Management
Robert L. Hosford III - President
Before joining pH Solutions Inc., Hosford was appointed by President Bush as Chief of Staff within the Farm Service Agency at the United States Department of Agriculture. In his capacity he oversaw an annual budget of $31.2 billion, 20,000 employees and over 2300 offices located all over the U.S. He has 15 years of experience in private business, as a former trade association executive and Senior-level executive/corporate principal with in-depth knowledge and success in the development and execution of well-targeted strategies and policy initiatives. Hosford has a lifetime of experience and specialization in agricultural, environmental, energy, conservation and political arenas. He has secure, on the record experience mitigating crisis situations in public and private sectors. Hosford is a self-driven professional accustomed to high-profile leadership positions and possesses extensive relationships with the U.S. Congress, The White House, Executive Branch and national/international agricultural and business communities.
June Nichols - Director
Ms. Nichols comes with 30 years of experience as a small business owner and has sat on numerous boards over the last 10 years. She is a former Reagan and Bush Administration official serving as Deputy Director of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and handling a budget of over $300 million annually with 4,000 employees. Ms. Nichols served on the Board of the Export Import Bank of the United States. In the private sector, Ms. Nichols has run a number of small businesses.
James Griffin - Vice President of New Markets
Mr. Griffin has a Juris Doctorate degree in law, experience as a physicians assistant and 20 years of experience in the field of medicine. He has developed medical protocols for residency staff, acted as Assistant Medical Director, assisted in research projects, including an early detection of Kaposi’s Sarcoma in 1984, started a triage unit, surgical and dermatological clinic, colonoscopy clinic, podiatry and G.I. clinic. He supervised 60 part-time centers and their main multi-disciplinary health center in Manhattan. His work included development of medical and staffing procedures, regulatory and administrative work, corporate compliance, HIPAA regulations, staffing, community outreach, community relations, medical record oversight, team building, medical and patient education, as well as working as a clinician (P.A.). He also assisted in developing health centers for other medical entities.
Christopher Pearce - Director
Mr. Pearce boasts 30 years experience as director and chief operating officer of a New York Stock Exchange listed company with more than 5,000 employees worldwide and $500 million revenue per annum. His responsibilities included running large operations that required sourcing products and services, contract negotiation, marketing and advertising, scheduling, warehousing and inventory management, and employee oversight.
Howard Turner- V.P. of Product Development
Mr. Turner, has more than 30 years experience in successfully managing revenue and profit growth for both domestic and international corporations with Fortune 100 client bases. Mr. Turner has trained in product management at DuPont, and served as VP of Business Development for a $2.1 billion privately-held company. Mr.Turner has full management, marketing/advertising, sales and operational research experience. He has also served as Chairman and CEO of two-million dollar corporations in the not-for-profit sector. He is a graduate of Indiana University with a degree in History and minor in Economics.
Barry McFarland - Chief Financial Officer
Mr. McFarland has over 30 years in key management positions with both Fortune 500 and smaller companies. He is experienced in international operations, including high tech, medical and consumer products manufacturing and distribution with a record of systems and process development to increase productivity and efficiency. Recent positions include CFO and VP Operations for multiple start-up and established manufacturing companies both public and privately held. Mr. McFarland has designed and installed financial and management reporting systems to improve information flow and reduce administrative cost, negotiated multiple domestic and international distribution licensing and manufacturing production agreements, and managed product quality and production operations at multiple domestic and international contract manufacturing facilities. He is also familiar with the structure and execution of both public and private financing strategies to support merges, acquisitions and internal corporate development.
Robert DeFalco: Director - President & CEO (Ampacet Corp.)
Mr. DeFalco has more than 40 years of management experience covering operations and marketing. For the past 20 years, DeFalco has managed internationally and domestically for Ampacet. Ampacet boasted over 715 million dollars in sales last year. In 1991, he was appointed as Managing Director of Ampacet Europe headquartered in Luxembourg, a position he held until he was appointed President and CEO in 1999. Mr. De Falco has studied Industrial Engineering at Pennsylvania State University and was a Commissioned Officer (1st Lieutenant) in the U.S. Army.
Noreen McGurrin Griffin - Chairman/Director
Ms. McGurrin Griffin has over 25 years experience in providing entrance and exit strategies for pure start-up and/or embattled companies. Ms. McGurrin Griffin has owned and operated her own consulting firm in Washington, DC, as well as serving as CFO and Vice President of a number of small public companies over the last 10 years. In adition Ms. McGurrin Griffin has served as lead negotiator on a number of international contracts in Africa. Ms. McGurrin Griffin has experience acting as a debtor-in-possession, two of which have creditors realizing repayments of over $40 million at 100 cents on the dollar.
Wayne Hartke Esq., Vice President of Corporate Strategies Group, Inc.
Mr. Hartke is an attorney located in Washington, DC, with extensive years in government negotiations.