Director, NEON, Inc. Board of Directors: Margaret Strand

Peggy Strand concentrates on counseling, government relations and litigation in environmental programs. She is well known for her work in federal wetlands law and environmental compliance for infrastructure projects. Ms. Strand has substantial experience advising on the regulatory requirements of federal and state law, including natural resources, endangered species, climate change and pollution control. Ms. Strand was Chief of the Environmental Defense Section in the U.S. Justice Department, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, from 1984 to 1991, having served as a Justice Department attorney since 1976. There, she supervised attorneys conducting litigation involving the regulatory programs of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. She worked on federal environmental policy issues involving Congress and the Executive branch, including the White House, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Council on Environmental Quality. She works regularly with federal agencies and Congressional offices on matters of environmental policy. Ms. Strand chairs the Environmental Law Committee of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences, and has served on the Academy’s Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology. She has also participated in various Academy study committees evaluating environmental topics. She is past chair of the American Bar Association’s Water Quality and Wetlands Committee, Section on Environment, Energy and Resources Law (SEER) and serves on the ALI-ABA Advisory Committee on Environmental Law. In 2009, she was named to the advisory board for the Journal of Women and the Law. She has also served on the board of directors of the Environmental Law Institute, the Editorial Board of the Environmental Law Reporter and the Advisory Board for the National Wetlands News.