Robert R.M. Verchick

Robert Verchick is Deputy Associate Administrator of the Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He is currently on leave from Loyola University New Orleans, where he holds an endowed chair in environmental law. He is a graduate of Stanford University and of Harvard Law School. An expert in environmental law and in the developing field of disaster law, Mr. Verchick has taught at several American law schools as well as at universities in China and Denmark. His newest book, "Facing Catastrophe: Environmental Action for a Post-Katrina World," has just been released by Harvard University Press.