James L. Connaughton

James L. Connaughton

Office of Environmental Policy, which oversees the development of environmental policy, coordinates interagency implementation of environmental programs, and mediates key policy disagreements among Federal agencies, state, tribal and local governments and private citizens.

Education

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Early career

Connaughton began his career working on behalf of asbestos victims who worked in the major construction trades.

Prior to joining the Bush Administration, Connaughton was a partner in the law firm Sidley Austin LLP, in its Environmental Practice Group, covering a wide range of environmental policy issues, such as environmental management and compliance assurance systems, legislation, regulation, international trade and standards, and ecological risk and natural resource damages assessment.

From 1993 until 2001, Connaughton served as one of the lead U.S. negotiators of the ISO 14000 series of international environmental consensus standards. He also worked with officials from U.S. EPA, California EPA, and the Environmental Law Institute to help form the Multi-State Work Group on Environmental Management Systems ("MSWG"). [cite web| url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/connaugton-bio.html| title=James L. ConnaughtonChairman, Council on Environmental Quality| publisher=Whitehouse.gov| accessdate=2007-06-06]

Bush Administration

action plan and international partnerships for sustainable development; and implementation of modernized environmental management systems across the federal government.

Connaughton has extensive experience helping organizations large and small become responsible environmental stewards through effective environmental management and compliance assurance systems. This work has covered the electronics, transportation, consumer products, home improvement, energy management, and mining sectors, in North America, Mexico, Venezuela and Asia. [cite web| url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/connaugton-bio.html| title=James L. ConnaughtonChairman, Council on Environmental Quality| publisher=Whitehouse.gov| accessdate=2007-06-06]

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