David Van't Hof
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David VAN'T HOF, Sustainability Advisor, Office of Governor Ted Kulongoski, Oregon, États-Unis
David Van't Hof is the sustainability and renewable energy policy advisor for Governor Kulongoski. Mr. Van't Hof will be implementing the Governor's Executive Order on sustainability, the Governor's three state climate change initiative, and fostering the development of renewable energy and associated technologies in Oregon. He previously served as Governor Kulongoski's natural resources advisor on water, energy and land use issues. Prior to working for the Governor, Mr. Van't Hof was a private sector attorney who focused on natural resources, land use, and administrative law, with an emphasis on major project permitting and water rights. He advised clients on complex regulatory matters such as environmental and siting issues for projects including natural gas, wind, and hydroelectric facilities. He also assisted a variety of public and private clients with National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act, water rights, and water quality issues and represents several clients in the Klamath Basin Water Rights Adjudication and in contested cases before the Water Resources Department. Mr. Van't Hof was also a former clerk for then Supreme Court Justice Ted Kulongoski. He graduated cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School and was Phi Beta Kappa at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. He also attended the Institute for European Studies in Vienna, Austria and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal, West Africa. His past professional activities include: member of the Oregon Water Resources Congress, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Oregon State Bar Environmental and Natural Resources Section, Administrative Law Section, and Indian Law Section, Community Water Supply Task Force, organized by the Oregon Water Resources Commission; board member, African Refugee and Immigrant Network of Oregon; founder and former board member and board president, Hands On Portland; volunteer immigration attorney, Sponsors Organized to Assist Refugees; chair of Large Firm Associates Committee, Campaign for Equal Justice. He has authored on the National Environmental Policy Act, Environmental and Natural Resources Law (OSB 2002) and coauthored on Mining, Environmental and Natural Resources Law (OSB 2002). |
Conférence 24 - 26 octobre
