Policy Experience of the Faculty

Faculty of the Department have held some of the most prominent positions in government responsible for agricultural and environmental policy.

• Senior Staff Economist, President's Council of Economic Advisors
  Bob Chambers 1985-1986
  Howard Leathers 1992-1993
  Erik Lichtenberg 1993-1994
  John List (Adjunct) 2002-2003

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board
  Anna Alberini 2003-2009
  Maureen Cropper (Affiliate) 1997-2006
  John List (Adjunct) 2001

• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Environmental Economics Working Group
  Rob Williams (Faculty Research Fellow, 2000-2008; Research Associate, 2008-present)
  Maureen Cropper (Affiliate, UMCP Econ) (Research Associate, 2007-present)
  John List (Adjunct) (Faculty Research Fellow, 2003-2005; Research Associate 2005-present)

• Resources for the Future, Senior Fellows
  Rob Williams
  Maureen Cropper (Affiliate, UMCP Econ)

• Service in other U.S. organizations and government agencies
  Jim Hanson: National Research Council Committee, Twenty-First Century Systems Agriculture, 2010
  Doug Lipton: Cooperatives in Aquaculture, Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center, 2010
  Lori Lynch: Economic Research Service, USDA, 1989-1991; Maryland Biomass Harvesting and Market Analysis Steering Committee, 2009-2010; BAYSTAT Program Scientific Advisory Panel, 2008-present
  Rob Williams: National Academies Panel, Effects of Provisions in the Internal Revenue Code on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 2011-present.