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SUSAN B. KAPLAN

Outreach Activities Coordinator

Institute for Environmental Science and Policy
University of Illinois at Chicago
2121 W. Taylor St. (M/C 673)
Chicago, IL 60612
Telephone: 312-996-7055
Fax: 312-355-0760
E-mail: kaplans@uic.edu

Projects
Co-Investigator (with Rachel Weber of Urban Planning & Policy) on market study and policy analysis of building deconstruction and building material reuse in Chicago region. The report, “Market Analysis of Construction and Demolition Material Reuse in the Chicago Region,” was commissioned by the Delta Institute and funded by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

Principal Investigator on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Training, Research and Technical Assistance Grant, “Best Management Practices and Benefits of Sustainable Redevelopment of Brownfield Sites.” The five-year research and technical assistance project, involving seven researchers from UIC, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, as well as two technical advisors, will run from 2009 until 2013.

Leader of successful preparation and submission of grant application to Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for funding to expand UIC’s recycling program.

Appointments
2007 - present - Outreach Activities Coordinator, Institute for Environmental Science and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago
2002-2006 - Brownfields & Grants Coordinator, Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, Providence, RI
1997-2001 - Assistant Director, Harvard Electricity Policy Group, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1991-1997 Staff Attorney for Health and Safety Standards, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Division, Washington, DC

Education
1991, University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School, J.D.
1986, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, A.B. Psychology Major.

Additional Activities
Member, Evanston Environment Board – Apppointed 2008
Board Member, WalkBoston – 1999-2001

Professional Publications
Brownfields Law Takes Center Stage, Rhode Island Bar Journal, 13-16, May/June 2003.
Spread the Job of Cleaning the Air, Public Utilities Fortnightly139(12): 12-13, June 15, 2001.
Restructuring: The Story Continues, Forum For Applied Research and Public Policy 15(2): 6-11, Summer 2000.
Health Effects of Electromagnetic Fields: The State of the Science and Government Response, The Electricity Journal13(1): 25-33, Jan./Feb. 2000.
The Need for State Consumer Advocates to Set the Agenda in Electricity Restructuring, The Electricity Journal12(3): 93-99, April 1999.
Retail and Wholesale Transmission Pricing: A Troublesome Divergence (with Ashley Brown), The Electricity Journal12(7): 2-6, July 1999.
A Holistic View of Regulation, Wisconsin Law Review – Forum Essay 1993