Archie Manning
Annual Board and Membership Meeting
When people think of Archie Manning, they think football. But Archie’s appeal transcends his athletic achievements. People far and wide have been inspired by his warm personality, his drive and sense of humor. He currently serves in public relations and consulting capacities for several local, regional, and national companies. For 25 years he hosted four Archie Manning Cystic Fibrosis benefit golf tournaments in Louisiana and Mississippi and is active in a wide variety of charitable and civic causes.
Archie was born May 19, 1949, in Drew, Mississippi. He attended the University of Mississippi where he was named an All-American Quarterback and his #18 is retired. He was voted Mississippi’s Greatest All-Time Athlete in 1992 and was named Mississippi’s Most Popular Athlete of the Century. He was elected to the 50-Year AllSouth Team (1940-1990), named one of the Top 25 Athletes of the Century in Louisiana and he and his son Peyton were named among the 100 All-Time Greatest College Football Players. Archie was inducted into the National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame and is a member of other Halls of Fame including the Gator Bowl and Sugar Bowl and Louisiana and Mississippi Halls of Fame. He was named an American Spirit Medallion honoree by the World War II Museum and received the SEC’s Michael L. Slive Distinguished Service Award.
In 1971, Archie was the second player chosen in the NFL draft – the number one draft choice of the New Orleans Saints. He set Saints passing records, played in Pro Bowls, and was named the NFC Most Valuable Player in 1978. He concluded his 15-year career in 1985. He was the first player in Saints history to be inducted into the Louisiana Superdome Wall of Fame and was in the first class of the Saints Ring of Honor. He was named to the All 50th Saints team, recognized as one of the top 50 players in franchise history. He was also drafted four times by major league baseball.
His community activities include Louisiana Special Olympics, the New Orleans Area Boy Scout Council, the Salvation Army, United Way Speakers Bureau, Allstate Sugar Bowl Committee, New Orleans Sports Foundation, and is Chairman of the Board of the National Football Foundation.
While in pro football, Archie received the Byron “Whizzer” White Humanitarian Award, the Bart Starr Humanitarian Award, the Spirit of Good Sports Award from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association and the U.S. Jaycees named him one of 10 Outstanding Young Americans. In 2005 Archie received the Legends award from the Davey O’Brien Foundation and the Aspire award, a tribute to life’s coaches, from the Cal Ripken Foundation. Archie was honored by the United States Sports Academy with the 2006 Distinguished Service Award. He was selected Father of the Year by the National Father’s Day Council. Also, he received the Silver Buffalo, the Boy Scouts of America’s highest award. Archie received the Reds Bagnell Award from the Maxwell Football Club, was the 51st winner of the Bert Bell Award, and was honored at the Super Bowl in New Orleans with the Pat Summerall Award. He was honored by the American Football Coaches Association and received the Distinguished American award from the Walter Camp Foundation. Archie and his wife Olivia were recipients of the National Pathfinder Award for their work in post-Hurricane Katrina. Archie received one of the highest honors in football, the Gold Medal Award, presented by the National Football Foundation. This award has gone to seven Presidents, Admirals and Generals, corporate CEOs, and other distinguished Americans.
Archie and Olivia reside in New Orleans and have three sons, Cooper, Peyton, and Eli. They are the proud grandparents of four boys and five girls. Cooper was an all-state high school athlete and his football career at Ole Miss ended with a spinal cord injury. He is Senior Managing Director at the hotel/real estate firm, AJ Capital Partners. He is also the host of “The Cooper Manning Hour (minus 58 minutes)” on Fox Sports. Cooper’s son, Arch, was named the National High School Football Freshman of the Year by MaxPreps.
Peyton is a former All-American at Tennessee where his #16 is retired. He and Archie are the only father/son duo in the College Football Hall of Fame. He was the first player chosen in the 1998 NFL Draft and spent 18 years in pro football. He was named one of the top 10 pro football quarterbacks of all time. Peyton was selected to 14 Pro Bowls and named the NFL MVP five times. He retired as the NFL all-time leader in yardage, touchdown passes and wins. He quarterbacked the Colts and the Broncos to Super Bowl championships. Peyton was the NFL Man of the Year in 2006. Indianapolis unveiled a statue of Peyton in front of Lucas Oil Stadium and retired his #18. He has hosted the ESPYs and received the Lincoln Award from the White House. He was named one of the top 100 players in college and pro football. Tiger Woods and Peyton teamed up to win The Match, raising $20 million for COVID-19 relief. He was recently elected to the NFL Hall of Fame.
Eli was also an All-American at Ole Miss and won the Maxwell Award as the top player in college football. He was the first player chosen in the 2004 NFL draft. He was selected to four Pro Bowls and led the Giants to world championships in Super Bowl XLII (42) and XLVI (46) and was named MVP of both games. He was named the 2017 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year. Eli won the 2020 Bart Starr Character and Leadership Award and the “Good Guy” award, selected by the Pro Football Writers of America. Eli retired after 16 years with the Giants and his #10 will be retired by Ole Miss and New York.
Archie and Peyton wrote a book entitled “Manning: A Father, His Sons and A Football Legacy”. Peyton and Eli also wrote a children’s book entitled “Family Huddle”. Archie and his boys have operated the Manning Passing Academy, a summer camp for high school quarterbacks and receivers, for 25 years. Archie is an owner of Manning’s, a sports-themed restaurant on Fulton Street in New Orleans.
In honor of the Mannings’ college football accomplishments, the Sugar Bowl has created the Manning Award to go to the nation’s best college quarterback. The Manning family was named the second most inspiring family in America by Town & Country Magazine. They were featured in a highly rated documentary on ESPN entitled “The Book of Manning”.
Annual Board and Membership Meeting
When people think of Archie Manning, they think football. But Archie’s appeal transcends his athletic achievements. People far and wide have been inspired by his warm personality, his drive and sense of humor. He currently serves in public relations and consulting capacities for several local, regional, and national companies. For 25 years he hosted four Archie Manning Cystic Fibrosis benefit golf tournaments in Louisiana and Mississippi and is active in a wide variety of charitable and civic causes.
Archie was born May 19, 1949, in Drew, Mississippi. He attended the University of Mississippi where he was named an All-American Quarterback and his #18 is retired. He was voted Mississippi’s Greatest All-Time Athlete in 1992 and was named Mississippi’s Most Popular Athlete of the Century. He was elected to the 50-Year AllSouth Team (1940-1990), named one of the Top 25 Athletes of the Century in Louisiana and he and his son Peyton were named among the 100 All-Time Greatest College Football Players. Archie was inducted into the National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame and is a member of other Halls of Fame including the Gator Bowl and Sugar Bowl and Louisiana and Mississippi Halls of Fame. He was named an American Spirit Medallion honoree by the World War II Museum and received the SEC’s Michael L. Slive Distinguished Service Award.
In 1971, Archie was the second player chosen in the NFL draft – the number one draft choice of the New Orleans Saints. He set Saints passing records, played in Pro Bowls, and was named the NFC Most Valuable Player in 1978. He concluded his 15-year career in 1985. He was the first player in Saints history to be inducted into the Louisiana Superdome Wall of Fame and was in the first class of the Saints Ring of Honor. He was named to the All 50th Saints team, recognized as one of the top 50 players in franchise history. He was also drafted four times by major league baseball.
His community activities include Louisiana Special Olympics, the New Orleans Area Boy Scout Council, the Salvation Army, United Way Speakers Bureau, Allstate Sugar Bowl Committee, New Orleans Sports Foundation, and is Chairman of the Board of the National Football Foundation.
While in pro football, Archie received the Byron “Whizzer” White Humanitarian Award, the Bart Starr Humanitarian Award, the Spirit of Good Sports Award from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association and the U.S. Jaycees named him one of 10 Outstanding Young Americans. In 2005 Archie received the Legends award from the Davey O’Brien Foundation and the Aspire award, a tribute to life’s coaches, from the Cal Ripken Foundation. Archie was honored by the United States Sports Academy with the 2006 Distinguished Service Award. He was selected Father of the Year by the National Father’s Day Council. Also, he received the Silver Buffalo, the Boy Scouts of America’s highest award. Archie received the Reds Bagnell Award from the Maxwell Football Club, was the 51st winner of the Bert Bell Award, and was honored at the Super Bowl in New Orleans with the Pat Summerall Award. He was honored by the American Football Coaches Association and received the Distinguished American award from the Walter Camp Foundation. Archie and his wife Olivia were recipients of the National Pathfinder Award for their work in post-Hurricane Katrina. Archie received one of the highest honors in football, the Gold Medal Award, presented by the National Football Foundation. This award has gone to seven Presidents, Admirals and Generals, corporate CEOs, and other distinguished Americans.
Archie and Olivia reside in New Orleans and have three sons, Cooper, Peyton, and Eli. They are the proud grandparents of four boys and five girls. Cooper was an all-state high school athlete and his football career at Ole Miss ended with a spinal cord injury. He is Senior Managing Director at the hotel/real estate firm, AJ Capital Partners. He is also the host of “The Cooper Manning Hour (minus 58 minutes)” on Fox Sports. Cooper’s son, Arch, was named the National High School Football Freshman of the Year by MaxPreps.
Peyton is a former All-American at Tennessee where his #16 is retired. He and Archie are the only father/son duo in the College Football Hall of Fame. He was the first player chosen in the 1998 NFL Draft and spent 18 years in pro football. He was named one of the top 10 pro football quarterbacks of all time. Peyton was selected to 14 Pro Bowls and named the NFL MVP five times. He retired as the NFL all-time leader in yardage, touchdown passes and wins. He quarterbacked the Colts and the Broncos to Super Bowl championships. Peyton was the NFL Man of the Year in 2006. Indianapolis unveiled a statue of Peyton in front of Lucas Oil Stadium and retired his #18. He has hosted the ESPYs and received the Lincoln Award from the White House. He was named one of the top 100 players in college and pro football. Tiger Woods and Peyton teamed up to win The Match, raising $20 million for COVID-19 relief. He was recently elected to the NFL Hall of Fame.
Eli was also an All-American at Ole Miss and won the Maxwell Award as the top player in college football. He was the first player chosen in the 2004 NFL draft. He was selected to four Pro Bowls and led the Giants to world championships in Super Bowl XLII (42) and XLVI (46) and was named MVP of both games. He was named the 2017 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year. Eli won the 2020 Bart Starr Character and Leadership Award and the “Good Guy” award, selected by the Pro Football Writers of America. Eli retired after 16 years with the Giants and his #10 will be retired by Ole Miss and New York.
Archie and Peyton wrote a book entitled “Manning: A Father, His Sons and A Football Legacy”. Peyton and Eli also wrote a children’s book entitled “Family Huddle”. Archie and his boys have operated the Manning Passing Academy, a summer camp for high school quarterbacks and receivers, for 25 years. Archie is an owner of Manning’s, a sports-themed restaurant on Fulton Street in New Orleans.
In honor of the Mannings’ college football accomplishments, the Sugar Bowl has created the Manning Award to go to the nation’s best college quarterback. The Manning family was named the second most inspiring family in America by Town & Country Magazine. They were featured in a highly rated documentary on ESPN entitled “The Book of Manning”.
Helena Boschi
General Session
Dr. Helena Boschi is a globally acclaimed psychologist who correlates principles from the scientific exploration of brain science to the business world with tips and tricks to hack our brains. She explains how our brains have been wired, leading to specific behaviours that are sometimes helpful but sometimes limiting. Dr. Boschi gives audience tools to change the way their brains drive decision making, innovation, and communication. For close to three decades, she has advised leading multinational organisations on how to define and design new initiatives — particularly in the areas of organisational behaviour, leadership, team development, and organisational change management. Her brain-based methodology is woven into the fabric of many of the world’s thriving companies.
Exclusively represented by Leading Authorities speakers bureau, Dr. Boschi takes audiences on a fascinating journey deep inside the brain to help them understand why we do the things we do and how this knowledge can be applied to becoming our best selves in the workplace and beyond. She’s a warm presence who gets meeting-goers enthusiastically engaged with amusing anecdotes and interactive elements to her presentation, and translates complex neuroscience and psychology concepts in clear and concise ways. As she breaks down what’s really going on inside our brains, she examines the business case for optimising the physical and psychological aspects of teams, and shares tangible takeaways for channeling wellbeing into collective innovation, peak performance, and growth.
Throughout her career, Dr. Boschi has held senior talent management and organisation development roles at international companies across a range of disciplines, including sales, marketing, international relations, organisation design, and leadership development. She is particularly passionate about developing person-centric approaches to corporate spaces in a world that is placing increased demand on our biological and cognitive resources. Her extensive research in the field includes the impact of chronic, work-induced stress on brain function, which she detailed in her acclaimed book Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Our Brain to Get the Best Out of Ourselves and Others.
A member of the British Psychological Society, Dr. Boschi delivers compelling messages that are backed by science, grounded in the real world, and communicated in a style that engages all of her audiences.
https://www.chequeredleopard.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-helena-boschi-2191886/?originalSubdomain=uk
General Session
Dr. Helena Boschi is a globally acclaimed psychologist who correlates principles from the scientific exploration of brain science to the business world with tips and tricks to hack our brains. She explains how our brains have been wired, leading to specific behaviours that are sometimes helpful but sometimes limiting. Dr. Boschi gives audience tools to change the way their brains drive decision making, innovation, and communication. For close to three decades, she has advised leading multinational organisations on how to define and design new initiatives — particularly in the areas of organisational behaviour, leadership, team development, and organisational change management. Her brain-based methodology is woven into the fabric of many of the world’s thriving companies.
Exclusively represented by Leading Authorities speakers bureau, Dr. Boschi takes audiences on a fascinating journey deep inside the brain to help them understand why we do the things we do and how this knowledge can be applied to becoming our best selves in the workplace and beyond. She’s a warm presence who gets meeting-goers enthusiastically engaged with amusing anecdotes and interactive elements to her presentation, and translates complex neuroscience and psychology concepts in clear and concise ways. As she breaks down what’s really going on inside our brains, she examines the business case for optimising the physical and psychological aspects of teams, and shares tangible takeaways for channeling wellbeing into collective innovation, peak performance, and growth.
Throughout her career, Dr. Boschi has held senior talent management and organisation development roles at international companies across a range of disciplines, including sales, marketing, international relations, organisation design, and leadership development. She is particularly passionate about developing person-centric approaches to corporate spaces in a world that is placing increased demand on our biological and cognitive resources. Her extensive research in the field includes the impact of chronic, work-induced stress on brain function, which she detailed in her acclaimed book Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Our Brain to Get the Best Out of Ourselves and Others.
A member of the British Psychological Society, Dr. Boschi delivers compelling messages that are backed by science, grounded in the real world, and communicated in a style that engages all of her audiences.
https://www.chequeredleopard.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-helena-boschi-2191886/?originalSubdomain=uk
Gail Conenello
Environmental Subcommittee Meeting
Gail Conenello’s environmental practice is focused in the areas of CERCLA and Spill Act remediations and liability actions, private cost recovery actions, environmental justice actions, RCRA, environmental insurance coverage actions, due diligence for corporate and real estate transactions, and various environmental remediation, permitting, compliance, regulatory and enforcement matters.
Notably, Gail has been on the cutting edge of issues involving site remediation and environmental justice. She has spoken before various professional and trade associations, such as the New Jersey State Bar Association, the Chemistry Council of New Jersey and the New York State Business Council, on these topics.
At K&L Gates, Gail has also counseled clients on environmental issues in order to facilitate corporate and real estate transactions. She has worked on numerous multi-million dollar transactions for a wide range of clients, from pharmaceutical companies to manufacturers, and has extensive experience assisting clients with compliance and remediation issues associated with New Jersey’s Industrial Site Recovery Act.
As a complement to her work in the environmental arena, Gail has also been involved in developing community outreach programs for major industrial clients. These outreach programs develop and maintain ongoing forums for positive working relationships and effective communication between manufacturers and key stakeholders in the local and regional communities on key issues related to the daily operations of industrial facilities and legacy site remediation issues associated with former industrial operations.
Gail is a graduate of NYU and Rutgers University. Prior to entering private practice, Gail served a one year judicial clerkship in the New Jersey Superior Court, Law Division for the Honorable Douglas K. Wolfson and the Honorable Yolanda Ciccone.
Environmental Subcommittee Meeting
Gail Conenello’s environmental practice is focused in the areas of CERCLA and Spill Act remediations and liability actions, private cost recovery actions, environmental justice actions, RCRA, environmental insurance coverage actions, due diligence for corporate and real estate transactions, and various environmental remediation, permitting, compliance, regulatory and enforcement matters.
Notably, Gail has been on the cutting edge of issues involving site remediation and environmental justice. She has spoken before various professional and trade associations, such as the New Jersey State Bar Association, the Chemistry Council of New Jersey and the New York State Business Council, on these topics.
At K&L Gates, Gail has also counseled clients on environmental issues in order to facilitate corporate and real estate transactions. She has worked on numerous multi-million dollar transactions for a wide range of clients, from pharmaceutical companies to manufacturers, and has extensive experience assisting clients with compliance and remediation issues associated with New Jersey’s Industrial Site Recovery Act.
As a complement to her work in the environmental arena, Gail has also been involved in developing community outreach programs for major industrial clients. These outreach programs develop and maintain ongoing forums for positive working relationships and effective communication between manufacturers and key stakeholders in the local and regional communities on key issues related to the daily operations of industrial facilities and legacy site remediation issues associated with former industrial operations.
Gail is a graduate of NYU and Rutgers University. Prior to entering private practice, Gail served a one year judicial clerkship in the New Jersey Superior Court, Law Division for the Honorable Douglas K. Wolfson and the Honorable Yolanda Ciccone.
Brian Montag
Environmental Subcommittee Meeting
Brian Montag is a practice group coordinator for the firm's global Environment, Land, and Natural Resources practice group. He represents clients in regulatory, enforcement, and litigation matters in various industries and manufacturing sectors, including construction, quarry, asphalt, cement, telecommunications, glass, paper, and chemical operations. Brian has served as outside counsel to leading State and Federal trade and business associations. He also has extensive experience representing clients in administrative, State and Federal court proceedings, as well as before the US Department of Justice, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Transportation, and State transportation and environmental agencies regionally and nationally. Brian has served in leadership roles and as lead counsel in landmark environmental regulatory and litigation matters, including settlements involving environmental justice, Superfund, air, water, and solid and hazardous waste matters, as well as products liability and toxic tort litigation.
Brian is named in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers to Business and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Administrative/Regulatory and Environmental Law since 2005.
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Professional Background
Brian has served as lead regulatory and litigation counsel for numerous mid-size and Fortune 500 clients throughout his career. He served as lead counsel in a complex federal environmental litigation in which the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, ruled in favor of his client on precedent setting environmental justice issues. Brian also served as lead counsel for a group of 65 companies in a nationally recognized solid waste litigation in which he successfully negotiated a global resolution with the government. Brian has taken leadership roles in representing clients at several of the top ten Superfund sites listed on the National Priorities List. He has also provided advice and counseling to companies in matters involving new facility construction and modifications, where he has managed complex permitting and compliance issues in all phases of these projects. Brian has also advised companies in developing community advisory panels and outreach projects to gain local support for manufacturing operations and related environmental permitting; he has developed a national network of liaison groups and organizations to assist in communications, as well as environmental and economic development support for these projects.
Environmental Subcommittee Meeting
Brian Montag is a practice group coordinator for the firm's global Environment, Land, and Natural Resources practice group. He represents clients in regulatory, enforcement, and litigation matters in various industries and manufacturing sectors, including construction, quarry, asphalt, cement, telecommunications, glass, paper, and chemical operations. Brian has served as outside counsel to leading State and Federal trade and business associations. He also has extensive experience representing clients in administrative, State and Federal court proceedings, as well as before the US Department of Justice, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Transportation, and State transportation and environmental agencies regionally and nationally. Brian has served in leadership roles and as lead counsel in landmark environmental regulatory and litigation matters, including settlements involving environmental justice, Superfund, air, water, and solid and hazardous waste matters, as well as products liability and toxic tort litigation.
Brian is named in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers to Business and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Administrative/Regulatory and Environmental Law since 2005.
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Professional Background
Brian has served as lead regulatory and litigation counsel for numerous mid-size and Fortune 500 clients throughout his career. He served as lead counsel in a complex federal environmental litigation in which the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, ruled in favor of his client on precedent setting environmental justice issues. Brian also served as lead counsel for a group of 65 companies in a nationally recognized solid waste litigation in which he successfully negotiated a global resolution with the government. Brian has taken leadership roles in representing clients at several of the top ten Superfund sites listed on the National Priorities List. He has also provided advice and counseling to companies in matters involving new facility construction and modifications, where he has managed complex permitting and compliance issues in all phases of these projects. Brian has also advised companies in developing community advisory panels and outreach projects to gain local support for manufacturing operations and related environmental permitting; he has developed a national network of liaison groups and organizations to assist in communications, as well as environmental and economic development support for these projects.
Linda Lampl
Engineering & Technical Committee
Lampl, co-founder of Lampl Herbert Consultants, manages all LHC activities, client projects, and provides consulting services related to public policy, regulatory matters, and communication. Lampl holds graduate degrees in cultural anthropology and strategic public relations from Florida State University (FSU) and George Washington University, respectively, and a doctorate in communication research from FSU. Lampl contributes to FSU courses related to geologic hazards and petroleum geology, providing lectures related to stakeholder issues and community engagement.
Lampl’s current interests include individual and social resiliency in rapidly changing times; the supply chain for every day, must-have items; life cycle – cradle to grave – for all products, and threats to food production.
Engineering & Technical Committee
Lampl, co-founder of Lampl Herbert Consultants, manages all LHC activities, client projects, and provides consulting services related to public policy, regulatory matters, and communication. Lampl holds graduate degrees in cultural anthropology and strategic public relations from Florida State University (FSU) and George Washington University, respectively, and a doctorate in communication research from FSU. Lampl contributes to FSU courses related to geologic hazards and petroleum geology, providing lectures related to stakeholder issues and community engagement.
Lampl’s current interests include individual and social resiliency in rapidly changing times; the supply chain for every day, must-have items; life cycle – cradle to grave – for all products, and threats to food production.
Thomas Herbert
Engineering & Technical Committee
Tom is co-founder of Lampl Herbert Consultants, serves as Vice-President for Natural Resource Development. Herbert brings 53 years of experience in geoscience matters and provides consulting services in geology, resource development, and legislative/regulatory topics. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in geology and a doctorate in resource development from Michigan State University (MSU), emphasizing resource law and economics. He contributes to FSU courses related to geologic hazards and petroleum geology, providing lectures related to contemporary issues. He also serves as a mentor and provided informal professional job placement for undergraduate and graduate students in geology.
Herbert served as past chair of the Florida Professional Geology Board and as a member of numerous environmental policy groups. He is licensed as a professional geologist in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, New York and Alaska. The American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) recognized Herbert’s contributions with the AIPG public service award in 2018.
Herbert’s current interests include the history of life on the planet, human resiliency in changing times; the supply chain of energy, water, food and safe living space for everyday life, reading, and mentoring folks.
Engineering & Technical Committee
Tom is co-founder of Lampl Herbert Consultants, serves as Vice-President for Natural Resource Development. Herbert brings 53 years of experience in geoscience matters and provides consulting services in geology, resource development, and legislative/regulatory topics. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in geology and a doctorate in resource development from Michigan State University (MSU), emphasizing resource law and economics. He contributes to FSU courses related to geologic hazards and petroleum geology, providing lectures related to contemporary issues. He also serves as a mentor and provided informal professional job placement for undergraduate and graduate students in geology.
Herbert served as past chair of the Florida Professional Geology Board and as a member of numerous environmental policy groups. He is licensed as a professional geologist in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, New York and Alaska. The American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) recognized Herbert’s contributions with the AIPG public service award in 2018.
Herbert’s current interests include the history of life on the planet, human resiliency in changing times; the supply chain of energy, water, food and safe living space for everyday life, reading, and mentoring folks.
Gregory Hitz
Engineering & Technical Committee
Gregory Hitz is a Vice President with Lampl Herbert Consultants. He works as a professional geologist and manages natural resource projects with a focus on geologic and environmental topics. Over his career, Gregory has presented complex science and technical issues to private clients, public officials and citizen audiences.
Hitz holds an undergraduate degree in Geological Sciences from Cleveland State University, a graduate degree in Environmental Sciences from Florida A&M University, and a Master of Business Administration from Florida State University. He is currently completing a doctoral degree in Environmental Science from Florida A&M University. Dissertation research focused on metagenomic analysis of microbial communities following exposure to crude oils across northern Gulf of Mexico estuary ecosystems. Hitz provides guest lectures on various environmental topics at The School of the Environment at Florida A&M University and serves as Courtesy Faculty in the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science at Florida State University, contributing to courses on assessment of geologic hazards and petroleum geology.
Hitz’ person interests currently include dark sky photography, on-road and off-road motorcycles, and long-term performance of US-based equity markets.
Engineering & Technical Committee
Gregory Hitz is a Vice President with Lampl Herbert Consultants. He works as a professional geologist and manages natural resource projects with a focus on geologic and environmental topics. Over his career, Gregory has presented complex science and technical issues to private clients, public officials and citizen audiences.
Hitz holds an undergraduate degree in Geological Sciences from Cleveland State University, a graduate degree in Environmental Sciences from Florida A&M University, and a Master of Business Administration from Florida State University. He is currently completing a doctoral degree in Environmental Science from Florida A&M University. Dissertation research focused on metagenomic analysis of microbial communities following exposure to crude oils across northern Gulf of Mexico estuary ecosystems. Hitz provides guest lectures on various environmental topics at The School of the Environment at Florida A&M University and serves as Courtesy Faculty in the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science at Florida State University, contributing to courses on assessment of geologic hazards and petroleum geology.
Hitz’ person interests currently include dark sky photography, on-road and off-road motorcycles, and long-term performance of US-based equity markets.
Laurie Purpuro
Environmental Subcommittee Meeting
Laurie Purpuro is a government affairs counselor in the firm’s Public Policy and Law group. She focuses on energy, sustainability, and agriculture innovation policy.
Prior to joining the firm, Laurie served as senior policy advisor to the Secretary of the US Department of Energy (DOE). She has more than 10 years of experience on Capitol Hill working for Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) as deputy chief of staff, and for Congressman Jim Saxton (R-NJ) and Congressman Bob Davis (R-MI) as Legislative Director. Laurie has advised members of Congress on issues including the environment, energy, tax, interior, agriculture, and appropriations.
Laurie has experience with energy efficiency programs including the Energy Star program, where she assists clients in developing comments and engaging Members of Congress on Energy Star issues. She also works on emissions reduction policy including advocating on behalf of clients for policy to support carbon utilization. Her work on behalf of agriculture clients includes supporting establishment of an Office of Urban Agriculture as well as the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority (AGARA) at USDA. In addition to her Capitol Hill experience, Laurie served as Director of Government Relations for the American Forest and Paper Association, where she lobbied Congress on environmental and transportation issues.
Laurie holds a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame.
Environmental Subcommittee Meeting
Laurie Purpuro is a government affairs counselor in the firm’s Public Policy and Law group. She focuses on energy, sustainability, and agriculture innovation policy.
Prior to joining the firm, Laurie served as senior policy advisor to the Secretary of the US Department of Energy (DOE). She has more than 10 years of experience on Capitol Hill working for Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) as deputy chief of staff, and for Congressman Jim Saxton (R-NJ) and Congressman Bob Davis (R-MI) as Legislative Director. Laurie has advised members of Congress on issues including the environment, energy, tax, interior, agriculture, and appropriations.
Laurie has experience with energy efficiency programs including the Energy Star program, where she assists clients in developing comments and engaging Members of Congress on Energy Star issues. She also works on emissions reduction policy including advocating on behalf of clients for policy to support carbon utilization. Her work on behalf of agriculture clients includes supporting establishment of an Office of Urban Agriculture as well as the Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority (AGARA) at USDA. In addition to her Capitol Hill experience, Laurie served as Director of Government Relations for the American Forest and Paper Association, where she lobbied Congress on environmental and transportation issues.
Laurie holds a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame.