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.
Work Phone:
(303) 885-5334
Email:
marthaerudolph@gmail.com
EPA Region:
Region 8 – (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, and WY)
Year of induction:
2015
Degrees:
Georgetown University Law School - JD 1980
University of Colorado, BA in International Affairs 1977
Admissions:
Colorado 1980
Court Admissions:
Colorado State Courts
US District Court, District of Colorado
Professional 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
Co-Chair of the National Academies' Environmental Health
Matters Initiative - Current
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 - 2000-2007
Other 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, 1980-1982