Jeff Lape graduated with a Bachelor’s in Environmental Science from SUNY Plattsburgh in 1976 and went on to have an incredible 45-year career devoted to the protection and restoration of water resources and the environment, at the watershed scale, local, state, and Federal levels of government, and in the private sector. In the ‘70s, Jeff designed and implemented a water quality monitoring program to assess land use impacts on water quality in Corbeau Creek watershed and supported early public engagement efforts for the Lake Champlain Basin Study. With the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Jeff was a member of the Senior Executive Service and held positions including: Director of the Chesapeake Bay Program; Director of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Law Office; Deputy Director of the Office of Science and Technology; and Acting Director of the Water Permits Division. Jeff was the architect and principal author of numerous national Clean Water Act regulations, policies, action plans and reports to Congress. Jeff also supported water resource protection efforts with the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and with three private sector consulting firms. Come hear about Jeff’s amazing career and how it all started in the Center for Earth and Environmental Science here at SUNY Plattsburgh!
