Current Projects
Environmental Justice Phase II

Client/Funder:
Environmental Protection Agency--Environmental Justice Phase II (posted January 30, 2002)

Purpose and Scope:
The second phase of work for the Environmental Justice Panel will be to study a selected group of the most effective state models for addressing environmental justice concerns. This additional research will document and analyze some of the best state practices for effectively incorporating environmental justice concerns into procedures and decisions of permitting authorities. The Academy's second study will identify such best state practices that will be helpful to the affected public, other state environmental agencies, local and tribal governments, regulated industries, environmental justice groups and academics. They will all be able to learn from exemplary state practices how to take into account the public's concerns about the impacts of industrial facilities on nearby residents and neighborhoods that are exposed to disproportionate public health and environmental risks.

Center:
Center for the Economy and the Environment

Project Director:
Suellen Keiner, Director, Center for the Economy and the Environment

Project Status:
Ongoing

Panel Members:

Philip J. Rutledge (74) - Chair - Professor Emeritus School of Public and Environmental Affairs and former Special Assistant to the President, Indiana University. Former Director, Department of Human Resources, District of Columbia; Professor of Public Administration, Howard University; Director of Policy Analysis, National League of Cities and U.S. Conference of Mayors; Deputy Administrator, Social and Rehabilitation Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare; Deputy Manpower Administrator, U.S. Department of Labor.

A. James Barnes (99) - Professor and former Dean, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University. Former positions with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Deputy Administrator; General Counsel; Special Assistant to Administrator/Chief of Staff. Former General Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Partner, Beveridge & Diamond; Campaign Manager, Governor William G. Milliken (Michigan); Assistant to Deputy Attorney General and Special Assistant/Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice.

Jonathan B. Howes (86) - Special Assistant to the Chancellor and Professor of Planning and Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Former Secretary, Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources (DEHNR), State of North Carolina; Research Professor and Director, Center for Urban and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina; Mayor, Town of Chapel Hill; Director, Urban Policy Center, Urban America, Inc.; Director, State and Local Planning Assistance, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Valerie Lemmie (98) - City Manager, City of Dayton, Ohio. Former City Manager, City of Petersburg, Virginia; Director, Department of Environmental Services, City of Arlington, Virginia; Assistant Professor, Howard University. Former positions with the Washington, D.C. Government: Deputy Director, Department of Consumer/Regulatory Affairs; Assistant to the Director, Department of Consumer/Regulatory Affairs; Project Director, Minority Business Development Services, One America, Inc; Special Assistant, Office of Business and Economic Development; Financial Policy Analyst/Course Manager, Office of Comptroller, Labor Department (on assignment from Kansas City, Missouri).

David Mora (92) - City Manager, Salinas, California. Former City Manager, Oxnard, California; Manager, Los Gatos, California. Increasingly responsible positions with Santa Barbara, California, including: Director, Community Relations; Assistant to City Administrator; Deputy City Administrator.

James Murley (98) - Director, Joint Center for Environmental and Urban Problems, Florida Atlantic University. Former Secretary and Director, Division of Resource Planning and Management, Department of Community Affairs, State of Florida; Executive Director, 1000 Friends of Florida. Former positions with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce: Director, Coastal Program Office, Office of Coastal Zone Management (OCZM); Congressional Officer; Gulf Coast Regional Manager, OCZM.

Eddie Williams (93) - President, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. Fortner Vice President for Public Affairs and Director, Center for Policy Study, The University of Chicago; Foreign Service Reserve Officer, U.S. Department of State; Staff Assistant, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

Meetings:
The next panel meeting will take place on May 10, 2002. This meeting will not be open to the public.