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For Immediate Release
Contact: Don Rheem
(202) 628-3622
Climate Coalition Names New Chairman,
Announces New Executive Appointments
Washington, DC, July 1, 1994 -- Richard E. Briggs, executive vice president of
the Association of American Railroads, today was named chairman of the Global
Climate Coalition (GCC), the nation's leading business voice on global climate
change. Briggs, who previously served as vice-chairman, was elected to replace
Jerry J. Jasinowski, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, who
remains a member of the GCC Executive Committee.
The GCC also elected Robert Cole, vice president of Kaiser Aluminum &
Chemical Corporation, as vice chairman for policy; Rob Long, vice president of
the National Coal Association, as secretary; Dale Heydlauff, vice president of
American Electric Power Service Corporation, as treasurer; William F. O'Keefe,
executive vice president of the American Petroleum Institute, as chairman of the
Operating Committee; and Robert McFadden, manager of special projects,
American Automobile Manufacturers Association, as vice chairman of the
Operating Committee. John Shlaes continues his duties as executive director.
Briggs will also serve as Chairman of the Executive Committee, which guides the
coalition on behalf of the board of directors at a time of heightened domestic and
international attention to climate change issues.
The Global Climate Coalition, a non-profit organization of business trade
associations and private companies, was established in 1989 to coordinate business
participation in the science, economic and policy debates on global climate
change.
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