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THOMAS J. GIBSON NAMED AS COUNSEL TO ADMINISTRATOR AND ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR POLICY, ECONOMICS AND INNOVATION
Release Date: 03/09/2001
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2001
THOMAS J. GIBSON NAMED AS COUNSEL TO ADMINISTRATOR AND ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR POLICY, ECONOMICS AND INNOVATION
Bonnie Piper 202-564-4355 or e-mail: piper.bonnie@epa.gov
Bonnie Piper 202-564-4355 or e-mail: piper.bonnie@epa.gov
Thomas J. Gibson will have dual responsibility as counselor to EPA Administrator Christie Whitman and as the Agency’s Associate Administrator for Policy, Economics and Innovation. He brings to the Agency experience in various environmental areas. Since 1995, Gibson served as the Majority Deputy Staff Director and Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works where he was responsible for the overall team management on water, air and transportation issues. From 1993 to 1995, Gibson was a Senior Associate at Don Clay and Associates, an environmental policy firm in Washington, D.C., where he analyzed and reported on judicial, regulatory and legislative developments affecting areas involving hazardous and solid wastes, and air pollution. From 1991 to 1993, he served in the first Bush Administration in EPA’s Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs as a liaison with Congress on RCRA and Superfund, oil pollution, energy conservation and Clean Air Act Issues. From 1985 to 1990 Gibson was an engineer and program manager with the Raytheon Company in Portsmouth, R.I. Gibson also served in the U.S. Navy from 1979 to 1995. His civic activities from 1986 to 1990 include participating as a member of the Newport City (R.I.) Planning Board and a member of the Aquidneck Island (R.I.) Regional Planning Commission, where he coordinated planning activities for the regional water authority and the siting of waste disposal and energy facilities. Gibson received a Bachelor of Science in Naval Architecture in 1979 from the United States Naval Academy, a Masters of Marine Affairs from the University of Rhode Island in 1989, and graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1994. Gibson resides in Alexandria, Va., with his wife and two children.
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