Rob Williams Award Recipient Announcement

The EPP Leadership Council is proud to announce Laura Sneeringer as the recipient of the inaugural Rob Williams Award for Emerging Environment and Public Policy Leaders. Laura is a Collaborative Services Specialist with SRA International’s Environmental and Organizational Solutions Group in Denver, Colorado. Congratulations, Laura!

The award was designed to provide a developing practitioner with a platform to build relationships with peers in the field and become involved with EPP, hopefully creating a future leader in the Section and Association. Laura clearly expressed her commitment to the EPP field, as well as an ability and energy to identify a professional challenge and take action to address it in a positive way that builds bridges and betters the field. This is the essence of the award’s intent, as it was established in honor of the late Rob Williams, who devoted an amazing amount of energy and enthusiasm to enhancing the field and the professional development of its emerging practitioners. As the recipient of the 2010 Rob Williams Award for Emerging Environment and Public Policy Leaders, Laura will receive a:

•    One-year membership in ACR and EPP;  
•    Scholarship for the Annual EPP conference; and
•    Travel stipend to offset cost of traveling to the annual       conference.

Laura will be attending the Annual EPP Section Conference, May 24 in Tucson, AZ and sharing ideas from her award application essay during an open space session focused on issues facing mid-level practitioners (11:30 am-12:30 pm). Practitioners of all levels are invited to discuss opportunities and challenges from the perspective of individuals, organizations, and field-wide; and the role each can play in fostering the professional development of the “the next generation” of EPP practitioners. Suzanne Orenstein of the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution and Jennifer Peyser of RESOLVE will lead the session. Be sure to check it out and say hi to Laura!