Leya Edison is Vice President and General Manager of Edison Coatings, Inc. in Plainville, Connecticut. She served as Conference Moderator, and was one of the primary organizers of the First and Second American Natural Cement Conferences. She authored a paper entitled “Perspectives: The Reintroduction of Natural Cement”, published by the Journal of ASTM International in 2007, and providing an overview of the conference papers published by ASTM in STP 1494: Natural Cement.