John H. Hull, P.E., D.E.E., is a Principal in Hemisphere Advisors. Mr. Hull is a 1975 graduate of the Ohio Northern University Civil Engineering Department and a 1976 graduate of Stanford University, where he received a master of science in civil engineering - construction management. After working for Jones & Henry Engineers, Ltd. for four years in Toledo, Ohio, doing waste, wastewater and solid waste management projects, he became registered as a professional engineer by the State of Ohio and left J&H to start a private consulting practice in 1980. Today that practice, Hull & Associates, Inc., employs more than 100 professionals in four offices in Ohio, serving a variety of public and private clients. Mr. Hull is president of Hull & Associates, Inc.

Mr. Hull is a registered professional engineer in 13 states and is recognized as a Diplomate of Environmental Engineering by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. Mr. Hull has obtained patents for several environmental-related products and techniques. In addition to assisting in the management of Hull & Associates, Inc., Mr. Hull serves as a director on the boards of several other firms and continues to provide technical assistance and oversight to engineering projects ranging from solid and hazardous waste management, superfund remediation projects, dams and water supply reservoirs, urban development projects, surface water quality projects, and other activities regulated by the Resource Conservation Recovery Act, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, and others. Mr. Hull has authored or co-authored numerous publications, addressing a wide variety of environment-related issues, and has presented technical papers on these subjects at national venues as well as abroad.

In addition, Mr. Hull serves on several non-profit boards, including the University of Findlay Advisory Board for the Center of Environmental Programs. He is an appointed member (and board vice chairman) of the Ohio Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Release Compensation Board, which administers a mandated statewide insurance fund for UST owners, and, most recently, has been named to a blue-ribbon panel chaired by the Ohio Lake Erie Commission to examine issues and opportunities for balanced and strategic growth in the Lake Erie basin.