Precautionary Principle Conference

Lois Marie Gibbs

Lois Gibbs has played a critical role in advancing environmental justice throughout the country. She has appeared on many television and radio shows including 60 Minutes, 20/20, Oprah Winfrey, Good Morning America, The Morning Show and the Today Show. CBS produced a 2 hour prime-time movie about Lois's life entitled "Lois Gibbs: The Love Canal Story" starring Marsha Mason.
Ms. Gibbs has received many awards, including the 1990 Goldman Environmental Prize, Outside Magazine's "Top Ten Who Made A Difference Honor Roll" in 1991, the 1998 Heinz Award, the 1999 John Gardner Leadership Award from the Independent Sector, and in 2003 Lois was nominated for the Noble Peace Prize. She received an honorary Ph.D. from the State University of New York (SUNY), Cortland College and another from Haverford College. She sits on numerous Boards and Advisory Committees. Ms. Gibbs has four children. She and her husband live in Virginia.
In the spring of 1978, Lois Gibbs discovered that her child was attending an elementary school built on top of a 20,000 ton, toxic-chemical dump in Niagara Falls, New York. Residents of the local community were experiencing multiple health problems, which included high rates of birth defects, miscarriages, cancers and other maladies. For more than 2 years, Lois organized her Love Canal neighbors to demand relocation. Opposing the group's efforts were the chemical manufacturer, Occidental Petroleum, as well as local, state and federal government officials. They all insisted that the leaking toxic chemicals, including dioxin, the most toxic chemical known to man, were not the cause of the illnesses. Finally, in October 1980, President Jimmy Carter delivered an Emergency Declaration which moved 900 families from this hazardous area and signified victory for the grassroots community.
During the crisis, communities across the country that were experiencing similar problems began contacting her. This revealed to her that the problem of toxic waste went far beyond her own backyard. She became determined to support others' struggles to protect their health.
In 1981, Ms. Gibbs left Niagara Falls for the Washington, DC area to establish the national organization known as the Center for Health, Environment and Justice, (CHEJ). Many doubted her ambitious goal to build a movement - even her mother told her as she drove away "you're forgetting you're just a housewife with a high school education". She was no longer the innocent housewife of the past, however. She had become a sophisticated advocate of human rights and justice.

Ted Schettler, M.D., M.P.H., is an authority on environmental links to reproductive and developmental disorders, neurotoxicity, and other public health problems. Winner of the Will Solimene Award of Excellence in Medical Communication from the American Medical Writers Association, his books Generations at Risk: Reproductive Health and the Environment (MIT Press, 1999) and In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development (Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility, 2000) present compelling evidence that human exposure to some toxic chemicals can have lifelong and even intergenerational effects on human reproduction and development. He is the author of numerous other books and articles, including The Toxic Sandbox: the Truth About Environmental Toxins & Children's Health.
Dr. Schettler serves as science director for the Science and Environmental Health Network (SEHN), is on the medical staff of Boston Medical Center, and is co-chair of the Human Health and Environment Project of Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility. He has worked extensively with community groups and non-governmental organizations throughout the US and internationally, addressing the health effects of environmental contamination and toxic exposures.

Adam M. Finkel is one of the nation's leading experts in quantitative risk assessment for environmental and occupational health. Dr. Finkel's career has spanned the regulatory and enforcement divisions of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and public advocacy for environmental and worker protection in the face of personal and professional obstacles.
From 1995 to 2000, he was Regional Administrator for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in Denver, Colorado, responsible for regulatory enforcement, compliance assistance, and outreach activities in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. Dr. Finkel has published more than 40 articles on risk assessment and management in the scientific, legal, and popular literature, and was co-editor of the book Worst Things First? The Debate over Risk-Based National Environmental Priorities (Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1994). Dr. Finkel holds an Sc.D. in environmental health sciences from the Harvard School of Public Health, a master's degree in public policy from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, an A.B. in biology from Harvard College, and is a Certified Industrial Hygienist
In 2003, Finkel was removed from his job as an OSHA administrator after he demanded that OSHA test its own workers for toxic beryllium exposure. At that time, OSHA's own database showed that as many as 1,000 current and former compliance officers had suffered beryllium exposure at levels up to several hundred times higher than permissible levels. In July 2003, a Merit Protection Systems Board judge found against OSHA.
In October 2003, Finkel filed a complaint claiming that OSHA had refused to test up to 500 OSHA workers he believed might have been exposed to beryllium on the job. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer) filed the whistleblower disclosure on behalf of Finkel. When OSHA's workers were finally tested, months later in April 2004, Finkel was vindicated. Sadly, many tested positive for sensitivity to beryllium. This means that they were exposed to beryllium and are at risk for serious illness. Beryllium sensitivity is the cause of chronic beryllium disease (CBD), a fast-progressing, debilitating and potentially fatal lung disease.

As a co-founder and executive director of the non-profit Edison Wetlands Association (EWA), Robert Spiegel has worked since 1989 to protect human health and the environment in central New Jersey, one of the most densely populated and highly polluted areas in the nation. Mr. Spiegel leads EWA's involvement in the cleanup of over 60 toxic waste sites throughout New Jersey. He takes leadership roles in major state issues including environmental justice, Brownfields-to-Greenfields redevelopment, open space preservation, and public health. He also spearheaded EWA's efforts to save and restore the last remaining farm in the Edison area, the Triple C Ranch and Nature Center, which offers environmental education and public hiking trails on 40 acres within the 660-acre Dismal Swamp Conservation Area.
Mr. Spiegel testified before the U.S. Senate on the federal Superfund issue in 2006, 2002 and 1997, and before Senate staff and the National Academy of Sciences in March 2005 about indoor air pollution caused by trichloroethylene. His work with EWA has been profiled in Molly Ivins' 2003 national bestseller, Bushwhacked, and the 2004 Geraldine R. Dodge publication, H2O: Highlands to Ocean. Mr. Spiegel and his work have been featured in media such as the New York Times, Time Magazine, NBC Nightly News, National Public Radio, CNN, Newsday, Associated Press, Mother Jones, Philadelphia Inquirer, CBS News and Los Angeles Times, and in online media including International Herald Tribune, Newsweek and Forbes.
Mr. Spiegel and EWA have received several Legislative Commendations from the New Jersey State Legislature for their dedicated community leadership, including a July 2006 State Resolution for their work in protecting human health through the cleanup of hazardous waste sites across New Jersey. He serves on Edison Township's Open Space Committee, and is a Board member on the Edison Greenways Group. Mr. Spiegel's honors include the U.S. EPA's Environmental Quality award, its highest honor; the Environmental Leadership award from the Grassroots Environmental Movement in New Jersey; the Natives of the Earth Ecology Award; the NY-NJ Baykeeper Award for Grassroots Environmentalism, and honors from the Coalition for a Better Edison and the Edison Township Health Advisory Committee.

Jeff Ruch is the Executive Director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) since 1997. PEER is dedicated to providing legal defense to public employees against the onerous repercussions of doing their job. In 1992, Jeff helped to start PEER and served as its General Counsel and Program Director. Prior to that Jeff was the Policy Director and a staff attorney at the Government Accountability Project representing whistleblowers from both the public and private sector.
Before coming to DC, Jeff worked in California state government for 17 years, mostly in the State Legislature as counsel to various committees where he drafted literally hundreds of laws on topics ranging from energy conservation to employee rights. He has also served as a deputy district attorney and clerked at the California Court of Appeals.

Tom is a 25 year veteran of the New Jersey Department of Environmental protection working in the areas of hazardous waste cleanup, watershed management and geographical information systems. A graduate of Rutger's Cook College with a degree in Environmental Science, Tom currently works in environmental consulting assisting clients in matters related to hazardous waste cleanup and wetlands permitting.

Michael Taylor is the Director of the Environmental Studies Program, and an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Seton Hall University. Since 2005, Environmental Studies has allowed students to pursue a Bachelors of Arts degree in either a public policy or environmental education concentration. The program provides a solid interdisciplinary, liberal arts education with an emphasis on experiential learning opportunities.

Prior to coming to Seton Hall, Michael received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Connecticut, an M.S. in Applied and Environmental Economics from Virginia Tech, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Economics, Environmental Science, and Philosophy from The Ohio State University. Michael was a Joseph L. Fisher Dissertation Fellow with Resources for the Future in Washington, DC, as well as a National Research Council Post-Doctoral Researcher with the U.S. EPA in Cincinnati, OH. His research interests are in the area of nonpoint source water pollution and the use of market-based mechanisms for their control. His current research explores the use of group contracts to control farm runoff and the use of reverse auctions to target the adoption of rain gardens to reduce storm water runoff impacts from established residential properties.

Bradley M. Campbell is a nationally recognized environmental leader, currently in private practice as an attorney and consultant focused on environmental and energy issues. His work spans a wide range, encompassing brownfield cleanup, natural resource restoration, innovative and alternative energy project development, municipal environmental projects, and green affordable housing. He is president of Bradley M. Campbell LLC (counselor at law), Green Capes LLC (green affordable housing), Swan Creek Energy (alternative energy projects), and E2Ventures (environmental consulting).

In 2006, Mr. Campbell completed four years of service as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). In this role, Mr. Campbell successfully led major initiatives to protect water resources and reshape development. These included landmark legislation and implementing regulations to protect New Jersey's Highlands; the nation's toughest stormwater management and stream buffer rules; and a series of regulatory reforms and new financial tools to promote and finance brownfields cleanup and redevelopment. Mr. Campbell also led New Jersey's efforts to address the threat of climate change, including negotiation of a regional cap-and-trade program among northeastern states for mandatory reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, adoption of California's stringent standards for automobile emissions, and reclassification of carbon dioxide as a pollutant. Mr. Campbell also was responsible for adoption of the nation's strictest new standards for mercury and other power plant emissions, establishment of a sweeping diesel retrofit program, and revitalization of the state's environmental enforcement program. In addition, he created an innovative program to resolve natural resource damage claims that produced record recoveries and permanent protection of more than 6500 acres of watershed lands through voluntary settlements. Mr. Campbell also was the first public official in the United States to develop and adopt mandatory safeguards for chemical plant security following the attacks of September 11, 2001.

During his tenure at DEP, Mr. Campbell led and New Jersey voters approved an unprecedented four environmental ballot initiatives, providing new funding for open space acquisition and parks improvements, brownfields cleanup, dam repairs, and diesel control technology.

Prior to his service at DEP, Mr. Campbell served as regional administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Mid-Atlantic region (1999-2001), where he was responsible for implementing and enforcing federal environmental laws for Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. Earlier, Mr. Campbell spent five years as an associate director of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (1995-99), where he helped develop the Clinton Administration's initiatives on brownfields, Superfund reform, clean water, community right-to-know, and a host of other regulatory and regulatory reform issues. In this role, he negotiated a major agreement among shipping, labor, and environmental interests to end ocean dumping and accelerate harbor dredging and port development in the Port of New York and New Jersey, and crafted a cooperative program among EPA, major chemical manufacturers, and environmental groups to provide the public with basic health screening data about widely used chemicals.

Mr. Campbell is not only a nationally recognized expert on environmental law, policy and regulation, he is also an accomplished trial and appellate attorney. As an attorney with the United States Department of Justice (1990-95), he tried the seminal case on lender liability under the Superfund law (United States v. Fleet Factors), and was the lead attorney in the successful defense of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and Uruguay Round Trade Agreement. In private practice (1988-90), Mr. Campbell handled a range of commercial litigation, exempt organization, and criminal defense cases.

Prior to practice, Mr. Campbell clerked for the Honorable Carl McGowan of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and Thomas A. Flannery of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Mr. Campbell is an alumnus of the University of Chicago Law School (J.D. cum laude, 1987), where he was a comment editor of the law review and a member of the Order of the Coif, and Amherst College (B.A. magna cum laude, 1983), where he was editor of the college newspaper and received both the history and journalism prizes.

Mr. Campbell is a founding board member of Common Ground, a nonprofit organization that develops and operates housing for low-income and formerly homeless persons. Mr. Campbell also serves on the boards of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation, devoted to open space protection; Preservation New Jersey, devoted to historic preservation; and the Echo Hill Outdoor School, devoted to environmental education.

Mr. Campbell is admitted to the bar in New Jersey, the District of Columbia, and Maryland



	Precautionary Principle - Guest Speaker Bios Lois Marie Gibbs * Ted Schettler MD, MPH * Dr. Adam M. Finkel * Jeff Ruch *Robert P. Spiegel* * *Thomas McKee Dr. Michael Taylor * Bradley M. Campbell**
	*Lois Marie Gibbs* Lois Gibbs has played a critical role in advancing environmental justice throughout the country. She has appeared on many television and radio shows including 60 Minutes, 20/20, Oprah Winfrey, Good Morning America, The Morning Show and the Today Show. CBS produced a 2 hour prime-time movie about Lois's life entitled "Lois Gibbs: The Love Canal Story" starring Marsha Mason. Ms. Gibbs has received many awards, including the 1990 Goldman Environmental Prize, Outside Magazine's "Top Ten Who Made A Difference Honor Roll" in 1991, the 1998 Heinz Award, the 1999 John Gardner Leadership Award from the Independent Sector, and in 2003 Lois was nominated for the Noble Peace Prize. She received an honorary Ph.D. from the State University of New York (SUNY), Cortland College and another from Haverford College. She sits on numerous Boards and Advisory Committees. Ms. Gibbs has four children. She and her husband live in Virginia. In the spring of 1978, Lois Gibbs discovered that her child was attending an elementary school built on top of a 20,000 ton, toxic-chemical dump in Niagara Falls, New York. Residents of the local community were experiencing multiple health problems, which included high rates of birth defects, miscarriages, cancers and other maladies. For more than 2 years, Lois organized her Love Canal neighbors to demand relocation. Opposing the group's efforts were the chemical manufacturer, Occidental Petroleum, as well as local, state and federal government officials. They all insisted that the leaking toxic chemicals, including dioxin, the most toxic chemical known to man, were not the cause of the illnesses. Finally, in October 1980, President Jimmy Carter delivered an Emergency Declaration which moved 900 families from this hazardous area and signified victory for the grassroots community. During the crisis, communities across the country that were experiencing similar problems began contacting her. This revealed to her that the problem of toxic waste went far beyond her own backyard. She became determined to support others' struggles to protect their health. In 1981, Ms. Gibbs left Niagara Falls for the Washington, DC area to establish the national organization known as the Center for Health, Environment and Justice, (CHEJ). Many doubted her ambitious goal to build a movement - even her mother told her as she drove away "you're forgetting you're just a housewife with a high school education". She was no longer the innocent housewife of the past, however. She had become a sophisticated advocate of human rights and justice. *Ted Schettler MD, MPH* Ted Schettler, M.D., M.P.H., is an authority on environmental links to reproductive and developmental disorders, neurotoxicity, and other public health problems. Winner of the Will Solimene Award of Excellence in Medical Communication from the American Medical Writers Association, his books Generations at Risk: Reproductive Health and the Environment (MIT Press, 1999) and In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development (Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility, 2000) present compelling evidence that human exposure to some toxic chemicals can have lifelong and even intergenerational effects on human reproduction and development. He is the author of numerous other books and articles, including The Toxic Sandbox: the Truth About Environmental Toxins & Children's Health. Dr. Schettler serves as science director for the Science and Environmental Health Network (SEHN), is on the medical staff of Boston Medical Center, and is co-chair of the Human Health and Environment Project of Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility. He has worked extensively with community groups and non-governmental organizations throughout the US and internationally, addressing the health effects of environmental contamination and toxic exposures. Dr. Adam M. Finkel Adam M. Finkel is one of the nation's leading experts in quantitative risk assessment for environmental and occupational health. Dr. Finkel's career has spanned the regulatory and enforcement divisions of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and public advocacy for environmental and worker protection in the face of personal and professional obstacles. From 1995 to 2000, he was Regional Administrator for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in Denver, Colorado, responsible for regulatory enforcement, compliance assistance, and outreach activities in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. Dr. Finkel has published more than 40 articles on risk assessment and management in the scientific, legal, and popular literature, and was co-editor of the book Worst Things First? The Debate over Risk-Based National Environmental Priorities (Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1994). Dr. Finkel holds an Sc.D. in environmental health sciences from the Harvard School of Public Health, a master's degree in public policy from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, an A.B. in biology from Harvard College, and is a Certified Industrial Hygienist In 2003, Finkel was removed from his job as an OSHA administrator after he demanded that OSHA test its own workers for toxic beryllium exposure. At that time, OSHA's own database showed that as many as 1,000 current and former compliance officers had suffered beryllium exposure at levels up to several hundred times higher than permissible levels. In July 2003, a Merit Protection Systems Board judge found against OSHA. In October 2003, Finkel filed a complaint claiming that OSHA had refused to test up to 500 OSHA workers he believed might have been exposed to beryllium on the job. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (Peer) filed the whistleblower disclosure on behalf of Finkel. When OSHA's workers were finally tested, months later in April 2004, Finkel was vindicated. Sadly, many tested positive for sensitivity to beryllium. This means that they were exposed to beryllium and are at risk for serious illness. Beryllium sensitivity is the cause of chronic beryllium disease (CBD), a fast-progressing, debilitating and potentially fatal lung disease. Robert P. Spiegel As a co-founder and executive director of the non-profit Edison Wetlands Association (EWA), Robert Spiegel has worked since 1989 to protect human health and the environment in central New Jersey, one of the most densely populated and highly polluted areas in the nation. Mr. Spiegel leads EWA's involvement in the cleanup of over 60 toxic waste sites throughout New Jersey. He takes leadership roles in major state issues including environmental justice, Brownfields-to-Greenfields redevelopment, open space preservation, and public health. He also spearheaded EWA's efforts to save and restore the last remaining farm in the Edison area, the Triple C Ranch and Nature Center, which offers environmental education and public hiking trails on 40 acres within the 660-acre Dismal Swamp Conservation Area. Mr. Spiegel testified before the U.S. Senate on the federal Superfund issue in 2006, 2002 and 1997, and before Senate staff and the National Academy of Sciences in March 2005 about indoor air pollution caused by trichloroethylene. His work with EWA has been profiled in Molly Ivins' 2003 national bestseller, Bushwhacked, and the 2004 Geraldine R. Dodge publication, H2O: Highlands to Ocean. Mr. Spiegel and his work have been featured in media such as the New York Times, Time Magazine, NBC Nightly News, National Public Radio, CNN, Newsday, Associated Press, Mother Jones, Philadelphia Inquirer, CBS News and Los Angeles Times, and in online media including International Herald Tribune, Newsweek and Forbes. Mr. Spiegel and EWA have received several Legislative Commendations from the New Jersey State Legislature for their dedicated community leadership, including a July 2006 State Resolution for their work in protecting human health through the cleanup of hazardous waste sites across New Jersey. He serves on Edison Township's Open Space Committee, and is a Board member on the Edison Greenways Group. Mr. Spiegel's honors include the U.S. EPA's Environmental Quality award, its highest honor; the Environmental Leadership award from the Grassroots Environmental Movement in New Jersey; the Natives of the Earth Ecology Award; the NY-NJ Baykeeper Award for Grassroots Environmentalism, and honors from the Coalition for a Better Edison and the Edison Township Health Advisory Committee. Jeff Ruch Jeff Ruch is the Executive Director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) since 1997. PEER is dedicated to providing legal defense to public employees against the onerous repercussions of doing their job. In 1992, Jeff helped to start PEER and served as its General Counsel and Program Director. Prior to that Jeff was the Policy Director and a staff attorney at the Government Accountability Project representing whistleblowers from both the public and private sector. Before coming to DC, Jeff worked in California state government for 17 years, mostly in the State Legislature as counsel to various committees where he drafted literally hundreds of laws on topics ranging from energy conservation to employee rights. He has also served as a deputy district attorney and clerked at the California Court of Appeals. Thomas McKee Tom is a 25 year veteran of the New Jersey Department of Environmental protection working in the areas of hazardous waste cleanup, watershed management and geographical information systems. A graduate of Rutger's Cook College with a degree in Environmental Science, Tom currently works in environmental consulting assisting clients in matters related to hazardous waste cleanup and wetlands permitting. Dr. Michael Taylor Michael Taylor is the Director of the Environmental Studies Program, and an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Seton Hall University. Since 2005, Environmental Studies has allowed students to pursue a Bachelors of Arts degree in either a public policy or environmental education concentration. The program provides a solid interdisciplinary, liberal arts education with an emphasis on experiential learning opportunities. Prior to coming to Seton Hall, Michael received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Connecticut, an M.S. in Applied and Environmental Economics from Virginia Tech, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Economics, Environmental Science, and Philosophy from The Ohio State University. Michael was a Joseph L. Fisher Dissertation Fellow with Resources for the Future in Washington, DC, as well as a National Research Council Post-Doctoral Researcher with the U.S. EPA in Cincinnati, OH. His research interests are in the area of nonpoint source water pollution and the use of market-based mechanisms for their control. His current research explores the use of group contracts to control farm runoff and the use of reverse auctions to target the adoption of rain gardens to reduce storm water runoff impacts from established residential properties. Bradley M. Campbell Bradley M. Campbell is a nationally recognized environmental leader, currently in private practice as an attorney and consultant focused on environmental and energy issues. His work spans a wide range, encompassing brownfield cleanup, natural resource restoration, innovative and alternative energy project development, municipal environmental projects, and green affordable housing. He is president of Bradley M. Campbell LLC (counselor at law), Green Capes LLC (green affordable housing), Swan Creek Energy (alternative energy projects), and E2Ventures (environmental consulting). In 2006, Mr. Campbell completed four years of service as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). In this role, Mr. Campbell successfully led major initiatives to protect water resources and reshape development. These included landmark legislation and implementing regulations to protect New Jersey's Highlands; the nation's toughest stormwater management and stream buffer rules; and a series of regulatory reforms and new financial tools to promote and finance brownfields cleanup and redevelopment. Mr. Campbell also led New Jersey's efforts to address the threat of climate change, including negotiation of a regional cap-and-trade program among northeastern states for mandatory reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, adoption of California's stringent standards for automobile emissions, and reclassification of carbon dioxide as a pollutant. Mr. Campbell also was responsible for adoption of the nation's strictest new standards for mercury and other power plant emissions, establishment of a sweeping diesel retrofit program, and revitalization of the state's environmental enforcement program. In addition, he created an innovative program to resolve natural resource damage claims that produced record recoveries and permanent protection of more than 6500 acres of watershed lands through voluntary settlements. Mr. Campbell also was the first public official in the United States to develop and adopt mandatory safeguards for chemical plant security following the attacks of September 11, 2001. During his tenure at DEP, Mr. Campbell led and New Jersey voters approved an unprecedented four environmental ballot initiatives, providing new funding for open space acquisition and parks improvements, brownfields cleanup, dam repairs, and diesel control technology. Prior to his service at DEP, Mr. Campbell served as regional administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Mid-Atlantic region (1999-2001), where he was responsible for implementing and enforcing federal environmental laws for Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. Earlier, Mr. Campbell spent five years as an associate director of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (1995-99), where he helped develop the Clinton Administration's initiatives on brownfields, Superfund reform, clean water, community right-to-know, and a host of other regulatory and regulatory reform issues. In this role, he negotiated a major agreement among shipping, labor, and environmental interests to end ocean dumping and accelerate harbor dredging and port development in the Port of New York and New Jersey, and crafted a cooperative program among EPA, major chemical manufacturers, and environmental groups to provide the public with basic health screening data about widely used chemicals. Mr. Campbell is not only a nationally recognized expert on environmental law, policy and regulation, he is also an accomplished trial and appellate attorney. As an attorney with the United States Department of Justice (1990-95), he tried the seminal case on lender liability under the Superfund law (United States v. Fleet Factors), and was the lead attorney in the successful defense of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and Uruguay Round Trade Agreement. In private practice (1988-90), Mr. Campbell handled a range of commercial litigation, exempt organization, and criminal defense cases. Prior to practice, Mr. Campbell clerked for the Honorable Carl McGowan of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and Thomas A. Flannery of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Mr. Campbell is an alumnus of the University of Chicago Law School (J.D. cum laude, 1987), where he was a comment editor of the law review and a member of the Order of the Coif, and Amherst College (B.A. magna cum laude, 1983), where he was editor of the college newspaper and received both the history and journalism prizes. Mr. Campbell is a founding board member of Common Ground, a nonprofit organization that develops and operates housing for low-income and formerly homeless persons. Mr. Campbell also serves on the boards of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation, devoted to open space protection; Preservation New Jersey, devoted to historic preservation; and the Echo Hill Outdoor School, devoted to environmental education. Mr. Campbell is admitted to the bar in New Jersey, the District of Columbia, and Maryland