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Environmental Justice, Air Quality, and Public Speaking with Chris Whitehead

October 13, 2023 • Chris Whitehead • Episode 139

Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick!

On today’s episode, we talk with Chris Whitehead, Leader of ESI’s air compliance practice about Environmental Justice, Air Quality, and Public Speaking. Read his full bio below.

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Showtimes:
2:56 Nic & Laura talk about employment gaps
9:56 Interview with Chris Whitehead starts
18:49 Environmental Justice
24:30 Air Quality
28:53 Public Speaking

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Guest Bio:

Chris Whitehead is the leader of ESI’s air compliance practice. He has fifteen years of air quality compliance management consulting experience and has been a national client manager for multiple Fortune 500 companies across numerous sectors. Chris most recently has been heavily involved with environmental justice regulatory developments and has led the air teams for commercial offshore wind projects in New England and the Mid-Atlantic. Over the past 17 years he has been published numerous times in various outlets on the topics of environmental justice, the New Jersey EJ law, and offshore wind project development.

He has an M.S. in Environmental Management and Policy from American Public University, a B.A. in Political Science from Loyola University of Chicago, and a Sustainability Program Management certificate through Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Chris lives in southern New Jersey with his wife and two young children, ages six and four.

Music Credits
Intro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace Mesa
Outro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs Muller

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