Gene Karpinski

Gene Karpinski

Gene Karpinski (born January 14, 1952) is the current president of the League of Conservation Voters, the independent political voice of the environment.

Karpinski is a graduate of Brown University and Georgetown University Law Center. Upon receipt of his J.D. in 1977, Karpinski joined Congress Watch, a division of Public Citizen, as field director. He continued in that role until 1981, when he moved on to a position as executive director with the Colorado Public Interest Research Group. After a stint with People For the American Way as field director, Karpinski became the executive director of United States Public Interest Research Group in 1984, a position he held for 21 years.

He joined the League of Conservation Voters on May 12, 2006.

External links

* [http://www.lcv.org League of Conservation Voters]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=29MRiXuc4DM Karpinski discusses 2008 Presidential Primaries on NewsHour (Part 1)]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=KDLjBfdyJ3Y Karpinski discusses the 2008 Presidential Primaries on NewsHour (Part 2)]


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