Dr. Chet Chaffee is Vice President, Life Cycle Assessment at FirstCarbon Solutions, Irvine, Calif. With over 50 technical papers to his credit, Chet provided expert testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Trade Commission. As former executive vice president at Scientific Certification Systems, he directed over 200 lifecycle and sustainability initiatives for General Motors, Home Depot and Unilever.