Folks at the CWRU Weatherhead School of Business are bursting with excitement over the recent hiring of Roger Saillant as executive director of the Fowler Center for Sustainable Value. They think they have attracted a sustainability star to Cleveland.

As a recognized authority in renewable energy and sustainability, Saillant has been a pioneer in fuel cells, energy policy, and holistic management techniques, according the university's announcement. His extensive corporate experience includes seven years as CEO of Plug Power, a cutting-edge fuel cell company. Prior to that, he was a senior executive at Ford Motor Company and Visteon Corporation, and he has worked to open plants and operations in Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

Saillant teaches and speaks on sustainability issues, and recent speaking engagements have been at leading colleges and universities including the Sloan School at MIT, Fordham University, and New York University. He currently teaches climate change in Marlboro College's graduate MBA in Managing for Sustainability in Brattleboro, Vermont. Another of his passions is communicating these various sustainability concerns to mainstream society--in this vein, he has recently co-authored a novel, Vapor Trails, dealing with some of today's hottest issues, such as climate change, carbon sequestration, and corporate control.  

See the full media release here.