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  Whitman, Christine Todd
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NameChristine Todd Whitman
AddressFelney Rd.
Oldwick, New Jersey 08858, United States
EmailNone
Website[Link]
Born September 26, 1946
Died Still Living (78 years)
ContributorClassical Liberal
Last ModifedMr. Matt
Oct 09, 2011 12:51pm
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InfoChristine "Christie" Todd Whitman

Christine Todd Whitman is the President of The Whitman Strategy Group (WSG), a consulting firm that specializes in energy and environmental issues. WSG offers a comprehensive set of solutions to problems facing businesses, organizations, and governments; they have been at the forefront of helping leading companies find innovative solutions to environmental challenges.

She is also co-chair of the Republican Leadership Council (RLC), which she founded with Senator John Danforth and Lt. Gov. Michael Steele. The RLC’s mission is to support fiscally conservative, socially tolerant candidates and to reclaim the word Republican. The RLC was created in March of 2007 by joining forces with Governor Whitman’s political action committee, It’s My Party Too. She is the author of a New York Times best seller by the same name, which was published in January of 2005 and released in paperback in March 2006.

Governor Whitman served in the cabinet of President George W. Bush as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from January of 2001 until June of 2003. She was the 50th Governor of the State of New Jersey, serving as its first woman governor from 1994 until 2001.

As Governor, Christie Whitman earned praise from both Republicans and Democrats for her commitment to preserve a record amount of New Jersey land as permanent green space. She was also recognized by the Natural Resources Defense Council for instituting the most comprehensive beach monitoring system in the nation. As EPA Administrator, she promoted common-sense environmental improvements such as watershed-based water protection policies. She championed regulations requiring non-road diesel engines to reduce sulfur emissions by more than 95 percent. She also established the first federal program to promote redevelopment and reuse of "brownfields", that is, previously contaminated industrial sites.

Governor Whitman is on the Steering Committee of The Cancer Institute of New Jersey; the Board of Trustees of the Eisenhower Fellowships; the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations; the Governing Board of the Park City Center for Public Policy; and is a member of the Board of the New America Foundation. She was also the Co-Chair for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Task Force, More Than Humanitarianism: A Strategic U.S. Approach Toward Africa as well as the Aspen Health Stewardship Project, which was released in February of 2008. She co-chairs Clean and Safe Energy (CASE) with Dr. Patrick Moore.

Governor Whitman also serves on the Board of Directors of S.C. Johnson and Son, Inc., Texas Instruments Inc., and United Technologies Corporation. She currently serves as an advisor to the Aspen Rodel Fellowship program.

Prior to becoming Governor, she was the President of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities and served on the Somerset County board of Chosen Freeholders.

Governor Whitman holds a BA from Wheaton College in Norton, MA, and is married to John R. Whitman. They have two children and two grandchildren.

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It's My Party, Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America  Purchase Ben 

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jun 26, 2007 01:00pm Opinion Tom Moran: Unavoidable bad day for a wimp [Christie Whitman]  Article *crickets chirp* 
Feb 02, 2006 03:00pm News Judge Slams Ex-EPA Chief Over Sept. 11  Article Karma Policeman 
Jan 27, 2005 12:00am Commentary Whitman vs. the President  Article Tony82 
Jan 05, 2005 12:00am General [Christie Todd] Whitman book hits Bush, Rove  Article COSDem 
Dec 20, 2004 12:00am News Former EPA chief says GOP too far right  Article Ben 
Dec 20, 2004 12:00am News Whitman's in Jersey, but really on the outs  Article *crickets chirp* 

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