Frank C. O'Brien-Bernini — Chief Sustainability Officer and Vice President at Owens Corning

Mr. Frank C. O'Brien-Bernini has been the Chief Sustainability Officer and Vice President of Owens Corning since 2001. Mr. O'Brien-Bernini served as Chief Research & Development Officer of Owens Corning since 2001. Mr. O'Brien-Bernini served as Vice President of Science & Technology at Owens Corning since December 2007. He served as Vice President of Science & Technology at Owens Corning since April 2003 and served as Vice President of Corporate Science & Technology of Insulating Systems Business since 2002 and served as its Vice President of Science & Technology and Vice President of Corporate Sustainability. His role encompasses global accountability for Owens Corning's sustainability strategy development and implementation, including Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S). In 30 years with Owens Corning, he has held various leadership positions, including most recently, Vice President and chief R&D officer. Prior to joining Owens Corning, Mr. O'Brien-Bernini ran a solar design/build firm. Mr. O'Brien-Bernini is a frequent speaker on topics related to sustainability and has addressed conferences organized by Fortune, The Economist, Forbes, the American Wind Energy Association, The World Bank, the US Green Building Council, the Conference Board, the Department of Energy, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the American Composites Manufacturers Association, the National Association of Home Builders, Front End Innovation, as well as forums organized by academic institutions including Harvard, Yale and Dartmouth. He has been quoted in best selling sustainability books, the New York Times, MIT Sloan Management Review, Consumer Reports, leading building and materials industry publications and has appeared on the Discovery Channel's Planet Green. Mr. O'Brien-Bernini serves on the National Association of Home Builders Leading Supplier Council and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Advisory Council. An alumnus of one of the nation's first interdisciplinary sustainability programs, 'The Center for Resourceful Living' at North Adams State College (now MCLA), he went on to earn both a Bachelor's Degree in Science and a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, where his research focus was solar energy.