Alexandra Dunn

Alexandra Dunn
Assistant Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency
for Toxic Substances
In office
January 3, 2019 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byJames Jones
Succeeded byMichal Freedhoff
Personal details
Born
Alexandra Rebecca Dapolito[1]

(1967-09-25) September 25, 1967 (age 57)[2][3]
EducationJames Madison University (BA)
Catholic University of America (JD)

Alexandra Dapolito Dunn (born September 25, 1967) is an American environmental lawyer and law professor, specializing in chemical and pesticide regulation, water quality issues,[4] water treatment issues, urban development, rule of law,[5] environmental justice,[6] environmental conflict resolution, cooperative federalism,[7] and implementation of the Clean Water Act and the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. Dunn was an executive at several environmental management associations, and served as Regional Administrator for New England in the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Assistant Administrator for EPA's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.[8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference YB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "In the deep blue of New England, a Trump appointee gains respect for protecting the environment". The Boston Globe. August 29, 2018. Archived from the original on January 4, 2019.
  3. ^ United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (New York, Washington D.C., Virginia, 1993-2007)
  4. ^ ELI 2016 Corporate Forum: The Business of Water, 47 ELR 10005 (January 2017) (with Leeth, Mahoney, Otto, Rittenhouse, Thorne) https://www.eli.org/award-dinner/business-water-2016-corporate-forum Archived December 29, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Advancing the Environmental Rule of Law: A Call for Measurement, 21 SW. J. Int'l L. 283 (2015) (w/S. Stillman)
  6. ^ The Lawyer's Role in Representing Communities, with Heineken, in Ethics and Environmental Practice, American Bar Association, 2017 (Russell & Wright, Editors) https://shop.americanbar.org/eBus/Store/ProductDetails.aspx?productId=279746700
  7. ^ Edited Panel Transcript, Uncooperative Federalism: The Complexity of Shared Governance, 16 WYO. L. REV. 37 (2016) (w/ R. Lance, R. Mathes, N. Culver, P. Seby); Reflections on the Role of States in the U.S. Regulatory System, 32 PACE ENVTL. L. REV. 435 (2015) (w/C. Culleen); Postcards from the Edge: Perspective to Reinvigorate Clean Water Act Cooperative Federalism, 4 GEO. WASH. J. ENERGY & ENVTL. L. 68 (2013) (w/M. Boian)
  8. ^ "Alexandra Dunn Confirmed to Run EPA Chemicals Office". Bloomberg Law. January 2, 2019.