Karen H. Davis is Partner at Fox Rothschild and Co-Chair of the firm’s Environmental, Social and Governance Practice Group. She advises clients on emerging environmental, health and safety issues, as well as ESG issues that arise in corporate and real estate transactions. Karen guides clients to develop and implement compliance programs, including social responsibility programs. She has extensive experience in due diligence related to anti-corruption, environmental, international trade, privacy and supply chain. Karen is well-versed in negotiating deal documents to mitigate compliance risks and developing and implementing integration plans. She previously served as in-house counsel for a major chemical company, where she was responsible for the compliance program and code of conduct training. While in-house counsel for a subsidiary of an international energy company, she advised on compliance issues and management of environmental liabilities. Karen is a graduate of Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She is ranked by Chambers USA as a leading environmental lawyer in Pennsylvania.

Mr. Klapkowski serves as the Deputy Secretary for the Office of Oil and Gas Management with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. As the Deputy Secretary, he leads an organization responsible for the oversight of the oil and gas exploration and production industry in the Commonwealth. The Office of Oil and Gas Management is comprised of two Bureaus – the Bureau of District Oil and Gas Operations, which is responsible for permitting, inspection, compliance and oversight of the conventional oil and gas and unconventional gas industries, and the Bureau of Oil and Gas Planning and Program Management, which is responsible for the Department’s development of policy, regulatory, technical guidance and legislative documents, and data management systems, as well as providing on-going education and outreach to the public and regulated communities. Prior to becoming the Deputy Secretary, Mr. Klapkowski served as the Director of the Bureau of Oil and Gas Planning and Program Management for ten years. Before joining the Office of Oil and Gas Management in 2012, Mr. Klapkowski worked with the Department’s Bureau of Regulatory Counsel for more than 18 years, including service as the counsel to the Oil and Gas Program for four years. Other program clients included Pennsylvania’s Storage Tank program, the Land Recycling Program, the Office of Energy and Technology Deployment, the Division of Hazardous Waste Management, the Division of Nuclear Safety and the Office of Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance. He received his J.D. in 1993 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Washington and Jefferson College in 1990.

Jessica O’Neill is a Senior Attorney at PennFuture. She is based out of Philadelphia, and her work focuses on water quality and watershed protection as well as the creation and protection of green space for all. She also works on issues related to the petrochemical and fracking industries that threaten our health and environment across Pennsylvania. Prior to joining PennFuture, she was an Assistant United States Attorney with the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey. She also worked as an environmental lawyer in private practice, where she primarily focused on clean water issues, and as an Assistant Regional Counsel for the Environmental Protection Agency in its Mid-Atlantic office, bringing administrative enforcement actions under federal hazardous waste and toxic chemical regulations. In 2010, she served as an assistant counsel to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. Ms. O’Neill clerked for the Honorable Louis H. Pollak on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Honorable Robert B. Kugler on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. She has an undergraduate degree in environmental studies from Brown University and graduated magna cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center. 

Ms. Maxwell is a shareholder in the environmental group of Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Her principal office is in Philadelphia. She focuses her practice on environmental litigation. Ms. Maxwell advises clients on regulatory compliance issues and represents clients in litigation in state and federal courts. Her work includes litigation of major contamination cases under the hazardous waste and Superfund laws. She also advises clients in transactions involving the sale of contaminated real property. Ms. Maxwell is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, she served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Linda K. Caracappa in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She received her J.D. from Boston University School of Law and her B.A., magna cum laude, with Departmental Honors in Law and Policy from Dickinson College. 

Mr. Collins is the Practice Leader of the Manufacturing Group at Ballard Spahr LLP. He is an environmental lawyer who devotes his practice primarily to clients in the manufacturing, electric power, and energy sectors. He has litigated civil, criminal and administrative matters in numerous state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. He advises clients on permitting issues and regulatory matters, as well as government and regulatory affairs, where he counsels clients on current regulations, prepares comments on proposed regulations and, where necessary, litigates regulatory challenges in the appellate courts. Mr. Collins represents developers of both conventional and renewable energy generation facilities in permit challenges and other litigation, and defends owners of existing facilities against government investigations, enforcement actions, citizen suits and toxic tort claims. He has also litigated matters involving underground storage tanks and hazardous materials transportation. Outside the energy sector, his clients include manufacturers, real estate developers, hospitals and universities. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, all U.S. District Courts for Pennsylvania, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the Third Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a graduate of St. Joseph’s University (B.S.) and Villanova University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude). 

Mr. McKinstry is principal in Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. Environmental and Climate Law and Consulting, which he founded upon his retirement from Ballard Spahr LLP, on March 31, 2018, after 31 years with the firm. He founded Ballard’s Environmental and Natural Resources Group and its Climate Change and Sustainability Practice Initiative. He is now concentrating his efforts in public interest law and consulting in the area of climate change and sustainability but continues to serve clients in the full range of environmental issues. He completed a six-year appointment as the Maurice K. Goddard Chair in Forestry and Environmental Resource Conservation at the Pennsylvania State University School of Forest Resources on July 1, 2007. While serving as Goddard Professor, Mr. McKinstry focused on international environmental issues where states and private companies and organizations had taken the lead in the face of federal inaction. He successfully represented a group of leading climate scientists before the Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. EPA, where the Court ruled that there is authority to address emissions of greenhouse gases under the federal Clean Air Act. He represented clean energy utilities supporting EPA rulemaking in EPA v. EME Homer City Generation and Michigan v. EPA. He has written and spoken extensively on environmental topics. He authored the rulemaking petition seeking to have the PA Environmental Quality Board adopt a still-pending regulation establishing an economy wide greenhouse gas auction Cap-and-Trade program going to zero by 2052. he has been preparing amicus briefs in litigation supporting the RGGI regulation and is representing citizens opposing expansion of natural gas distribution based on its inconsistency with the need to address the climate crisis. Mr. McKinstry is a Fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers and the American Bar Foundation. He is a member of the Environmental, Energy and Resources Section (SEER) of the American Bar Association, where he is a former Co-chair and a current Vice Chair of the SEER Committee on Climate Change, Sustainable Development, and Ecosystems. He is also a member of the Environmental and Energy Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and the Environmental Law Committees of the Philadelphia and Chester County Bar Associations. Mr. McKinstry is a Master in the Delaware Valley Environmental Inns of Court. Mr. McKinstry is the recipient of PBA’s Energy and Environmental Section 2010 Award for Distinguished Service and was named as MVP in environmental law by Law360 in 2014. He has been recognized by Chambers USA as a Leading Lawyer for Business in the fields of both climate and environmental law, has been named by The Best Lawyers in America in environmental law and environmental litigation Best Lawyers in America, has been named to Who’s Who Legal: Environment, and has been named as one of Pennsylvania’s Super Lawyers in environmental law.

Mr. Mandelbaum is a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s Environmental Practice. His principal offices are in Philadelphia and Boston. His practice tends toward environmental litigation of various sorts, including some Superfund matters that the government characterizes as among its most significant. He also advises on compliance, regulatory and transactional issues. He served as Vice-Chair of the Pennsylvania Statewide Water Resources Committee and as a member of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission. Mr. Mandelbaum teaches “Superfund Litigation” and “Oil and Gas Law” in rotation at Temple Law School and the Superfund course at Suffolk (Boston) Law School. He was educated at Harvard University (A.B. 1980; J.D. 1983) and served as law clerk to Hon. Louis H. Pollak, then-United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He is a Fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers.

Jonathan H. Spergel, Esq. is a partner with Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, the environmental and energy law firm with which he started his legal career in 1993. He served as the Managing Partner of the firm from 2014 to 2019.  Mr. Spergel handles a wide variety of environmental legal issues, including the environmental aspects of real estate and corporate transactions, brownfield redevelopments, environmental insurance procurement and coverage issues, public funding opportunities, and regulatory compliance counselling. From 2001 to 2003, he served as general counsel of large regional brownfields redevelopment company. He has authored numerous articles on environmental legal issues, and he frequently lectures for various groups and organizations. He graduated with distinction from Stanford University (1988) and received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, cum laude (1993). Mr. Spergel has also been an adjunct professor at Villanova University School of Law. Mr. Spergel currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Legacy Youth Tennis and Education (formerly Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis).  He is also the Chairman of the Board of the Montgomery County Redevelopment Authority, and he also serves on the Board of the City Avenue Special Services District.

Mr. Wolford maintains a solo practice, Wolford Law, in Erie. Before going into private practice, he served as Regional Counsel and as an Assistant Counsel for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Northwest Region. Before joining the DEP, Mr. Wolford served as a prosecutor for the Office of Attorney General (OAG), Environmental Crimes Section and also as a civil litigation attorney for the OAG’s Torts Litigation Section. He was also a special prosecutor of environmental crimes for both the OAG and the United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Mr. Wolford is currently a member of the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board Rules Committee and the State Water Plan Statewide and Great Lakes Committees. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Environmental and Energy Law Section, a Past Chair of the Section Council, the current Chair of the Section’s Programs and Publications Committee, and previously served as a contributing feature editor for the Section’s newsletter. He has lectured for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (National Enforcement Training Institute), the DEP, the Erie County Bar Association, Pennsylvania’s minor judiciary, and various other organizations.  Mr. Wolford received his undergraduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University and his J.D. from the Temple University School of Law, and is a member of the Erie County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations.

Andrew Bockis helps clients obtain and defend environmental permits for their projects. Industrial projects are subject to ever-changing rules and increased agency review time. Whether related to industrial warehouses or oil and gas facilities or renewable energy projects, many business leaders are frustrated with the uncertainty created by complex environmental regulation. The situation is magnified when there is public opposition to a project. Based on his prior experience as counsel to the Pennsylvania DEP and Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board, Mr. Bockis helps clients in a variety of industries minimize project delays and secure the permits they need. When projects are challenged, he helps companies defend their interests in court. He has litigated and defended environmental permitting decisions before the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Third Circuit, D.C. Circuit, and in response to petitions for certiorari before the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Bockis helps clients navigate their interactions with regulatory agencies in order to avoid extra costs and lost time so that they can commence construction and operate with confidence. He is the immediate past Chair of PBA’s Environmental and Energy Law Section, and co-editor of Pennsylvania Environmental Law and Practice, published by PBI Press. Mr. Bockis is a partner in the Harrisburg office of Saul Ewing LLP and is Co-Chair of the Firm’s Environmental Practice. 

John C. Dernbach is Commonwealth Professor of Environmental Law and Sustainability at Widener University Commonwealth Law School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Director of that school’s Environmental Law and Sustainability Center.  Professor Dernbach has written widely on sustainable development, climate change, and environmental law. He is the principal author of Sustainability Essentials: A Leadership Guide for Lawyers (ABA Press 2022, with Matthew Bogoshian and Irma Russell), a short guide for lawyers and law students who seek to do sustainability-conscious lawyering.  He and Professor Michael Gerrard are the co-editors Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States (ELI Press 2019), a comprehensive analysis and description of more than 1,000 legal tools for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050. He is also the principal author or editor of four books assessing U.S. progress toward sustainability and making recommendations (Governing for Sustainability (forthcoming 2023, with Scott Schang), Acting as if Tomorrow Matters: Accelerating the Transition to Sustainability (2012), Agenda for a Sustainable America (2009), and Stumbling Toward Sustainability (2002). Professor Dernbach coauthored a successful amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of 18 prominent climate scientists in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency. His scholarship and advocacy helped persuade the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in landmark decisions in 2013 and 2017 to reinvigorate the Environmental Rights Amendment to the state constitution. Prior to joining the Widener faculty, he was the principal drafter of four major waste and mining laws at the Department of Environmental Resources (now the Department of Environmental Protection).

Ms. Chiaruttini is Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel for York Water Company. The York Water Company is the oldest investor-owned utility in the country, providing drinking water and wastewater treatment services to portions of Pennsylvania since 1816. Prior to joining The York Water Company Alex served under Governor Wolf as Chief Counsel for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. As Chief Counsel, she oversaw a legal staff of over 70 attorneys across seven offices statewide who support and provide legal counsel and litigation representation to the Department’s investigation, field, compliance and enforcement, policy, and executive staff across all program areas. Prior to public service, Ms. Chiaruttini was a partner with Stock and Leader in York, where she was the environmental practice chairperson. Ms. Chiaruttini represented clients including private industrial and commercial entities, developers, local and county governments, authorities, school districts, and private landowners in environmental matters and environmental litigation. 

Ms. McCabe is the managing partner of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP, working in the firm’s complex industrial and regulatory practices.  She counsels clients on a wide variety of environmental issues, including permitting, compliance and enforcement matters related to air emissions, hazardous waste, storage tanks, stormwater and wastewater pretreatment.  Ms. McCabe concentrates her practice in air matters for a wide range of industrial clients at both the state and national level. She has assisted clients with environmental due diligence, auditing, permit appeals, emergency planning, and defense of agency enforcement actions. Ms. McCabe has represented clients before the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board, the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board, and the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals. She has been recognized in The Best Lawyers® in America, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, New Jersey Super Lawyers and Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Outside of the office, Ms. McCabe serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, among other volunteer roles in the community.  

Dawn M. Herb is the Regional Counsel for the Southcentral Office of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Chief Counsel. Ms. Herb supervises an office of ten attorneys engaged in all aspects of counseling, litigation, and appellate advocacy for DEP’s Southcentral Office, the Bureau of Laboratories, and three district mining offices. Prior to being appointed Regional Counsel in 2018, Ms. Herb was an assistant counsel in the Northcentral office beginning in 1994. Since starting with the Office of Chief Counsel, Ms. Herb has attained a broad range of litigation experience before the Environmental Hearing Board, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, and district magistrates. Ms. Herb has mediation experience from prior service as a trained mediator through the Pennsylvania Office of General Counsel’s Mediation Program. Ms. Herb received her J.D. and Masters of Studies in Environmental Law from Vermont Law School and obtained a B.A. and Environmental Studies Certificate from Dickinson College.

Mr. Moorhead serves as the Deputy Chief Counsel for Regional Offices in the Office of Chief Counsel for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. He has worked for the Office of Chief Counsel in Meadville for 21 years litigating and counseling for various Department programs in the areas of Waste, Air Quality, HSCA, Storage Tanks, Environmental Cleanup and Oil and Gas. He has also served the Pennsylvania Office of General Counsel as a mediator in its alternative dispute resolution program. In addition to his work for the Commonwealth, he has been an adjunct professor at Thiel College and Mercyhurst University, teaching environmental law to undergraduates. Prior to joining the Office of Chief Counsel, he spent six years in private practice, first in Annapolis, Maryland and then in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law and licensed to practice in Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Ms. Murphy is a senior attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel for the Pennsylvania PA DEP (PADEP). She is the agency’s lead on issues related to Article I, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution – the “Environmental Rights Amendment” – working with the PADEP Central Office Programs, Regional Litigation Offices and Bureau of Regulatory Counsel on the agency’s implementation of its trustee obligations under the amendment. She is the author of the revised and updated Article I, Section 27 Chapter of the Pennsylvania Environmental Law and Practice, 10th Edition, published in February 2021. Ms. Murphy also helps to coordinate DEP’s appellate litigation practice, counsels the Regional Permit Coordination Office and Submerged Lands program, provides support on pipeline litigation matters, periodically represents PADEP in litigation matters at both the trial and appellate levels, and works with counsel and staff from other state and federal agencies. Prior to her current assignment, Ms. Murphy was a supervising attorney with PADEP’s Bureau of Regulatory Counsel where, in addition to her supervisory responsibilities, she primarily counseled the Stormwater, Erosion Control, and Submerged Lands programs. She worked closely with PADEP staff from 2002 through 2019 on the development and implementation of the Commonwealth’s current stormwater regulatory programs, including the 2010 “Chapter 102” regulatory revisions. Ms. Murphy has been a regular speaker on a variety of environmental law subjects since 1994. Ms. Murphy started her career in PADEP’s Northeast Region litigation office concentrating on the waste and remediation programs, and then worked for six years with PADEP’s Southeast Region litigation office, also focusing on the waste and remediation programs, before moving to Harrisburg. She received her B.A. with honors from Boston College in history and her J.D. from Villanova University School of Law.

Mr. Keays is a shareholder in the Environmental Law Practice Group at Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller in Philadelphia. He maintains a broad environmental practice and represents corporate and municipal clients in a range of matters pertaining to federal and state environmental laws. Although he has significant experience litigating, negotiating, and counseling clients with respect to many environmental statutes and regulations, a significant part of his practice focuses on the CERCLA, RCRA, TSCA, and the Clean Water Act. He has represented major corporations at a number of the largest and most expensive Superfund sites throughout the country, both in the context of cost recovery/contribution litigation and in private allocation proceedings. As a litigator, he has also successfully represented clients in matters involving sinkholes and mining permits, the Delaware River Basin Commission’s moratorium on hydraulic fracking, and NPDES permits. Pete also maintains an active transactional practice in which he assists buyers and sellers navigate complex technical and legal issues in connection with the sale and development of brownfield properties. Mr. Keays regularly counsels clients with respect to regulatory and permit obligations arising under a wide range of environmental regulations. He graduated summa cum laude from Vermont Law School, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Vermont Law Review. Prior to joining Hangley Aronchick, he served as a law clerk to federal judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. He is actively involved in the ABA Section on Environment, Energy and Resources, and is on the Executive Committee of the Delaware Valley Environmental Inn of Court.

Mr. Holmes is a Shareholder in the Environmental Practice Group in Greenberg Traurig’s Philadelphia office, where he concentrates his practice on environmental litigation, including CERCLA, RCRA, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and Oil and Gas. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Mr. Holmes has been named a Rising Star in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers. Mr. Holmes is a 2007 graduate of Vermont Law School, where he earned a Juris Doctor, cum laude, and a Masters of Studies in Environmental Law, magna cum laude. He served as Notes Editor on the Vermont Law Review and was a member of the National Moot Court Team.

Mr. Heilman is currently Litigation Coordinator for the Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Chief Counsel. Since joining the Office of Chief Counsel in 1987, Mr. Heilman has primarily practiced in the areas of mining, air quality and oil and gas. He received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Notre Dame du Lac in 1980, a J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law in 1985, and Masters of Engineering degree in Environmental Pollution Control from Penn State (Harrisburg) in 1998. He is also licensed as a Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the Office of Chief Counsel, Mr. Heilman clerked for the Honorable William D. Hutchinson then of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (1985‐87) and worked for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1980 ‐ 85). Mr. Heilman has received the Governor’s Award for Excellence (2018), the DEP Secretary’s Award for Excellence (1999), the DEP Secretary’s Award for Dedication (2018), and the Dave Bucknam Outstanding OSM-NTTP Instructor Award (2024).

Mr. Sullivan was appointed Chief Counsel to PA DCNR in April 2024. He previously served as a Supervisory Counsel in PA DEP’s Southcentral Regional Office where he counseled the Waterways and Wetlands program, the Chesapeake Bay program, and the State Conservation Commission. His PA DEP practice focused on enforcement, litigation, and permitting matters related to pipelines, agriculture, and other water-related environmental issues. He also previously served PA DEP as Acting Deputy Chief Counsel and in the Bureau of Regulatory Counsel. Mr. Sullivan received B.S. degrees in Biology and Psychology from The Pennsylvania State University at University Park as well as a J.D. and a Certificate in Environmental Law, Science & Policy from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

John Herman is the Regional Chief Counsel for the Department of Environmental Protection’s Southwest Office of Chief Counsel in Pittsburgh.  The office includes a staff of 15 attorneys, and represents all of DEP’s environmental programs, including Air, Water, Waste, Drinking Water, Wetlands & Waterways, Mining, Radiation and Oil & Gas.  Mr. Herman is a 1982 graduate of the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, and worked in private practice for ten years prior to joining the Commonwealth’s Office of General Counsel and DEP.

Mr. Garber is a shareholder in the Environmental, Energy and Natural Resources Group of Babst Calland Clements & Zomnir, P.C. in Pittsburgh. He concentrates much of his practice on environmental, water, and land use issues facing the oil and gas, mining, and manufacturing industries, and on infrastructure development issues facing municipalities, municipal authorities, and developers. He represents exploration, development, and pipeline companies working in the Pennsylvania conventional and unconventional oil and gas industries, and represents companies and trade associations in other extractive industries in Pennsylvania, including coal and noncoal mining. Mr. Garber has written and lectured extensively on oil and gas, water, and development issues. He is ranked among Pennsylvania’s top environmental lawyers in Chambers USA: Americas Leading Lawyers for Business. He is listed in the environmental section, the water section, the natural resources section, the environmental litigation section, and the energy section of the Best Lawyers in America, and was selected as its Lawyer of the Year for Pittsburgh each year between 2014 to 2021 and again in 2024 for energy, environmental, or natural resources law, and was named to the 2023 Energy & Environment Power 100 by City & State Pennsylvania. He is recognized as one of Pennsylvania’s Super Lawyers, according to an annual survey published in Philadelphia Magazine. He has served on the council of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Environmental, Mineral and Natural Resources Law Section. Mr. Garber is a member and past chair of the Allegheny County Bar Association Environmental Law Section and is a member of the Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. He is a member of the board of directors of the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce and the 3 Rivers Wet Weather Program, and is a former member and past chair of the board of the Allegheny Land Trust in Pittsburgh. Mr. Garber received his B.S. in biology from Pennsylvania State University, his M.S. in oceanography and limnology from the University of Wisconsin, his Ph.D. in ecology from the University of Pittsburgh, and his J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law. He is an adjunct professor at Duquesne University School of Law, where he teaches courses in environmental law and litigation.

Rebecca Franz is the Chief Deputy Attorney General of the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General’s Environmental Crimes Section (ECS). The Environmental Crimes Section currently consists of 4 attorneys and 8 agents across the state. Although lacking original jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute environmental crimes, the section is solely responsible for the prosecution of state charges related to pollution and associated crimes code offenses. Prior to joining the Office of Attorney General, Ms. Franz worked for close to ten years as an Assistant District Attorney in the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. In that capacity, she supervised the juvenile unit and maintained a full case load of child abuse and sexual assault prosecutions. She received a B.A. in Sociology from Gettysburg College and a J.D. from the Northeastern University School of Law.

Mr. Walker currently serves as a supervisory counsel in the DEP’s Office of Chief Counsel, Bureau of Regulatory Counsel in Harrisburg where he counsels the Bureau of Air Quality on permitting and compliance & enforcement matters. He previously served as an assistant counsel for the Bureau’s air quality planning and mobile sources divisions. Since 2015, his practice area has primarily involved state implementation plan and regulatory development and representing DEP in state and federal appellate litigation matters. Mr. Walker also previously served as the program counsel for DEP’s Bureau of Waterways, Engineering and Wetlands and Coastal Zone Management programs where he counseled clients on permitting matters involving the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act, federal Clean Water Act and Coastal Zone Management Act. Mr. Walker received his J.D. from the University of Massachusetts School of Law in 2013 and an Environmental Policy Certificate from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth in 2012. He received his B.A. and M.A. from Duquesne University in 2002 and 2004, respectively.

Mr. Reiley is the Director and Deputy Chief Counsel in the Bureau of Regulatory Counsel with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. In this capacity he provides legal counsel and advice to the Department’s regulatory programs. In addition, he has represented the Department in a number of federal litigation matters. Mr. Reiley received a B.A. in political science from DeSales University, a J.D. from Ohio Northern University, an LL.M. from George Washington University, and a M.S. from Penn State University

Michael Braymer was appointed Chief Counsel to the Department of Environmental Protection effective December 2023. Prior to that appointment, Mr. Braymer was the Regional Counsel with the Department of Environmental Protection’s Northwest Regional Office. Mr. Braymer started his Commonwealth Career as a summer law school intern with the Department of Environmental Protection in the summers of 2000 and 2001. After graduating law school, Mr. Braymer was also an associate for the Quinn Law Firm, in Erie, PA, where he represented individuals and companies in a wide range of environmental and oil and gas matters. He returned to the Commonwealth as an Assistant Counsel with the Department of Environmental Protection in February 2004. He was promoted to Supervisory Counsel in 2016, and then to Regional Counsel of the Northwest Regional office in January, 2023. In these roles, Mr. Braymer has counseled and represented the Department of Environmental Protection on complex cases of regional and statewide significance. Mr. Braymer served as lead counsel for the Department of Environmental Protection in several cases before the Environmental Hearing Board, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Commonwealth Court, various Courts of Common Pleas, and United States District Court and Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Mr. Braymer received his undergraduate degree in History from the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 1999 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2002.

Mr. Duh is an Assistant Counsel with the Pennsylvania Governor’s Office of General Counsel, where he serves as Counsel to the Department of Environmental Protection, primarily in the area of water. Mr. Duh is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He earned his B.A. from Juniata College and his J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law.

Mr. Delio joined the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board in 2013 as an Assistant Counsel to Judge Michelle A. Coleman and Judge Bernard A. Labuskes, Jr. in Harrisburg. He counsels the Board on complex issues in environmental law involving air quality, water quality, solid waste management, brownfield cleanups, mining, and oil and gas, among others. He also advises the Board on revisions to its rules of practice and procedure. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Office of General Counsel’s Mediation Practice Group. He received his B.A. in English, Professional Writing from Mercyhurst University, and his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

Ms. Conserette is an Assistant Counsel for the Northeast Office of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of Chief Counsel. Ms. Conserette primarily counsels the Clean Water and Waterways and Wetlands Programs, focusing on permitting, enforcement, and litigation matters. Prior to joining PADEP’s Office of Chief Counsel in early 2019, Ms. Conserette spent five years in the Pennsylvania Superior Court’s Central Legal Office and briefly with the Department of Labor and Industry. Ms. Conserette received her undergraduate degree in English – Writing with a double minor in Political Science and Mass Communications from King’s College and her Juris Doctor from Duquesne Law School.

Sharon is an Assistant Counsel in the Department of Environmental Protection, Southwest Region, Office of Chief Counsel. Since joining the Office of Chief Counsel in 2023, Sharon primarily practices in the areas of Oil and Gas and Waste. Prior to joining the Office of Chief Counsel, she practiced insurance defense litigation for over a decade, including medical malpractice, financial services, and personal injury litigation. Sharon received her B.A. in Human Service Studies from Elon University and her J.D. from Duquesne University Law School.

Mr. Ryder is Associate Counsel in the Department of Environmental Protection’s Pittsburgh office. He currently counsels the Waterways and Wetlands program and the Safe Drinking Water program. Mr. Ryder was previously an environmental attorney at the law firm of Stock and Leader in York, Pa., and was in-house counsel for a Pennsylvania-based medical company. Prior to law school, Mr. Ryder served as the Press Secretary for the PA Department of Agriculture. He earned his B.A. from Shippensburg University and graduated cum laude from the Penn State Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle.

Rob Altenburg is the Senior Director for Energy and Climate at PennFuture. With over 33 years of expertise in environmental, climate, and energy issues, he regularly works with policymakers and industry experts to shape sustainable energy policies. In addition to testifying before various governmental bodies, including the White House and the U.S. Senate, he has been featured in major media outlets like ABC, NBC, NPR, and Fortune Magazine. He has also co-authored a book chapter on federal climate policy and frequently speaks to community groups about these issues. Outside of PennFuture, Rob is an adjunct professor teaching environmental law at Widener Commonwealth Law School and teaches undergraduate courses in law and ethics at Eastern Mennonite University. Before his current role, he spent nearly 22 years with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, working on air quality, energy, and public health issues. He has also served in the U.S. Army Reserve, commanding a Combat Engineer company. Rob holds a law degree from Widener Commonwealth Law School and is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mr. Woodwell is the former President of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC). Working with PEC since 1991, he took a leave of absence during 2000 and 2001 to serve as Executive Director of the Riverlife Task Force that developed a master plan for Pittsburgh’s waterfronts and proposed the creation of the new “Three Rivers Park.” His current work at PEC focuses on issues including deep decarbonization of Pennsylvania’s electricity grid, shale gas development, and trail and riverfront development. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Mr. Woodwell is currently a member of the board of the Center for Responsible Shale Development and serves as a Pennsylvania Commissioner to the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO). He also serves on the PA DCNR Natural Gas Advisory Committee, DCNR’s Ecosystem Management Advisory Committee, and DEP’s Steering Committee for the state’s Chesapeake Bay Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan. He has participated in the Department of Environmental Protection’s regulatory negotiation on the special protection waters program and served on the Pittsburgh Ozone Stakeholder Working Group. He also served on the Allegheny County Air Pollution Control Advisory Committee, the University of Pittsburgh’s Institute of Politics’ Marcellus Shale Roundtable, the Governor’s Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force, and the Governor’s Commission on Greenways. At PEC he has also served as Executive Vice President for Western Pennsylvania, Director of the Western Pennsylvania office, and Staff Attorney.

Ms. Hunt is an attorney with Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP. She concentrates her practice in environmental regulatory compliance and permitting matters, with a particular focus in the areas of air and solid waste. She was previously an assistant counsel for PADEP where she counseled the Department’s Air Quality and Solid Waste programs.

Mr. Mahan is a Senior Scientist and Project Director with 25 years of scientific consulting experience. Mr. Mahan has extensive experience in environmental assessment, remediation, permitting, and regulatory compliance projects. He has led and provided technical support in assessment and remediation for port facilities, large utilities, construction projects, industry, and petroleum distribution facilities. He is active with the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC) where he helped prepare the Contaminants of Emerging Concern (2023) and Microplastics (2023) Guidance Documents. Currently he is a team member for the ITRC Biological Contaminants of Emerging Concern guidance document which is in preparation. Judd earned bachelor’s degrees in Geology (2002) and History (1996) at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama and a Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina Pembroke. Judd is a licensed professional geologist in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. He is also a Certified Environmental Professional (CEP) with the Academy of Board Certified Environmental Professionals. Judd’s current work at Tetra Tech includes environmental permitting support for projects ranging from alternative energy and highway construction to federal and state port facilities in Georgia and South Carolina.

James “Jim” Chen is the head of the Transportation Technology & Energy practice group at the law firm of Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, PC. He is also a member of the Emerging Technologies and Business Services group. Mr. Chen joined Babst Calland after over a decade as an executive at several successful start-up electric vehicle manufacturers, including serving as lead for policy, regulatory, and government relations functions at Rivian Automotive, LLC and Tesla, Inc. During that time-period, he has also served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at two other start-up manufacturers. Prior to his in-house experience, Mr. Chen was a partner at two other AMLAW 100 law firms where his practice focused on product related issues in the areas of transportation regulation, chemical and pesticide regulation, and general environmental and safety law. He started his legal career as an Honors Hire at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Enforcement in 1991. Mr. Chen holds a B.A. in psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and earned his Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University – School of Law.

Emma is a Staff Attorney in PennFuture’s Philadelphia office. Her work includes litigation and policy advocacy focusing on advancing clean water protection and water quality issues, restoring and protecting natural resources, moving Pennsylvania toward a clean energy future, and ensuring the rights of Pennsylvanians under the Article I, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. As part of PennFuture’s legal team, she has worked on cases protecting Pennsylvanians’ environmental rights, advancing grid-scale clean energy, fighting fossil fuel expansion, and enforcing environmental laws across the Commonwealth. Prior to joining PennFuture, she practiced energy law in Washington, D.C., where she worked on a wide range of energy issues in the public interest, including clean energy policy research and ensuring fairness to ratepayers. Emma graduated from Georgetown University Law Center, and received her B.A. in Geology from Mount Holyoke College.

Mr. Miano is a Shareholder in and Chairs the Environmental Practice Group of Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller in Philadelphia. He has been practicing environmental law for over thirty years. His practice includes all facets of environmental law and litigation, including federal and state cases involving the Clean Water Act, Hazardous Waste laws, Superfund, Brownfields redevelopment, mining and transactions. His clients include industrial corporations, commercial entities, educational organizations and municipalities. Before entering private practice, Mr. Miano was an Assistant Regional Counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, Hazardous Waste Branch. He was an adjunct professor at Rutgers University Law School, where he taught courses on environmental law. He is a frequent lecturer and has written on various environmental legal issues for a variety of publications. He has also served as a course planner for several national environmental law programs. Mr. Miano received his B.S. in Environmental Studies from George Washington University in 1982 and his J.D. from The University of New Hampshire School of Law in 1985. He was a judicial intern to the Honorable Martin Loughlin, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. Mr. Miano is listed in Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Who’s Who of Business Lawyers for Environmental Law, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America (Philadelphia Lawyer of the Year in 2016 and 2019). Mr. Miano a Past Chair of the ABA’s Section of Environment, Energy and Resources. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers. From 1998-2005, Mr. Miano served as a member and Vice President of the Board of Trustees for the Support Center for Child Advocates and was named Distinguished Child Advocate in 1997. He is a graduate of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Arts & Business Council —Business on Board Program.

Kacy C. Manahan is a Senior Attorney with Delaware Riverkeeper Network. Her work focuses primarily on natural gas infrastructure and Article I, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, as well as a variety of issues relating to the preservation of the Delaware River watershed. Kacy is a graduate of Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, where she earned a certificate in Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy Law. Prior to her current position, Kacy served as a clerk in the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, and practiced at a boutique environmental firm in New Jersey.

Kathy Condo is a shareholder in the Litigation and Energy and Natural Resources groups of Babst Calland. Before joining the firm, Ms. Condo spent more than 25 years in the Pittsburgh office of a large national law firm, during which time she handled numerous jury and non-jury trials. She has extensive experience in handling toxic tort and products liability (individual and class action) litigation in various federal and state courts, which has included trial work, as well as the multi-state coordination of the defense of repetitive litigation. During the course of her representation of clients in the toxic tort and product liability area, she has worked with and opposed numerous technical and medical expert witnesses. Her experiences include obtaining a defense verdict in a toxic tort case for an international electronics manufacturer involving claimed injuries due to heavy metal exposure and defending numerous class actions involving claimed environmental exposures. Ms. Condo counsels clients in threatened toxic tort litigation related to oil and gas development and defends these cases when filed. Ms. Condo also represents and counsels financial services institutions in litigation arising out of lending and servicing activities and in various commercial litigation matters, often resolving problems to prevent litigation or to resolve litigation after it is filed. She has also represented a number of major corporations in federal and state courts in employment-related matters. For a number of years, Ms. Condo acted as an outside “in-house counsel” for a corporation facing a major litigation challenge. In that capacity, she administered hundreds of cases in outlying jurisdictions, controlled the litigation budgets of local counsel, administered the day-to-day activity of paralegals and lawyers, negotiated settlements, and handled trials in local jurisdictions. Much of this work focused on innovative mechanisms for defense cost savings.

Lindsay Williamson is an Assistant Counsel with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Regulatory Counsel. She counsels the Bureau of Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields and the Bureau of Radiation Protection. Ms. Williamson graduated from Widener Commonwealth Law School and received her B.S. in political science from the University of Connecticut.

Vera Kanova serves as the executive deputy chief counsel at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Prior to that role, she served as an IT, technology, procurement, and RTKL attorney for the Office of Administration. Prior to that she served as an assistant counsel for the Department of Environmental Protection. Prior to joining the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, she was an associate counsel at Mette, Evans & Woodside and served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Mary D. France of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania. While in law school, she served as a certified legal intern for the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, conducted research projects for Professor of Law Gary S. Gildin and was a pro bono advocate. Ms. Kanova graduated with distinction from the Pennsylvania State University, where she earned a B.S. in Information Science and Technology. Before going to law school, Ms. Kanova worked as an application developer where she gained practical experience in the software development and project management fields. She received her J.D. degree from the Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, where she was a member of the Woolsack Honor Society.

Michael joined Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP in 2005 as an in-house technical consultant. A licensed professional engineer, Michael has over 24 years of diverse environmental engineering experience gained through previous employment in the manufacturing sector, environmental consulting, and with an international chemical manufacturing trade association. Michael’s experiences have enabled him to excel in complex multi-media environmental problem solving through “real-world” experiences in the manufacturing, production, retail, and real estate sectors. Not afraid to “get in the trenches”, Michael particularly enjoys time spent understanding the intricacies of many of our client’s complex manufacturing facilities, development projects, and related technologies in order to fully comprehend relevant regulatory concerns while maintaining a corporate management perspective to problem solving. Michael provides a unique role to our firm by acting as the “prism” into our client’s operations and how we may best serve their needs. Michael continues to provide high level environmental engineering expertise and regulatory support services to the firm’s attorneys and clients regarding complex manufacturing processes, multi-media pollution control, and sustainability initiatives.

In 2007, Keith founded Independence Solar in New Jersey and strategically led the company’s full-service, high-quality commercial solar focus while expanding its presence throughout the Northeast. Keith’s guidance and market-driven decision-making skills have ensured the Independence Solar team is experienced and adept in the growing solar landscape. Based in the Mid-Atlantic region, Keith manages business development initiatives in this area, including partnerships with third-party influencers. Keith has over 16 years of experience in solar development, including completing one of the largest roof-top solar installations in the country, the 10.1 MW Holt Marine Terminal in Gloucester City, New Jersey. Prior to Independence Solar, Keith worked for Allco Renewables, US Solar Finance, and Verterra Renewables, managing the financial analysis and development of over $300 million of solar, wind, and biomass projects. Keith holds a B.S. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from MIT, where he focused on the economics of solar.

Ms. Brinley is the Special Assistant to the Secretary for Strategic Industry Initiatives. In this role, she assists the agency with developing investment, business development, and recruitment strategies for the Commonwealth. Pennsylvania’s access to natural gas, the upcoming pipeline infrastructure build out, impaired properties that hold great potential for redevelopment, and the existing industrial and manufacturing base position the Commonwealth for sustained economic growth – and will be key areas of focus for Ms. Brinley. Her position includes building effective relationships with private companies, public officials, federal and state agencies, non-government organizations, and other partners to further the agency’s strategic agenda. She focuses on partnership-building, both internally and externally, and developing major departmental initiatives that demonstrate the inextricable links between economic and community development, the private and public sectors, and the economy and the environment. Most recently, Ms. Brinley served as vice president and principal environmental consultant in TRC Corporation’s Harrisburg office, focusing primarily on natural gas, wetland mitigation banking, and brownfield redevelopment. Prior to joining TRC, she served as director of DEP’s Bureau of Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields, where she oversaw the Commonwealth’s comprehensive environmental cleanup programs, including the redevelopment of brownfield sites. Ms. Brinley also served as Deputy Secretary of the Office of Community Revitalization and Local Government Support, where she forged partnerships with economic and industrial development associations, local governments, private developers and the business community. She has a bachelor’s degree in geoscience from Franklin and Marshall College, in Lancaster, and a master’s degree in geology from the University of Maryland at College Park.

Samantha left USEPA February 9, 2024 after32 years. She started as a staff attorney, was promoted to a career executive responsible for coordinating the mid Atlantic’s regional enforcement program, managing staff, working with R3 states, collaborating on national policy for 17 federal statutes and managing the environmental justice program. Her last 5 years at EPA, she managed community environmental and public health programs like environmental justice, environmental education, sustainability, children’s health, 7 federally recognized tribes, and the NEPA program. Additionally, she worked on the small team charged with developing the cumulative impact guidance where her role was to share her “on the ground” experience conducting cumulative impact models to pinpoint and deploy federal resources to mitigate existing environmental and public health issues. She is now at Steptoe-Johnson remoting from Philadelphia into the Pittsburgh office where she in working in the lane connecting clean energy and the environment, utilizing her knowledge of environmental law and policy to forge partnerships that benefit energy transition, economic development, and community outreach. Samantha’s extensive background in environmental law and community outreach has been pivotal in navigating the challenges associated with these projects, underpinning her approach to achieving comprehensive community revitalization and development.

Mrs. DeHarde is Senior Legal Counsel at Repsol Services Company, a natural gas drilling company located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Before joining Repsol’s in-house team, Mrs. DeHarde was a commercial litigator at a regional law firm in Pittsburgh, with a primary focus on oil and gas related matters. She earned her B.A. from Lafayette College and her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

Ms. Smokelin is an attorney at Reed Smith, LLP and a thought-leader on environmental and emerging energy issues, greenhouse gas legislation, and related environmental issues in the RGGI states, California, and the European Union as well as the international arena. She represents clients in a broad range of environmental and energy issues, including environmental civil enforcement and litigation matters, as well as regulatory and transactional issues for energy and manufacturing companies. Her practice focuses on all aspects of regulatory and litigation counseling in the fields of environmental, natural resource, and energy law, with a particular emphasis on emerging air issues. She has shared speaking engagements with the White House special assistant to the president for energy and climate change. Additionally, she is chair of the Pittsburgh Women’s Initiative Network of Reed Smith, where she works to promote a support network among women in the firm’s award-winning women’s program, and to further women’s career advancement and professional development. Ms. Smokelin has argued before administrative tribunals on emerging Clean Air Act issues, developed standardized trading agreements for carbon projects on California, and performed due diligence on major acquisitions in the Marcellus Shale play. As well as being a delegate at the Paris climate talks and other international climate negotiations, she has led or participated on teams in some of the most significant air appeals and hearings on aggregation issues for the oil and gas industry in Pennsylvania. Her clients include energy companies (large and small), textile manufacturers, battery recycling facilities, iron and steel manufacturers, petroleum refiners, chemical producers, chapter 11 bankruptcy debtors and creditors, landfill operators, and municipalities and municipal redevelopment authorities. She has represented clients in the international climate arena as well as in the state courts of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia; in the U.S. District Courts throughout the Midwest and the Eastern United States; and in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal for the Third Circuit and the District of Columbia. She also represents clients in a broad range of environmental issues, including environmental civil enforcement and litigation matters concerning the Clean Air Act, Superfund, RCRA, and the Clean Water Act, as well as various state law equivalents. She has been involved with groundbreaking air permitting aggregation litigation as well as several successful Title V permitting challenges for Pennsylvania clients, along with defending toxic tort and property damage claims based on the discharge of hazardous pollutants into the air, soil, surface and groundwater. She is a key player in due diligence on major acquisitions in the Marcellus Shale play. She has reviewed and evaluated environmental assessments involving multiple facilities at diverse locations in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and she helps clients understand the pros and cons of alternative provisions and different structures for doing business. She advises clients, including REITs, with the purchase of real estate, on qualifying as bona fide purchasers under CERCLA or meeting the test for innocent landowner and contiguous property owner defenses, and obtained liability protection for buyers of contaminated property under various state programs. She received her J.D., summa cum laude, from University of Pittsburgh and also holds B.S.E., University of Pennsylvania, Systems Science and Engineering; Minor: Wharton School, Decision Sciences.

Elizabeth (Betsy) Dupuis is a shareholder in the firm and the Managing Shareholder for the State College Office of Babst Calland. A native of Centre County, Ms. Dupuis has practiced law in central Pennsylvania since 1997, first with a Centre County law firm and then joining the State College office of Babst Calland in the fall of 2005. Ms. Dupuis’ practice is focused upon land use, commercial real estate transactions, commercial development, business planning and formation, commercial and contract litigation, estate planning and administration. She also serves as the solicitor for Centre County, Pennsylvania, and as solicitor for Patton and Ferguson Townships and the Halfmoon Township Zoning Hearing Board in Centre County. Ms. Dupuis is a licensed Title Agent in Pennsylvania and conducts real estate closings through MidState Closing Company, an affiliate of Babst Calland. She regularly conducts seminars and programs related to business and real estate matters as well as estate planning and elder law. Ms. Dupuis received her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1997 and her B.S. in Dairy Science from the Pennsylvania State University in 1988. She is a 2001 graduate of Leadership Centre County (LCC) and was recognized in 2011 by Leadership Centre County with the Community Leadership Association’s Distinguished Leader Award. Ms. Dupuis was also recognized in 2010 with the Centre County Community Foundation’s Future of the Foundation Award and in 2013 as Associate of the Year by the Pennsylvania Builders Association. She was recently recognized as one of 2020’s Women Making A Difference by Pennsylvania Business Central and has been recognized several times as one of the Top 100 People by Pennsylvania Business Central, most recently in 2020. Ms. Dupuis is a member of the Centre County, Pennsylvania, and American Bar associations. She is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Western and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Dupuis was selected to the 2006-2007 Pennsylvania Rising Stars lists (Thomson Reuters). Ms. Dupuis is currently serving on the Boards of the Central Pennsylvania Risk Management Association, the Pennsylvania Builders Association, and the Pennsylvania Foundation for Housing. She previously currently serves as Vice-Chair of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Legal Action Fund and is serving as Chair of the NAHB Land Development Committee. She is also on the Leadership Team of the Pennsylvania Builders Association Government Affairs Committee. Ms. Dupuis is past Associate Vice-President of the Pennsylvania Builders Association and past Chair of the Centre County United Way. She regularly volunteers at events local non-profit organizations in Centre County.

As Greenberg Traurig’s Chief Pricing and Innovation Officer, Matthew Beekhuizen oversees firm-wide pricing, financial management of alternative fee matters, and the application of technology and process solutions for enhanced efficiency and client service. His role also encompasses the evaluation and deployment of generative AI applications. Leading a multifaceted team of specialists, he collaborates with clients, attorney teams, practice leaders, and executive management to deliver these services.

Mr. Manko is a founding partner of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP with more than 50 years of experience advising clients on environmental matters involving real estate transactions and development, regulatory permitting and compliance, environmental reporting and alternative dispute resolution. His experience as the EPA Region III’s general counsel, after almost 10 years as a corporate practitioner, gave him the ability to see and therefore provide counsel on environmental issues in real life situations. He spent 18 years teaching environmental law courses at the University of Pennsylvania and Vermont Law Schools. Prior to founding the firm in 1989, Mr. Manko founded and chaired the Environmental Department at Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen. He served for 27 years as an elected commissioner and officer on the Lower Merion Board of Commissioners, giving him insight into municipal issues. He is the past chair of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, former vice chair of the State Water Law Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and past chair of the Environmental Law Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association. Mr. Manko formerly served on the Fairmount Park Commission board. He currently serves on the boards of the Fairmount Park Conservancy and Philadelphia Orchestra.

Sean Fullmer is a licensed geologist in Pennsylvania and Delaware and has been working in the environmental consulting industry for 17 years. He currently acts as the commercial/industrial client lead in the Tetra Tech’s King of Prussia, Pennsylvania office and has experience with Pennsylvania regulatory framework including the Land Recycling, Administration of Storage Tanks and Spill Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, and the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) programs. Current projects include brownfield redevelopments within the PADEP southeast and southcentral regions; NPDES discharge and DRBC withdrawal/discharge docket approvals for the PFAS groundwater extraction and treatment system, and property transfer assessments for the former Willow Grove Navy Base; site-specific impact to groundwater analysis and decision-making support for an agricultural chemical manufacturer in northern Delaware, and regular multi-state environmental due diligence investigations.

Justin C. Danilewitz is the Chair of the national White Collar and Government Enforcement Practice at Saul Ewing LLP.A first-chair litigator in civil and criminal matters, Justin draws upon his trial and investigative experience as a former federal prosecutor to zealously defend entities and individuals, including those facing criminal and civil enforcement actions, false claims (qui tam) suits, and other claims. Justin is ranked in Chambers USA (2021 through 2024), in the category of “America’s Leading Lawyers in Litigation:White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations.” He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Criminal Defense: White-Collar (2024-2025), and was named a “Litigation Star” in Pennsylvania by Benchmark Litigation (2025), a “Future Star” in Pennsylvania by Benchmark Litigation (2022-2024), and to The Legal Intelligencer‘s Power Players list (2019). Justin is the co-host of the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section Podcast, the JustPod, where he interviews leading figures in the criminal law community. He is a past Chair of the Federal Criminal Law Committee in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and serves as a Hearing Committee member for the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Michael became the Executive Director and Managing Attorney at Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services in April 2022. Michael was born and raised in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a small city nestled in the Laurel Highlands. He received his Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and then moved to Pittsburgh in 2000 to attend the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Michael graduated from Pitt Law in 2003 with a Juris Doctor with a Certificate of Advanced Study in Environmental Law, Science, and Policy. Putting his law practice on hold, Michael spent the next year in Baghdad, Iraq serving with his U.S. Army Reserve Combat Engineer Battalion as the Intelligence Sergeant. After returning from deployment in 2005, Michael began his law practice as a Staff Attorney at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law’s Environmental Law Clinic where he spent much of his time working on air quality permit appeals before the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board. After his time at the clinic, Michael then worked for the Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP) from 2006 to 2008 as the Outreach Coordinator and then as the Legal Director. While at GASP, Michael continued to work on air quality appeals, conducted community outreach and education, and advised their board of directors on all legal matters. In 2008, Michael joined the Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) Legal Section as the Assistant Solicitor for the ACHD’s Air Quality Program. While with the air program, his practice included prosecuting air quality enforcement actions, defending air quality permit appeals, and counseling the air program on regulatory and policy development. In 2012, he was awarded a Certificate of Commendation by the U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, for his work on a joint county-federal air quality enforcement case. After rising to ACHD Solicitor in 2016, Michael’s practice shifted to public health law, environmental health law, Right to Know Law compliance, Sunshine Act compliance, and regulatory development. During his time as the ACHD Solicitor, Michael also more than doubled the ACHD’s legal capacity, managed prosecution of environmental health violations, helped to develop new enforcement policies, drafted regulations for universal blood lead level testing, helped to revise several environmental health regulations, and managed the ACHD’s legal response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Professor Coglianese is the Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, where he currently serves as the director of the Penn Program on Regulation and has served as the law school’s Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs. He specializes in the study of regulation and regulatory processes, with an emphasis on the empirical evaluation of alternative regulatory strategies and the role of public participation, negotiation, and business-government relations in policy making. His most recent books include: Achieving Regulatory Excellence; Does Regulation Kill Jobs?; Regulatory Breakdown: The Crisis of Confidence in U.S. Regulation; Import Safety: Regulatory Governance in the Global Economy; and Regulation and Regulatory Processes. Prior to joining Penn Law, Professor Coglianese spent a dozen years on the faculty at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He also has taught as a visiting law professor at Stanford and Vanderbilt, founded the Law & Society Association’s international collaborative research network on regulatory governance, served as a founding editor of the peer-reviewed journal Regulation & Governance, and created and now advises the daily production of The Regulatory Review. The chair of the Administrative Conference of the United States’ committee on rulemaking, he has led a National Science Foundation initiative on e-rulemaking, served on the ABA’s task force on improving Regulations.Gov, and chaired a task force on transparency and public participation in the regulatory process that offered a blueprint to the Obama Administration on open government. He is a co-chair of the American Bar Association’s administrative law section committee on e-government, past co-chair of the section’s committee on rulemaking, and a past member of the section’s Council. He currently serves as a member of a committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine studying performance-based safety regulation and of an Aspen Institute dialogue on energy policy governance. He has served as a consultant to the Administrative Conference of the United States, Environment Canada, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He received his J.D. from University of Michigan and his Ph.D. from University of Michigan.

Ms. Marshall is the Community Advocate with Mountain Watershed Association (MWA). Her practice centers primarily around empowering communities in the southwestern Pennsylvania area to protect themselves from the impacts of natural gas and coal extraction. She joined MWA in 2016, after graduating from the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law. At CUNY, she studied public interest and advocacy-oriented strategies for legal representation. During law school, she worked as a legal intern at Food & Water Watch and at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Prior to that, she worked on corporate accountability issues at the media outlet CorpWatch.org and at a plaintiff-side personal injury law firm that brought class action suits against toxic pesticide manufacturers.

Mr. Bennett is the Senior Manager, Regulatory and Legislative Affairs, Governmental Services at PJM Interconnection. He is the PJM liaison for Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania. In this role, he interacts with state utility commissions, executive agencies and legislators on energy policy in the areas of RTO grid reliability, transmission planning, operations and wholesale markets. Prior to joining PJM, Mr. Bennett was the Managing Director at Energy Advocacy, LLC, a boutique consultancy focused on regulatory policy in the retail and wholesale energy markets. Mr. Bennett also held management roles in government affairs for both PPL EnergyPlus and Exelon. Mr. Bennett has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park. PJM Interconnection, founded in 1927, ensures the reliability of the high-voltage electric power system serving 65 million people in all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. PJM coordinates and directs the operation of the region’s transmission grid, which includes over 82,000 miles of transmission lines; administers a competitive wholesale electricity market; and plans regional transmission expansion improvements to maintain grid reliability and relieve congestion. PJM’s regional grid and market operations produce annual savings of $2.8 billion to $3.1 billion. For the latest news about PJM, visit PJM Inside Lines at insidelines.pjm.com.

Lisa serves as Vice President – Legal & General Counsel at Pennsylvania General Energy Company, L.L.C. in Warren. Prior to joining PGE, she maintained a private practice concentrating on oil and gas law and general business and transactional matters. She is the author of numerous publications on oil and gas law and has frequently lectured and planned continuing legal education programs. Lisa is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Environmental & Energy Law Section Energy Law Committee Council, Chair of the EELS Energy Law Section, and Chair of the Marcellus Shale Coalition. She also serves on the MSC Executive Board and MSC Board of Directors. She is a past member of the PBI Board of Directors, PIOGA Board of Directors, PBI Oil and Gas Law Colloquium Planning Committee, PBI Oil and Gas Advisory Committee, and Pennsylvania Natural Gas Advisory Committee. She is the former Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Shale Energy Law Committee and former President of the Justice Robert H. Jackson American Inn of Courts. She is a member of numerous energy industry associations. Lisa attended Central College in London, England and received her B.A., summa cum laude, from Saint Vincent College and her law degree, cum laude, from the Dickinson School of Law in 1990.

Faran works on PennEnvironment’s Zero Waste program, working to reduce plastic waste in Pennsylvania and to protect our parks and open spaces. Faran’s work has included helping to write and pass bans on single-use plastic across Pennsylvania, including in Philadelphia, promoting the Zero Waste PA package of legislation, protecting major conservation laws like the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and publishing the report “Microplastics in Pennsylvania,” which was the result of a project testing more than 50 Pennsylvania waterways for microplastic pollution.

Mr. Wilson is managing partner of the Harrisburg office of K&L Gates, LLP, and practice group coordinator for the firm’s global environment, land, and natural resources practice group. He concentrates his practice in the areas of energy, environment, and natural resources, and has counseled clients who are developing and operating energy projects and other commercial and industrial projects; clients who are seeking environmental permits and zoning and land development approvals from government agencies; clients who are exploring for, producing, and transporting natural gas; clients who are acquiring and operating agricultural properties and facilities; clients who are engaged in mining or quarrying; and clients who are parties to business transactions or litigation involving potential environmental rights or liabilities. Mr. Wilson received his BA from Dartmouth College, an MSEL degree, summa cum laude, from Vermont Law School, and his JD, summa cum laude, from Vermont Law School.

Chad Wissinger is a Partner at Dentons Cohen & Grigsby in Pittsburgh, PA. He has twenty-five years’ experience in complex construction litigation, regulatory compliance, and environmental law. With an undergraduate degree in environmental science (Dickinson College) and a law degree concentration in environmental litigation (Boston University), his focus in both education and practice has been on scientific and engineering-related dispute resolution. With significant first chair trial experience in various venues (jury trials, bench trials, trials before the Pennsylvania Board of Claims and Environmental Hearing Boards, administrative hearings, and both single and three panel arbitrations under the AAA and JAMS Rules), he has taken claims in excess of sixty-million dollars to verdict. Having also spent many years serving as the General Counsel at a large construction, manufacturing and mining firm, he understands all aspects of project management, quality controls, cost-containment, and insurance/loss prevention on the business side of complex cases. Additionally, he counsels clients on preparing for and reacting to incidents and inspections involving OSHA, MSHA, DEP, EPA, departments of health, and other regulatory agencies, and in the use of experts in those specific areas of inquiry. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, teaching courses in Environmental Health & Safety with a focus on whistleblower investigations.

Colleen Costello is a senior vice president with Sanborn Head and has over 30 years of experience managing environmental issues in the chemical, oil & gas, energy, utility, aerospace, and manufacturing sectors. Colleen has regulatory expertise with RCRA, CERCLA, Brownfields, and State Voluntary programs and specializes in providing innovative solutions for complex sites. Her technical strengths are in emerging contaminants, risk assessment, hydrogeology, geochemistry, and remedial design. Colleen has undergraduate degrees in Environmental Science and Resource Management and English from Lehigh University. Also from Lehigh, she earned a master’s degree in geochemistry. Colleen is a member of Sanborn Head’s Board of Directors. She is also active in the professional community, serving as a member of the PADEP Cleanup Standards Scientific Advisory Board and the PADEP Brownfield Conference Planning Committee. Colleen is also active in the Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce and co-leads the Energy / Environment (Waste and Remediation) Committee. Colleen is also a member of the Pennsylvania Chemical Industry Council’s Board and leads the EHS/Legislative Committee. Colleen is a Professional Geologist in Pennsylvania.

Dr. Boomhower is a principal scientist at Gradient with specialties in metals toxicology, neurotoxicology, and human health risk assessment. He uses his multidisciplinary expertise to evaluate potential chemical exposures and health risks in many contexts, including hazard and risk assessment, food safety, consumer product safety, and regulatory comment. Before joining Gradient, Dr. Boomhower was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he conducted in vitro and in vivo studies of metals exposure. His work in toxicology has received multiple funding awards, including from the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation. Dr. Boomhower has authored several book chapters and peer-reviewed scientific articles in toxicology and epidemiology. He also teaches courses in toxicology and pharmacology as an instructor at Harvard University and has served as an invited adjunct lecturer at Georgetown University.

Chris Abel serves as Director of Expert Witness and Principal Scientist for August Mack Environmental, Inc. He has over 30 years of experience in environmental engineering, chemistry, and project management. He is familiar with a wide range of environmental regulations including the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUST), and United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Contract Laboratory Protocol. He has extensive experience with a variety of state led risk-based closure programs. He has also performed and managed hundreds of residential, commercial, and industrial site assessments, site investigations, and remediation projects involving heavy metals, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs), petroleum, and chlorinated solvents.

Judge Labuskes was appointed to the Environmental Hearing Board in 1998. Before that he practiced environmental law as a partner at McNees, Wallace& Nurick, and before that he was a litigator at the Department of Environmental Resources. He is a graduate of Penn State and the University if Pittsburgh School of Law.

Sarah L. Clark is a proud native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Art History and a dual major in Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh in 2006. She received her J.D. and a Certificate in Environmental Law, Science, and Policy from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2009. She previously served as Legal Counsel and Executive Director to the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. She was appointed Director of Legislative Affairs for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection in 2015. In 2019, she was appointed Director of Legislative Affairs for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, where she served until being appointed to the Environmental Hearing Board by Governor Wolf in 2022. She lives with her husband and three children in Camp Hill.

Paul J. Bruder, Jr. was appointed to the Environmental Hearing Board by Governor Shapiro in 2023. Judge Bruder received his undergraduate degree from Lebanon Valley College in 1990 and his law degree from the University of Dayton in 1994. He began his career at the former Department of Environmental Resources, later the Department of Environmental Protection, then spent 25 years in private practice first at Rhoads & Sinon and then Mette, Evans & Woodside in Harrisburg, At both firms, he was the Chair of the Environmental and Natural Resources Practice Group, and also served as the President of the Mette Evans Board of Directors for two years. Judge Bruder was appointed by Governor Corbett to serve a four-year term on the Chesapeake Bay Citizens Advisory Council from 2012-2015. He lives in Camp Hill with his two daughters.

Judge Beckman was appointed to the Environmental Hearing Board in 2012 and in 2023, Governor Shapiro named Judge Beckman Chairperson and Chief Judge of the Board. He received his undergraduate degree from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio in 1983. He attended the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and earned a Masters Degree in Geology. Judge Beckman received his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1993 and went to work at MacDonald Illig Jones and Britton LLP in Erie, Pa. In 1996, he was appointed by Governor Ridge to serve as the Regional Director for the Northwest Region of the Department of Environmental Protection. In 2001, Judge Beckman left the DEP and returned to MacDonald Illig where he was a partner and a member of the law firm’s Environmental Law practice group at the time of his appointment to the Board.

Danielle Jouenne is Senior Counsel at Essential Utilities, Inc., in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, supporting water and wastewater utility operations for AQUA subsidiaries in North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia, as well as managing Essential’s Records Group and acting as lead information technology contracts attorney. In her role at Essential supporting water and wastewater operations, Ms. Jouenne has a broad practice overseeing litigation, procurement, environmental matters, real estate, business development activities, and regulatory compliance. With respect to her oversight of environmental matters, she counsels her clients on a variety of environmental issues, including regulation of emerging contaminants such as PFAS and overseeing suits for damage recovery. Prior to joining Essential in 2021, Ms. Jouenne served as regulatory counsel for UGI Corporation in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania for seven years, where she supported UGI’s domestic natural gas and electric utilities, and European liquefied petroleum gas businesses. At UGI, Ms. Jouenne served as primary environmental counsel for UGI Utilities in Denver, Pennsylvania, supporting an environmental program charged with remediating and closing fifty-five former manufactured gas plant sites under state and federal negotiated Consent Orders and Agreements. Ms. Jouenne started her practice in 2010 at the Philadelphia office of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, where her practice focused on environmental and utility law. Ms. Jouenne is a 2009 graduate of Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law where she was an Inaugural Scholarship Recipient and served on Moot Court. She has a master’s degree in science from Virginia Tech, and a bachelor’s degree in science from Rutgers University, where she majored in Environmental Science. Prior to her legal career, Ms. Jouenne worked in environmental consulting for Roy F. Weston, Inc., now Weston Solutions. Outside of the office, Ms. Jouenne is engaged in her community, serving from 2017 to 2024 on the board of directors of Ann’s Heart in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, an organization providing housing and basic human services in Northern Chester County. Ms. Jouenne was an active member of the Delaware Valley Environmental Inn of Court from 2016 through 2022. Since 2022, Ms. Jouenne has served as a Township Supervisor for Schuylkill Township, Pennsylvania.

David Raphael is a partner in the environmental, land and natural resources practice of the firm’s Harrisburg office. Prior to joining K&L Gates, David served as Chief Counsel of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) where he provided legal counsel to the Secretary and executive staff of the DEP. In this role, he oversaw a statewide team who represented the department on a variety of environmental compliance, litigation and transactional matters. His experience as an environmental practitioner – both in the public and private sectors – spans more than 25 years. David represents clients in environmental litigation matters before the Environmental Hearing Board, various state and federal courts, and administrative boards. He also provides environmental counsel on complex transactions and a wide range of environmental compliance issues, including the implementation of environmental compliance and audit policies. David was selected by Chambers USA (2017-2023) as one of Pennsylvania’s leading environmental lawyers. He was also recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Environmental Law and Litigation-Environmental (2019- 2023). Prior to entering private practice, David served as Deputy Attorney General with the Environmental Crimes Section of the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. As a Deputy Attorney General, David served as the lead trial attorney for complex environmental cases in state trial courts around the Commonwealth, and represented the OAG in appellate matters before state appellate courts. His duties also included review and approval of charging documents, search warrants, and investigative plans. David also served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where he was involved in the prosecution of a significant laboratory fraud matter. His career began with the Office of Chief Counsel in the Department of Environmental Protection, serving as Assistant Counsel and Special Assistant Counsel, and representing the Commonwealth in environmental matters before the Environmental Hearing Board, Commonwealth Court, and Superior Court, and negotiating a number of the first redevelopment agreements under Act 2. David served on the Environmental Hearing Board Rules Committee during his tenure as Chief Counsel of DEP. David received his undergraduate degree in English, with honors, from Lynchburg College, and received his law degree from the Dickinson School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Dickinson Journal of Environmental Law & Policy. He also served as member of the Dickinson’s mock trial team, which won a regional championship in New York City and competed in the national finals. David has served as a visiting judge to Dickinson’s Trial Advocacy and Appellate Advocacy programs and is currently serving as a litigation skills instructor at the law school.

Logan Welde is the Legislative Director and a Staff Attorney with the Clean Air Council focusing primarily on energy law, preemption law, municipal legislation, and waste issues. Before joining the Council in August 2012, Logan was a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, a financial analyst at Credit Suisse, manager of toy operations at Marvel Comics, and at Blue Man Group. Logan received his law degree from Temple University School of Law and his Bachelor’s from University of Vermont.

Mr. McCaulley is an associate attorney in the Energy & Environmental Law practice group of McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC, focusing on environmental, health, and safety (EHS) compliance and dispute resolution. On this front, he regularly advises clients regarding compliance with federal and state regulatory programs, including the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act and other programs administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the federal Environmental Protection Agency, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. He also advises clients regarding the EHS implications of various business transactions, including acquisitions, mergers, and sales. In addition to assisting commercial and industrial interests with EHS, Mr. McCaulley also assists real estate developers throughout the various stages of development, including compliance with environmental permitting and regulatory requirements. He earned his BS from the Pennsylvania State University, Schreyer Honors College, and his JD from the Pennsylvania State University Law School.

Brigid Landy Khuri is a member of the Energy and Environmental Law Group at McNees Wallace & Nurick in Harrisburg. Brigid focuses her practice in the area of environmental regulation. She advises clients from a variety of industries regarding air, water, waste, land use, and remediation issues, as well as in related litigation and administrative proceedings. Brigid guides clients seeking environmental permits and those responding to enforcement actions brought by state and federal agencies. She has also conducted comprehensive internal investigations stemming from alleged criminal environmental compliance issues. Brigid has significant experience litigating in Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court and has argued before Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court. Brigid has been a regular speaker at Pennsylvania’s Environmental Law Forum and contributed to several environmental law treatises, including Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Practice. Brigid been named to the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch lists for Energy Law and for Natural Resources Law each year since 2021. Prior to joining McNees, Brigid was an associate at a global Am Law 100 firm where she primarily advised large energy clients. She also served as a law clerk for the Honorable J. Michael Eakin of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and in the chambers of U.S. Federal Magistrate Judge Timothy R. Rice. While in law school, Brigid interned at the Pennsylvania PA DEP. Prior to that, she spent time at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the Philadelphia Defenders Association. Brigid was born and raised in Bradford County, Pa. She now lives in Camp Hill with her husband, two sons, and rescue dog.

Ms. Winner maintains a private practice representing both individuals and organizations in a range of environmental issues. Her primary focus areas include mining, water quality, and oil and gas law. Prior to establishing her private practice, Ms. Winner dedicated 10 years to working with environmental non-profits in southwestern Pennsylvania. She earned her J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2013.

Lauren Otero is a Staff Attorney with the Clean Air Council. Previously, she was an Assistant Judge Advocate for the U.S. Air Force, and before then, an Assistant Public Defender for the Montgomery County Public Defender. She earned a Master of Laws (LLM) in International Law from the University of Edinburgh Law School, and a J.D. from Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. She earned a B. A. in Anthropology and Spanish from the University of Pittsburgh.

Sam Robinson serves as Deputy Chief of Staff for Consumers and the Environment in the administration of Governor Josh Shapiro. Prior to joining the current administration, Robinson served in numerous positions in the prior administration, including as Deputy Chief of Staff for the four years of Governor Wolf’s second term. Sam works closely with Pennsylvania’s environmental and energy agencies, as well as a number of administrative and regulatory agencies. Prior to joining the Wolf administration, Robinson served as an Assistant City Solicitor with the City of Philadelphia Law Department working in the Regulatory Affairs group. A proud Philadelphian, Robinson received his law degree from The College of William & Mary and his bachelor’s degree from Earlham College.

Drew Howard is a Managing Consultant in Roux’s Economic and Complex Analytics practice, specializing in environmental economic and financial analysis, quantitative modeling, and data analytics for litigation support and regulatory compliance. Mr. Howard provides consulting expertise in environmental management, environmental impact assessment, natural resource damages, coastal management, electric power and natural gas markets, renewables, and intellectual property, among others. Previously, Mr. Howard worked at Bates White Economic Consulting in Washington, DC. There, he provided valuation and analysis of commodities forward contracts, reconciliation of energy settlement valuations, and forecasting of prices in global power markets. He has also worked on assessing the impacts of shifting federal environmental regulations and developing compliance strategies for clients, as well as numerous additional intellectual property and finance matters. Mr. Howard holds a Master of Environmental Management from Duke University, with a specialization in Environmental Economics and Policy. He also graduated magna cum laude with Honors with a Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Professor Colburn is a leading scholar of environmental and natural resources law. He has published over thirty articles and book chapters focusing on the law of environmental assessment, habitat and at-risk species protections, and the jurisdiction of water disputes. His published work routinely considers the legal system’s use (and misuse) of science and scientific information. Prior to teaching, he served as Assistant Regional Counsel at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and as Trustee of the Connecticut River Watershed Council. He is currently the Joseph H. Goldstein Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law at Penn State Law. He is a graduate of Columbia University (J.S.D.), Harvard (LL.M.), Rutgers University (J.D.), and State University of New York, Plattsburgh (B.A.)

Shawn W. Weis was appointed Chief Counsel for the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) in April 2024. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Weis served as Assistant Counsel to PENNVEST for nineteen years, focusing her practice on handling revenue-based, asset-based and real estate structured transactions for financing sewer, drinking water, storm water, Brownfield and non-point source projects. While serving as Assistant Counsel, Ms. Weis assisted the agency with the development of the nation’s first nutrient credit clearinghouse, a state program for the remediation of Brownfield sites, and the design and development of an integrated online system for settlement on funding awards. Prior to joining PENNVEST, Ms. Weis served as In-House Legal Counsel for KnowledgePlanet, Inc., an international software platform company based out of Reston, Virginia, and an Associate in the Corporate, Business and Real Estate Sections of the Harrisburg-based law firm of Keefer Wood Allen & Rahal, LLP. She has also served as clinical law professor for the Penn State Dickinson School of Law, teaching a course on elder law. Ms. Weis is a graduate of the Penn State Dickinson School of Law and Elizabethtown College where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Economics. Ms. Weis is a member of the Pennsylvania Chapter of Women in Public Finance, the Pennsylvania Association of Bond Lawyers and the National Association of Bond Lawyers. She has served on the Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union since 2017 and currently serves as the Board Chair.

Ms. Guille is a Senior Engineer at ARM Group LLC with over 19 years of experience performing environmental investigations and implementing environmental programs for state and federal governments, as well as the private sector. She currently serves as Program Manager to support Tradepoint Atlantic’s redevelopment of the 3,100-acre former Bethlehem Steel production facility at Sparrows Point, Maryland. Ms. Guille has prepared multiple human health risk assessments (HHRAs) to evaluate potential risks to construction workers during redevelopment activities and to future occupants of the site and is developing site specific, risk-based groundwater cleanup levels for the protection of human health (utility workers, industrial workers, visitors, off-site recreational waders, off-site recreational users) and the environment (aquatic ecological receptors in adjacent surface water and sediments) for the entire Sparrows Point Site. Ms. Guille also supports Brownfield redevelopment and prepares risk assessments for multiple other sites throughout Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. She earned her B.S. in Civil Engineering from Lafayette College and her M.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Virginia.

Brian Regli serves as Executive Director, Critical Investments for the Governor, overseeing more than $19 billion of federal appropriations allocated to Pennsylvania through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) of 2021 and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022. He has been appointed by the Governor as Chair for Pennvest, and also as Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Budget. Previously, he served as Director of Commerce in Montgomery County (PA) and as a policy advisor in the Attorney General’s office. He has more than 25 years of entrepreneurial experience in the software, energy, utility and telecommunications sectors and has been directly responsible for more than $300 million of construction, debt financing, equity funding, and asset sales in his commercial real estate career. Dr. Regli holds a Doctorate in Developmental Economics from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and undergraduate degrees from Georgetown University in Government and Philosophy.

Elowyn serves as the Mid-Atlantic Regional Director for Vote Solar, where she advocates for inclusive solar policies and helps to amplify local voices calling for equitable clean energy solutions. Prior to joining Vote Solar, Elowyn drove national programming for VisionForward – a gender equity coalition – and previously ran campaigns around fighting climate change, protecting public health and workers’ rights, advancing equity, and electing progressive champions to office. She got her start as the Clean Energy Advocate and Field Director with PennEnvironment (part of the Environment America Network), where she spent four years building and demonstrating public support for clean energy on the state and federal level. Elowyn studied political science and peace education at Swarthmore College, and while she grew up in Northern California, she’s been happy to call Pennsylvania home since 2009.

Robin Snyder has more than 15 years of experience in environmental consulting, with emphasis on site characterization and remediation, environmental assessment and due diligence, regulatory analysis and litigation support. She has led soil and groundwater investigations to comply with numerous state and federal programs, with emphasis on New Jersey and Connecticut properties with complex industrial histories, including chemical and metallurgical plants, petroleum facilities and landfills. Robin’s litigation support has focused primarily on cost recovery and allocation at CERCLA and state cleanup sites; evaluation of due diligence and other environmental professional common practice and performance; and contested natural resource damage claims. In cases where contamination has affected third parties, she acts as a primary client liaison to assist in various tasks, including the provision of replacement drinking water supplies, coordination and performance of ongoing monitoring and communications.

MaryAnne Wesdock was appointed to the Environmental Hearing Board by Governor Josh Shapiro in December 2023 and is based in Pittsburgh. Prior to her appointment, she served as Senior Counsel to the Board and former Chief Judge and Chairman Thomas W. Renwand. Judge Wesdock serves as the Board’s liaison to the Environmental Hearing Board Procedural Rules Committee and is a co-editor of the Board’s Practice and Procedure Manual which is relied on by practitioners before the Board. She was instrumental in developing the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) Environmental and Energy Law Section Pro Bono Program. She also supervises the Board’s internship program and serves as a mentor to law students through the PBA Environmental and Energy Law Section. In 2006, Judge Wesdock was awarded the prestigious Environmental Law Lifetime Achievement Award by her peers in the PBA Environmental and Energy Law Section in recognition of her work at the Board and her contributions to the Section. Judge Wesdock is the Past Chair of both the PBA Environmental and Energy Law Section and the Allegheny County Bar Association Environmental and Energy Law Section. Prior to joining the Board, she served as Assistant Corporate Counsel to Hanover Foods, Inc. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated summa cum laude as valedictorian. She received her J.D., with honors, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

Ms. Gardner is Regional Counsel for the Mid-Atlantic Region of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where she provides legal counsel to the Regional Administrator and senior leadership team on federal environmental and general law matters. She has been an attorney in the regional office for more than 22 years, where she has held various roles in management and as a staff attorney. Prior to joining EPA, Ms. Gardner was a judicial clerk for the Honorable Frank Maas in the Southern District of New York. She received her J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the N.Y.U. Environmental Law Journal. Ms. Gardner was also a Fulbright fellow to Canada, where she researched international environmental policy and received an M.A. in Political Science from Carleton University. She received her B.A. in political science and classical studies summa cum laude from Wellesley College. She is a member of the bars of the State of New York, State of New Jersey, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, and the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

Brett Marcy is an award-winning PR executive and former journalist with a two-decade track record of enhancing organizational reputations and building brands – from corporate communications and agency experience to legislative advocacy and public affairs. He has led internal and external communications for a large regional health system, served as communications director and press secretary for legislative leaders in the Pennsylvania General Assembly and has previously worked at a large full-service public relations and advertising firm based in Philadelphia. A journalist by training, Brett began his career as a newspaper reporter, working for news organizations in the Lehigh Valley, Harrisburg and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area. He earned multiple statewide journalism awards during his career, including for his coverage of Pennsylvania politics and government during his tenure as a state capitol reporter in the Pennsylvania State Capitol Newsroom. Brett is active in multiple professional and civic organizations, including serving on the Boards of Directors of the Pennsylvania Public Relations Society, the American Marketing Association – Central Pennsylvania Chapter, and the York County SPCA.

Mr. Fiorentino currently maintains an office as a solo practitioner in Media, PA, engaging in Environmental Law, Zoning and Land Use, and Consumer Law. From 2004 to 2009, Mr. Fiorentino served as the Executive Director of Mid-Atlantic Environmental Law Center, a public interest firm based at Widener University School of Law. Formerly, he served as Senior Attorney and Air Program Manager for Clean Air Council, an environmental non-profit with offices in Pennsylvania and Delaware, as well as a stint as its Harrisburg Director. Mr. Fiorentino served for 17 years as a member of the Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). He taught Environmental Law as an Adjunct in the pre-law program at Wesley College, Dover, DE. He has served on the Pennsylvania General Assembly’s Energy Task Force, on the Pennsylvania DEP’s Ozone Stakeholders Group, and on the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s New Source Review Workgroup. He has litigated environmental matters before federal and state appellate courts and trial courts, as well as administrative agencies, and has testified on energy issues before the Pennsylvania state legislature. Mr. Fiorentino has previously presented on the subjects of Impaired Waters Permitting and Electronic Research for Pennsylvania Bar Institute continuing legal education seminars. He has authored “The Small Business Compliance Guide for Key Federal Air Regulations” and co-authored “Title V: A Citizens’ Guide to the Stationary Source Permitting Process.” Mr. Fiorentino holds a J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law in Pittsburgh, PA. His B.A. in Communications is also from Duquesne University.

Mr. Donovan has over 25 years of experience in the environmental consulting industry. His areas of expertise include project and design engineering and construction oversight for utilities and industrial clients, as well as design and implementation of vapor mitigation systems and water and wastewater treatment projects.

Mr. Singer is Professional Engineer with 9+ years of experience in engineering consulting. His areas of expertise include electric, gas and water utility design, erosion and sediment control and stormwater management design, associated environmental permitting and land development.

Kelli Volkomer is an Adjunct Instructor at Penn State, assisting with the Local Climate Action Program. She has expertise in greenhouse gas emissions inventories at various scales, from community-wide to facility-level projects, including the baseline inventory of the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine. As a Natural Gas Scheduler and Cash Trader for Shipley Energy, Kelli manages procurement, scheduling, forecasting, and hedging while identifying opportunities for sustainability. She was key in launching Shipley’s Carbon Neutral Natural Gas program for residential and commercial customers. Additionally, she leads the company’s emissions inventory efforts, having completed Scope 1 and 2 assessments and working toward incorporating Scope 3. A two-time Penn State graduate, Kelli holds a Master’s in Renewable Energy and Sustainability Systems and a Bachelor’s in Energy and Sustainability Policy. Kelli’s background in energy markets and sustainability grants her a unique perspective on the intersection of traditional energy infrastructure and the transition to a low-carbon future.

Pamela Goodwin represents clients in the energy, oil and gas, solid waste, agriculture and many other industries in matters involving environmental permitting, counseling and litigation. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience, Pamela assists with acquisition, development and siting of pipeline landfills, power plants, solar and wind projects from the firm’s offices in Princeton, New Jersey as well as Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pamela’s understanding of the complexities of securing government approvals is informed by her own current and past connections to government. She is a member of the New Jersey Clean Water Council, which serves as an advisor to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and was chair in 2012 and 2013 and vice chair from 2008-2011. Early in her career, Pamela also served as special counsel to the Advisory Committee for Public Participation in Hazardous Waste Management in Pennsylvania, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Fernando Treviño is DEP’s Special Deputy Secretary for Environmental Justice. His work focuses on ensuring the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people with the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental policies, regulation, and laws; as well as with respect to the identification of environmental issues that affect the most vulnerable communities. Fernando has focused his entire career on working with vulnerable and underrepresented communities, advocating for immigrants’ rights, and empowering communities of color to have a voice in the political process and government. He joins DEP after having served as Pennsylvania State Director for NDRC and Pennsylvania Director of Constituency Outreach and Partnerships for For Our Future. He also served as Deputy Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant and Multicultural Affairs in Philadelphia, where, among other responsibilities, managed the City’s Language Access Program and acted as the Mayor’s liaison to the Commission on African and Caribbean Immigrant Affairs, Commission on Asian-American Affairs, and other diverse coalitions. Fernando graduated from the UANL School of Law in Mexico, and received a postgraduate certification on International and Comparative Law at Temple University’s James E. Beasley School of Law.

Mr. Levine is a shareholder in Dentons Cohen & Grigsby, PC, based in Pittsburgh. He works at the intersection of law, government and politics. With his extensive litigation and appellate experience, as well as his fluency with the governmental and regulatory process, Mr. Levine provides businesses, developers, government officials and organizations with a sophisticated, problem-solving approach to address issues such as land use and real estate development, environmental regulation and governmental permitting, administrative law and commercial matters. Mr. Levine chairs the firm’s Government Law and Regulatory Practices Group and its Appellate Advocacy Group and is a member of its Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Real Estate Groups and is a skilled courtroom and appellate advocate, as reflected by well over 150 published opinions from federal and state appellate courts. His outstanding record of success includes landmark decisions in election and redistricting law; land use and energy law, and various aspects of regulatory law, ranging from the constitutionality of the medical marijuana program; preemption issues involving federal, state and local law; the interplay between a state’s program to right-size fiscally distressed communities and collective bargaining statutes; the authority of public utility commissions to modify independent power contracts; and the tax status of colleges and universities. This experience – and his well-earned credibility and reputation with opposing counsel, judges, governmental officials and regulatory agencies – enhances his ability to negotiate and resolve matters, often avoiding the need to engage in litigation. Mr. Levine has served in leadership roles with numerous political campaigns for presidential, gubernatorial, senate and judicial candidates, and with transition teams for local and state elected officials. He recently served as Pennsylvania State Counsel to the 2024 Harris/Walz Presidential Campaign and served in the same capacity with the Biden/Harris Campaign in 2020. He also served as State Counsel for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama during their presidential campaigns. In 2022, Mr. Levine served as counsel in the congressional redistricting litigation and as counsel to the Democratic Senate Caucus in respect to the reapportionment of the Pennsylvania State Senate. He has served as a delegate in the last five national Democratic conventions, and twice as a presidential elector, in 2020, and in 2012, when he served as President of the Pennsylvania Electoral College. Governor Josh Shapiro recently appointed him to his transition team, focusing on economic development initiatives. An active member of Pittsburgh’s civic, legal and political communities, Mr. Levine has served on governmental commissions, including the Southwest Planning Commission, the Pittsburgh Planning Commission and the Pittsburgh Zoning Board, where he was instrumental in redrafting Pittsburgh’s zoning code to reflect the contemporary landscape of modern cities. He has acted as counsel to numerous municipal authorities, including the Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority, the Pittsburgh Urban Redevelopment Authority, and the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue. Mr. Levine is a member of the Academy of Trial Lawyers and the Litigation Counsel of America. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court appointed him to the Pennsylvania CLE Board, where he served for six years, including as Chair from 2017-2021. As Chair, he initiated and implemented a statewide diversity and inclusion program and worked with the state Supreme Court to adjust the delivery of courses during Covid-19. Mr. Levine also serves as a federal and court-appointed special master, mediator and arbitrator. Mr. Levine has been recognized as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for two decades. In 2024 and 2025, he was recognized as one of the top 50 lawyers in Pittsburgh and was recently identified as the best Land Use attorney in Pittsburgh. He is regularly listed in The Best Lawyers in America© and enjoys the highest ratings, both substantively and ethically in Martindale-Hubbell (AV), where he is a top-rated lawyer for Energy, Environmental and Land Use Law. He was recently nominated by his peers as one of Philadelphia Magazine’s top attorneys in Pittsburgh. Mr. Levine is a graduate of Duke Law School and the State University of New York at Albany, magna cum laude.