Mark your calendar
Monday, November 16, 2026
Annual Air Conference
being held at Jenner & Block in Chicago
- Eric Hiser, Attorney, Hiser Burggraff Curtis
- ELPC; Conservation Law Center
- Sharon Sadler, ALL4
- Andrew Armstrong, Chief Legal Counsel, Illinois EPA
- Carolyn Persoon, Director Chicago Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Division, US EPA, Region 5
- Jenny Cassell, Senior Attorney, Earthjustice
- John Mooney, Director, Air and Radiation Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5
- Julie Armitage, Chief, Bureau of Air, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
- Annette Switzer, Air Quality Division Director, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
- Gail Good, Director, Air Management, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Brenda Scott-Henry, Director of Environment & Sustainability for City of Gary
- Maribel Chavez-Torres, Chicago Department of Public Health’s Managing Deputy Commissioner
A detailed agenda with presentation titles and times will be released prior to the conference.
Congratulations to Cara Scalpone
STEPHEN ROTHBLATT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
In 2010 the Air & Waste Management Association-Lake Michigan States Section established a scholarship for graduate students studying in the environmental field in memory of a long-time member and supporter, Stephen H. Rothblatt.
Donations to the Stephen H. Rothblatt Memorial Scholarship can be made at any time and are greatly appreciated.

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Environmental Breakfast - The Investigation and Prosecution of Federal Environmental Crimes
Join us to learn what environmental provessionals need to know.
2026 Annual Air Conference
Annual Fall Conference of the Lake Michigan States Section of the Air & Waste Management Association









