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PLENARY SPEAKERS

Robert Glennon, Morris K. Udall Professor of Law and Public policy, Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona

2Robert Glennon has a Ph.D. in history from Brandeis University and a J.D. from Boston College Law School.  He currently serves as the Director for University of Arizona Water Law and Policy Initiatives and as a member of the University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center.  Robert is the the author of many articles and books, including the acclaimed Water Follies:  Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of America’s Fresh Waters (2002) and Unquenchable: America’s Water Crisis and What To Do About It (April 2009).

Sam D. Hamilton, Director
US Fish and Wildlife Service

Sam D. Hamilton is the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Washington, DC.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish and wildlife and their habitats for the benefit of the American people.

As Director, Sam provides vision and leadership for Service activities across the United States and its territories.  He also oversees the management of the National Wildlife Refuge System, the National Fish Hatchery System, as well as the network of field assistance and ecological services offices.  Prior to his confirmation as Director earlier this year, Sam was Southeastern Regional Director for more than 10 years.  His career with the Service spans more than 30 years.

Sam’s career in conservation began with his early experience in the Youth Conservation Corps at Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge in Mississippi.  He is a native of Starkville, Mississippi, and a 1977 graduate of Mississippi State University.    He enjoys spending time in the outdoors with his family and is an avid hunter and angler.

Director Hamilton will share his department’s vision for the addressing Limited Resources, Unlimited Potential.

 

Brian Czech, President, Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE)

Brian Czech has a Ph.D. in renewable natural resources from the University of Arizona and is a certified wildlife biologist.  He applies his training and experience to economic issues, especially macroeconomic policy.  He has 20 years of experience in federal, state, and tribal governments with duties ranging from firefighting to managing elk herds to developing national conservation policies.  Brian is also a visiting assistant professor at Virginia Tech University, where he teaches ecological economics and endangered species policy.  A prolific author, Brian wrote the book Shoveling Fuel for a Runaway Train, which calls for an end to reckless economic growth.

The founding president of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE), Czech encourages fellow biologists to sign the CASSE position on economic growth at http://www.steadystate.org/CASSEPositionOnEG.html .  With a diverse list of dignitary signatories such as E.O. Wilson, David Suzuki, Vandana Shiva, Chris Matthews, and Jonathon Porritt, the CASSE position will figure prominently in reforming economic policy goals in the coming decades.  Herman Daly, the leading figure in ecological economics, has called CASSE "the foremost organization in advancing the precepts of the steady state economy to citizens and policy makers.”