David Schnare serves (pro bono) as the Director of the Center for Environmental Stewardship at the Thomas Jefferson Institute, Virginia’s premier independent public policy foundation. He is a Senior Attorney and Environmental Scientist in the Office of Regulatory Compliance at the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He holds an appointment to the Environmental Quality Advisory Council of Fairfax County, the largest urban county in the nation. He is CEO of Schnare and Associates, Inc., a professional corporation providing legal representation, legal and policy analysis and is Chairman of the Environmental and Land Use Committee of the Occoquan Watershed Coalition, an organization of 143 homeowners associations in western Fairfax County, Virginia.
Bringing his “balanced” environmental views to his community, Dr. Schnare Co-Chaired the Occoquan Watershed Task Force, a group appointed by the Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to make a thorough assessment on the status of the watershed and to make recommendation on how to ensure its continued protection.
Dr. Schnare’s honors include: Two Gold and four Bronze Medals from the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Vice President’s Hammer Award and multiple U.S. Department of Justice Certificates of Commendation. His academic achievements include Law Review at George Mason University School of Law; Inns of Court (GMUSL); Sigma Xi (Science Honorary); Delta Omega Service Award (Public Health Honorary); National Science Foundation Research Fellowship; LEGIS Fellowship; and the U.S. Public Health Fellowship. He is an Honorary Member of the Water Quality Association.
Dr. Schnare earned his JD in 1999 from George Mason University School of Law. While attending law school (and working full-time at EPA) he was the Hogan (Environmental) Essay winner and served on the Law Review and the Inns of Court. He graduated Cum Laude (Order of the Coif). He holds his PhD in Environmental Management from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, a Master of Science in Public Health-Environmental Science from the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, and a Bachelor’s Degree from Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa where he majored in chemistry and mathematics.
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Articles by David Schnare:
- Science Policy Needs a “Team B” – Part II, 09 Jun 2010 in Environment& Feature
- Science Policy Needs a “Team B” – Part I, 26 May 2010 in Environment& Top Story
- A Tea Party Environmental Platform, 12 May 2010 in Environment& Feature
- Virginia v. EPA, 03 Mar 2010 in Environment& Feature
- Progressive Environmentalism – The New Green is Pink?, 06 Jan 2010 in Environment& Feature
- Logic and Passion and the Chesapeake Bay, 28 Oct 2009 in Environment& Feature
- I Don’t Trust You, 25 Aug 2009 in Environment& Feature
- Watermelon Greening of Virginia, 30 Jun 2009 in Environment
- Which Way does Virginia’s Wind Blow?, 28 Apr 2009 in Energy& Feature
- Climate Change Family Feuds a Coming?, 03 Mar 2009 in Environment