David A. Rinard is director of Global Environmental Performance for Steelcase Inc., and leads the department that is responsible for overseeing the company's environmental initiatives and performance and implementing our corporate environmental strategy, including regulatory compliance, sustainability, environmental outreach and responsible conduct programs. Dave has also served as manager, Corporate Environmental Quality, from 1992 to 1994. He began his career with Steelcase in 1979 as an assistant environmental engineer. In 1981, he was promoted to environmental engineer and then to senior environmental engineer in 1986, where he had responsibility for ground water programs, superfund activities and in-house consulting on compliance programs. Dave joined Steelcase after two years with Plastic Plate, Inc., where he was a chemist. Dave is on the board of directors for the West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum, is a member of the external advisory board of the University of Michigan's Center for Sustainable Systems, the external advisory board of the Aquinas College sustainable business program, and the Kettering University Environmental Advisory Board. He is also a member representative for the U.S. Green Building Council and a participant in the BIFMA (Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association) Government Affairs Committee. He is a former chair of the board of the West Michigan Air & Waste Management Association, past president of the West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum and former board member of the IDCE. In addition, Dave currently serves as an adjunct professor in the Aquinas College Sustainable Business program.