NOAA

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.

National Strategy to Avoid Whale Ship Strikes Proposed

by Susan Sargent | March 15, 2023
Increase in Ship Size and Traffic Drive Whales to Extinction in U.S. Waters ...

US budget riders compromise conservation

by Kyla Bennett | February 28, 2023
The use of appropriations riders as shortcuts to pass policies to circumvent environmental laws put endangered species at risk ...

Congressional Rider Condemns Right Whale to Extinction

by Susan Sargent | February 27, 2023
In Letter Featured in Science, Experts Decry Entanglement Protections Delay ...

NOAA Passes the Buck on Alaska Crab Fishery Collapses

by Susan Sargent | November 16, 2022
Denies Blame for Wildly Inflated Population Estimates Causing Overfishing ...

COMMENTARY | Saving Species Under Threat

by Tim Whitehouse | November 15, 2022
Protecting biodiversity and endangered species such as the North Atlantic Right Whale is one of the great challenges of our time ...
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