Contributors

• Author: Robert B. McKinstry, Jr./Coreen Ripp/Emily Lisy
• Pages: 17-26

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Contributors

About the Editors/Authors

Robert B. McKinstry Jr. is the Maurice K. Goddard Professor of Forestry

and Environmental Resources Conservation at Pennsylvania State Univer-

sity. He focuses his research and outreach on state and local programs to ad-

dress international environmental issues, including biodiversity conserva-

tion, climate change, and sustainable development. Prior to his appointment

to the Goddard Chair, McKinstry was the Co-Partner-in-Chargeof the Envi-

ronmental Practice Group of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, L.L.P.,in

the firm’s Philadelphia office, and is currently Of Counsel to that firm. Be-

fore beginning private practice, he served as a law clerk to the Hon. James L.

Latchum, then-Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Del-

aware. McKinstry focuses his private practice of law exclusively in the areas

of environmental law and litigation.

Coreen Ripp is currently working as an Environmental Analysis and Re-

view Specialist for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and

Consumer Protection in the Bureau of Land and Water Resources. She re-

ceived her master’s of science degree in 2005 from the School of Forest Re-

sources at the Pennsylvania State University with an emphasis on Watershed

Stewardship. Prior to her graduate work, Ripp worked for the WisconsinDe-

partment of Natural Resources as a Watershedand Partnership Coordinator.

Emily Lisy teaches biology,environmental science, marine biology, and hu-

man physiology at Westhill High School in Stamford, Connecticut. During

her short tenure, she has received grants to incorporate innovative science

education strategies into her classroom. Lisy is a graduate of Penn State Uni-

versity where she received her B.S. and M.S. in wildlife and fisheries science

in 2001 and 2003, respectively.For her master ’sresearch, she studied the ef-

fect of residential development design on bird diversity in State College,

Pennsylvania. Her thesis work developed a model that planners and devel-

opers could use to incorporate best management practices to promote bird

diversity in residential developments. While at Penn State, she was a

Maurice K. Goddard Fellow and helped organize three Goddard Forums on

Developing Sustainable Communities, Global Warming, and Biodiversity

(upon which this book is based).