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Martha Rudolph
Fellow since 2015
Denver,
Colorado
Region 8 CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, and WY
Martha E. Rudolph was the Director of Environmental Programs for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment from 2007 to January 2019. As the Director, Ms. Rudolph oversaw the Air Quality, Environmental Health and Sustainability, Hazardous Materials and Waste Management, and Water Quality Divisions. In 2009-2010, Ms. Rudolph served as the Executive Director of the Department of Public Health and Environment under Governor Bill Ritter. Ms. Rudolph is a current member of the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission, serving as its chair from 2022-2023, Co-Chair of the Environmental Health Matters Initiative of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, a member of the Board of Directors of the Health Effects Institute and the Energy Board of HEI, and a member of the Board of Directors for the Environmental Research Institute of the States. Ms. Rudolph served as an advisory member of the National Academies’ Division on Earth and Life Studies from 2016-2022, chair of the Colorado Regional Air Quality Council, Co-Chair of the Membership Committee of the ACOEL, and a state advisor for the Georgetown Climate Center. She was a past President of the Environmental Council of States, co-chair of the ECOS Shale Gas Caucus and chair of the ECOS Air Committee. Ms. Rudolph served as a member and vice-chair of the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission from 2000 to 2007. Ms. Rudolph was a First Assistant Attorney General in the Colorado Attorney Generals Office, and was in private practice, and in-house at a natural gas pipeline company. Ms. Rudolph received her JD from Georgetown University Law Center.
Degrees
- Georgetown University Law Center - 1980
- University of Colorado - 1977
Admissions
- Colorado
Court Admissions
Colorado State Courts US District Court, District of ColoradoProfessional Societies and Organizations
Member, Colorado Air Quality Control Commission - Current Member of the Board of Directors of the Health Effects Institute and Energy Board of the HEI - Current Past Co-Chair and member of the National Academies' Environmental Health Matters Initiative - 2019-2025 Member of the Board of Directors for the Environmental Research Institute of the States - Current Member of the Division on Earth and Life Studies of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine - 2016-2022 Co-Chair of the Membership Committee of the American College of Environmental Lawyers - 2020-2022 Advisor to the Georgetown Climate Center - 2014-2019 Chair, Colorado Regional Air Quality Council - 2019-2021 Member, Environmental Council of States - 2007-2019 Past President - 2016-2017 President - 2015-2016 Vice President - 2014-2015 Secretary-Treasurer - 2013-2014 Member, Colorado Board of Health - 2009-2011 Member, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission -2009-2011 Member and Vice Chair, Colorado Water Quality Control Commission - 2000-2007Other Environmental Career Experience
Executive Director, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment - 2009-2011 Director of Environmental Programs, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment - 2007-2009, 2011-2019 Of Counsel, Sherman & Howard L.L.C., 2006-2007 Member, Sherman & Howard L.L.C., 2000-2006 Assistant General Counsel, Kinder Morgan, fka KN Energy, Inc., 1998- 2000 First Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Colorado Attorney General, 1992-1998 Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Colorado Attorney General, 1984-1992 Associate, Kirkland & Ellis, 1982-1984 Associate, Sherman & Howard, 1980-1982Insight from Martha Rudolph
