Sylvia Quast has practiced environmental law in multiple capacities for over thirty years. In the private sector, she provided strategic conservation advice to philanthropic organizations and individuals as well as local governments, while her career in the public sector has focused on the federal government. For example, she has served as a senior attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, where she litigated numerous environmental cases in the United States Supreme Court, the federal courts of appeal, and the district courts, and also prepared Department officials for Congressional hearings, press conferences, and other public presentations and appearances. She was also the Executive Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California, where she oversaw environmental enforcement actions in California’s largest federal judicial district and served as the District’s Tribal Liaison. More recently, she has served as a Senior Advisor in the U.S. EPA’s Office of Water and as the Regional Counsel in U.S.E.P.A Region 9.
Email:
quastsa@gmail.com
EPA Region:
Region 9 - (AZ, CA, HI, NV, and certain territories)
Year of induction:
2018