scientific integrity

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 | Help Shape Our Election Year Strategy

by Elizabeth Duan | January 9, 2024
Help us shape our election year strategy as the right works to implement Project 2025 to gut the civil service and harm the environment ...

CPSC Scientific Integrity Plan Has a Screw Loose

by Susan Sargent | November 27, 2023
Consumer Product Safety Commission Seeks to Muzzle Its Researchers ...

NIH’s Science Integrity Plan Has Missing and Misplaced Pieces

by Susan Sargent | November 6, 2023
Draft Policy Faulted as Incomplete, Inconsistent, and Essentially Ineffective ...

Dr. Peter Corkeron: Fighting to Save the North Atlantic Right Whales

by Susan Sargent | October 5, 2023
Dr. Corkeron faced enormous pressure during his time at NOAA, to not document and generally suppress concerns over the population management of North Atlantic Right Whales ...

COMMENTARY | White House Censorship in the Name of Scientific Integrity

by Tim Whitehouse | October 2, 2023
There is good reason to fear that a new Biden administration policy will create a broad chilling effect on scientific work involving hot button topics ...
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