The Keystone Center
The Keystone Center is a primarily corporate-driven organization that works to influence public policy on "our society’s most challenging environmental, energy, and public health problems. Founded in 1975 by Robert W. Craig, The Center is a non-profit organization headquartered in Keystone, Colorado with offices in Washington, DC and Denver, CO."[1] Their board is dominated by representatives of large corporations, including agrochemical and biotech companies, energy companies, pharmaceutical companies, and soft drink and snack food companies.
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Field to Market
Field to Market: The Keystone Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture is a project of The Keystone Center that brings together the largest industrial ag, agrochemical, biotechnology, and food manufacturing trade groups and corporations, along with a few environmental organizations and universities, to influence food and agriculture policy.[2]
Board of Trustees
The Executive Committee is as follows:[3]
- Co-Chair: Glenn T. Prickett, The Nature Conservancy
- Co-Chair: Dede Hapner, Pacific Gas & Electric Company
- Peter Adler, The Keystone Center
- Robert W. Craig, The Keystone Center
- Shelby Coffey III, The Newseum
- John Fitzgerald
- John J. Hall, Hall Consulting, Inc.
- David Nicoli, AstraZeneca
- Jerry Steiner, Monsanto
The Trustees are as follows:
- Elizabeth Arky, Accenture
- David Beier, Amgen
- Wayne Brunetti, Xcel Energy (retired)
- Kateri Callahan, Alliance to Save Energy
- Kevin Chavous, SNR Denton
- John E. Echohawk, Native American Rights Fund
- Rick Frazier, The Coca-Cola Company
- The Honorable Edward M. Gabriel, The Gabriel Company, LLC
- David E. Greenberg, Denver School of Science and Technology
- David I. Greenberg, LRN, Inc.
- Sally Greenberg, National Consumers League
- Millie Hamner, Colorado House of Representatives
- Neil C. Hawkins, The Dow Chemical Company
- Karen Hollweg, North American Association for Environmental Education
- Stewart Hudson, Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
- David Jhirad, Johns Hopkins University
- Ann Klee, General Electric Company
- Jonathan Lash, World Resources Institute
- Felicia Marcus, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Scott Marion, National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment
- Carlo Parravano, Merck Institute for Science Education
- Cassie Phillips, Weyerhaeuser
- Nicholas Reding
- Benjamin Schwartz, CARE
- Doug Sims
- Gary Spitzer, DuPont
- Sherry Strong
- Alison Taylor, Siemens Corporation
- Mostafa Terrab, OCP Group
- Susan Tomasky, American Electric Power
- Keith Trent, Duke Energy
- Clinton Vince, SNR Denton
- Derek Yach, PepsiCo
Contact
- 1628 Sts. John Road
- Keystone, CO 80435
- Ph: 970-513-5800
- Fax: 970-262-0152
- Web: http://www.keystone.org/
Resources and articles
Related Sourcewatch articles
References
- ↑ About Us, The Keystone Center, Accessed April 25, 2011.
- ↑ Field to Market, Accessed April 26, 2011.
- ↑ Board of Trustees, Accessed April 25, 2011.
External Resources
- Growers, Industry and NGOs Join to Create Agriculture Sustainability Initiative, Monsanto, February 29, 2008.
