David Kiser of Kodak

In this special presentation, previously streamed live from the floor of SustainCommWorld Boston, David Kiser, Vice President and Manager of Health, Safety and Environment for the Eastman Kodak Company talks with On Paper’s David Crew about stewardship for a global printing economy.

David Kiser joined Eastman Kodak Company in 1981 as a physiologist in the Human Factors Section of the Health, Safety, and Human Factors Laboratory. After several years in this capacity, he was appointed unit director of the Occupational Health Services Section that included the Applied Toxicology, Epidemiology, and Ergonomics functions.

In 1989, Dave transferred to the Communications and Public Affairs division for a two-year assignment in the Washington, D.C. Government Relations Office. Upon return to Rochester in 1991, he was appointed director of Corporate Safety. In 1995, he was assigned to a newly created position as director, Health, Safety, and Environment for Kodak Park.

In 2000, Dave was named director of Health, Safety, and Environment for Business Units and Regions. This assignment was later expanded to include Global Operations.

Dave was named director of Health, Safety, and Environment and vice president, Chief Administrative Office in 2005. In February 2006, the Board of Directors elected him a corporate vice president.

Dave is on the International Leadership Council of The Nature Conservancy and the Boards of the Central and Western New York Nature Conservancy and the Rochester Institute of Technology's Sustainability Institute.

He has a BS in education from Western Michigan University and an MS and PhD in physiology from the Pennsylvania State University. He has completed executive development programs at Columbia University and Penn State.

SustainCommWorld is focused on educating communication professionals from corporations, institutions and government agencies about how to develop sustainable green workflows and supply chains to lower their carbon footprint. SustainCommWorld currently produces two major events: The Business of Green Media in cooperation with the Cal Poly Graphic Communication Department and the Graphic Communication Institute at Cal Poly, and The Green Media Show, a conference and expo in Boston.