Speakers and Presenters

Raul Diaz-Lugo
Plant Manager, Stonewall Bio/Pharmaceutical Operations
MERCK

Raul Diaz-Lugo is plant manager at Merck's Stonewall Bio/Pharmaceutical Operations in Elkton, VA. The facility is a state-of-the-art, multi-platform pharmaceutical manufacturing complex that employs more than 700 individuals. Today, Stonewall supports the manufacturing needs of several of Merck, Sharp & Dohme's top 20 products, and plays a key role in the development and implementation of many emerging technologies, as well as continuous improvement approaches. The site is currently undergoing a significant transformation in its manufacturing capabilities. While traditional bulk API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) and oral dose operations are phasing out, the site is growing in sterile, vaccine, and biological processes.

Diaz-Lugo joined the company in 1992 at Merck’s Puerto Rico Operations, as a Microbiologist in the Quality Organization. He occupied posts in Technical Operations and Production and then returned to Quality, as a release manager, before relocating to West Point, Pennsylvania in 1998 as a Senior Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls Scientist.

His areas of expertise include the manufacture and regulation of sterile pharmaceuticals and the control of biological contamination, in addition to strategic planning, development and execution. Prior to coming to Elkton, VA, Raul was Global Leader, Strategy Development and Realization for the Merck Manufacturing Division (MMD), with responsibilities for the development of strategic plans to advance the manufacturing organization's vision, mission and objectives, promoting revenue profitability and growth. In this role, Diaz-Lugo oversaw company operations to insure quality/compliance, supply, production efficiencies, customer service and the cost-effective management of resources, while enabling comprehensive decision-making and fully supporting the organization through complex transformational change. He also provided long-term stewardship to integration-related value capture, synergies and benefit realization activities throughout MMD.

He has been Senior Director, Iberian Manufacturing Operations, based in Madrid, Spain, and has also held positions in the Office of the President, MMD, in Whitehouse Station, NJ (as Director of Strategic Planning), and as Associate Director of Bacterial Vaccine Operations at Merck’s West Point, PA facility, where he supported the production of Merck’s PedvaxHIB line of vaccines. He is a biochemist with degrees from the University of Puerto Rico, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rutgers University and the University of South Carolina’s School of Pharmacy.

In 2002, Diaz-Lugo was appointed to Merck’s Diversity Worldwide Business Strategy Team (DWBST). As part of the team, he was in charge of researching and developing Merck’s “Business Case for Diversity”, was a member of the Management Committee Communications sub-team and co-leaded the Company’s Mentoring Program. Currently, he is active with the Merck Hispanic Organization and a member of Merck's Global Constituency Groups (GCGs). The task of this group is to better understand the “meaning of diversity” throughout the world and formulate action plans to advance accordingly the state of diversity. He speaks frequently on topics pertaining to diversity and the work of the GCG throughout the Company. He is an Executive member of NSHMBA since 2004.


Díaz-Lugo is also an active speaker on technical topics ranging from water activity and its utilization as part of comprehensive quality assurance plans, and the implication of FDA’s GMPs for the 21st Century Initiative, to how to effectively implement housekeeping and contamination control practices in bulk biological facilities, and the successful preparation and filing of novel pharmaceutical compounds.

Originally from Puerto Rico, he lives in Penn Laird, VA, with his wife and the youngest of three boys, a freshman in high school. His two other (identical twin) sons are freshmen in college, attending Bloomsburg University, and James Madison University, respectively. He enjoys cooking, rocketry and collects Gerry Anderson’s SciFi memorabilia. 
 

Doug Domenech
Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources

Doug Domenech (pronounced DOM-en-etch) was appointed Virginia’s Secretary of Natural Resources on January 17, 2010.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Domenech was the Senior Vice President of Artemis Strategies; a Washington, DC based bipartisan government relations and strategic communications firm.

Domenech served in the George W. Bush Administration at the U.S. Department of Interior from 2001 to 2009. While there he held positions as Deputy Director of External and Intergovernmental Affairs, White House Liaison, and in 2005 he was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Interior, the number two staff position in the Office of the Secretary. In this position he worked with senior managers for all nine Interior Bureaus, had senior oversight of the US/UNESCO World Heritage Program administered by the United Nations, and oversaw the Interior Crisis Action Team.

Mr. Domenech also served as the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Insular Affairs where he managed U.S. relations with seven insular areas including US Territories of the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and US Freely Associated States of Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands. Policy issues addressed in this role included energy, security, economic development and health.

Prior to serving at the U.S. Department of the Interior, Mr. Domenech had a long career in natural resource management. Upon graduating from college in 1978 he served as the Acting Director of the Timber Harvesting Management Program at Alabama A&M University where he conducted field research funded by the USDA Forest Service and Tennessee Valley Authority. In 1981 he went to work for the Forest Resources Association, a national technical trade association which represents produces and consumers of raw wood material. He began as the Southwestern Division Forester in Jackson, MS, and then moved to become the Southeastern Division Forester in Charleston, SC. He later became the Director of Forestry Programs at the FRA's headquarters in Washington, DC from 1990-1993.

Mr. Domenech was appointed by Governor George Allen to the Goose Creek Scenic River Advisory Board and the Commonwealth Competition Council. Under Governor Jim Gilmore he was appointed to the Virginia Board of Forestry. He also formerly served on the Advisory Council of the Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico.

He received his Bachelors of Science in Forestry and Wildlife Management from Virginia Tech in 1978. 
 

Paul D. Fraim
Mayor, City of Norfolk, VA

Paul D. Fraim was born in Norfolk, Virginia, graduated from Norfolk Catholic High School, completed undergraduate studies at Virginia Military Institute, received his Masters in Education from the University of Virginia and his law degree from the University of Richmond.

A member of Norfolk City Council since 1986, he was elected Mayor on July 1, 1994, and has been re-elected to a new four-year term beginning July 2010. He began private practice in May 1977, and is presently president of the law firm of Fraim and Fiorella, PC. He is chairman of the TowneBank Norfolk Board of Directors.

Fraim is a member of the Board of Directors of the Hampton Roads Partnership and he is currently a member of and has twice chaired the Hampton Roads Mayors and Chairs Caucus. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce, Norfolk Division, the Kiwanis Club of Ocean View, the Norfolk Sports Club, and the Navy League.

He has been a member of the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission since 1990 and formerly served as chairman. He is a former chairman of the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization and currently serves on the Board of Directors. He is past co-chair of the Hampton Roads Military and Federal Facilities Alliance and currently serves on the Board of Directors. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Greater Norfolk Corporation. He is former chairman of the Norfolk Electoral Board and the Norfolk Highway Safety Commission. He is the former chair of the USS Wisconsin Foundation, is a member of the Virginia Maritime Heritage Foundation, and a member of the National Maritime Center Board of Directors. He is a trustee of the Eastern Virginia Medical School Foundation. He is president of the VMI Board of Visitors. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.

Fraim was co-captain of the football team at VMI and coached football at both the University of Virginia and the University of Richmond. The Norfolk Sports Club named him “Man of the Year” in sports in the metropolitan area for 1994. In 1995 he received Old Dominion University’s “Bud Metheny” award, and was named “Sportsman of the Year” in 1996 by The Virginian-Pilot. In 1996 the Downtown Norfolk Council selected him as the “Downtowner of the Year.” He was also awarded in 1996 the Meritorious Public Service Award Medal from the United States Navy. He was the recipient of the 1998 Tidewater Humanitarian Award presented by The National Conference of Christians and Jews. In 2004 the Hampton Roads Maritime Association presented him with its "Port Champion" award. In 2007 he was presented the “Bishop’s Humanitarian Award” by Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia and the “A Home for Every American Award,” a national honor given by the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.

Fraim is a member of the Virginia State Bar, is a member of and has served on the Executive Committee of the Virginia Bar Association, and he is also a fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation. He is married to Elizabeth Peer Fraim and they have four children. 
 

Rebecca Hough
CEO, Co-Founder
Evatran 

Rebecca Hough is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer for Evatran. She currently sets Evatran’s strategic direction and oversees all of Evatran’s day-to-day operations. In this position, Hough has spearheaded strategic partnership development including the company’s relationships with Google, Bosch, and the US Department of Energy. She has led the development of the Company’s go-to-market strategy and developed marketing initiatives including the Company’s social media strategy and customer reservation program.

Hough has represented the company at numerous speaking engagements, directs the company media relations strategy, and participates in key industry conferences. Prior to joining Evatran, Rebecca was a management consultant with Kurt Salmon Associates out of New York City, consulting on projects in the retail and consumer products sectors. Graduating from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, Rebecca earned a B.S. in Commerce with concentrations in Finance and Management.

Bob Johansen
Distinguished Fellow
Institute for the Future 

Bob is a ten-year forecaster who has outlived his forecasts more than three times over. He works interactively with top leaders across a wide range of business, government, and nonprofit organizations. He creates video-enhanced immersion experiences in the future for large and small groups. For Bob, a 10-year forecast is a story from the future that provokes insight in the present.

Bob served as IFTF’s president from 1996 to 2004 and served on its Board until 2010. Bob now invests his time with IFTF sponsors, as well as writing and speaking to encourage thoughtful consideration of the long-term future.

Bob was one of the first social scientists to explore the social and organizational impacts of the Internet beginning when it was still called the ARPANET. Before becoming president, Bob created and led a research program at IFTF on emerging information technologies—now called the Technology Horizons Program.

Bob is a frequent keynote speaker for large groups, but he most enjoys small workshops with creative teams. His latest book is called Leaders Make the Future: Ten New Leadership Skills for an Uncertain Age, published by Berrett-Koehler, now moving into a Second Edition with contributions by the Center for Creative Leadership. What are the leadership skills that will be needed to thrive in the future—given the external future forces of the next decade? Bob is doing workshops with this book for top teams and rising star leaders at a wide range of corporations, including P&G, Tesco, Old Navy, Hallmark, Campbell’s Soup, Disney, Carnival, Intel, Fairmont, Givaudan, Syngenta, Johnson & Johnson, and McDonald’s. A wide range of major universities, nonprofits, and churches also use his books.

Bob’s best selling Get There Early: Sensing the Future to Compete in the Present, was selected as one of the top business books of 2007. Bob Johansen is the author or co-author of six previous books, including Upsizing the Individual in the Downsized Organization, GlobalWork, Leading Business Teams, Groupware, Teleconferencing and Beyond, and Electronic Meetings.

Bob is trained as a social scientist, with experience at the edges of multiple disciplines. He holds a BS degree from the University of Illinois, where he attended on a varsity basketball scholarship, and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. Bob also has an M.Div. degree from Crozer Theological Seminary, where he studied comparative religions.

David Paylor
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

Mr. Paylor was reappointed director of the Department of Environmental Quality by Governor Bob McDonnell in January 2010. He originally was appointed director by Governor Timothy Kaine in 2006.

Paylor’s career began in 1973 with the State Water Control Board and continued with DEQ. He began as a field biologist and held a variety of positions after that as an aquatic ecologist, water resources manager, director of petroleum programs, and director of operations. Paylor is the former president of the Environmental Council of the States.

Paylor graduated from Duke University with a bachelor’s degree in zoology and received his master’s degree from Oregon State University in fisheries science. He and his wife, Lesa, have two children, Kelsey and Grant. His hobbies include camping, canoeing and woodworking.

Jim Marcinko
Area Director of Operations for
Recycling and Waste Diversion
Waste Management 

As the Area Director of Operations for Recycling and Waste Diversion for Waste Management, Marcinko is responsible for nine recycling processing facilities throughout Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, which together process nearly 60,000 tons of recyclables a month, and more than 300 employees. 

He is also responsible for developing WM’s new alternative materials recovery methods in the Area. In this role, Marcinko has assumed oversight for thirteen Solid Waste Transfer Stations to spearhead WM’s Material Mining Initiative. In this initiative, WM recovers material from the inbound Waste Stream for reuse. Previously these materials would have been disposed of in landfills and waste to energy plants. These materials can include, mixed paper, plastics, metal, wood and corrugate cardboard. In addition, he is also working on transitioning a major transfer station into a Processed Engineered Fuel (PEF) Plant. This project will transform Municipal Solid Waste into a marketable pelletized fuel that is more economical and more environmentally conscience than coal.

In November of 2012, Marcinko assumed the role of Area Public Sector Solutions Manager. He is working closely with communities in developing more sustainable solutions to their waste management needs. The combination of recycling and waste diversion operations under Marcinko’s management provide solutions that are cost effective and wide ranging to our municipal partners. 

He possesses nearly 20 years experience in the recycling and waste industry and has been in his current position since June 2000. 

Marcinko was born and raised in Maryland and graduated from Towson University.

Colonel Paul B. Olsen
Commander, Norfolk District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Col. Paul B. Olsen is the 57th commander of the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Olsen oversees the district’s civil works infrastructure and military construction. As the commander, he is responsible for more than 400 employees in Norfolk and in resident offices throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Olsen was commissioned in the U.S. Army upon graduation from the University of Wisconsin where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in geography.

He held leadership positions in mechanized and combat heavy engineer units in Europe, the Middle East, and the United States, including command of the 249th Engineer Battalion (Prime Power) during Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq; Bravo Company, 9th Engineer Battalion during Operation Joint Endeavor in Bosnia; Executive Officer of Headquarters Company, 43rd Engineer Battalion during Operation Restore Hope in Somalia; and Platoon Leader, Alpha Company, 317th Engineer Battalion during operations Desert Shield and Storm in the Middle East.

Additionally, he has held a number of key staff assignments including the speechwriter to the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center’s commanding general and the executive officer to the Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management.

Olsen is a registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia and holds a Master of Science degree in civil and infrastructure engineering from George Mason University, a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College, and a Master of Arts degree in business management from Webster University. His military education includes completion of the Engineer Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College where he graduated with distinction. He is also a graduate of the French Army Engineer Advanced Course.

Olsen earned the Bronze Star Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters. Additionally, he was the 2003 recipient of the Secretary of the Army’s Frank Pace Award for innovation and the 2011 recipient of the Commandant’s Award for Distinction in Research at the U.S. Army War College.

He is married and has three children.