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To: Jackson, Ryan[jackson.ryan@epa.gov] From: Alexandra Dunn Sent: Wed 9/20/2017 9:31:12 PM Subject: Updated Resume Dunn AlexandraDDunnCV92017.pdf Per our conversation. Regards, Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, Esq. Potomac Falls, VA 20165 17cv1906 Sierra Club v. EPA ED_001523_00001851 -00001 Home^ ALEXANDRA DAPOLITO DUNN Ex. 6 - Personal Privacy Cell: Ex. 6 - Personal Privacy Ex. 6 - Personal Privacy PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL OF THE STATES Washington, DC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & GENERAL COUNSEL 2014 - Present Visionary and dynamic chief executive of national 501(c)(6) organization and 501(c)(3) affiliate. Environmental Research Institute of the States; recruited by state executive branch officials to represent their collective interests as the gubernatorial appointed U.S. state and territorial environmental commissioners. Nationally recognized speaker and author on full range of U.S. environmental law and policy issues; honed expertise in water quality and drinking water law, policy and regulation; water and other infrastructure; states' rights, cooperative federalism, regulatory development, lean government and efficiency; energy, waste management, air pollution control, chemicals management, and stakeholder engagement and conflict resolution; economic development, results measurement, and budgets and legislation. Keen ability to develop and deliver, orally and in written format, clear and meaningful policy positions, to refine and advance advocacy initiatives, and to participate in a variety of federal administrative and other forums, while gaining and maintaining the support of a politically and geographically diverse membership. Transformative leader able to adapt and guide organizations to meet future challenges via critical assessment of strategic, organizational, staffing, and fiscal approaches, followed by design and implementation of modernizing changes, while remaining in coordination with governing boards and motivating internal teams to deliver results. Proven in developing partnerships, alliances, and leveraged relationships to maximize effectiveness, recognition, fiscal sustainability, and substantive impact on priority issues; known for establishing productive collaborations with Congress, agencies, business, and non-governmental organizations. Efficiently oversee all operations, including investments and budgets, personnel, policies, sponsorships, grants, website and social media presence, fundraising, dues and revenue strategies, board and leadership relations, strategic planning and alliances, conferences, and media engagement. Lecturer in Law, Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law; Associate Adjunct Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law; admitted before U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts; licensed in MD, DC, and NY. ASSOCIATION OF CLEAN WATER ADMINISTRATORS Washington, DC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & GENERAL COUNSEL 2010-2014 As national expert in water law and policy, recruited to rebuild 501(c)(3) non-profit organization of the 50 state and six interstate water directors; carried state and interstate voice forward on critical surface water policy, regulatory, and legal issues. Engaged in legislative, regulatory, and substantive advocacy on a full portfolio of issues impacting state water quality programs; cultivated extensive partnerships. Developed strategic plan, built an expert staff and involved state leaders; launched website and social media; implemented investment strategy; obtained multi-year funding and enhanced revenue sources. PACE UNIVERSITY, ELISABETH HAUB SCHOOL OF LAW White Plains, NY DEAN, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF LAW 2007-2010 Directed U.S. News #3 in the U.S. environmental law program and its Center for Environmental Legal Studies, designed Masters of Law programs and Juris Doctorate courses in all areas of environmental and energy law. Expert on regional and state water quality and quantity issues; spoke and published on clean water policy; oversaw Brazil and China programs; handled student advising, alumni, budgets, grants, and alliances. Governance member of Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies; Kheel Center on Resolution of Environmental Interest Disputes', and Environmental Consortium ofHudson Valley Colleges & Universities. 17cv1906 Sierra Club v. EPA ED_001523_00001852-00001 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLEAN WATER AGENCIES Washington, DC, 2001 - 2007 First in-house General Counsel for non-profit association of municipal clean water agencies serving the majority of the sewered U.S. population, professional affiliates, and supporting organizations Interacted extensively with federal agencies, Congress, media, nongovernmental organizations, and municipal counsel and engineers, worked with Board of Directors and Legal Committee, prepared testimony for commissions and scientific bodies; oversaw a high volume litigation portfolio. Identified new revenue sources, developed national workshops and conferences on current and emerging issues; conceived, directed, and published resource guides of significant member value. AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL Arlington, VA, 1996 - 2001 Counsel responsible for litigation, legislative work, and regulatory counseling on environmental topics for companies comprising 90% of U.S. chemical production, case load in U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts. WINSTON & STRAWN Washington, DC, 1994 - 1996 Counsel to business clients on environmental litigation, legislation, and regulation. Summer Associate, 1993. REPRESENTA TIVE PROFESSIONAL A CCOMPLISHMENTS PUBLICATIONS: The Lawyers' Role in Representing Communities, chapter in ETHICS AND ENVIRONMENT, (ABA, 2017) (w/H. Heineken); Engines of Environmental Innovation: Reflections on the Role of States in the U.S. Regulatory System, 32 PACE ENVTL. L. Rev. 435 (2015) (w/C. Culleen); Advancing the Environmental Rule of Law: A Call for Measurement, 21 SW. J. Int'l L. 283 (2015) (w/S. Stillman); Postcards from the Edge: Perspective to Reinvigorate Clean Water Act Cooperative Federalism, 4 Geo. WASH. J. ENERGY & ENVTL. L. 68 (2013) (w/M. Boian); Environmental Justice in Permitting: State Innovations to Advance Accountability, 81 MISS. L. J. 747 (2012) (w/A. Weiss); Siting Green Infrastructure: Legal and Policy Solutions to Alleviate Urban Poverty and Promote Healthy Communities, 31 B.C. ENVTL. Aff. L. Rev. 41 (2010); Investment in Water and Wastewater Infrastructure: An Environmental Justice Challenge, a Governance Solution, 24 Nat. RESOURCES & Env'T 3 (2010) (w/E. Derrington). SPEAKING: Testimony, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, June 2015 (Coal Ash Management); Testimony, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, February 2015 (Clean Power Plan); Reacting to Coastal Disasters, 21st Fall Conference, ABA (2013); Discussion Leader, Environmental Conflict Resolution, World Justice Forum IV, The Hague (2013); Paper, Ownership of Water and Wastewater Infrastructure: How Environmental Governance and Rule of Law Can Promote Equity and Justice, IUCN Academy of Environmental Law (AEL), Wuhan, China (2009); Paper, Using Green Infrastructure to Alleviate Poverty and Promote Healthy Communities: Legal and Policy Solutions for the Urban Environment, IUCN AEL, Mexico City (2008). REPORTED CASES: Represented parties, intervenors, or amicus curiae in over 25 environmental cases, including National Ass 'n ofHome Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife, 549 U.S. 1105 (2007); South Florida Water Management District v. Miccosukee Tribe ofIndians, 541 U.S. 95 (2004); Whitman v. American Trucking Associations, Inc. et al., 531 U.S. 457 (2001); Appalachian Power Co. v. EPA, 208 F.3d 1015 (D.C. Cir. 2000). LEADERSHIP: Executive Committee, American College of Environmental Lawyers, October 2016-present; Executive Committee, Environmental Law Institute (2014-present); first non-profit and second youngest Chair (2013-2014) of the 10,000 member ABA Section ofEnvironment, Energy, and Resources', past Officer and member of Circle of Champions, U.S. Water Alliance', Fellow, American Bar Foundation. EDUCATION COLUMBUS SCHOOL OF LAW, Catholic University of America, DC, Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1994. Editor-in-Chief, Catholic University Law Review; Faculty Award for Outstanding Woman Law Graduate JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY, Harrisonburg, Virginia, B.A., Political Science & French, cum laude, 1989. 17cv1906 Sierra Club v. EPA ED_001523_00001852-00002