Stephen Ashkin - President
Acknowledged as one of ISSA’s top contributors to the professional cleaning industry in its 100-year history, Steve is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and a leader of the Green Cleaning Movement where he is often thought of as the “Father of Green Cleaning.”
Currently he serves as President of The Ashkin Group, Executive Director of the Green Cleaning Network, co-founder of Green Cleaning University and CEO of Sustainability Dashboard Tools, LLC – all of which play important roles in his efforts to move the global cleaning industry from green to sustainable.
Steve has been working in the cleaning industry since 1981 where he has held key technical and management positions for leading commercial and consumer products companies. He has extensive experience working throughout the entire supply chain from leading product manufacturers to product distributors to service providers to building owners and facility managers. In addition, Steve also works extensively with market influencers such as environmental and health advocates, labor unions, media, governments, policymakers, standards setters, and others which have given him deep insights into how the marketplace can be used to drive health and environmental improvements.
Among Steve’s many awards include recognition from the National Performance Review for his help launching the President’s Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Program, an Excellence Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency for his work to protect children from environmental threats, and the Green Building Advocate of the Year from the Leonardo Academy for bringing Green Cleaning to LEED-EB.
Brian Johnson - Director of Sustainability Practices
Brian Johnson is a 30-year veteran of the Green and sustainability movements. He began his career leading the City of Santa Monica’s Green procurement and Green Cleaning efforts; was a lecturing professor at Loyola Marymount University in Westchester, Calif., teaching Environmental Science courses for undergraduates; and recently was Deputy Director at the California Environmental Protection Agency.
During his accomplished career, Johnson has worked with custodial workers, business executives, and elected officials regarding a host of Green and sustainability projects.
Brian is an enthusiastic outdoorsman, and perennial Californian. He often can be found working on projects to preserve public lands, when he is not at the beach surfing with his family.
Katrina Saucier - ESG Metrics Consultant for The Ashkin Group
Katrina Saucier provides data-driven consulting and data management support for The Ashkin Group. She is also the Program Manager for Green2Sustainable, where she manages a team of experts and online tools that measure, improve, and report on energy and sustainability data. Saucier has a diverse professional background including being an account manager for the specialty chemical manufacturer and agro-forestry Peace Corps volunteer in Sub-Saharan Africa. She has worked as an optimization engineer in manufacturing and a fellow at a planning department for county municipality.
She is a graduate of Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs with a master’s degree in environmental sciences and also earned her undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the University of Maine.
