George R. Heaton, Jr. (previously managing partner) is a member of the faculty at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts and an independent consultant in science and technology policy, environmental policy and law. Trained as a lawyer, Mr. Heaton has been on the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and has worked widely for public and private technical and policy institutions in the U.S. and abroad.  Maintaining extensive professional and personal relations in Japan, Mr. Heaton was a Visiting Professor at Saitama University in 1986-87 and the First Foreign Scholar of the Ministry of Health and Welfare in 1989-90.

Contact: george.heaton@technopoli.net