Dr. Read was appointed to the Hearing Board as a Public Member in June 2001. For
the three years prior to this appointment, he served on the Board as an
alternate public member.
For most of his career as an environmental attorney and policy analyst, Dr. Read
has worked on air quality issues. After graduating from law school at the
University of Texas and joining the State Bar of Texas in 1974, Dr. Read was a
hearing examiner for the Texas Water Rights Commission, and then an attorney for
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 6 in Dallas, Texas. At EPA,
he was responsible for enforcement of federal environmental laws affecting water
quality, hazardous waste management, and wetlands protection.
In 1980, Dr. Read moved to the Radian Corporation in Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina, as a policy analyst. He worked with the U.S. EPA Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards in the development of new source performance
standards, national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants, and
guidance documents for state implementation planning. He also analyzed
environmental legislation and regulations for private and public clients,
advised corporate clients on compliance programs, and designed air quality
regulatory programs for state and local governments. While working for Radian,
Dr. Read earned his doctorate in ecology from the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill in 1988.
Dr. Read returned to the practice of environmental law in 1990, joining the law
firm of Strasburger & Price as the firm’s principal environmental attorney
in Austin, Texas. Dr. Read’s practice covered a wide range of environmental
issues, including air emission compliance and permitting, toxic tort litigation,
real estate development, and hazardous waste management.
From 1997 to 2003, Dr. Read served as
Executive Director of Mullholland Tomorrow, an organization that advocates for
the preservation of open space and protection of the Santa Monica Mountains. He
also serves on the Advisory Committee of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy,
and on the Beach Bluffs Restoration Committee.
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