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Restructure and updates

Hi, I am working to keep the article up to date both in terms of content and accuracy. I've revised my initial post and have put together a restructured version of the article, moving existing content to the appropriate sections and in chronological order. The highlighted texts are my suggested additions including Dunn's current role and updated language about some of her previous positions with improved sources to replace broken reference links. Please review and share any feedback, and consider implementing as you see fit.

{{Infobox officeholder

|image = Alex Dunn official photo.jpg

|office = Assistant Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency
for Toxic Substances

|term_start = January 3, 2019

|term_end = January 20, 2021

|president = Donald Trump

|predecessor = James Jones

|successor = Michal Freedhoff

|birth_name = Alexandra Rebecca Dapolito

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|09|25}}{{cite news |title=In the deep blue of New England, a Trump appointee gains respect for protecting the environment |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/08/29/deep-blue-new-england-trump-appointee-gains-respect-for-protecting-environment/sa5z4g9a9WBAV8nGUv2FQI/story.html |date=2018-08-29 |work=The Boston Globe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104003359/https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/08/29/deep-blue-new-england-trump-appointee-gains-respect-for-protecting-environment/sa5z4g9a9WBAV8nGUv2FQI/story.html |archive-date=4 January 2019 |url-status=dead}}United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (New York, Washington D.C., Virginia, 1993-2007)

|education = James Madison University (BA)
Catholic University of America (JD)

}}

Alexandra Dapolito Dunn (born September 25, 1967) is an American environmental lawyer and law professor, specializing in chemical and pesticide regulation, water quality issues,ELI 2016 Corporate Forum: The Business of Water, 47 ELR 10005 (January 2017) (with Leeth, Mahoney, Otto, Rittenhouse, Thorne) https://www.eli.org/award-dinner/business-water-2016-corporate-forum {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229112325/https://www.eli.org/award-dinner/business-water-2016-corporate-forum |date=December 29, 2017 }} water treatment issues, urban development, rule of law,Advancing the Environmental Rule of Law: A Call for Measurement, 21 SW. J. Int'l L. 283 (2015) (w/S. Stillman) environmental justice,The Lawyer's Role in Representing Communities, with Heineken, in Ethics and Environmental Practice, American Bar Association, 2017 (Russell & Wright, Editors) https://shop.americanbar.org/eBus/Store/ProductDetails.aspx?productId=279746700 environmental conflict resolution, cooperative federalism,Edited Panel Transcript, Uncooperative Federalism: The Complexity of Shared Governance, 16 WYO. L. REV. 37 (2016) (w/ R. Lance, R. Mathes, N. Culver, P. Seby); Reflections on the Role of States in the U.S. Regulatory System, 32 PACE ENVTL. L. REV. 435 (2015) (w/C. Culleen); Postcards from the Edge: Perspective to Reinvigorate Clean Water Act Cooperative Federalism, 4 GEO. WASH. J. ENERGY & ENVTL. L. 68 (2013) (w/M. Boian) and implementation of the Clean Water Act and the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. {{highlight|She is the President and CEO of CropLife America as of February 2024.}}{{Cite news|last=Borst|first=Ellie|title=Trump-era EPA chemicals chief to lead pesticides group|url=https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-era-epa-chemicals-chief-to-lead-pesticides-group/

|date=20 February 2024|website=E&E News by Politico}} Dunn was an executive at several environmental management associations, and served as Regional Administrator for New England in the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Assistant Administrator for EPA's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.{{cite web |title=Alexandra Dunn Confirmed to Run EPA Chemicals Office |url=https://news-d.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/alexandra-dunn-confirmed-to-run-epa-chemicals-office-2 |date=2019-01-02 |website=Bloomberg Law}}

Dunn graduated from Cherry Hill East High School in New Jersey in 1985.{{Cite web|url=https://www.classmates.com/siteui/yearbooks/176712?page=168&searchTerm=Dapolito&yearbookViewerEnabled=true&swipeEnabled=true|title=Classmates - Find your school, yearbooks and alumni online|accessdate=May 29, 2023}} She received a B.A. in political science from James Madison University, followed by a J.D. from the Columbus School of Law, where she was elected editor-in-chief of the law review. She is a member of the bar in D.C., Maryland, and New York, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

She began her career employed in private practice as an environmental associate at Winston & Strawn.{{cite web |url=https://greenlaw.blogs.law.pace.edu/author/adunn/ |title=About Alexandra Dunn |website=GreenLaw; Blog of the Pace Environmental Law Programs |accessdate=June 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714210000/https://greenlaw.blogs.law.pace.edu/author/adunn/ |archivedate=July 14, 2014}} She was subsequently a counsel for the American Chemistry Council, general counsel for the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), executive director and general counsel of the Association of Clean Water Administrators, and executive director and general counsel of the Environmental Council of the States. She was involved in dozens of environmental cases representing parties and intervenors and contributing amicus curiae briefs.{{cite web|url=https://www.ecos.org/about-ecos/staff/|title=Our Staff Archive|publisher=|accessdate=February 6, 2019}}

Dunn served as chair of the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, and served on the ABA Presidential Task force on Sustainable Development.{{cite web|url=http://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/office_of_the_president/sustainable_development_task_force/contact.html |title=Task Force Roster |publisher=Americanbar.org |accessdate=June 1, 2017}} Dunn was the first ABA section chair from the non-profit sector. She was a board member of the Environmental Law Institute from 2014 to December 2017, and {{highlight|is a member of its Leadership Council Steering Committee.{{Cite web|title=Leadership Council|url=https://www.eli.org/leadership-council|website=Environmental Law Institute}} She was also}} on the Executive Committee of the [http://www.acoel.org/ American College of Environmental Lawyers] from October 2016 to December 2017.

{{highlight|In 2018, Dunn was selected to serve as the Administrator for the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 1 (New England).{{Cite news|title=Alexandra Dunn Welcomed as EPA’s Region 1 Administrator|url=https://ehsdailyadvisor.com/2017/11/alexandra-dunn-welcomed-epas-region-1-administrator/|date=13 April 2018|website=EHS Daily Advisor}} In January 2019, she was appointed by President Trump as the Assistant Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, where she was unanimously confirmed by the US Senate and served until 2021.}}{{Cite web|title=Nomination of Alexandra Dunn to be Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency|url=https://www.congress.gov/115/chrg/CHRG-115shrg35667/CHRG-115shrg35667.htm|date=29 November 2018|website=U.S Government Publishing Office}}

Following her service at the EPA, Dunn became a partner in the law firm of Baker Botts, LLP in its Environment, Safety, and Incident Response group.{{Cite web | url=https://www.bakerbotts.com/people/d/dunn-alexandra |title=Alexandra Dapolito Dunn | People }}{{Cite web | url=https://www.bakerbotts.com/news/2021/02/baker-botts-welcomes-former-high-ranking-epa-lawyer-in-washington-dc | title=Baker Botts Welcomes Former High-Ranking EPA Lawyer in Washington, D.C. | News }} At Baker Botts, she helped to refine and deploy the "ACELAS" model for environmental justice and published numerous articles on contaminants of emerging concern, community engagement, and environmental enforcement.{{Cite web | url=https://www.bakerbotts.com/acelas | title=Building Your Company's Environmental Justice Toolkit and the ACELAS Framework | Thought Leadership }}

{{highlight|In February 2024, Dunn became the President and CEO of the national trade association for the pesticide industry, CropLife America.}}

{{highlight|In January 2025, Dunn was appointed by the United States Department of Agriculture to serve on the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee.}}{{Cite news|title=USDA makes appointments to ag trade advisory committees|url=https://www.thepacker.com/news/people/usda-makes-appointments-ag-trade-advisory-committees|date=21 January 2025|website=The Packer}}

Dunn was Dean of Environmental Law Programs and an adjunct professor of law at Pace Law School. At Pace, Dunn led efforts to create the nation's first L.L.M. in Environmental Law focused on climate change. Dunn is a lecturer in law at the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University of America, and a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University Law School.{{cite web |title=Alexandra Dunn |url=https://www.law.gwu.edu/alexandra-dunn |website=law.gwu.edu |publisher=George Washington University |access-date=8 February 2025}} Previously she was an associate professor of law at American University’s Washington College of Law.{{cite web |url=http://www.wcl.american.edu/environment/faculty_Dunn.cfm |title=faculty_Dunn |publisher=Washington College of Law |accessdate=June 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170721032455/https://www.wcl.american.edu/environment/faculty_Dunn.cfm |archive-date=July 21, 2017 |url-status=dead}} She has published articles in a variety of scholarly journals, law reviews, and periodicals.{{cite web |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1356207 |title=Author Page for Alexandra Dapolito Dunn |publisher=SSRN |accessdate=June 1, 2017}}{{cite journal |last1=Dunn |first1=Alexandra Dapolito |last2=Boian |first2=Meghan |url=http://groups.law.gwu.edu/JEEL/ArticlePDF/4-1-DunnBoian.pdf |title=Postcards From the Edge: Perspectives to Reinvigorate Clean Water Act Cooperative Federalism |date=Winter 2013 |journal=Journal of Energy & Environmental Law |pages=68–81 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085948/http://groups.law.gwu.edu/JEEL/ArticlePDF/4-1-DunnBoian.pdf |archivedate=August 19, 2014}}{{cite book |editor-last=Ryan |editor-first=Mark |title=The Clean Water Act Handbook |date=2003 |publisher=American Bar Association |isbn=978-1616329693}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZKf6hGfKeQC |title=The Law of Green Buildings: Regulatory and Legal Issues in Design |isbn=9781616320140 |editor-last1=Howe |editor-first1=J. Cullen |editor-last2=Gerrard |editor-first2=Michael |year=2010 |publisher=American Bar Association }}The Lawyer's Role in Representing Communities, with Heineken, in Ethics and Environmental Practice, American Bar Association, 2017 (Russell & Wright, Editors) Her research publications include cutting edge work on environmental justice,{{cite web |url=http://mississippilawjournal.org/2012/04/environmental-justice-in-permitting-state-innovations-to-advance-accountability/ |title=The University of Mississippi School of Law: Environmental Justice in Permitting: State Innovations to Advance Accountability |publisher=Mississippi Law Journal |date=May 14, 2012 |accessdate=June 1, 2017 |archive-date=April 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401150408/http://mississippilawjournal.org/2012/04/environmental-justice-in-permitting-state-innovations-to-advance-accountability/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publishing/natural_resources_environment/environ_mo_premium_nr_nre_winter10_NRE_W10_Dunn_Derrington.authcheckdam.pdf |title=Digital Asset Abstract |publisher=Americanbar.org |date= |accessdate=June 1, 2017}} green infrastructure,{{cite journal |last=Dunn |first=Alexandra Dapolito |url=https://ssrn.com/abstract=1517909 |title=Siting Green Infrastructure: Legal and Policy Solutions to Alleviate Urban Poverty and Promote Healthy Communities |journal=Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review |volume=37 |date=January 2010}} and environmental conflict resolution,{{cite journal |last1=Dunn |first1=Alexandra Dapolito |last2=Gross |first2=Jill |title=Environmental Dispute Resolution in the Law School Curriculum |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1541563 |date=January 24, 2010 |journal=Pace Environmental Law Review |volume=47 |page=21|ssrn=1541563 }} among other subjects.

Thank you! PB 0073 (talk) 13:10, 23 April 2025 (UTC)

:@PB 0073, could you please make it more clear what exactly you changed? The highlighted text is added, but could perhaps italicize any sentence you would like rephrased and strikethrough any text you would like completely removed? The first paragraph of Professional career, at least, has been rewritten, and I don't want to have to check every sentence against the original to make sure there aren't additional changes. Rusalkii (talk) 05:00, 2 May 2025 (UTC)

::{{u|Rusalkii}}, thanks so much for reviewing my request and for your recommendation. I actually didn't remove content but rather moved certain text around the page to ensure the article is in chronological order, and in some instances needed to rephrase a couple words so that the language of the article flows.

::This explains what I moved in my revision proposal:

:*Moved the second half of Biography which covers the beginning of her career (from "She began her career...") to the beginning of the Professional career section, and moved the sentence from the second paragraph of Professional career to the end of the same paragraph as it relates to the cases she worked on ("She was involved in..."). I removed the sentence before it ("Before joining the EPA...") as it relates to 2018 and is covered further down in that section.

:*Moved the first paragraph of Professional career (beginning "Following her service at the EPA,...") to further down in the section after the paragraph which now begins "In 2018, Dunn was selected...", putting the content in chronological order.

:*Rephrased and updated the last paragraph of Professional career ("Dunn served as the EPA Region 1...") to replace broken links and update language according to sources - to the paragraph beginning "In 2018,.." highlighted in yellow, keeping the correct sequence.

::I'd be happy to mark up my revision proposal further if you think it would be beneficial; I wasn't sure the best way to show moving content so hope the above explanation helped. In the meantime, I have added some Wikipedia links to my suggestions. Thank you, PB 0073 (talk) 13:07, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

:::Thanks for clarifying! Your changes look good to me, you can go ahead and make them in the main article now. Rusalkii (talk) 03:48, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

::::Thank you, {{u|Rusalkii}}. I've updated the article. PB 0073 (talk) 14:09, 28 May 2025 (UTC)