Canada
Council Member
Jim Prentice was elected to the House of Commons in 2004 and re-elected in 2006 and 2008. He was named Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians in February 2006 and Minister of Industry in August 2007.
A lawyer by profession, Mr. Prentice has specialized in property rights and has focused on relocations, environmental protection suits and restricted development areas. He also served as a commissioner of the Indian Specific Claims Commission of Canada for 10 years and is recognized by his peers as an expert in land claims negotiations. Mr. Prentice travelled to South Africa twice as an expert advisor on how to protect property rights in that country’s new constitution.
Mr. Prentice graduated from the University of Alberta and holds a law degree from Dalhousie University.
Mr. Prentice has lived in Calgary for over 20 years with his wife Karen and their three daughters.
The Honourable Jim Prentice
Minister of the Environment
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
10 Wellington Street, 28th Floor
Gatineau, Quebec
K1A 0H3
Tel: (819) 997-1441
Fax: (819) 953-0279
Alternate Representative
David McGovern
International Affairs Branch
Environment Canada
15-1540, 200 Sacré-Coeur
Fontaine Building
Gatineau (Québec)
Canada K1A OH3
Tel: (819) 934-6020
Fax: (819) 997-0199
General Standing Committee
Anna Albovias
Americas Directorate
International Affairs Branch
15-1540, 200 Sacré-Coeur
Fontaine Building
Gatineau (Québec)
Canada K1A OH3
Tel.: (819) 994-4747
Fax: (819) 997-0199
E-mail: anna.albovias@ec.gc.ca
Mexico
Council Member
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090109015328im_/http://cec.org/who_we_are/council/members/images/elvira.jpg) Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada was born in Mexico City, Federal District, 11 April 1958.
Graduated as an agricultural engineeer from the Undergraduate Faculty, Cuautitlan Campus, associated wtih the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; received a master’s degree in agricultural engineering (agricultural mechanization) from the Cranfield Institute of Technology, Bedfordshire, England.
Served as president of the board of the Parque Nacional “Barranca del Cupatitzio,” from April 1997 to July 1998.
Municipal president in city hall of Uruapan, Michoacán, from January 1999 to December 2001.
Representative from Profepa to the state of Michoacán from April 2001 to September 2003.
Director General for the Primary and Natural Renewable Resources Sector (Semarnat) from September 2003 to June 2004.
Undersecretary for Development and Environmental Standardization of Semarnat from June 2004 to June 2005.
Since 1 July 2005, he has served as subprocurator for industrial inspection for the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa).
Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada
Secretario
Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y
Recursos Naturales
Periférico Sur No. 4209, 6° piso
Colonia Jardines en la Montaña
14210, México D.F., México
Tel: (52 555) 628-0602
Fax: (52 555) 628-0643
Alternate Representative
Lic. Enrique Lendo Fuentes
Titular de la Unidad Coordinadora de Asuntos Internacionales
Blv. Adolfo Ruiz Cortínez No. 4209, Piso 1, Ala A
Colonia Jardines en la Montaña
Delegación Tlalpan
México D.F.
C.P. 01900
Tel.: (52 555) 628-3906
Fax: (52 555) 628-0694
Courriel: enrique.lendo@semarnat.gob.mx
General Standing Committee
Carlos Muñoz Villarreal
Director General Adjunto de Cooperación Internacional
Unidad Coordinadora de Asuntos Internacionales
Blv. Adolfo Ruiz Cortínez No. 4209, Piso 1, Ala "A"
Colonia Jardines en la Montaña
Delegación Tlalpan
México, DF 14210
México
Tel: (52 555) 628-3908
Fax: (52 555) 628-0694
E-mail: carlos.munozv@semarnat.gob.mx
United States
Council Member
Stephen L. Johnson became Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on 29 April 2005. He assumed the position with the stated goal of promoting and maintaining the utilization of sound science while using collaborative, innovative approaches to solving environmental problems.
Mr. Johnson has been a part of the EPA for 24 years, holding several senior level positions including Assistant Administrator of EPA’s Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances (OPPTS). He has received numerous awards and commendations, capped in 2001 when Mr. Johnson received the Presidential Rank Award for distinguished executives for sustained extraordinary accomplishments, the highest award that can be given to a civilian federal employee.
Prior to joining the EPA, Mr. Johnson served as the Director of Operations at Hazelton Laboratories Corporation and Litton Bionetics, Inc. He received a B.A. in Biology from Taylor University in Indiana and an M.S. in Pathology from George Washington University, Washington, DC.
Administrator Stephen L. Johnson
Physical address (Fedex):
EPA Administrator
US Environmental Protection Agency
1300 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Room 31225
Washington, DC 20004
Mailing address:
US EPA Headquarters
Ariel Rios Building
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Mail Code 1102A
Washington, DC
USA 20460
Tel.: (202) 564-4700
Fax: (202) 565-2407
Correo-e: johnson.stephen@epa.gov
Alternate Representative
Scott Fulton
Physical Address (Fedex):
Acting Assistant Administrator
Office of International Affairs
US Environmental Protection Agency
1300 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Room 31225
Washington, DC 20004
Mailing Address:
Ariel Rios Building
Mail code 2610R
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20460
Tel: (202) 564-6600
Fax: (202) 565-2407
E-mail: fulton.scott@epa.gov
General Standing Committee
Sylvia Correa
Physical Address (Fedex):
CEC Team Leader
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1300 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
Mailing Address:
Ronald Reagan Building
Mail code 2660R
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC 20460
Tel.: (202) 564-6443
Fax: (202) 565-2411
Email: correa.sylvia@epamail.epa.gov
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