Core Team

Dean Slocum, Prinicipal – Dean is a former Director of EHS for Arthur D. Little and former VP, Oil and Gas Market Manager for Batelle Memorial Institute.  He has led multi-national teams, on > 50 EIAs and related studies and has worked in greater than 25 countries.  Dean speaks fluent Spanish, intermediate Portuguese and basic French and Greek.  See Dean’s bio.

Heather Boyd – Heather is an experienced environmental consultant who comes to Acorn from ConocoPhillips, where she was responsible for helping manage health, safety and environmental risk and liability on upstream and downstream assets. She has over ten years of experience and is based in the Houston area. See Heather's bio.

Atma Khalsa – Atma is an environmental consultant focused impact assessment, partnering and capacity building. He has a Masters of Science in International Environmental Assessment from McGill University. This innovative program was jointly managed by McGill University and UNEP. See Atma's bio.

John Black, P. G.– John is a senior environmental consultant with over 30 years of experience in working worldwide for the petroleum and other industries. He is based in the Houston area. See John's bio.

Working with Acorn will allow international industries to better manage the increasingly delicate balance between meeting corporate requirements for reliable, simplified service while satisfying host-country demands for maximum local content.