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William M. Ferretti is a Vice President and Special Assistant to the Chairman with Chicago Climate Exchange, the world's first and North America's only active, voluntary, legally binding integrated trading system to reduce emissions of all six greenhouse gases, with offset projects in North America and worldwide. His portfolio of responsibilities for CCX includes recruitment and liaising with governmental and public policy entities. Before joining CCX, Dr. Ferretti was the Executive Director of GLOBE USA, a nonpartisan membership organization comprised of environmentally minded senators and representatives from the U.S. Congress. During his tenure at GLOBE, he led a series of U.S. and international initiatives aimed at advancing the Congressional debate over climate change policy and engaging members of Congress with their peers from parliaments around the globe in dialogue about this critical issue. Prior to joining GLOBE USA, Dr. Ferretti was Executive Director of the National Recycling Coalition, the nation’s largest non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of recycling. From 1988 to 1996 he served with the New York State Department of Economic Development, where he was founding director of the nation’s first market development program for recycling. For their groundbreaking work, Dr. Ferretti and the Department received one of the first Presidential Awards for Sustainable Development. Dr. Ferretti received his doctorate in resource economics from the State University of New York and Syracuse University, and a bachelor’s degree from the Pennsylvania State University. | 