Nancy Birnbaum

Nancy Birnbaum received her B.S. degree in Computer Science in 1986 from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She completed her J.D. at the Yale University School of Law in 1989, and attended GW starting in 1992, graduating with a master's degree in Environmental and Natural Resource Policy in 1995. Nancy currently is a senior official in one the most innovative programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Prior to that, she worked as the Assistant Counsel to the Inspector General of National Science Foundation from 1992 to 1995. At the NSF, she worked on the U.S. Antarctic Program in the areas of environmental compliance and logistical operations.