Jeanne Herb is Research Program Administrator at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University where she is involved in a variety of program areas related to environmental policy and sustainability. Prior to joining the Bloustein School, Jeanne was Assistant Commissioner for Policy, Planning and Science at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. While at NJDEP, she oversaw programs related to environmental justice, sustainable development and “green” design, state planning, environmental health tracking, smart growth, oceans governance and climate change. Jeanne began her career at NJDEP in the mid 1980’s through the late 1990’s when she was engaged in the state’s landmark Worker and Community Right to Know and Pollution Prevention Acts. In between her two “tours of duty” at NJDEP, Jeanne spent six years as the Manager of the public policy program at Tellus Institute, a Boston-based nonprofit consulting “think-do” tank which focuses on environmental policy, sustainable development, corporate governance and energy planning. She holds a BA degree from Rutgers University and an MA from New York University.
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