PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

of

The Honorable Nancy Harvey Steorts

Former Chairman, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Presidentof Nancy Harvey Steorts and Associates

Author, Television and Radio Commentator, Speaker, Consultant, Broker

Associate Broker, Long and Foster Realtors

Nancy Harvey Steorts has had a distinguished career in business and trade, political service, real estate, academia and the media. As an international consultant, media commentator, speaker and author, she remains committed to the concept of quality and safety for the consumer. Her new highly recommended book, "Safe Living in a Dangerous World," was released by Capital Books, Inc. and is already in its third printing. Her 3^rd book, Your Home Safe Home", was launched at an international convention of Reality Corp, the corporate partner of Century 21, Coldwell Banker, ERA, Better Homes and Gardens, and Sotheby’s, It was sited by President and CEO, Alex Perriello, as "a must read for every home owner and renter."

Public and Private Sector

President Ronald Reagan appointed Ms. Steorts Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. and the United States Senate unanimously approved her nomination. Prior to that she was a consultant to the Director of the U.S, Office on Consumer Affairs at the White House and served under the President Nixon and President Ford Administrations as the Special Assistant for Consumer Affairs to the Secretary of Agriculture. After her government service, she became President the prestigiousDallas Citizens Council - an organization of Chief Executive Officers based in Dallas, Texas.

As President and CEO of Nancy Harvey Steorts International , she works with many diversified clients in the United States and throughout the world. She was acclaimed by the Chairman of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission for having executed the largest and most effective consumer product safety recall in the history of the United States government. This recall involved the successful recall of 150 million pieces of jewelry, which contained lead and were being sold in over 7,000 vending machines throughout the United States. In addition to her work in product safety, she also serves as a National Spokesperson for clients.

Awards

She has been widely recognized in business and government circles for her accomplishments. Ms. Steorts was named One of the Best Public Servants" by the Gallagher Report and is the recipient of the George P. Argents Medal for Excellence in Government, conferred by her alma mater, Syracuse University This is the highest award given to Alumnae.

She served on the Board of Overseers for the Malcolm Baldridge Award and the Federal Reserve National Consumer Advisory Council.

She received the prestigiousMargaret Dana Award from the American Society of Testing Materials in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the advancement of voluntary standards for consumer products with the result of increased safety and well-being for all consumers.

She has been recognized by the Fayetteville-Manlius, New York school system her alma mater as one of their first distinguished alumnae and is a part of theirHall of Fame.

Ms. Steorts was a Distinguished Lecturer of the Strom Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs at Clemson University.

In October, 1989, Clemson University officially accepted the donation of the Nancy Harvey Steorts Papers, which now makes them available to their researchers.

Nancy Harvey Steorts donated to Syracuse University, (the Genet Galleries) "An American Woman’s Clothing Collection"- a collection of the clothing and accessories, she wore during the era of 1980-1990, with a description of the clothing, and pictures of the clothing being worn during the Presidential administrations she served, as well as during her work with the Dallas Citizens Council.

The Oral History of the Life of Nancy Harvey Steorts has been donated to Pennsylvania State University Women’s History Collection, under the noted collection of "A FEW GOOD WOMEN ".

In late 2019 she was named as a distinguished Member of theNorthern Virginia Association of Realtors HALLOF FAME.

Marquis Who’s Who the world’s premier publisher of biographical profiles, recently presented Nancy Harvey Steorts with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement AWARD . An accomplished listee, this award celebrates Ms. Steorts many years’ experience her professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes she has accrued in her field. Ms. Steorts has been cited in over a dozen editions of Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Finance and Industry and Who’s Who of American Women.

Boards of Directors

She has served on the Executive Committee and National Board of Directors of the American National Standards Institute and served as Chairman of the American National Standards Institute Consumer Interest Council. She was the International Chairman of the ISO International Conference for COPOLCO, which was held for the first time in Washington, D.C. and was attended by 40 countries.

Nancy Steorts has served on several corporate and community boards, including the National Board of Directors of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. and the Medical College of Pennsylvania; and the Board of Directors at the University of Texas at Dallas Management School, the Women's Institute of American University, the College of Human Development of Syracuse University and the Department of Economics of Southern Methodist University and as a member of the Syracuse University National Alumnae Board. She is also a member of Syracuse University's Whitman School of Management Corporate Advisory Board. and was recently appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the Public Members Association of the Foreign Service. She was also appointed to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Homeland Security Committee of the National Industrial Defense Industrial Association, where she serves on the National Convention committee, and is Chairman of the Nominating Committee, and the Awards Committee. She is an active member of Executive Women in Government, (an organization of the top women in government). where, she served as President, and is currently a member of their Board of Directors and Chairman of their Nominating Committee. She recently completed her term as a member of the Board of Directors of the Northern Va. Association of Realtors, an organization of over 10,000 members. She served a 3 year term on the Board of Directors of VA. Realtors. representing 33,000 members throughout the State of Virginia. And she was recently elected to another 3-year term.

She has served as a member of the Corporate Board of Directors of Mission Management and Trust, Tucson, Arizona, as well as a member of the Coors National Advisory Board, and as a member of the Postage Express Board of Directors.

National Real Estate Interests

Home Safetywas an extremely important priority when Nancy Steorts was Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Working with over fifteen-thousand generic products found in the home, she focused on innovations that would keep the home safer. The four major initiatives she started while Chairman included: smoke detectors, ground fault circuit interrupters, home inspections, and carbon monoxide detectors.

She initiated an extremely successful partnership with theNational Association of Realtors and CPSC, utilizing the nation’s Realtors as the catalyst to promote the use of smoke detectors in homes. Knowing that the Realtor was the person closest to the consumer, this program was a huge success in alerting consumers to afire in their homes.

She followed her pursuit of business, and her interest in seeing the implementation at the local level, of many of her national programs which focused on improving the safety of today’s homes. She is now a member of the National Association of Realtors, the Virginia Board of Realtors, and the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors. She has been a Speaker for NVAR Seminars on Safety Issues and has served as a Moderator at the NVAR Conventions. She also serves or has served on the Education Committee, the Legislative Committee, the Green Task Force, the Convention Committee, and the International Committee. She presented several seminars on the important safety issues for Realogy Corporation at the International Conventions of Coldwell Banker, ERA, and Century 21, and recently presented keynote address to the Silver Awardees Convention of Long and Foster.

She is now associated with Long and Foster Companies Inc, an award-winning real estate firm in the Washington area, as Associate Broker, where she continues her very successful real estate practice and where she has now developed a national and international practice. In addition to her honors, she has also received the GRI Designation from the Graduate Realtors Institute, the Green Designation for Real Estate, the Transnational Referral Certification, and has completed her work for the ABR and CIPS designation. She has been awarded the Associate Broker’s Designation for the State of Virginia and the State of Maryland. She is also licensed in the District of Columbia.

As a Realtor, she has been honored as a multi-million dollar producer for the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors and has served a term as a member of the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors Board of Directors. She was a multi-million dollar Realtor with Weichert Realtors and received several national sales awards.

She has been selected by the President of NAR to be a member of a Federal Financing and Housing Policy Committee, the Land Use and Environmental Rights Committee, the Communications Committee, and she is currently serving on the National Public Policy Committee, and will continue her work as a guest on NAR Radio. She presently serves on the Board of Directors of the State of Virginia REALTORS Association. She also currently serve on the Public Policy Committee and the Finance and Settlement Forum for NVAR. In late2019 she was named as a distinguished Member of the Northern Virginia Association of RealtorsHall of Fame.

Marquis Who’s Who the world’s premier publisher of biographical profiles, recently presented Nancy Harvey Steorts with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement AWARD . An accomplished listee, this award celebrates Ms. Steorts many years’ experience in her professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes she has accrued in her fields including Real Estate. Ms. Steorts has been cited in over a dozen editions of Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Finance and Industry and Who’s Who of American Women.

International Appointments

She served as the Official United States Representative to the Public Health, Medical Equipment and Drugs Expo, held in Moscow, USSR, and was selected as a Delegate to the U.S. Working Committee on Standards between Russia and the United States. She was appointed by the American National Standards Institute, as a delegate from the United States on the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) Delegation on Environmental Standards. She was Chairman and implementer of the first trade mission to Spain for Women Entrepreneurs from Texas, which was sponsored by the United States Department of Commerce. In addition, she was a delegate to the first Women’s Entrepreneur Trade Commission to Europe and the former Soviet Union, which was sponsored by the Department of Commerce. She has also been a speaker and delegate to the Public Health Care Mission to the Czech Republic. In addition, she was appointed by the Secretary of Commerce to the Department of Commerce "Export Now" National Advisory Committee.

When she was President of the Dallas Citizens Council, she worked closely with HRH, Prince Charles of UK on a very important Program focused on Minority Economic Development which she initiated with the Dallas Citizens Council. Prince Charles initiated a similar program in the UK. Ms. Steorts and Prince Charles shared their expertise on this important initiative with on site visits to both London and Dallas.

Ms. Steorts has spoken extensively throughout the world on safety issues, regulatory issues, standards, women’s issues, and partnerships between the public and private sector. Venues have included Spain, UK, Finland, Switzerland, Mexico, Jordan, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia Russia, Ukraine, Kiev, Canada, and the United States.

Mayor Steve Bartlett appointed Ms. Steorts as Chairman of the Glass Ceiling Working Committee of Dallas. She continues her work on women’s issues, and has contributed significantly to improving the contributions of women in the workplace. She lectures extensively on issues that relate to women.

Lecturer and Author

A noted lecturer and writer, Ms. Steorts has delivered over 1,000 speeches in the United States and throughout the world. She has appeared on numerous television shows and has produced and hosted her own national television specials. Her highly acclaimed first book "Safety and You" was published by SU Press, for worldwide distribution. Her second book, " Safe Living in a Dangerous World" was published by Capital Books, and is recognized as "the most comprehensive book on safety issues ranging from Homeland Security Guidelines to the prevention of injury in the home, at work, school, play or during travel." Her third book, "Your Home Safe Home" was published by Capital Books and is considered one of the most outstanding books in the country on safety issues related to the home. "Your Home Safe Home" was launched at the request of Alex Perriello, President of Realogy Corporation, in 2009 at the International Conventions of Century 21,ERA, and Coldwell Banker., where each attendee was given a copy of this book, compliments of Realogy.

Serving as a National Spokesperson form any corporate clients, she has brought the safety message to millions of consumers throughout the world.

Presidential Inaugural Events

At the second Presidential Inaugural of President Richard Nixon, Steorts conceived and directed the most successful Presidential Inaugural Candlelight Dinners. For the first Presidential Inaugural of President Ronald Reagan, she continued as Director of the Presidential Inaugural Candlelight Dinners, and under President George Bush and President George W. Bush she again assisted with the direction of the Presidential Inaugural Candlelight Dinners. These dinners have now become a part of the Presidential Inaugural venues, by incoming Presidents of the U.S.

Syracuse University Honors

While Ms. Steorts was at Syracuse University, she was a member of Alpha Phi Sorority. In addition to her many activities at Syracuse University, in her Senior year she was elected President of the College of Human Development. She was also elected Secretary of both the Junior and Senior Classes at SU. She attended the College of Human Development, where she majored in Retailing. Upon graduation, she was selected as the most outstanding student in her class. She has been extremely active at Syracuse University, since her graduation. She has served on the National Board of Alumnae for SU, and also as a member of the National Board of Visitor’s for the College of Human Development. Presently she is a member of the Whitman School of Management National Advisory Council. In 1976, Steorts was awarded the prestigious George P. Arents Alumnae Award for Excellence in Government. This award is the most prestigious award given to an Alumnae at Syracuse University.

Television, Radio, and Publications

As a highly acclaimed author, and writer, Ms. Steorts also produces and hosts’ regular television segments in the Washington metropolitan area, and appears regularly on network television and radio shows. Throughout the United States. She writes articles for numerous publications, both in the United States and internationally.

Nancy Harvey Steorts is a highly-recognized national and international leaderwho makes a difference.

Honorable Nancy Harvey Steorts

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