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10 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />Jan Sassaman <br />Volunteer Application <br />Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br />Name: <br />Name Called: <br />Home Address: <br />Phone: (Day) <br />Phone: (Evening) <br />Fax: <br />Email: <br />Place of Employment: <br />Job Title: <br />Year of OC Residence: <br />Township of Residence: <br />Zone of Residence: <br />Sex: <br />Ethnic Background: <br />Dr. Jan Sassaman <br />201 Bolinwood Drive <br />Chapel Hill NC 27514 <br />919-933-1609 <br />919-933-1609 <br />919-933-0824 <br />jan.sassaman@gmail.com <br />Retired <br />Environmental Consultant <br />1986 <br />Chapel Hill <br />Male <br />Caucasian <br />Date of Birth: 6/6/1943 <br />Boards/Commissions applied for: <br />Commission for the Environment <br />Work Experience: <br />I presently have a sole proprietorship environmental consulting practice (operated since <br />1995) at which I work only a few hours a month. Prior to that time, I worked for regional <br />and national engineering and onsulting firms. At this time, I am essentially retired. I have <br />worked my entire career since graduate school (starting in 1971)in the environmental <br />arena, as a college professor teaching eology and environmental studies and as a <br />onsultant to government and industry. My areas of expertise include environmental <br />impact analysis, energy development, and municipal and hazardous waste disposal. <br />Volunteer Experience: <br />I presently chair the Solid Waste Advisory Board and have represented Chapel Hill since <br />2001. In the 1970's, I chaired the Unity, Maine Planning Board and served on the North <br />Kennebec Regional Planning Commission.. In addition, I served on the Executive Board <br />of the Natural Resources Council of Maine. Finally, I have spent 13 years volunteering in <br />Panama where I have lead a United Methodist Volunteers in Mission effort operating a <br />rural medical clinic and constructing/repairing several church buildings. <br />Education: <br />BS Biology, College of William and Mary (1965) <br />PhD Zoology, University of Oklahoma (1974) <br />