Stephen D. Bird – Rappaport

Organization

Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston

Program

Rappaport Public Policy Fellow

Year

2004

Rappaport Public Policy Fellows spend 10 weeks each summer serving within the highest levels of state and municipal governments in the Greater Boston Area. The program includes students from graduate and professional programs at local universities.

Graduate School
Boston University

Undergraduate School
Harvard University

Mentor
Jay Wickersham, former director of the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act

Agency
MA Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, Office of Technical Assistance

Supervisor
William McGowan, Director, Office of Technical Assistance

Description of Fellowship
Stephen Bird designed and implemented a risk- assessment and prioritization tool that the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) and other environmental agencies can use to prioritize outreach and enforcement to maximize their resources. OTA, a sub-agency at Massachusetts’ Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, helps private and public facilities reduce chemical usage and implement pollution prevention measures across the state.