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Alan D. Hecht, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S.A.
Dr. Hecht is Director for Sustainable Development in the Office of Research and Development, at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In this role he leads planning and implementation of EPA science and technology research for sustainable development and bio-energy. On detail to the White House, from 2001 to 2003 he was Associate Director for Sustainable Development at the Council on Environmental Quality (2002–2003) and Director of International Environmental Affairs for the National Security Council (2001–2002) where he served as White House lead on issues related to environment and sustainable development and coordinator for preparations for the World Summit on Sustainable Development. At EPA from 1989 to 2001, he served as the Deputy Assistant Administrator for International Activities and Acting Assistant Administrator for International Activities from 1992 to 1994. Before joining EPA, Dr. Hecht was Director of the National Climate Program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (1981–1989) and Director of the Climate Dynamics Program at the National Science Foundation (1976–1981).
Dr Hecht has a PhD in Geology from Case Western Reserve University. His most recent publications are: EPA at 40: Bringing Environmental Protection into the 21st Century , ES&T, 209, 43, 8716-8720. (With Joseph Fiksel, Thomas Graedel, David Rejeski, Gary Sayler, Peter Senge, Deborah Swackhamer and Thomas Theis.); Government Perspective on Sustainability, Chemical Engineering Progress, January 2009, 41-46, and The next level of level of environmental protection: business strategies and government policies converging on sustainability, Sustainable Development Law and Policy, Fall 2007, 19-25.
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