Practitioner Spotlight

This year’s Rob Williams Award for Emerging Environment and Public Policy Leaders winner was announced at the 2012 EPP Conference in Tucson, Arizona. This year, the award was presented to Amanda Murphy, an emerging practitioner who demonstrates the promise to exercise the leadership exemplified by Rob. Amanda is a Project & Research Specialists with the William D. Ruckelshaus Center in Seattle, Washington. 

Congratulations Amanda!

Check out the complete announcement here: http://is.gd/robwilliamsaward2012

Dear Colleagues:

The Environment and Public Policy Section of the Association for Conflict Resolution would like to announce the Rob Williams Award for Emerging Environment and Public Policy Leaders. This award was established in 2010 in recognition of the late Rob Williams’ commitment and contributions to the field of environmental and public policy dispute resolution and the professional development of its practitioners. The award will be presented again this year to an emerging practitioner who demonstrates the promise to exercise the leadership exemplified by Rob.

The EPP Leadership Council encourages developing practitioners with 3-8 years of experience in the field and an interest in future involvement in EPP to apply. The 2011 award recipient will receive a one-year membership in ACR and EPP; waived conference registration for the upcoming EPP Section Conference June 28-30, 2011, in Portland, OR. The recipient will also receive a stipend to offset partial cost of conference travel.

Congress has asked the National Academy of Public Administration (the Academy) to analyze organizational options for establishing a Climate Service at NOAA. This study will be used to inform NOAA's ongoing work on this topic. A critical component of the Academy's study is to identify mechanisms to fully engage stakeholders that could be utilized by a Climate Service to effectively fulfill its mission. Everyone is invited to participate.

For 14 days, beginning on Monday, June 14th, the Academy will host an online dialogue to inform the study, which will be delivered to NOAA, Congress, and the public in September 2010.