Environmental Protection Agency’s National Center for Environmental Innovation's Evaluation Support Division
Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) is a new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) initiative designed to establish a series of multi-media, community-based, and community-driven projects to reduce local exposure to toxic pollution. Through CARE, EPA is partnering with communities to help them create collaborative stakeholder groups that use EPA cooperative agreements and other funding to select and implement local voluntary actions that reduce local exposure to toxics.
EPA has asked a National Academy Panel to develop and execute an independent review of the CARE program. The Panel agreed to a three-stage assessment that examines CARE’s design and planning; implementation; and operation and results. Currently, the Panel is collecting baseline data to assess implementation of the program.
This effort is anticipated to conclude in May 2008.
The Academy has appointed the following individuals to a Panel to oversee and direct the study. The public may send comments on the composition of the panel for a period of seven (7) days after the posted date to mditmeyer@napawash.org.
William H. Hansell, Jr.*— ( Chair )
Executive Director Emeritus and former Executive Director, International City/County Management Association. Former Executive Director, Pennsylvania League of Cities; Business Administrator, City of Allentown, Pennsylvania; Vice President, Business and Management, University of Scranton.
DeWitt John*
Director, Environmental Studies Program and Lecturer in Government, Bowdoin College; Former Director, Center for the Economy and the Environment, National Academy of Public Administration; Director, State Policy Program, Aspen Institute; Policy Studies Director for Economics, Trade and Agriculture, National Governors Association; Director, Governor’s Office of Policy, and Acting Director, Colorado Division of Mines, State of Colorado.
Elizabeth Hollander*
Senior Fellow, Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts University. Former Executive Director, Brown University Campus Compact; President, Government Assistance Program, and Executive Director, The Egan Urban Center, DePaul University; Executive Director, Government Assistance Project, The Chicago Community Trust; Executive Director, Illinois Commission on the Future of Public Service, The Chicago Community Trust; Commissioner of Planning, City of Chicago, Illinois; Executive Director, Metropolitan Housing and Planning Council; Associate Director, Task Force on the Future of Illinois.
* Academy Fellow
