National Conference of State Legislatures; University of Denver
Environmental Health
7700 East First Place
Denver
COUSA
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Biographical Sketch: Doug Farquhar, J.D.
Program Director for Environmental Health and Trade
National Conference of State Legislatures
7700 East First Place
Denver, CO 80230
720/840-3252
303/364-7800 fax
dfarquha@du.edu
Doug Farquhar is an attorney with over 20 years experience working with policy makers on environmental health issues. Primarily working with state legislatures, he has testified 45 times before legislative committees in 30 states, in addition to consulting with state agency staff in every state on enlightening state policy makers. He has written books and articles on environmental health policy, and has recently been asked to become a columnist for the National Environmental Health Journal.
He received his law degree from the University of Denver (DU) and undergraduate from the University of Texas in Austin, and is an adjunct professor at the DU graduate school of Environmental Policy and Management and at the Sturm College of Law.