Director of the Office of Policy Analysis and Review,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Washington, D.C.

"In the fall of 1973, I entered the WWS undergraduate program, hoping to develop the skills I would need for a public service career. Two years did not even begin to exhaust the opportunities provided by the School, so I decided to continue in the graduate program where I benefitted greatly from coursework in economics, politics, and administrative leadership.

"I was also able to participate in a task force on policy responses to the 1973 Oil Embargo, work at the New Jersey State Energy Office, publish an article on the future of the electric utility industry, provide consulting services to a National Academy of Public Administration panel on energy facility siting, and help with the selection of Rockefeller Public Service Award winners in the area of energy and the environment.

"Princeton and WWS provided me with the tools and experience I needed to succeed in public policy work. And, thanks to the School's Office of Graduate Career Services and its incredible array of alumni contacts, I was able to turn those experiences into a position in the Policy Office at the Environmental Protection Agency--a job that enabled me to play a role in a public policy success story: the enactment and implementation of the Clean Air Act of 1990. The dramatic reductions in pollution from power plants, cars, trucks, buses, and factories are saving tens of thousands of lives and preventing hundreds of thousands of illnesses each year.

"Much of this success stems from the pioneering use of public policy innovations such as negotiated rulemakings, market–based systems and other economic incentives, and an emphasis on promoting technology innovation.

"In my years at WWS, I especially enjoyed the opportunity to learn from (and play softball and tennis with) a talented and fun group of fellow students. And, when the opportunity arose to help develop the new Clean Air Act, I was able to convince my best friend from those days, John Beale M.P.A. '77, to join me in the effort. We are now both senior managers at the EPA, having worked together at the agency for close to 20 years. I will always be grateful to the Woodrow Wilson School for enabling me to work with exceptional people on a set of fascinating and important public policy challenges."