Lynn L. Bergeson Named President of the Board of Directors of the Product Stewardship Society

COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Product Stewardship Society (PSS) Board of Directors inducted Lynn L. Bergeson as President during its annual board meeting preceding the Product Stewardship conference being held in Columbus, Ohio, September 10 – 12, 2019.  Ms. Bergeson, Managing Partner of Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C^®), will serve as President through 2021. Ms. Bergeson has served on the PSS Board of Directors since 2015.
 
PSS is an affiliate of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA^®), launched in 2012 to drive the product stewardship profession forward by providing resources, professional development, and networking opportunities that serve the needs of professionals globally.  PSS and AIHA announced in late 2018 the joint development of an ANSI-certified product stewardship credential and progress toward the launch of the test-based credential continues in 2019.  PSS recently published Professional Practices of Product Stewardship, a first-of-its-kind textbook providing deep insight into core areas of product stewardship, including product risk management, product life cycle management, management of product compliance and liability, and product stewardship strategy and program management. Other PSS publications include Realizing the Full Business Value of Product Stewardship, for which Ms. Bergeson authored the chapter “Legal Considerations Relating to Tort and Product Liability Law,” and Core Competencies for the Product Stewardship Professional.  All publications are available on the PSS website.
 
Lynn L. Bergeson is Managing Partner of B&C, a Washington, D.C. firm concentrating on conventional, nanoscale, and biobased chemicals and chemical products. She is Vice Chair of the International Bar Association (IBA) Agricultural Law Section, Vice Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources Committee on Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know, and a former Chair of the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources. Ms. Bergeson is consistently recognized among the elite practitioners of chemical regulatory law by Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and The Washingtonian, among others. Chambers and Partners USA 2019 edition, where she was ranked Band 1, notes Ms. Bergeson’s “stellar reputation in the environment space,” and quotes clients as saying:  “If you need advice in the chemical regulatory arena, there is no better choice than Lynn.” Ms. Bergeson is also President of The Acta Group (Acta^®), B&C’s scientific and regulatory consulting arm with offices in Washington, D.C., the United Kingdom, and Belgium, and President of B&C^® Consortia Management, L.L.C. (BCCM), which helps the chemical industry form consortia to achieve shared research, testing, and regulatory goals.