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Patricia Calkins is vice president of Environment, Health and Safety for Xerox Corporation. Calkins assumed this post in April 2005 and is responsible for policy and strategy development and implementation of all Xerox EH&S programs worldwide.
Calkins leads Xerox's environmental initiatives out of Webster, N.Y., where the company's largest global manufacturing, engineering, and research and technology centers are based, helping shape Xerox's uniquely practical perspectives and movement toward a model of sustainable operations.
A pioneer in environmental management, Xerox saves hundreds of millions of dollars annually through its initiatives. The company's goal of "waste-free products from waste-free factories" is reflected in all operations -- from designing products, processes and facilities to capture energy savings for Xerox and its customers, to creating printers and copiers that can be remanufactured, to recycling toner cartridges and materials, and more. Xerox also invests in innovation that delivers measurable environmental benefits, such as its proprietary solid ink printing technology that generates 90 percent less consumables waste than comparable laser printers.
Calkins joined Xerox EH&S in 1993 as manager of resource conservation. She assumed increasingly responsible management positions in quality and business process, EH&S market support, and Design for Lean Six Sigma programs in the Xerox Engineering Center. Most recently, Calkins served as vice president, EH&S Operations.
Calkins is a member of the advisory board for the University of Michigan's Center for Sustainable Systems. From 1997-2002 she was chair for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society Technical Committee on electronics and the environment, and from 1994-1997 she served as chair for the Information Technology Industry Council Technical Committee on product life-cycle environmental management. She is a past member of the advisory board at the University of Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute and of the advisory committee at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.
Calkins holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Merrimack College, a master of science degree in civil/environmental engineering from Tufts University, and an executive MBA from the University of Rochester. | 