About SEBAC

In 2001, several small environmental businesses saw the need for small businesses in their industry to have a collective voice before government agencies and on Capitol Hill.  These companies held a meeting to gauge the interest of other small business leaders in the environmental industry.  The end result was the founding of the Small Environmental Business Action Coalition, Inc.

SEBAC is headquartered in Washington, D.C., a location which allows for easy access to the Congressional small business offices, the Small Business Administration and the small business offices of federal agencies.  Our members perform their services for the Air Force, the Navy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Army, the EPA, the Department of Energy and various other agencies.

SEBAC member companies operate throughout the United States and in several foreign countries under a variety of NAICS code such as Environmental Remediation (NAICS 562910), Engineering (NAICS 541330), Research and Development (NAICS 541712), and Consulting (541620).  Several of our members have performed work in Iraq and in the rebuilding of the U.S. Gulf Coast and New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. Our members prove through their work that small business gets the job done faster, more efficiently and on budget.

SEBAC's Goals

• Work to protect the best interest of small businesses concerning size and revenue standards, such as NAICS Codes, that are invoked for procurements, including set-asides.
• Coordinate with appropriate government agencies to develop a system that tracks the subcontract commitments of prime contractors and provides early warnings for corrective action.
• Work toward increasing the number and size of small business/8(a) set-asides.
• Limit the adverse impact of contract bundling on small businesses.

How SEBAC Is Governed

SEBAC is governed by an all-volunteer Board composed of 12 Directors elected by the membership to serve two-year terms.  The Board in turns holds an annual election of officers.  Three volunteer committees - DOD, DOE and Outreach - assist the Board in carrying out SEBAC's mission. 

The following Directors currently serve on the Board: Connie Birner (USA Environmental, Inc.),  Alvin Brown (TolTest, Inc.), Monica Cooper (CAPE, Inc.), Philip Elson (Aerostar Environmental Services, Inc. Ken Fillman (TerranearPMC, LLC) John Mieher (BEM Systems, Inc.), Roy Mohammad, RMA Land Construction, Inc.) Dennis Morgan (I.C.E. Service Group, Inc.) Mike Spry (Portage Environmental, Inc.) John Rupnik, (HydroGeoLogic Inc.), John Sohl (Columbia Technologies, LLC, and Bill Ulmer (Sullivan International Group, Inc.)

Current Officers:
John Rupnik - President
John Mieher - Vice President
Susan Brock - Secretary (appointed)
Bill Ulmer  - Treasurer

Acquisition Strategy Committee – John Mieher, Chair
The Acquisition Strategy Committee's primary function is to position SEBAC members to participate as primes or team members on federal acquisition strategies that are slated under environmental service/environmental remediation NAICS codes 541620 and 562910. The Committee's work involves the acquiring and sharing of pertinent information with and among members for the purpose of influencing federal acquisition stratagies, getting pre-intelligence on acquisitions and enabling members to better evaluate, position and team on procurements.  This very broad committee encompasses several subcommittees - Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In the addition, the subcommittees may have subcommittees of their own as warranted to investigate specific components of the agencies within the departments.

Mentoring & Teaming Committee – Bill Ulmer, Chair
The Mentoring & Teaming Committee focuses on SEBAC's emerging small business members with the purpose of accelerating their growth within the environmental federal market.  The primary emphasis is the transfer of knowledge and information sharing with respects to partnering strategies, contracting issus and market trends.  In addition, the Committee focuses  on the information collected by the Acquisition Strategy Committee as it relates to NAICS 541620 and 562910 acquisitions for teaming purposes. In addition, the Committee works to leverage the networking opportunities provided by the Outreach Committee to make the face-to-face connections between businesses that help to solidify the teaming approaches.  


The Outreach Committee - Dennis Morgan, Chair 
The Outreach Committee seeks to maximize the strength and unity of the coalition by promoting membership, maintaining an Internet presence, arranging informal gatherings at conferences where a significant number of SEBAC members are in attendance, and taking an active roll in the planning and presentation of the annual membership meeting. 

Our Committees work hand in hand to keep our membership informed of  opportunities for participation, partnership and growth in the environmental industry.