Charles Vinick
Executive Chairman
Charles Vinick was elected Chairman by the Board of Directors in December 2009. He joined Ecosphere’s Board of Directors in August 2006. He currently serves as Director of Business Development and Government Relations for Dehlsen Associates, a renewable energy technology development firm in Carpinteria, California. He has more than 25 years of experience directing and managing non-profit organizations and programs. His recent positions include: President and Chief Executive Officer of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, from June 2005 through August 2007; CEO of the Foundation for Santa Barbara City College from June 2004 through May 2005; and Vice President of Fritz Institute from October 2003 to April 2004. He was Executive Vice President of the Ocean Futures Society from its founding in 1998 through September 2003. Including the Ocean Futures Society, Mr. Vinick has previously held executive positions for over 20 years with organizations headed by Jacques Cousteau or Jean-Michel Cousteau.
Joe M. Allbaugh
Director
Joe Allbaugh was elected to the Board of Directors in October 2005. Mr. Allbaugh served as the FEMA Director under President George W. Bush until March 2003. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., he was Chief of Staff to then-Governor Bush of Texas and was the National Campaign Manager for the Bush-Cheney 2000 presidential campaign. Mr. Allbaugh is currently the President and CEO of the Allbaugh Company, LLC, which formulates corporate strategies designed to create new opportunities and expand competitive advantage for private sector clients. Mr. Allbaugh is applying his vast knowledge, experience, expertise and skills to provide emergency and disaster preparedness strategic counsel and services to private and public entities.
Michael R. "Mickey" Donn, Sr.
Chief Operating Officer and Director
Mickey Donn was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of Ecosphere Technologies in March 2005 and currently serves as Chief Operating Officer for the Company. Mr. Donn previously served as a consultant, Director of Communications, Managing Director, Senior Vice President of Operations, Executive Vice President, and Treasurer for the Company, as well as President and Chief Operating Officer of Ecosphere Systems, since 2000. Mr. Donn was Project Manager for Ecosphere’s EPA verification testing of its water filtration system. From 1994 to 2000, Mr. Donn served as President of the 1700-member Miami-Dade County Fire Fighters Association, for which he previously served as Vice President and Treasurer since 1982. Mr. Donn coordinated relief efforts for the Miami-Dade fire fighters following Hurricane Andrew. Additionally, he set up and coordinated the Ecosphere relief effort in Waveland, MS following Hurricane Katrina. From 1978 to 1980, Mr. Donn conducted day-to-day operations of Dade Oil Company as General Manager.
D. Stephen Keating
Director
D. Stephen Keating was appointed a director in August 2008. He served as the Vice President of the Worldwide Taxes division for CA, Inc. from 1998 through June 2008. Mr. Keating was the senior officer responsible for the worldwide tax planning and strategy, tax accounting and day-to-day supervision for the U.S. and international tax departments. At CA, Inc., Mr. Keating was involved with approximately 100 mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. His responsibilities included negotiating with the IRS and various countries tax authorities on audit issues and APA reports.
Thomas D. Wolfe
Director
Thomas D. Wolfe was appointed a director in August 2008. He was the Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of R&D of Open Energy Corporation from December 2006 through July 14, 2008. In 1998, Mr. Wolfe founded WaterEye Corporation where he served as its President and Chief Executive Officer and until WaterEye was acquired by Open Energy in December 2006. Mr. Wolfe has over 25 years’ experience in the chemical process industries, with particular experience in power, water and wastewater treatment technologies. Mr. Wolfe is one of the pioneers in the reverse osmosis field and has made many contributions to the development and advancement of reverse osmosis membrane technology and wastewater evaporation technology dating back to the early 1970’s. He has participated at all levels in some of the largest membrane and evaporator installations in the world and has hands on experience with a wide variety of evaporator configurations including vapor recompression, steam driven single and multiple effect systems, as well as direct contact and submerged combustion processes. Mr. Wolfe developed much of the software currently in use today for reverse osmosis membrane performance prediction and computational chemistry for recovery determination and scale control. Mr. Wolfe has authored more than 20 technical articles and papers in his various fields of involvement and is a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Water Works Association.
Gene H. Davis
Director
Gene H. Davis was appointed a director in August 2008. He was the Geological and Geophysical Manager for the Western Business Unit of Forest Oil Corp. from December 2004 to March 2008 where he evaluated and implemented drilling programs. From July 2004 until December 2004, Mr. Davis was a Project Geologist for EOG Resources Inc. From September 2000 to July 2004, he was an Exploration Geologist for Chi Energy, Inc. Mr. Davis has over 28 years of executive geoscience and asset management, successful exploratory and development geology and geophysics experience.
