Biography

Education

• B.A. (English), magna cum laude, Princeton University, 1975
• J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1986

Employment

• Director of Legal Services, Natural Heritage Institute, San Francisco, 1991-present
• Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice, San Francisco, 1989-1991
• Attorney-Advisor, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 1986-1989

Professional Affiliations

• Member, Steering Committee, Bay-Delta Conservation Plan, 2006-present
• Chairman, Board of Directors, Low Impact Hydropower Institute, Portland ME, 1999-present
• Co-Chairman, Board of Directors, Agricultural Water Management Council, Sacramento CA, 1997-present
• Director, Pacific Forest and Watershed Lands Stewardship Council, San Mateo CA, 2004-present

Publications

• "Bankside San Jose", in Rivertown; Rethinking Urban Rivers, MIT Press, 2007
• Lessons from the Mono Lake Cases for Effective Management of Public Trust Resources, Southeastern Environmental Law Journal, Fall 2006
• A Plan to Restore the Public Trust Uses of Rivers and Creeks, Texas Law Review, June 2005
• A Perpetual Experiment to Restore and Manage Silicon Valley’s Guadalupe River, Golden Gate University Law Review, Spring 2005
• Rivers at Risk: A Citizen’s Guide to Hydropower, Island Press, 1989
• Voluntary Conveyance of the Right to Receive a Water Supply from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Ecology Law Quarterly, December 1986

Courses & Programs

Courses

• Environmental Law Workshop