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Lou Centofanti

 
Chmn., Pres., CEO - Perma Fix Environmental Services Inc.
 
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Company Name : Perma Fix Environmental Services Inc.
 
Company Website : www.perma-fix.com
 
Company Address : 8302 Dunwoody Pl.
Ste. 250, Atlanta, GA,
United States,
 
Lou Centofanti Profile :
Chmn., Pres., CEO - Perma Fix Environmental Services Inc.
 
Lou Centofanti Biography :

Dr. Louis F. Centofanti has been widely recognized as a leader in waste reclamation and chemical and energy development in the Southeastern United States. His long-standing career accomplishments include serving as Regional Administration for the U.S. Department of Energy, developing and commercializing the PPM process which has become the preferred method of treatment for PCB-contaminated oils, founding and successfully growing and selling his first company, PPM, Inc. and founding and taking public Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (PESI).

For his efforts, Dr. Centofanti has received numerous commendations including a special award from the U.S. Department of Energy in 1990, the Governor of Florida's Energy Award in 1981 and an award for the Governor of Mississippi in 1979. In 1980, Dr. Centofanti was appointed on honorary member of the Alabama Energy Board. Because of his work with the PPM process and PPM Inc., the Advanced Technology Development Institute of Atlanta selected Dr. Centofanti as Georgia's 1985 Entrepreneur of the Year.

Dr. Centofanti has a long list of past and present community, civic and professional associations including the Sierra Club, the American Chemical Society, the Coalition for the Environment and the Democratic National Committee - Business Council. Also in 2002, Dr. Centofanti and Perma-Fix has been awarded the prestigious Pro Patria Award along with the Committee Chair Award and My Boss is a Patriot Award by the Florida Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, and will be Florida's nominee for the national Freedom Award, of which only five are presented each year. The awards are for recognition of the company's support of the Reserve and National Guard called to duty after September 11th.

Dr. Centofanti's career history is as varied as it is impressive. As Chairman of PESI, he is guiding the company through a dramatic growth phase in which the company has become a leader in the environmental industry. Prior to founding PESI in 1991, he served as a senior vice president for USPCI, the company that purchased PPM, Inc., the company he started in 1981. Prior to that, Dr. Centofanti served the U.S. Department of Energy as the Southeast Regional Representative of the Secretary under the Carter Administration. In the 70's he worked for Monsanto Chemical Company as a senior research chemist and environmental affairs specialist and taught chemistry at Emory University.

Dr. Centofanti holds a B.S. degree in chemistry from Youngstown State University, a M.S. degree and a Ph.D., both in chemistry, from the University of Michigan; and he studied his post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Utah.

 
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