The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Christopher Schepis to its Board of Directors in January 2004. 

            Mr. Schepis currently represents the National Farmers Union (NFU) in Washington , DC , which is comprised of 300,000 owner-operated family farms and ranches throughout 27 states.  Many of NFU’s members have a long-standing policy of support and advocacy for renewable fuels use.  Mr. Schepis is also a resource on renewable energy to the National Commission on Energy Policy.

            In 1987 to 1992, Mr. Schepis was special projects director for former U.S. Senator Wyche Fowler, Jr. (D-GA), then chairman of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.  During the 1996 farm bill negotiations, he was senior legislative aide to Congressman Sanford Bishop (GA-2), a member of the House Agriculture Committee.

            Mr. Schepis’ career has also included serving as a Washington , DC legislative consultant, a former faculty member of Georgia College and State University , and a government representative for The Georgia Conservancy, Inc.

            The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) is a non-profit organization established in 1984 by a bipartisan group of Congressional leaders and dedicated to promoting environmentally sustainable societies.  EESI's mission is to produce credible, timely information and innovative policy ideas that lead to sustainable societies and to effect change through coalition building, media outreach, publications, briefings, workshops and task forces on the issues of energy efficiency and renewable energy, transportation, sustainable communities, and global climate change.  EESI is particularly well-known for its educational Congressional briefings.

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