Vermont Business Magazine Stone Environmental’s Board of Directors has appointedJohn Hanzasas president andMichael Winchellas vice president, effectiveJuly 1, 2017. While stepping down from their current executive positions, president and founderChristopher Stoneand vice presidentDavid Healywill both remain at Stone providing senior executive and technical consulting support, as well as serving on Stone’s board of directors for the Montpelier-based engineering firm.
Hanzas and Winchell are both longtime Stone veterans and leaders in their respective fields. They currently serve on Stone’s senior management team and are well positioned to take on these new executive roles, as well as continue to lead Stone’s Agrochemical Fate and Exposure and Environmental Modeling teams.
“John and Mike bring experience and complementary talents that will take Stone to the next level of quality, innovation, and responsiveness that our clients expect to see,” said Chris Stone. “They are supported by an amazing team of professionals who are passionate about the work they perform and make Stone a great place to work. Personally, I am looking forward to contributing on number of different levels as Stone Environmental moves onto this new chapter.”
David Healy said:“For me, the last 20+ years working at Stone have been an incredible and rewarding experience. In 1995, I was thrilled to lead and grow our GIS services with the help of some incredibly talented folks. It has been an amazing time for this technology’s explosion. I feel confident with John and Mike at Stone’s helm that over the next 25 years they will take our scientists, technology, and clients to new levels.”
This announcement comes after several years of thoughtful succession planning, Stone said in a press release. Over the course of the last 25 years, Stone and Healy have worked relentlessly to develop a company committed to scientific integrity, innovation, and a focus on client needs. Through their leadership, Stone has grown to an interdisciplinary team of over 40 scientists, engineers, modelers, application developers, and project managers.
The first step in its leadership transition began in January, 2016, when Stone and Healy led the effort to make Stone Environmental a 100% employee-owned company.July 1marks another major milestone, as they step down from their executive roles and hand over the reins to Stone's next generation of leadership.
About John Hanzas
Hanzas joined Stone in 1994 as a staff geoscientist and quickly moved up the ranks, eagerly working on every type of project Stone conducted. He has been pivotal to the growth and success of Stone over the last two decades. For the past nine years, John has led Stone’s Agrochemical Fate and Exposure group while serving on the senior management team. John brings strong technical and business perspectives to his new role, with a degree in business management and over two decades of experience performing field studies.
About Mike Winchell
Winchell has been a part of Stone for the last 16 years, rising to the position of Senior Environmental Modeler and GIS Specialist. In 2012, Mike established the company’s Environmental Systems Modeling service line, which has since grown into one of the largest service areas in the company. Over the course of his tenure at Stone, Mike has led technical geospatial analysis and modeling efforts, as well as managed projects across nearly all of Stone’s areas of expertise.
About Stone Environmental
Stone Environmental is an employee-owned company that provides scientific tools, information, and analyses to help clients solve complex challenges across a variety of sectors, including environment, agriculture, coastal planning, resilience, and renewable energy.Our team of scientists, engineers, modelers, application developers, and quality assurance professionals work around the globe, and our clients rely on us because of our integrity, expertise, and innovation. Our capabilities include environmental assessment and remediation, water resources management and modeling, data quality assessments, support for agrochemical product stewardship and registration, and geospatial analysis, visualization, and application development. Stone employs over 40 scientists, engineers, modelers, application developers, and project managers. The company's headquarters is located in Montpelier, Vermont, with an office in New London, New Hampshire. Remote employees also work out of offices in Mankato, MN, Tallahassee, FL, and Boulder, CO.
Source: Stone. 6.28.2017