BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:48@midwestawma.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190904T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190904T093000 DTSTAMP:20190725T201402Z URL:https://midwestawma.org/events/september-epn/ SUMMARY:Midwest A&WMA September Monthly Meeting - Environmental Protection Network DESCRIPTION:[ics_download]\n\n[open_location_map]\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n  \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nProgram details\n\nMark Hague will discus s the work of the Environmental Protection Network (EPN).\n\nThe Environme ntal Protection Network was launched in January 2017 to harness the expert ise of former EPA career staff and confirmation-level appointees from mult iple administrations to provide an informed and rigorous defense against e fforts to undermine the protection of public health and the environment.\n \nEPN volunteer scientists\, attorneys\, engineers\, economists\, and othe rs are uniquely qualified to analyze and explain the dire consequences of proposed EPA budget cuts\, regulatory rollbacks and policies and legislati ve actions.\n\nMark Hague\, EPN Board Member\n\nIn January 2017\, Mark Hag ue retired as Regional Administrator of EPA Region 7 after 37 years at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington\, D.C. and Kansas City. Mar k was appointed Region 7 Regional Administrator in November 2015\, after h aving served as EPA Region 7 Deputy Regional Administrator since 2011. In addition\, from September to December 2014\, Mark served as Acting Deputy Chief Financial Officer at EPA.\n\nAs Regional Administrator\, Mark led Re gion 7’s 500+ professional and technical employees responsible for imple menting environmental programs in Missouri\, Iowa\, Nebraska and Kansas an d nine Native American Tribes. He served as the primary liaison to the pub lic and elected officials in the Region. Mark worked with State and local environmental leaders to ensure environmental and health protections throu ghout the region\, and engaged citizen groups and non-governmental organiz ations on EPA program issues. Mark served as a member of the EPA\, State a nd Tribal E-Enterprise for the Environment governing board which worked to modernize systems supporting environmental program implementation across the nation.\n\nAs Deputy Regional Administrator\, Mark was instrumental in implementing approaches to streamline and modernize business practices in Region 7\; an approach that was adopted across EPA. During his EPA career \, Mark held a variety of leadership positions including Director of the R egion 7 Enforcement Coordination Office\, Acting Assistant Administrator f or Policy and Management\, and Senior Indian Program Manager.\nLimited-Tim e Offer\nWe are encouraging you to bring a guest to our monthly educationa l meetings.  You may bring one guest for free.  When you register below\ , select 1 for yourself and 1 for Guest of another attendee.  Please add your guest's name in the comment box.\n\nIf you are paying by check\, sele ct Pay at the door under Bookings.  Fill in the required fields and then click on the blue SUBMIT YOUR BOOKING button near the bottom of the page.\ n\n\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nPlease bring your check to the mee ting. CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings LOCATION:Matt Ross Community Center\, 8101 Marty Street\, Overland Park\, K S\, 66204\, United States GEO:38.9822845;-94.66922260000001 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=8101 Marty Street\, Overlan d Park\, KS\, 66204\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Matt Ross C ommunity Center:geo:38.9822845,-94.66922260000001 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR