Terry F. Yosie, Ph.D., joined the World Environment Center in October 2006 as the president and CEO.

Terry F. Yosie, Ph.D., joined the World Environment Center in October 2006 as the president and CEO. In this capacity, he develops and implements strategies to achieve this global nonprofit, nonadvocacy organization's mission to implement sustainable development through the business operations of large global companies in partnership with government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, universities and other stakeholders. WEC's principal areas of focus have included clean production, climate change, energy efficiency, enterprise development, greening the supply chain and technological innovation. Terry has held senior-level nonlobbying management positions in government, corporate and consulting organizations. He served as vice president at the American Chemistry Council from 1999-2005, providing leadership to upgrade the chemical industry's environmental, health, safety and security performance. He managed a global CEO Task Force in 2004-2005 to develop the Responsible Care Global Charter to improve chemical industry performance in 52 countries. He represented the industry as a delegate to the 2002 U.N. World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. As the executive vice president of Ruder Finn Washington from 1992-1999, Terry led the environmental management and communications practices of the firm for a wide range of clients such as BASF, British Petroleum, Pfizer, and Philips Electronics. At BP, he advised the company on climate change issues that led to a new strategy announced in 1997 by the CEO John Browne. Terry served as vice president for Health and Environment at the American Petroleum Institute from 1988-1992. In this capacity, he successfully led the industry's effort to negotiate cleaner fuel standards with EPA, state and local agencies and environmental organizations that impacted over $40 billion dollars in refining investments. From 1978-1988, Terry was employed at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Science Advisory Board where he also served as director from 1981-1988, In this role, he advised EPA Administrators and the U.S. Congress on the scientific basis of public health and environmental decisions, and he instituted policies and procedures to improve the technical basis for EPA-wide policy decisions and risk assessments. He was a delegation member for the bilateral environmental agreement with the Soviet Union. Terry is currently a member of the National Research Council Committee that published a major study "Science and Decisions: Advancing Risk Assessment" (December 2008). He is the author of more than 55 professional publications and co-editor of a book entitled, "Sustainable Environmental Management." He received his doctorate degree in Humanities and Social Sciences from Carnegie Mellon University in 1981 and has been designated by the university as one of its Most Notable Alumni.