The Trustees of The Guardian Trust are among the most accomplished and respected environmental professionals in the industry.

Timothy Fields, Jr.

Timothy Fields’ career spans both the public and private sectors, including 30 years with the US Environmental Protection Agency. As EPA Assistant Administrator for OSWER, Mr. Fields provided national direction and oversight of the nation’s environmental site assessment, cleanup and waste management programs. For 16 years, Mr. Fields served as a member of the Federal government’s Senior Executive Service. He was chair of a White House Assistant Secretary-level Steering Committee on Brownfields for four years, a multi-agency committee, overseeing the commitment of significant resources to further the goals of the National Brownfields Partnership Action Agenda, which resulted in a $300 million commitment by the Federal government to local communities. In 1995, Mr. Fields directed the development and implementation of the Administration’s Brownfields Action Agenda, which resulted in major steps being taken by the Federal government and communities in the assessment, cleanup and redevelopment of Brownfields. From this initiative, more than 500 pilot demonstration grants have been awarded, and investment of over $3 billion by the private sector. Under his direction, EPA also implemented the Superfund Redevelopment Program, the UST Fields Initiative and the RCRA Brownfields Program. Most recently, Mr. Fields joined Tetra Tech EM Inc. as Vice President in charge of its Washington, DC operations.

Stephen D. Luftig

Stephen Luftig’s 31-year career with the US Environmental Protection Agency has been distinguished with innovative approaches in the use of partnerships, community and community outreach to further the cause of environmental protection. A member of the Senior Executive Service since 1987, Mr. Luftig is a nationally recognized leader in the field of waste site cleanups and in the re-use of once contaminated land, and was the EPA’s first Land Revitalization Czar. Mr. Luftig assumed these responsibilities after many years with the EPA’s successful Superfund program, where he served as director since 1984. Mr. Luftig’s work in establishing new approaches to community outreach, waste site assessment and clean up technologies, which later became an integral part of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, were instrumental to the design and implementation of a series of programmatic administrative reforms that dramatically improved the effectiveness of this often-criticized program. Specifically, Mr. Luftig’s work at the Love Canal Superfund site served as a model for community involvement efforts at many other waste sites across the country. In 1990, he joined the EPA’s OSWER leadership team and became director of a successful national emergency response program to address chemical release events rapidly, safely and efficiently. For the last three years of his EPA career, Mr. Luftig led the EPA’s efforts to create a new vision for contaminated site clean up programs, which includes the productive re-use of once contaminated land. In recognition of his many contributions over the years, in 2003 Mr. Luftig received the EPA’s coveted “Lifetime Achievement Award.”

Leslie Hoffman

Leslie Hoffman has been the executive director of Earth Pledge since 1994. After graduating from Colorado College in 1979 with a degree in architecture and design, she went on to design and build environmentally friendly buildings in Maine for ten years. Long a pioneer of sustainable architecture and agriculture, Leslie developed three major initiatives at Earth Pledge that guide the Earth Pledge’s work: Farm to Table, Green Roofs and Waste=Fuel Initiatives, all of which deliver viable models to government, industry, and communities through demonstration, education, and research. The organization’s innovative work has received accolades from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio and numerous industry and trade publications. In 2004, Earth Pledge was named an Environmental Achiever by the US Environmental Protection Agency and was selected as an Environmental Champion by Interiors and Sources magazine.