Michael Adams, president of the Environics group of research and communications companies, founded the Environics Institute in 2006. www.MichaelAdams.ca Keith Neuman, recently appointed as the inaugural Executive Director of the Environics Institute. Keith's previous role at Environics was as Group Vice President responsible for the research company's Public Affairs and Environment-Energy research practice areas, providing leading-edge public opinion research in such areas as energy and environment, natural resources, health care, municipal services, justice, transportation, social policy and Aboriginal issues. Since the 1980s, Keith has conducted a wide range of public opinion and social research projects for public, private and non-profit sector organizations, with leading research firms in Toronto, Halifax and Ottawa. Keith holds a Ph.D. in Social Ecology from the University of California, and holds the credential of Certified Marketing Research Professional (CMRP). He is a frequent media commentator on social trends and public opinion. Advisory Panel, The Institute's work is guided by an Advisory Panel that includes: Alan Broadbent, (Chair, Avana Capital Corporation     and the Maytree Foundation) David Eaves, (public policy entrepreneur, open activist     and negotiation consultant) John Honderich, (Chair of the Board, Torstar Corporation) Amy Langstaff, (writer and editor, Amy Langstaff Text) Michael Mendelson, (Senior Scholar, Caledon Institute of Social Policy) Mark Sarner, (President, Manifest Communications) May Wong, (Executive Director, The Omega Foundation)