Tosteson, President of HydroGen, has been active in the fields of earth systems science, education, public outreach, management consulting, and environmental entrepreneurship for over 10 years. He is a co-founder of FullCircle LLC, a New York-based company that deploys facilities to remediate organic waste streams and produce high-value organic soil amendments, and which consults to international development and aid organizations. Over 2000-2001 Tosteson served on assignment as Eco-Industrial Development Manager for the redevelopment of a deactivated army ammunition site in Louisiana. In this capacity on behalf of the Operations Support Command of the US Army, Tosteson and colleagues attracted over $20MM in private and Federal investment to establish two new commercial manufacturing operations on the site utilizing regionally available waste streams as feedstock. From 1994-97 Tosteson served in various capacities as a management consultant for the Biosphere 2 facility in Oracle, AZ, supporting a comprehensive effort to re-tool and reorganize the project that culminated in a long-term facility management contract with Columbia University. Concurrently to that assignment he served as an Adjunct Fellow and researcher at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He has published widely in the peer-reviewed and popular literature. He holds degrees in environmental science and public policy (BA, Harvard University) and atmospheric science (MA, Columbia University).
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