Chris Bird, Director, Alachua County Environmental Protection Department, Gainesville, Florida (Chair)

Chris Bird is the Director of the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department.  Mr. Bird directs the agency‘s regulatory and non-regulatory responsibilities for Natural Resource Protection, Pollution Control and Prevention, Hazardous Wastes Collection, and Conservation Land Stewardship programs.  Mr. Bird has been with the agency since 1993, and became a member of the NALGEP Board in 2003. 

Andrew Bracker, Brownfields Coordinator, Department of City Planning and Development, Kansas City, Missouri

Andrew Bracker is the Brownfields Coordinator for the cities of Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas. He administers a bi-state EPA Brownfields Pilot and Showcase Community program, and, as an employee of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, manages the Brownfields Office in the Department of City Planning and Development. He also performs the duties of executive director for the Kansas City Brownfields Commission. Mr. Bracker joined the NALGEP Board of Directors in 2005.

Larry Falkin, Director, Office of Environmental Quality, Cincinnati, Ohio 

Mr. Larry Falkin serves as Director of the City of Cincinnati’s Office of Environmental Quality. His office has leads Energy Services Performance Contracts resulting in retrofits of city buildings, runs the curbside recycling program, and plays a major role in Brownfield redevelopment, air quality enforcement, and energy efficiency efforts. Prior to his current position, Mr. Falkin served as the Assistant Director of the City of Kansas City’s Environmental Office. He joined the NALGEP Board of Directors in September 2011.

Lee Ilan, Chief of Planning, Mayor’s Office of Environmental Remediation, City of New York

Lee Ilan has been working at the Mayor’s Office of New York City on brownfields issues since 1999. As Chief of Planning at the Office of Environmental Remediation she is responsible for brownfields planning, research, resource identification, development of new initiatives, and outreach to government agencies, community organizations, the business community, and the public. She joined the NALGEP board of directors in 2010.

Lorrie Louder, Director, Business & Intergovernmental Affairs, Saint Paul Port Authority, St. Paul, Minnesota 

Lorrie Louder is the Director of Industrial Development for the Saint Paul Port Authority in St. Paul, Minnesota.  Ms. Louder is responsible for the Port Authority's lines of business which include Brownfields Redevelopment, Fixed Asset and Working Capital Financing, Harbor Management and Commercial Navigation on the Mississippi River, and Employer Solutions for workforce needs. Ms. Louder joined the NALGEP Board of Directors in 2005. 

Douglas MacCourt, Environmental & Land Use Attorney, Ater Wynne LLP, Portland, Oregon (Secretary/Treasurer)

Douglas MacCourt is an environmental and land use attorney with the Portland, Oregon office of Ater Wynne LLP, where he advises the City of Portland and other local governments and private sector clients on regulatory compliance and funding strategies for natural resources, environmental and development issues. Mr. MacCourt developed Portland's brownfield redevelopment programs as Environmental Manager with the City of Portland's Office of Transportation.  He has served on the NALGEP Board of Directors since 1997. 

John Stufflebean, Director, Environmental Services Department, San Jose, California

John Stufflebean is the Director of the Environmental Services Department in San Jose, California.  Issues currently facing San Jose's Environmental Services Department include wastewater management, a water utility and reclaimed water system, storm water and watershed management.  Other responsibilities include integrated waste management, energy conservation, green buildings, and general environmental policy for the City.  He has served on the NALGEP Board of Directors since 2002.

Steven Venezia, Deputy General Counsel, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, Boston, Massachusetts

Steven Venezia is the Deputy General Counsel for the Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources.  Mr. Venezia is engaged in efforts to deregulate the energy industry in Massachusetts and works to enhance his organization’s ability to promote energy efficiency and to monitor the energy market for consumers in the aftermath of energy restructuring.  He has served as a founding member of the NALGEP Board of Directors since its inception in 1993.

Ellen Walkowiak, Business Development Manager, Community and Economic Development Department, City of Tacoma, Washington (Co-Chair)

Ellen (Elly) Walkowiak is the Business Development Manager in the Private Capital Division of the Community and Economic Development Department for the City of Tacoma, Washington.  She is responsible for attracting new public and private investment to the city.  As such, she is involved in strategic planning, marketing, negotiating development agreements, brownfields redevelopment, recommending legislation and Congressional lobbying. She joined the NALGEP board of directors in 2010.