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He develops and executes sustainability strategy aligned with business performance, product adoption, and market expansion builds scalable process, governance, and talent infrastructure aligns operations, finance, and sustainability with executive leadership and represents Phospholutions with investors, partners, and industry stakeholders\. Stephan’s strengths span corporate sustainability, environmental policy and consulting, operational leadership, regulatory compliance, business development, waste and water management, renewable energy, green building, and sustainable development\. He has led sustainability across 18 facilities in seven countries at ASR Group, established a 2012 sustainability baseline, and helped deliver major improvements in recycling, greenhouse\-gas intensity, renewable energy, and potable\-water\-use intensity\. At Chambers Environmental Group, Stephan maintained revenue and employee benefits during the 2009 fiscal year, secured more than $400,000 in guaranteed subcontract work, added at least 30 clients, and increased assessment projects by 80%\. He also serves as a Governor\-appointed Commissioner on the State of Maryland Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities\. Stephan holds an MBA in Strategy and Marketing and a B\.S\. in Environmental Resource Management from Penn State University and has worked toward an M\.S\. in Soil Science there\. ## Services - Environmental Awareness - Sustainability - Environmental Policy - Environmental Consulting - Renewable Energy - Environmental Engineering - Environmental Issues - Water - Environmental Compliance - Environmental Management Systems - Green Building - Corporate Social Responsibility - Sustainable Development - Waste - Energy - Recycling - Environmental Impact Assessment - Environmental Science - Soil - LEED ## Highlights - Serves as Chief Administrative and Sustainability Officer at Phospholutions, Inc\., leading enterprise, administrative, and operational functions in support of growth and commercialization\. - Develops and executes Phospholutions sustainability strategy aligned with business performance, product adoption, and market expansion\. - Builds Phospholutions organizational infrastructure across process, governance, and talent to support the company’s next phase of scale\. - Partners with Phospholutions executive leadership to align operations, finance, and sustainability into a unified growth strategy and represents the company with investors, partners, and industry stakeholders\. - Served as Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Sustainability at Phospholutions, with responsibility for production, daily operations, R&D, HR, and sustainability\. - Appointed by the Governor of Maryland as a Commissioner on the State of Maryland Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities\. - Led global corporate sustainability at ASR Group across 18 facilities in seven countries and brands including Domino, Redpath, C&H Sugar, Tate & Lyle, Sidul, Sorres, and San Nicolas\. - Established ASR Group’s 2012 sustainability baseline and developed its strategy for energy, water, waste, carbon, and renewable energy\. - Developed ASR Group sustainability, ESG, and CSR goals, including 20% less fossil\-fuel\-based energy per product volume, 40% less potable water per product volume, zero waste to landfill, 25% more renewable energy, and 15% lower greenhouse\-gas emissions per product volume by 2020\. - Developed ASR Group’s first external\-facing sustainability report\. - Increased ASR Group waste recycling from 28% in fiscal year 2012 to 67% in fiscal year 2014\. - Reduced ASR Group greenhouse\-gas intensity by 17% from fiscal year 2012 to fiscal year 2014\. - Increased ASR Group renewable energy by 37% from fiscal year 2012 to fiscal year 2014 the 25% renewable\-energy goal was already met\. - Reduced ASR Group potable\-water\-use intensity by 18% from fiscal year 2012 to fiscal year 2014\. - Reported directly to the CEO as Vice President of Sustainability at Perdue Farms, setting sustainability vision, scorecard, stakeholder engagement, improvement initiatives, and long\-term goals\. - Managed sustainability data collection and reporting for Walmart, The Sustainability Consortium, EcoVadis, CDP, and other customer reporting requirements at Perdue Farms\. - Maintained Chambers Environmental Group revenue through the 2009 fiscal year while meeting costs, providing cost\-of\-living raises, retaining 401\(k\) contributions, covering 100% of health\-care costs, and avoiding staff reductions\. - Secured more than $400,000 in guaranteed subcontract work with four Engineering News Record top\-100 environmental engineering firms for Chambers Environmental Group\. - Added at least 30 clients and increased assessment projects by 80% at Chambers Environmental Group\. - Restructured Chambers Environmental Group technical staff to strengthen technical capabilities, report quality, and the firm’s technical reputation\. - Identified waste reuse, recycling, composting, land\-application, and oil\-and\-gas sustainability growth opportunities at Sustainable Resources Group Inc\. - Helped food and beverage clients pursue zero\-waste goals and greater profitability, and developed beneficial\-use approaches for drill cuttings and other natural\-gas residual wastes\. - Evaluated the energy\-efficiency retrofit value chain and developed market\-transformation models through Penn State’s Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster for Energy Efficient Buildings, now the Consortium for Building Energy Innovation\. - Established and developed an environmental consulting group at Stantec Consulting’s Sear\-Brown State College branch office\. - Supported LEED green\-building certification work for the Juniata College Field Station\. - Helped obtain all required environmental permits and approvals within six months for a $150 million fiber\-optics industrial plant on a former Northrop Grumman Brownfield site, including SRBC consumptive and groundwater\-withdrawal permits\. - Contributed to engineering design and permit completion for a $40 million solid\-waste landfill project at BAI Group\. - Revised sampling and permit documentation for a sustainable wetland\-mitigation project, reducing client costs by $180,000 over the remaining inspection period\. - Completed 10 biosolids agricultural sustainable\-reuse permits for the City of Philadelphia Water Department\. - Increased assessment work by 75% at BAI Group through networking with current and prospective clients\. ## Experience - **Chief Administrative and Sustainability Officer at Phospholutions, Inc\.** (2026\-01\-01–present) — \- Lead enterprise and administrative and operational functions to support rapid company growth and commercialization \-Develop and execute sustainability strategy aligned with business performance, product adoption, and market expansion \- Build organizational infrastructure \(process, governance, talent\) to enable scale over the next phase of growth \- Partner with executive leadership to align operations, finance, and sustainability into a unified growth strategy \- Represent the company externally with investors, partners, and industry stakeholders\. - **Chief Operating Officer / Vice President of Sustainability at Phospholutions, Inc\.** (2021\-03\-01–2026\-01\-01) — Lead business operations and responsible for the following functions: \- Production \- Daily operations \- R&D \- HR \- Sustainability - **Vice President of Sustainability at Perdue Farms** (2015\-09\-01–2021\-02\-01) — Reporting directly to the CEO of Perdue Farms, responsibilities include: \- Creating vision for sustainability at the company \- Implement/revise a sustainability score card to push progress in areas important to our stakeholders \- Meet and work with our stakeholders to understand stakeholder concerns and how we can work collaboratively in finding solutions \- Work with associates identifying improvements related to social, environmental, and economic aspects of our operations \- Setting long\-term sustainability goals for our company \- Collect, review, finalize and submit data for Walmart, The Sustainability Consortium, Ecovadis, CDP, and various other customer sustainability reporting documents\. \- Meet with customers and consumers and present and communicate sustainability values and initiatives - **Commissioner \- State of Maryland Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities at State of Maryland** (2013\-12\-01–2021\-03\-01) — I have been appointed to the Commission by the Governor of Maryland\. I am humbled by this opportunity, and I look forward to bringing my knowledge and expertise to the commission\. Please visit the Commission's website here \- http://www\.mde\.state\.md\.us/programs/crossmedia/environmentaljustice/ejimplementationinmaryland/pages/programs/multimediaprograms/environmental\_justice/implementation/details\.aspx - **Director, Global Corporate Sustainability at ASR Group** (2012\-04\-01–2015\-09\-01) — As Director of Corporate Sustainability at American Sugar Refining, Inc\. • \(ASR\) I am tasked with identifying current and new sustainability opportunities, creating a corporate sustainability plan, and driving sustainability initiatives across all brands \(Domino, Redpath, C&H Sugar, Tate & Lyle, Sidul, Sorres, San Nicolas\)\. • I am responsible for driving sustainability through the entire organization \- 18 different facilities in 7 different countries\. • This is an exciting opportunity for the organization and me\. • Much of what the company has done over the past 30 years is focused on efficiency and reduction of natural resource use\. • I will be focusing these efforts and bring new sustainability ideas and opportunities to the organization\. • The following accomplishments have been completed at ASR Group: • \- Data collection and review of current state of the organization in context of primary sustainability issues – baseline year of 2012 established • Developed strategy and plan to mo - **Environmental and Sustainability Services Manager at Sustainable Resources Group Inc** (2011\-07\-01–2012\-03\-01) — Hired to identify new avenues for growth in the waste reuse, recycling, composting, and land application arenas\. Also tasked with identifying unique ways to find sustainable solutions for the oil and gas industry in relation to their operations\. \- Worked with various clients in the food and beverage industry identifying ways to obtain zero waste goals and driving greater profitability with these strategies\. \- Worked on creative ways to reduce, reuse, recycle or find other end product uses for drill cuttings and other residual wastes produced through the natural gas production process\. - **Research Associate at Penn State University** (2010\-12\-01–2012\-01\-01) — Worked in conjunction with Penn State Smeal College of Business and other entities on the Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster for Energy Efficient Buildings \(GPIC\) \- now the Consortium for Building Energy Innovation \- http://cbei\.psu\.edu/\. The primary responsibilities of my group were to evaluate the current energy efficiency retrofit value chain, understand the potential for industry market transformation, and develop models to address a transformed energy effciency retrofit industry\. - **Vice President at Chambers Environmental Group, Inc\.** (2002\-12\-01–2010\-11\-01) — Hired as a technical / business development asset and quickly developed a relationship with senior leadership to become an in house business consultant to the firm in addition to those duties\. Also bring an adept capacity at understanding environmental regulations and their interaction with clients needs\. Managed day to day operations of the firm, strategic vision, goal setting, etc\.  Maintained sufficient revenue in the worst economy in 80 years \(2009 fiscal year\) to meet fixed and variable costs, while giving cost of living raises, maintaining current 401K contribution, 100% coverage of health care costs, and not eliminating staff\.  Maintained client relations, address client issues, communicated with clients, internal personnel, and regulatory agencies to ensure vision and mission of Chambers were being implemented and executed\.  Reviewed and revised overhead multipliers and profit multiples, revised billing rates, and addressed internal expectations related to billing utiliz - **Vice President at Chambers Environmental Group, Inc\.** (2002\-12\-01–2010\-11\-01) — Hired as a technical / business development asset and quickly developed a relationship with senior leadership to become an in house business consultant to the firm in addition to those duties\. Also bring an adept capacity at understanding environmental regulations and their interaction with clients needs\. Managed day to day operations of the firm, strategic vision, goal setting, etc\.  Maintained sufficient revenue in the worst economy in 80 years \(2009 fiscal year\) to meet fixed and variable costs, while giving cost of living raises, maintaining current 401K contribution, 100% coverage of health care costs, and not eliminating staff\.  Maintained client relations, address client issues, communicated with clients, internal personnel, and regulatory agencies to ensure vision and mission of Chambers were being implemented and executed\.  Reviewed and revised overhead multipliers and profit multiples, revised billing rates, and addressed internal expectations related to billing utiliz - **Senior Environmental Scientist at Stantec Consulting** (2000\-06\-01–2002\-12\-01) — Brought to the firm to start and develop a consulting group within the Sear\-Brown State College branch office\. Responsible for marketing, managerial, and technical aspects of the Environmental group and worked closely with electrical, mechanical, industrial, and structural engineers in multi\-disciplinary projects in Sear\-Brown’s State College branch office\. \- Studied market potential, assessed core competencies, and developed a business plan to penetrate profitable environmental consulting markets\. \- Completed feasibility study and tracked environmentally sustainable technologies used in construction of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design \(LEED\) green building certification for liberal arts college environmental field station\. \- Identified, managed, and tracked environmentally sustainable technologies used in obtaining the LEED green building certification for the Juniata College Field Station\. \- Instrumental to obtaining all required environmental permits/approvals i - **Senior Environmental Consultant at BAI Group** (1992\-05\-01–2000\-06\-01) — Scientist responsibilities included completion of environmental site assessments, Brownfield characterization and reuse, wetland delineations, solid waste landfill and biosolids reuse permit completion, facility compliance reviews, site characterization studies, and report preparation\. Project management duties included project budgeting, proposal preparation, client and regulator communication, team supervision, and ensuring quality deliverable completion\. \- Vital part of engineering design and permit completion team for a $40 million solid waste landfill project\. \- Directly responsible for the revision of sampling and permit documentation requirements for sustainable wetland mitigation project that reduced client costs by $180,000 over the remaining inspection period\. \- Completed 10 biosolids \(composted sewage sludge\) agricultural sustainable reuse permits for the City of Philadelphia Water Department\. \- Built wetland regulatory technical skills and experience to manage the scie ## Education - Work toward Completion of M\.S\., Soil Science — Penn State University - Diploma, High School — Dallas School District - MBA, Smeal College of Business \- Strategy and Marketing — Penn State University - B\.S\., Environmental Resource Management — Penn State University ## FAQ ### What does Stephan do at Phospholutions, Inc\.? Stephan is the Chief Administrative and Sustainability Officer at Phospholutions, Inc\. He leads enterprise, administrative, and operational functions to support rapid growth and commercialization develops sustainability strategy aligned with business performance, product adoption, and market expansion builds organizational infrastructure for scale partners with executive leadership on a unified operations, finance, and sustainability strategy and represents the company externally with investors, partners, and industry stakeholders\. ### What operational responsibilities has Stephan held at Phospholutions? Stephan has also served as Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Sustainability at Phospholutions, Inc\. In that role, he led business operations and was responsible for production, daily operations, research and development, human resources, and sustainability\. ### What is Stephan's role with the State of Maryland? Stephan is a Governor\-appointed Commissioner on the State of Maryland Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities\. He brings his knowledge and expertise to the Commission\. ### What did Stephan do at ASR Group? As Director, Global Corporate Sustainability at ASR Group, also known as American Sugar Refining, Inc\., Stephan identified sustainability opportunities, created a corporate sustainability plan, and drove initiatives across brands including Domino, Redpath, C&H Sugar, Tate & Lyle, Sidul, Sorres, and San Nicolas\. His scope covered 18 facilities in seven countries\. ### What sustainability results did Stephan achieve at ASR Group? At ASR Group, Stephan established a 2012 baseline developed a strategy addressing energy, water, waste, carbon, and renewable energy developed sustainability, ESG, and CSR goals and produced the company’s first external\-facing sustainability report\. The goals included reducing fossil\-fuel\-based energy per product volume by 20%, potable\-water use per product volume by 40%, and greenhouse\-gas emissions per product volume by 15% by 2020 achieving zero waste to landfill by 2020 and increasing renewable energy by 25%, a goal already met\. From fiscal year 2012 to fiscal year 2014, waste recycling rose from 28% to 67%, greenhouse\-gas intensity fell 17%, renewable energy increased 37%, and potable\-water\-use intensity decreased 18%\. ### What did Stephan do at Perdue Farms? As Vice President of Sustainability at Perdue Farms, Stephan reported directly to the CEO\. He created the company’s sustainability vision, implemented or revised a sustainability scorecard, worked with stakeholders and associates on social, environmental, and economic improvements, and set long\-term sustainability goals\. He also collected, reviewed, finalized, and submitted sustainability data for Walmart, The Sustainability Consortium, EcoVadis, CDP, and other customer reporting documents, and communicated sustainability values and initiatives to customers and consumers\. ### What did Stephan accomplish at Chambers Environmental Group? At Chambers Environmental Group, Stephan was hired as a technical and business\-development asset and became an in\-house business consultant in addition to those duties\. He managed day\-to\-day operations, strategic vision, and goal setting worked with clients, personnel, and regulators revised overhead and profit multipliers and billing rates restructured technical staff and served as a technical and ethical mentor to geologists, scientists, engineers, and field staff\. ### What business\-development results did Stephan deliver at Chambers Environmental Group? During the 2009 fiscal year, described as the worst economy in 80 years, Stephan maintained sufficient Chambers Environmental Group revenue to meet fixed and variable costs while providing cost\-of\-living raises, maintaining the company’s 401\(k\) contribution, covering 100% of health\-care costs, and retaining staff\. He secured more than $400,000 in guaranteed subcontract work with four Engineering News Record top\-100 environmental engineering firms, added at least 30 clients, increased assessment projects by 80%, and built relationships with gas and energy firms in the Marcellus play\. ### What did Stephan do at Sustainable Resources Group Inc\.? At Sustainable Resources Group Inc\., Stephan was hired to identify growth opportunities in waste reuse, recycling, composting, and land application, including sustainable solutions for oil and gas operations\. He worked with food and beverage clients on zero\-waste strategies intended to improve profitability and developed approaches to reduce, reuse, recycle, or find end\-product uses for drill cuttings and other residual wastes from natural\-gas production\. ### What was Stephan's research work at Penn State University? As a Research Associate at Penn State University, Stephan worked with the Penn State Smeal College of Business and other entities on the Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster for Energy Efficient Buildings, now the Consortium for Building Energy Innovation\. His group evaluated the energy\-efficiency retrofit value chain, assessed the potential for industry market transformation, and developed models for a transformed energy\-efficiency retrofit industry\. ### What did Stephan accomplish at Stantec Consulting? At Stantec Consulting, Stephan was brought in to establish and develop an environmental consulting group within the Sear\-Brown State College branch office\. He led marketing, management, and technical work and collaborated with electrical, mechanical, industrial, and structural engineers on multidisciplinary projects\. He developed a business plan for profitable environmental consulting markets, supported LEED green\-building work for the Juniata College Field Station, and helped obtain environmental permits and approvals in six months for a $150 million fiber\-optics industrial plant on a former Northrop Grumman Brownfield site, including Susquehanna River Basin Commission consumptive and groundwater\-withdrawal permits\. ### What did Stephan do at BAI Group? At BAI Group, Stephan completed environmental site assessments, Brownfield characterization and reuse work, wetland delineations, landfill and biosolids\-reuse permits, facility compliance reviews, site\-characterization studies, and reports\. He managed budgets, proposals, client and regulator communication, teams, and quality deliverables\. He contributed to engineering design and permitting for a $40 million solid\-waste landfill revised sampling and permit documentation for a sustainable wetland\-mitigation project, reducing client costs by $180,000 over the remaining inspection period completed 10 biosolids agricultural sustainable\-reuse permits for the City of Philadelphia Water Department developed wetland expertise for Wetlands Habitat Management, Inc\. and increased assessment work by 75% through networking\. ### What is Stephan's educational background? Stephan earned an MBA in Strategy and Marketing from the Penn State Smeal College of Business and a B\.S\. in Environmental Resource Management from Penn State University\. He also worked toward completion of an M\.S\. in Soil Science at Penn State University and holds a high school diploma from Dallas School District\. ### What are Stephan's professional strengths? Stephan’s areas of expertise include environmental awareness, sustainability, environmental policy, environmental consulting, renewable energy, environmental engineering, water, environmental compliance, environmental management systems, green building, corporate social responsibility, sustainable development, waste, energy, recycling, environmental impact assessment, environmental science, soil, and LEED\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/stephanlevitsky