|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Gina
McCarthy will present “Meeting the Environmental Challenges of the 21st
Century" at 8 p.m. April 22 as part of Wesleyan's Earth Day observance. |
|
| Posted 04.04.08 |
Commissioner McCarthy Keynote Speaker at Earth Day Address
|
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Gina
McCarthy will present the 2008 Earth Day Keynote Address at Wesleyan titled
“Meeting the Environmental Challenges of the 21st Century.” This free event
will be held at 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 22 in the Memorial Chapel. A
reception will immediately follow in the Zelnick Pavilion.
Appointed by Governor M. Jodi Rell on Dec. 10, 2004, Commissioner McCarthy
came to the Connecticut DEP from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, where
she worked on environmental issues at the state and local level for 25 years
in a variety of high-ranking positions, including Deputy Secretary of
Operations for the Massachusetts Office of Commonwealth Development.
"We are very fortunate to have Commissioner McCarthy speaking at Wesleyan's
Earth Day observance," says Barry Chernoff, the Robert Schumann Professor of
Environmental Studies, professor of biology and director of the
Environmental Studies Certificate Program. "She has set a very aggressive,
forward thinking agenda that is increasing protections for Connecticut.
Commissioner McCarthy is an excellent speaker and will have broad appeal to
the Wesleyan and Middletown communities.”
McCarthy is working on key environmental priorities, including: health of
Long Island Sound; the state’s air quality; the state park system;
Connecticut’s innovative Climate Change Action Plan; a new solid waste
master plan; and new strategies to protect the state’s natural resources.
McCarthy received a bachelor of arts in social anthropology from the
University of Massachusetts, Boston and a joint master of science in
environmental health engineering and planning and policy from Tufts
University.
Earth Day Keynote Address is part of the Robert Schumann Lecture Series for
Environmental Studies at Wesleyan University. For more information, contact
Valerie Marinelli, administrative assistant, at 860-685-3733, e-mail
vmarinelli@wesleyan.edu or visit
www.wesleyan.edu/escp. |
|
|
 |
|
|
