Biography
Dr. White received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in agronomy from the University of Maryland, a B.S. degree in biology from George Mason College of the University of Virginia, and a J.D. degree from the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University. For 20 years he practiced environmental law as a Partner and Counsel at several law firms in Washington, DC and was cited by Washingtonian magazine in 2004 as one of the top environmental lawyers in Washington. His other professional experience includes 10 years as the Director of Regulatory Affairs for a trade association and 10 years as a Department Manager at an environmental and engineering consulting firm, where he managed multidisciplinary regulatory support contracts for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and other clients. As a research scientist for the State of Maryland and the USDA, he conducted environmental and agricultural research at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center for 7 years. Dr. White is the author and co-author of over 20 publications on legal and scientific subjects, including book chapters titled Civil Enforcement Authority under the Clean Water Act for the ABA handbook Environmental Litigation, and The Physiology of Metal Toxicity in Plants for the Annual Review of Plant Physiology. Dr. White has participated in the ENPM program periodically as a Lecturer since 2003 and was awarded an Outstanding Teaching Award in 2009.