| ADVISER |
BUSINESS CARD |
BIG WONK THOUGHTS |
CASTING CALL |
| Terry Anderson |
Executive Director, Political Economy Research Center, Bozeman, Montana |
His think tank's motto: "Free-market solutions to environmental problems." Thinks National Parks system should be financially self-sufficient. |
Could get a policy slot, but too controversial for a prominent public job. |
| Christopher DeMuth |
President, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington |
As former executive director of Reagan's Presidential Task Force on Regulatory Relief, he chaired Bush's environmental tutoring. Compares enviro regs to the pre-reform welfare system. |
The likeliest next administrator of the EPA. |
| Mary Gade |
Partner, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago |
Spent 13 years as a federal EPA administrator and eight as director of the Illinois EPA; wants power to stay with the states. Supports "emissions credits" incentives for polluters. |
Another candidate for EPA head. |
| Gale Norton |
Senior Counsel, Brownstein, Hyatt and Farber, Denver |
Take enviro power away from Washington. |
Colorado's attorney general throughout the 90s could become the next Janet Reno. |
| Marc Racicot |
Governor of Montana |
Kill bison that wander out of Yellowstone to prevent the spread of disease to cattle. Make Endangered Species Act more state-friendly. |
In line for Secretary of the Interior, which traditionally goes to a western governor. |
| Lynn Scarlett |
Executive Director, Reason Public Policy Institute, Los Angeles |
"Results-oriented" regulations that focus on environmental improvement rather than punishment. |
A good choice for chairman of the President's Council on Environmental Quality. |
| James Seif |
Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection |
Big on cleaning up brownfields—old industrial sites—for sale and development: make a profit doing good. |
A close ally to Pennsylvania's popular Governor Tom Ridge; could get EPA or Park Service. |
| John Turner |
President, Conservation Fund |
Former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under both Bush and Clinton, he wants tax breaks for species-preserving landowners. |
Possible high-up job in Interior. |
