Marianne Lamont Horinko

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Marianne Lamont Horinko served as Acting Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from July 14, 2003 to November 5, 2003 during the first term of U.S. President George W. Bush. Prior to this appointment Ms. Horinko was Assistant Administrator for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) at U.S. EPA since being confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 1, 2001. She continued on as Assistant Administrator until June 1, 2004. Ms. Horinko, an author and speaker on environmental cleanup policy, is currently The President of the Horinko Group, an environmental consulting firm focused on sustainability.

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[edit] Biography

Ms. Horinko is an alumna of the University of Maryland, College Park (B.S. in analytical chemistry, 1982) and Georgetown University Law School (J.D., 1986). She is married and has two children.

During her tenure as Assistant Administrator, Ms. Horinko refocused the goals of her office around five major priorities: Homeland Security/Emergency Response; One Cleanup Program; Land Revitalization; Energy Recovery, Recycling & Waste Minimization; a Retail Environmental Initiative (the Resource Conservation Challenge) and Workforce Development. Following the events of September 11, she spent her first few months at EPA in the role of assisting in environmental cleanup activities at Ground Zero in lower Manhattan, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Capitol due to anthrax contamination.

In 2003, as National Program manager, she oversaw EPA’s response to the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. The Brownfields program was signed into law by President Bush in 2002. Under her leadership, the budget for the Brownfields program has doubled.

Prior to joining EPA, Ms. Horinko was President of Clay Associates, Inc., a national environmental policy consulting firm. She was responsible for launching the RCRA Policy Forum, a membership organization composed of federal and state governments, environmental groups, Hill staff, and industries interested in furthering constructive dialogue to improve the nation's waste programs.

During the first Bush Administration, Ms. Horinko was Attorney Advisor to Don Clay, EPA's Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response. In that capacity she was responsible for RCRA regulatory issues and Superfund reauthorization. Ms. Horinko was also an attorney at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, involved in the areas of pesticides and hazardous waste counseling, Clean Water Act and Superfund litigation, and environmental audits in connection with business transactions. She was responsible for both the Superfund Settlements Project and the Information Network for Superfund Settlements, a policy group of over 120 companies, law firms, and other organizations headquartered in ML&B's Washington office.

[edit] Current Work

Marianne Horinko is the Executive Vice President of the Global Environment and Technology Foundation. She works with a diverse base of public and private clients, including three Fortune 100 Companies.

[edit] Source

  • EPA Biography[1]

[edit] External links

  • The Global Environment and Technology Foundation (GETF) [2]