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7 <br /> Page 1 of 4 Lydia Wegman <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Ms. Lydia Wegman <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 5704 Cascade Drive <br /> Chapel Hill NC 27514 <br /> Phone (Day): 919-382-1904 <br /> Phone (Evening): 919-382-1904 <br /> Phone (Cell): 919-886-8775 <br /> Email: Inwegman @gmail.com <br /> Place of Employment: Retired from the US Environmental Protection Age <br /> Job Title: Last job was as Division Director <br /> Year of OC Residence: 1990 <br /> Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br /> Zone of Residence: Orange County <br /> Sex: Female <br /> Ethnic Background: Caucasian <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> I currently volunteer at WUNC approximately weekly and work on whatever is needed on <br /> the days I volunteer. I am a member of a large number of charitable organizations, <br /> including the Environmental Defense Fund, NAACP, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, <br /> National Audubon Society, Americares, Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam America, <br /> Amnesty International, Planned Parenthood of America, Habitat for Humanity, American <br /> Civil Liberties Union, National Women s Health Network, League of Conservation Voters, <br /> Earthjustice, and numerous others. <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> I have recently been appointed to the Commission for the Environment and will begin <br /> service on the Commission in January. <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Orange County Planning Board (REQUIRES DISCLOSURE STATEMENT) <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> I am a lawyer by training and practiced law for several years both in the private sector and with <br /> the US Environmental Protection Agency before becoming a member of the senior leadership <br /> and policy expert with the EPA. I worked with a large variety of stakeholders, including public <br /> health and environmental organizations, industry, federal, state and local governmental <br /> agencies, environmental justice groups and academics. I believe my over 32 years of work <br /> experience with the EPA, as well as my experience as a private lawyer,will help me to be <br /> effective in working on complex planning issues and work effectively with a broad range of <br /> citizens and advocates. In addition, when I lived in Washington DC I served as a volunteer on <br /> the citizen zoning adjustment committee for Capitol Hill where I lived. My experience in working <br /> with members of my neighborhood and resolving differences of opinion related to development <br /> and additions to existing homes will, I believe, be extremely useful in working on the OC <br /> Planning Board. My education includes a BA from Yale University, and JD from Columbia <br />