Lynn L. Bergeson is managing director of Bergeson & Campbell PC, (B&C) a Washington, D.C. law firm focusing on conventional and engineered nanoscale chemical, pesticide, and other specialty chemical product approval and regulation, environmental health and safety law, chemical product litigation, and associated business counseling and litigation issues. She is president of The Acta Group LLC and The Acta Group EU Ltd. with offices in Washington, D.C. and Manchester, UK and president of B&C Consortia Management LLC (BCCM) with offices in Washington, D.C. BCCM is an affiliate of B&C, which has strong institutional experience in consortia management. Lynn counsels clients on a wide range of issues pertaining to chemical hazard, exposure and risk assessment, risk communication, and related legal and regulatory aspects of conventional and nanoscale chemical regulatory programs under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; Toxic Substances Control Act; Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals regulation; and on issues pertinent to nanotechnology and other emerging transformative technologies. Ms. Bergeson is listed in The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers (2006-2011), U.S. News - Best Law Firms first-tier ranking for environmental law in Washington, D.C. (2010); Law360’s Five Most Admired Environmental Attorneys (2010); Washingtonian’s List of Top Lawyers (2010), and The Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2005-2011).

Charles L. Franklin is senior counsel of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, D.C. His practice includes a mix of regulatory counseling, litigation, and transactional due diligence. Drawing on his prior experience as a federal regulator, Charles advises clients on pesticide and chemical regulations related to production, import, export, and labeling and helps clients resolve compliance and enforcement issues with the appropriate authorities. He also advises and represents clients in administrative and judicial proceedings involving federal, state, and international chemical, materials, and pesticide regulatory policies. In addition, Charles advises clients on business, policy, and litigation issues related to climate and energy policies in the United States and European Union; and represents clients regarding assessment and management of environmental liabilities during mergers, acquisitions, and bankruptcy proceedings involving chemicals- and energy-sector businesses. 

Joe W. “Chip” Pitts III teaches Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, and Transformational Leadership to graduate business and law students at Stanford University and is a visiting professor at other leading universities in the West and Asia including, in the 2011-2012 academic year, Kyung Hee University in Seoul as well as CEIBS in Shanghai. Co-author and editor of the leading textbook, Corporate Social Responsibility: A Legal Analysis and the Harvard/BLIHR Human Rights Corporate Accountability Guide, among other publications, he also is a professorial lecturer at Oxford University and professorial fellow at the SMU Law Institute of the Americas. He is the current vice chair/chair designate of Fairtrade International (Bonn). Current nonprofit board and advisory board service also includes the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (London), the Negotiations Center (Dallas), and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (Washington D.C.). Chip is the former chair of Amnesty International USA and longtime president of the nationwide Bill of Rights Defense Committee, and is an advisor to the UN Global Compact and leader of the Good Practice Notes and Corporate Culture and Values Projects. Former chief legal officer of Nokia, Inc., and partner at a major multinational law firm, he also has helped lead successful startup businesses in Austin, Tex. and Silicon Valley in founding CEO and general counsel roles.

Robert W. Hamilton is regulatory policy director for Amway/Access Business Group in Ada, Mich. Bob has served 40 years in research & development for the consumer chemical products industry–the last 35 years at Amway where he now oversees Amway relationships globally with government scientists, regulators, and legislators with the goal of producing more effective regulatory policy. Bob has been widely recognized for work in standards development, industry trade associations, and government advisory committees.