PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
City College of New York, Center for Reclamation, Reuse and
Recycling of Materials for Urban Sustainability, Director of Research, 2007-2008
NYC
Parks & Recreation, Natural Resources Group.
Project Manager and Borough Liaison for Brooklyn – wetlands restoration. 2006-2007
WNET/Channel 13 New York, NY; Environmental Research Consultant on "Environment: Your Own Back Yard" a
documentary with four programs on air, water, garbage, and open space. Aired nationally in 1991.
INFORM, Inc., Program Director, Municipal Solid Waste
Research, 1988 - 1989
Designed, directed, and executed research projects pertaining to solid waste management
technologies and practices analyzed from environmental and engineering points of view.
Areas of concern: incineration, toxic and volume source reduction, and integrated MSW
management. Published reports, articles and testimony. Served on government, professional,
technical, and citizens committees to define solid waste research needs, fund proposals,
and implement solid waste management strategies. Peer reviewed government and professional
reports.
NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION, Resource Recovery Office, Environmental
Scientist responsible for researching and evaluating new incinerator emissions control
technologies and health impacts, New York, NY 1984 - 1988
NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY, New York, NY (Resource Recovery, Energy Conservation)
Policy Coordinator 1982 - 1983; Policy Analyst 1981 - 1982 Incinerator
siting, financing, design
TRI-STATE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, New York, NY 1979-1981 Senior
Economist, Water and Sewer Infrastructure Planning and impacts on Economic
Development
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, New York, NY 1979 Associate Research Scientist. Applied
Sciences Department. Acid Hydrolysis project.
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, New York, NY: 1978 Physical Scientist, Water
Quality Management Planning.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING EXPERIENCE 1990 - . New York State and New York City Certified
Woman-Owned Business Enterprise. Major clients:
Investigation on Waste Oil contaminating apartment building fuel oil.
For Robert Kennedy, Jr. 2013.
US Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, New York, NY; Principal
Investigator, Solid Waste Research and Demonstration Grant and Doctoral
Dissertation. Developed, implemented, and evaluated effectiveness of two
environmental shopping campaigns in Manhattan. 1991-1999.
Conducted NYC recycling participation rate research and statistical analyses –
developed and analyzed surveys, administered to thousands of New Yorkers, to
understand reasons for the wide disparity of participation rates across the 59
community boards; presented results at conferences; published journal article
Natural Resources Defense Council New York, NY; Authored testimony/aided in
negotiations on EPA Standards for Municipal Waste Combustors and Medical Waste
Incinerators, 1990, 1993-1995.
Hampshire County, England, Advice and counsel regarding design and
implementation of integrated solid waste management system for the County, 1994-.
Participated in two symposia, Winchester, 1995.
Air and Waste Management Association, Technical Director for video "Solid
Waste Management -- The Integrated Approach", 1993-1994.
Camden County, NJ, Camden Environmental Technical Advisory Committee member,
charged with advising on incinerator retrofit design, and other air quality matters.
1993-94.
Expert Witness, 80 John St Co-op Board, on impacts
of the World Trade Center disaster emissions, 2002.
Nigerian government and Shell Oil representatives, Chief Instructor,
Environmental Impact Assessment course, 2000.
INFORM, Inc. New York, NY; Senior Fellow. Authored articles and testimony on
incineration, waste composition and waste prevention issues. Influenced City policy at
Solid Waste Advisory Board meetings. Worked with Ohio Citizens Action to recommend
retrofits to Dayton incinerator, 1990-1994.
Center for Applied Studies of the Environment, City University of New York,
Research Fellow, 1992-, Co-Principal Investigator and originator of State
grants for three new environmental laboratories for CUNY, including a Products and
Packaging Design and Testing Lab, a Mobile Air Toxics Monitoring Lab, and an Urban
Environmental Monitoring Lab. Prepared a scope of work and environmental assessment for
cleanup of Chinatown, New York City.
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