon completion of his service to the Company. Admiral Owens is Chairman and CEO of AEA Holdings, Inc. Previously, he served as Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nortel Networks. Prior to becoming CEO at Nortel, Admiral Owens was Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Teledesic LLC and President, Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), the U.S.’s largest employee-owned high-technology company. Prior to joining SAIC, he was Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. From 1991 to 1993, he was the deputy chief of Naval Operations for Resources, Warfare Requirements and Assessments. Admiral Owens served as commander of the U.S. Sixth Fleet in 1990 and 1991. Between 1988 and 1991, he served as senior military assistant to Secretaries of Defense Carlucci and Cheney. Admiral Owens sits on the public boards of Nortel Networks and Daimler Chrysler AG, and on several philanthropic boards including the Carnegie Foundation, Brookings Institution and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

*Admiral William Owens is no longer a Board member.

*Jean-Michel Cousteau
Director Emeritus

An explorer, environmentalist, educator and film producer for more than 40 years, Jean-Michel Cousteau is founder and president of the Ocean Futures Society, a non-profit marine conservation organization. the eldest son of undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau, Jean-Michel travels the globe as the "voice of the ocean," meeting with world leaders and policymakers, educating young people, documenting stories of change and hope, and lending his reputation and support to help energize alliances for positive change. At the 2001 Winter and 2004 Summer Olympic Games, he was chosen to represent the environment, literally carrying the torch for the Earth into the Opening Ceremonies. As a former member of Brisben Water Technologies' Board of Directors, Jean-Michel has played a leading role in helping the Company form eco-alliances with shipyards and ship operators to protect the ocean environment from industrial pollution.

*Jean-Michel Cousteau is no longer a Board member. He continues to serve on the Advisory Board.