With more than 30 years of experience working at the intersection of public policy and consumer advocacy, Erik D. Olson currently directs NRDC s advocacy initiatives on health, food, and agriculture, including campaigns on drinking water protection, toxins in products and the environment, pesticides, food additives, antibiotics, and efforts related to agriculture and climate change. For 15 years, he worked as a senior attorney at NRDC and as the director of its Advocacy Center and Public Health program before leaving to serve as general counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Later, he oversaw food safety and other food-related work at The Pew Charitable Trusts; he rejoined NRDC in 2013. Olson s work has led to the first major overhaul of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration s food safety laws in more than 70 years, as well as revamped laws protecting the nation s drinking water and food supply from pesticides. He holds degrees from Columbia Univers
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RICHMOND - With tremendous sadness and heavy hearts, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Robert M. Blue and Lead Director Robert H. Spilman, Jr., of Dominion Energy, Inc. (NYSE: D), announced today the passing of Thomas F. Farrell, II.
Mr. Farrell, who served as the company s chairman, president and chief executive officer from 2007 to 2020, was 66. He had been battling cancer, which took a sudden turn in recent weeks. Tom was a peerless mentor and outstanding leader who sought to find innovative solutions to challenges at Dominion Energy, in the utility industry and in the community he called home, said Blue, who came to the company in 2005. In his tenure at the company, Tom oversaw an era of prosperity and growth, and a long-term transformation that will have a lasting impact on clean energy development and on the health of the environment. Above all else, he loved spending time with his wife, his sons and their spouses, and his grandchildre
Students advocating for accessible gender-neutral restrooms at UVA School of Law UVA School of Law (Source: WVIR) By Rachel Hirschheimer | April 5, 2021 at 3:10 PM EDT - Updated April 5 at 8:43 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - There are currently eight gender-neutral restrooms inside the University of Virginia School of Law building, but some students say theyâre not easily accessible in between classes and need to be moved.
âOn one hand, itâs a dignity problem. Itâs an issue of them sending the wrong message to trans-students that we donât belong and that we should hide,â UVA School of Law student Chloe Fife said.
Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Robin Carnahan as Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA).
Robin Carnahan, Nominee
as Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA)
Robin Carnahan is the former Secretary of State of Missouri and from 2016-20 founded and led the State and Local Government Practice at 18F, a tech consultancy inside the US government General Services Administration. She is a nationally recognized government technology leader and in 2017 was named one of the federal government’s “Top Women in Tech.” Carnahan is currently a Fellow at Georgetown University’s Beeck Center where she co-founded the State Software Collaborative.
Biden to nominate Robin Carnahan as administrator of General Services Administration
President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he plans to nominate former Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan as administrator of the General Services Administration, a powerful position whose previous occupant played a role in his delayed transition to the presidency.
Carnahan worked at GSA between 2016 and 2020, where she “founded and led the State and Local Government Practice at 18F, a tech consultancy inside the US government General Services Administration,” according to the White House announcement.
Carnahan is a fellow at Georgetown University’s Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation. She co-founded the center’s State Software Collaborative, which works with state agencies to streamline and share use of general services software.