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01/04/16 1:00 PM

#50236 RE: fluent123 #50235

Wilma Delaney
Director

Wilma Delaney has served as our Director since July 2011. Previously she worked for Dow Chemical Company from 1975 until 2002, when she retired. While with Dow Chemical, she held multiple positions, including Vice President of Federal, State and Provincial Governmental and Regulatory Affairs. As head of the central office in Washington, D.C. for ten years, she managed the activities of more than fifty lobbyists and other government and regulatory affairs professionals for all of North America and the territories. Wilma also managed all advocacy initiatives and maintained relationships with members of Congress and Executive branch staff. In addition, she established and coordinated close interactions with national political, governmental and regulatory organizations throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Wilma began her career at Dow as an analytical chemist in Midland, Michigan. Over the next eighteen years, she was promoted through many managerial positions in research, production and environmental areas, including: Manager of Inorganic Analytical Section, Technical Manager of Environmental Control, Director of Environmental Quality for Dow North America, and Global Environmental Technology Center Manager.

During this period, Wilma was responsible for all federal, state and local regulatory compliance for the entire Michigan Division of Dow Chemical, which was the largest chemical facility in the world at that time.

Several of Wilma’s Professional Activities include:

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Presidential appointee to the Board of Directors of the Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center under both the Bush and Obama administrations.
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Member of the US-South Africa Bi-National Commission’s Environmental Management and Pollution Working Group, meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Member of EPA’s NACEPT Advisory Committee.
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Member of Presidential Rank Awards Review Board.
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Member of Michigan Natural Resources and Environmental Leadership Institute.
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Member of the State of Michigan Delegation Study Tour of Solids Waste Management – inspecting facilities throughout six European countries.
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Chairman of the American Red Cross Board of Directors for Midland County Michigan.
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Appointed by the Governor of Michigan to the Science Group of the Michigan Related Risk Assessment Project.
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Member of President Clinton’s Council on Sustainable Development.
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Member of the Board of Regents for Prairie View A&M University.



"Joanne received her Bachelor of Science in Business Accounting in 2007 from the University of Phoenix. Joanne is the sister of Wilma Delaney, a member of our Board of Directors."