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Langdon Marsh is currently a Fellow with the National Policy Consensus Center at Portland State University, where he works with state governments and others on collaborative problem solving for various regional and local issues like watersheds and sustainability.  He also is a consultant for Climate Neutral Network.  In 2001, he worked for Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber identifying and assisting projects which demonstrate sustainability, using broad partnerships with business, nonprofits and government.  Between 1995 and 2000, he was Director of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.  Mr. Marsh has been extensively involved with natural resource and environmental management issues since 1973. Until 1995, he served as commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, charged with protecting and managing New York’s environment and natural resources. He also held a variety of positions with that agency beginning in 1973, including General Counsel and Executive Deputy Commissioner.  From 1979-83 he was Director of the Governmental Law Center, Albany Law School of Union University, a research and educational institute that concentrates on issues affecting state and local government in New York.  Mr. Marsh’s public service background dates back to 1966, when he spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia after earning a law degree from Harvard Law School.  He also holds a B.A. from Harvard College in history and literature.
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