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Executive Director

Tim is PEER’s Executive Director, leveraging more than 30 years of experience working on environmental issues with governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and community groups. Prior to joining PEER, he was a senior attorney at the United States Environmental Protection Agency and was head of the Law and Policy Program at the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation in Montreal, Canada. He has worked as a consultant for companies on environmental compliance issues, and with nonprofit organizations focusing on clean energy issues. Most recently, he was executive director of Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility, a health advocacy group working to address climate change, toxics pollution, and nuclear disarmament issues. Tim’s interest is in the intersection of science, policy, and civil service. He believes in protecting employees who raise concerns about their workplace and in exposing undue influence on government for private gain. He holds a JD and BA from Emory University and an MA from New York University.

PEERMail | Stop Scamming Federal Wildlife Aid

by Susan Sargent | December 13, 2022
PEER’s work in Alaska is part of a broader effort to end federal support for ruinous and cruel wildlife management practices that are on the rise throughout the U.S ...

PEERMail | Banning Lead Ammunition in National Parks

by Susan Sargent | November 29, 2022
One of the great tragedies of lead ammunition is the widespread poisoning it causes to wildlife ...

PEERMail | Are Wild Horses to Blame for Failing Rangeland Health?

by Susan Sargent | November 14, 2022
BLM must address overgrazing on public lands and stop scapegoating wild horses for failing land health ...

PEERMail | What This Election Means

by Susan Sargent | October 31, 2022
It's easy to become jaded about elections but climate change efforts, public lands protection, and regulation of toxic chemicals are on the ballot ...

PEERMail | Ending a Culture of Reprisal at USGS

by Susan Sargent | October 17, 2022
We are here to protect scientists like Evi Emmenegger who was fired after reporting dangerous biosafety breaches at a wildlife disease laboratory ...

PEERMail | Shocking News on Pesticides

by Tim Whitehouse | October 3, 2022
PEER is urgently asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ban the use of PFAS in pesticides ...
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