SEUS Directors/Advisory Board
Society of Environmental Understanding & Sustainability-NFP "SEUS"

                                                       

                                                               A. Directors
Dr. James J. Gallagher, Director
Professor of Science Education
Co-Director, Center for Curriculum Materials in Science
Co-Director, COE/KBS/K-12 Partnership for Improvement of Science Teaching and Learning
Co-Director, A Study of Leadership in Science and Mathematics Education
Ed.D., Harvard University

James Gallagher is a professor of science education with an interest in the education of prospective and practicing teachers of science at the middle school and high school levels. He co-directs an Eisenhower Higher Education project on classroom-based assessment in middle school science and mathematics and coordinates a U.S. Department of Education study of beginning secondary science teachers. He co-chairs a national dialogue on revitalizing undergraduate education in science and mathematics.
Areas of Expertise
International teacher education
Research on teaching
Science assessment
Scientific literacy
Secondary science
 

Mr. Kenneth J. Davis, Director
Mr. Davis is a Senior Executive with over 30 years of broad experience in International Banking, Investments and Finance.
His work experience includes starting up an offshore mutual fund company in Bermuda which he sold in 2000, managing the International Banking activities for Harris Bank in Chicago for 20 years including offices in Mexico, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, and Australia, and consulting with several US based Investment Mangers.
Mr. Davis spent two years in the USA Peace Corps in their MBA Program in the late 60's. He was stationed in Cartagena, Columbia where he worked on several local projects during his assignment. One assignment was with a local shoe manufacturer to improve working conditions. Another project involved a local brick manufacturer who could hire more workers if he could overcome production problems. The philosophy of the program was to help small businesses to improve their operations so that they could hire more workers, pay better wages, give more benefits, and improve working conditions.
 

Mr. Davis has been involved in various environmental and recycling projects as a volunteer and has generated several unique ideas to help improve the environment which has always been an avocation of his. In the early '70s, Mr. Davis was involved in a national recycling project involving empty soda and beverage cans.
Mr. Davis received his BS in Finance from Northwestern University and his MBA from the University of California at Berkeley.
 

Mr. Thomas P. Line, Director
Born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1941.
Graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in Construction Engineering.
Past Chairman of Industrial Development Commission Lake County Florida.
Former Board member Oklawaha Water Authority. Worked with the Authority to develop a plan for the restoration of Lake Apopka, State of Florida.
Former Chairman of the Zoning Commission for the Town of Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida.
Original member of the Tourist Development Commission Lake County Florida.

Mr. Geoffrey G. Bell, Director
Mr. Geoffrey Bell is a retired Managing Director for Brown Shipley of London, England. He has been involved with numerous environmental projects in the U.K. as well as overseas.
 

                                                B. Advisory Board
Dr. James J. Gallagher
Mr. Thomas P. Line
Mr. Geoffrey G. Bell
Mr. Kenneth Davis
Mr. Ruy F. Schneider
Mechanical and production engineer, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.
Has a Master's Degree from Stanford University, USA.
For 18 years held executive positions at Banco Brascan and its successor, Banco de Montreal S/A.
A contributor to the preparation of Law 6435, that established the complementary Social Security, introduced Defined-Contributions Plans in Brazil.
Professor, Institute of Management and Administration, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, visiting-professor in several Brazilian Universities, frequent speaker in Brazil and abroad has several articles published.
Work abroad was conducted in Argentina, Chile, Dominican Republic, Peru, Portugal and the United State and lectures presented in Belgium, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the United States.
Former Vice President of ABRASCE-Brazilian Association of Shopping Centers.
 

Mr. Robert Ottley
Mr. Robert Ottley is a Director of Scottish Trust in London, England. He spent a distinguished career at HSBC in London where he has been involved with many charitable and private foundations. Through his work, he has been involved in various environmental and ecological projects, both in the U.K. and overseas.

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