Staff
Marjorie A. (Marge) Franklin has nearly 30 years of experience in solid waste management, particularly in the areas of waste characterization and recycling. Ms. Franklin is well known for her pioneering work in waste characterization using a materials balance methodology. While much of her work has been for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ms. Franklin has also worked extensively with many state, local, and private clients. Ms. Franklin has written extensively on solid waste management topics and has made numerous presentations to large and small audiences.
Robert G. (Bob) Hunt acts as the principal advisor on science and life cycle methodology to Franklin Associates' technical staff. A founding member of Franklin Associates, he co-developed the Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) methodology with Bill Franklin in the 1970s. Mr. Hunt is also well known nationally and internationally, and is recognized as a world leader on LCI methodology.
Beverly J. (Bev) Sauer is a senior project manager and chemical engineer specializing in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life Cycle Inventory (LCI), and Life Cycle Management (LCM). Her primary responsibilities are managing, conducting, and reviewing LCI/LCA projects. In her 19 years of experience in this field, she has conducted and managed a wide array of complex life cycle projects including development of customized models that allow clients to evaluate a wide range of scenarios for product composition, fabrication, reuse and recycling, and end-of-life management.
Shelly H. Schneider is a senior project manager and environmental scientist in solid waste management with 18 years of experience in the field. Ms. Schneider has extensive experience in economic analysis of waste management alternatives and in waste characterization. Her clients have ranged from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to state, regional, and local government agencies.
Melissa Huff is a senior project manager and chemical engineer specializing in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) projects. She has 18 years of experience and has served as project manager on many LCI/LCA projects. Her expertise includes data gathering, research, technical writing, and computer modeling. She is familiar with our proprietary LCI database and is expert at using the LCI models.
Greg Schivley is a project manager and environmental engineer specializing in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) projects. He joined Franklin Associates in 2008 after completing his master’s degree with a focus in sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment. His expertise includes Bayesian statistics, deterministic queuing, economic input-output LCA, LCI, and sustainability tools.
Anne Marie Molen is a life cycle technical support scientist specializing in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) projects. She joined Franklin Associates in 2007 with a background in analytical chemistry. Her expertise includes data collection, entry of data into Franklin Associates’ model database, and preparation of LCI reports.
Sarah A. Cashman is an environmental sustainability and LCA analyst specializing in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) projects. She joined Franklin Associates in 2009 after completing her master’s degree in sustainable systems with a focus on industrial ecology. Her expertise includes data gathering, research, and she is familiar with Franklin Associates database and Simapro LCA software.
Rebe Feraldi is an environmental scientist specializing in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) projects. She joined Franklin Associates in 2009 after completing her master’s degree in environmental science and management. Her expertise includes research, data collection, organization, and results analysis.
Lori Snook is a research assistant as well as the office administrator at Franklin Associates. She has 10 years of experience at Franklin Associates and has served as research assistant on a variety of life cycle and solid waste projects. Her expertise as research assistant includes survey instrument development, data collection, online literature searches, flowchart creation, document production, QA/QC of technical documents, and database development and maintenance.