Protecting Public Employees

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.

TAKE ACTION | Protect America’s Farms and Food

by PEER | July 22, 2025
Letter calling on the House of Representatives to remove Section 507 from the Interior & Environment Appropriations Bill and allow EPA to complete and act on its Risk Assessment for PFAS in sludge ...

Does Trump’s Free Speech Order Protect Only Allies?

by PEER | July 8, 2025
EPA Employees Suspended for Exercising Rights Trump Pledged to Protect ...

Comment – Proposed Rule – “Suitability and Fitness”

by PEER | July 3, 2025
Comment to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in opposition to the Proposed Rule “Suitability and Fitness ...

Trump Blinks on Loyalty Oath Essays for Job Applicants

by PEER | July 2, 2025
Essays on Advancing Trump Agenda Will Not Be Mandatory or “Scored ...

TELL CONGRESS | Stop Efforts to Sell Our Public Lands

by PEER | June 20, 2025
Letter telling Congress to stop efforts to turn our public lands over to private commercial interests and environmental polluters ...

COMMENTARY | Trump’s First Months in Office: PEER’s Response

by Tim Whitehouse | June 11, 2025
PEER is working to protecting the integrity of the civil service and represent government employees under attack by the Trump administration ...
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