Jim Alwood has served as the program manager for the Chemical Control Division of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics for 29 years. In addition to extensive experience with new chemical review under the Toxic Substances Control Act, Jim works on significant new use rules, TSCA biotechnology issues, and is now coordinating nanotechnology issues under TSCA. Jim has a Bachelors of Science degree in Biology from Dickinson College and a Masters Degree in Environmental Science from George Washington University.


Lynn L. Bergeson is managing partner for Bergeson & Campbell P.C. Lynn counsels clients on issues pertaining to chemical hazard, exposure and risk assessment, and risk communication. She has earned an international reputation in the legal and regulatory aspects of conventional and nanoscale chemical regulatory programs under the Toxic Substances Control Act; Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act; European Union’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals; and on issues pertinent to nanotechnology and other emerging transformative technologies. Specialties include chemical product approval and regulation under TSCA, FIFRA, and REACH, as well as nanoscale substances and nanomaterials law, policy, and regulation. Lynn works with corporations and a wide range of trade associations on evolving regulatory and policy matters pertinent to products of conventional, biotechnology, biobased chemicals, nanotechnologies, and other emerging technologies particularly with respect to TSCA, FIFRA, Food Quality Protection Act, REACH, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration matters. She is widely published, and lectures frequently on legal, regulatory, and policy issues affecting chemicals under federal, state, and international regulatory programs. She is admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia and several federal circuit courts.


Kathleen M. Roberts is vice president of B&C Consortia Management, L.L.C. Kathleen is an essential resource for industry groups, providing cost effective administrative and management services to ensure their interests are protected and their voices heard on issues of concern. She offers demonstrated success and an impressive track record in this capacity, and is a recognized expert in chemical control regulations specifically under the Toxic Substances Control Act. Kathleen is highly regarded as a leader in domestic and international science and policy program management, for industry groups engaged in legislative and regulatory advocacy, research, and public outreach and communications.


Tracy Williamson, Ph.D. is the chief of the Industrial Chemistry Branch in the Economic, Exposure, and Technology Division of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing chemistry support provided to the office’s regulatory and voluntary programs under the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Pollution Prevention Act. The branch also is responsible for maintaining the TSCA Chemical Substances Inventory and managing EPA’s Green Chemistry Program. Prior to becoming a branch chief in 1999, Tracy was a senior chemist in the branch working on the office’s new and existing chemicals programs, green chemistry initiatives, and the Toxic Release Inventory expansion. She is currently the chair-elect of the American Chemistry Society’s Division of Environmental Chemistry and an associate member of the ACS Committee on Nomenclature, Terminology, and Symbols. She received a Ph.D. in physical organic and computational chemistry from the University of Delaware and a B.A. in chemistry from Hamilton College.