Please Vote for the
EPA Alumni Association
Board of Directors!
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2022 Election for the
EPA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Board of Directors
Each year, the terms of some of the 15 members of our Association's Board of Directors come to an end. This presents an opportunity for our over 2,300 members to vote for those who will fill these leadership seats for the next three years. It also gives us an opportunity to recognize and thank the individuals who are leaving the Board; they are Richard Emory, Marylouise Uhlig, and Steve Weil. Vic Kimm passed away in 2021. Kevin Minoli and Dave Ullrich's terms are up this year.
Seats to be Filled:
This year, there are six (6) seats to be filled. Below you will find each of our eight candidates listed in random order. We have included a short statement that the candidate wrote for this ballot, a photo and a link to their Member profile.
Those who are elected on this ballot will join the following Board members whose terms are continuing: Derry Allen, John Armstead, John Bachmann, Candy Brassard, Sam Coleman, Carl Edlund, Penny Fenner-Crisp, Lydia Wegman and Louise Wise. There are also a number of Ex Officio Members: Dave Calkins, Chuck Elkins, Phyllis Flaherty, David Menotti, Tom Voltaggio, and Bob Wayland.
As stated earlier, Kevin Minoli and Dave Ullrich's terms are up this year. They are both running for a second term. The other candidates on the ballot (Bruce Diamond, Dorothy Patton, Fred Rubel, Cindy Singletary, Mike Stahl and Anne Weinberg) are running for their first term. Both Bruce Diamond and Dorothy Patton have been on the Board previously.
Voting:
Please review the candidates, listed in random order, and then click on the button below to cast your vote. Voting ends on the day of the virtual Annual Meeting which is scheduled for May 3rd. Please vote early (but not often).
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Michael Stahl served for 40 years in the legislative and executive branches in state and federal government. During 30-plus years at EPA, he led organizations in four national program offices (administration and resources management, pesticides and toxic substances, enforcement and compliance assurance, and international affairs) serving as section chief, branch chief, division director, office director (twice) and deputy assistant administrator (twice).
He taught for almost 20 years as an Adjunct Faculty member in the Master’s in Public Administration Program at George Mason University. He was awarded the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award and the Meritorious Presidential Rank Award by the U.S. government and a Bronze Medal and Gold Medal and the Distinguished Career Service Award by the EPA. He has authored articles on public administration, including Sustaining the Public Service Mentality, and New Imperatives for Public Managers, and most recently a book The Promise of Public Service, Ideas and Examples for Effective Service to be published in April 2022 (by Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group, Inc).
He holds a Leadership Coaching Certificate from Georgetown University and is the CEO of Stahl Strategic, LLC, a coaching and consulting firm in Staunton, Virginia.
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Fred Rubel
Like you, I seek an improved, sustainable environment. After four years as a professional working within the U.S. Coast Guard’s Marine Environmental Protection Program, I began working for EPA. This was a time when environmental sagas such as Love Canal were materializing across the country.
I managed EPA Region 2’s Response and Prevention Branch for a decade, and now continue as a professional consultant.
As a long-standing member of the EPA Alumni Association, being elected to the Board would allow me help advance the Association’s goal of partnering to make EPA even more effective, while at the same time fostering professional networking among those who have moved on from EPA. I have worked with Association members to help create the “Job Post” board on the Alumni’s Website, and I serve as the Region 2 ‘Teach In’ Coordinator, promoting the importance of an effective EPA to those in school.
I was a member of EPA’s early ‘can do’ cadre that rapidly and effectively addressed initial instances of severe contamination. I would bring this vitality, along with my more than five decades of professional environmental & occupational safety experience to the Alumni Association’s Board.
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Although I’ve done a few other things after serving for twenty years at EPA, my heart never really left the place. I look back with the same pride all of you do at what we were able to accomplish. But those accomplishments are sadly underappreciated and constantly under threat. And EPA faces new and important challenges.
The Alumni Association does vital work in the areas of public education and support for the Agency. We have a legacy that needs our help and I hope that serving on the Board will allow me to contribute to that effort.
During my time at EPA I had the good fortune to serve both in the Office of General Counsel and as a (Superfund) program Director and in both Headquarters and Region 3. That breadth of “inside” experience is, I think, complemented by my “outside” experiences in the private sector and at another federal agency (DOE) in the sense that it allowed me to see how EPA is viewed by others. I hope you’ll permit me to take a place on the Board and help to carry on its work on behalf of all of you.
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In pursuit of new creative endeavors, I was excited to hear about the Board of Directors opportunity with the Environmental Protection Alumni Association. I am very interested in this position and believe that I would be a tremendous asset to the Board. As a progressive professional with excellent strategic planning, communication, and innovation skills, I believe that I can bring valuable contributions to your team.
Identifying cutting edge approaches and impactful solutions to organizational challenges both motivate and drive me. Observation, inspiration, and determination are my foundation for success. My philosophy is that introducing fresh perspectives and new techniques allow organizations to evolve and grow.
n my role as the EPA Regional Training Officer in Dallas for more than 30 years, my successes stemmed from using essential skills, and providing a pathway to career development. I enhanced my communication abilities and cultivated a reputation as a major contributor through innovation and interpersonal leadership. With these qualities, I was able to facilitate positive change and impact outcomes.
I appreciate your consideration for this position.
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It has been a privilege serving on the Board of Directors of the EPA Alumni Association for the last three years, and I respectfully request your support for a second term. When I joined the Board after 18 years in EPA’s Office of General Counsel, my goal was to use the opportunity to continue to support the agency, its people, and its mission.
As a Board Member, I give a voice to mid-career and pre-retirement alumni. As a still-practicing attorney, I am often called on to provide legal reviews of contracts and other documents the Board is considering. And, as a member of the Relationship with EPA Committee, I draw on my continued connections with my former colleagues at EPA to benefit the Association. I played an important role in securing Board and EPA approval of a new Memorandum of Understanding between the Association and the agency that allows our successful collaborations with the agency to continue.
Finally, I contribute to the diversity of the Board as an out member of the LGBTQ+ community. It would be an honor to serve on the Board for another term. I appreciate your consideration of my candidacy and hope to earn your support.
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I would like to serve on the EPA Alumni Board to continue to work on addressing the many ongoing environmental challenges. I have had a lifelong passion for communicating to the public about environmental issues. I obtained a MS degree in Water Resources Management from the U. of WI-Madison and worked for 5 years at WI DNR on nonpoint source (NPS) water pollution and watershed management. As an EPA employee (1983-2017), I worked at the EPA HQ Office of Water on a wide variety of policy, outreach, and communications issues.
I made significant contributions to the first Report to Congress on NPS pollution and co-authored the first guidance for the CWA Section 319 NPS Program in 1987. During 1987 I worked in EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program Office and coauthored a NPS management strategy for the Bay. I created outreach/training materials and Websites for EPA’s NPS/TMDL/Lakes/Wetlands/Watershed Academy. Starting 1994 till 2017, I worked on EPA’s Watershed Academy to promote the watershed approach through development of publications, videos, and online and in-person training programs/webcasts.
I hope that by working with the EPA Alumni Association I can continue to make a difference in addressing environmental issues facing EPA.
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Two roles capture my 24 years at EPA (1976-2000): as an OGC attorney working with agency scientists on pesticides, toxic substances, and air office regulations; then in ORD as Executive Director of the Risk Assessment Forum and, later, the Science Policy Council to develop agency-wide guidance on critical science issues. During post-retirement assignments on the NRC Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (BEST) and consulting with ILSI’s Risk Science Institute I contributed to numerous publications on related issues.
Personal highlights include leading the legal team that cancelled 2,4,5-T, the dioxin-contaminated pesticide in Agent Orange, and working with scientists from EPA laboratories, program and regional offices to issue/re-issue EPA’s first generation risk assessment guidelines, Peer Review Handbook and Risk Characterization Handbook.
I believe the skepticism about government science now central to the Covid pandemic (and stalking CDC) has lessons for EPA and prompts this nomination. I would like to work with the Association and its cadre of experienced laboratory and program/regional office scientists to reinforce public trust in EPA science and its scientists as the scientific complexities and political challenges of climate change and environmental justice move to the front of EPA’s agenda.
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I worked at EPA in Region 5/Chicago from 1973 to 2003. The early years were permitting and enforcement under the Clean Water Act, then more enforcement of the Clean Air Act, Superfund work in the Office of Regional Counsel, RCRA and Superfund as Waste Management Director, and the last 10 years as DRA, with 2 ½ as acting RA between political appointments.
I ran the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative from 2003 to 2017 giving a voice to local government for the resource. We grew to an organization of over 130 US and Canadian cities representing more than 17 million people. I currently serve on 10 boards and commissions. I have been on the EPA Alumni Board the past three years and co-chair the Academy Committee, Chair the Nominating Committee, and am on the Executive Committee.
We have learned that the environmental challenges continue to grow in number, magnitude, and complexity. The EPA Alumni Association is helping EPA address those challenges. As the saying goes, “We aren’t finished yet.”
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