Event Details - Judith Enck: The Federal Assault on the Environment

Please join us for a lecture with Judith Enck entitled “The Federal Assault on the Environment” on Tuesday, September 26 from 6:30-7:30 pm in Filene Auditorium.

Judith Enck was appointed by President Obama to serve as the Regional Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency, overseeing environmental protection in NY, NJ, 8 Indian Nations, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.  Working with a staff of 800 and managing a $700 million budget, Judith secured a number of environmental accomplishments during her 7-year tenure at the EPA.  

Judith previously served as Deputy Secretary for the Environment in the NY Governor’s Office and served as a Policy Advisor to the NY State Attorney General.  Prior to that, she was Senior Environmental Associate with the New York Public Interest Research Group. She also served as the Executive Director of Environmental Advocates of New York.  She is a past President of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, former Executive Director of the Non-Profit Resource Center, and a designer of her town’s rural recycling program.

Judith is currently a Senior Advisor at the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development.  She is commentator on WAMC, serves on the Advisory Board of Climate Action Now and The Institute for Health and the Environment at the Albany School of Public Health.