Gerald Wagner |
Gerald is Vice-Chair of Tribal Operations Committee, member of the Region 8 Tribal Operations Committee, Government Advisory Committee to the CEC, and NTC liaison to the RCRA Director committee. Wagner is an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Nation. He received an AA in Math and Science from Little Big Horn Community College and did undergraduate studies at Montana State University where he majored in Biology and minored In Native American Studies. He has worked for the Blackfeet Tribe in the Blackfeet Environmental Program for the past 23 years and as the director for the last 20 years. He has led the Blackfeet Climate Adaptation Planning effort for the Blackfeet Nation. Wagner presently serves as one of 28 Tribal Environmental representatives to region 8 EPA office in Denver and as Montana’s Tribal Environmental Representative to the American Indian Environmental Office in Washington D.C., one of only 19 nationwide. He also served for the past six years on the board of directors for the Tribal Association for Solid Waste and Emergency Response in Washington D.C. These three committees work hand in hand to help resolve National and Regional Tribal Environmental concerns as well as trying to impact environmental policy and increase the amount of funding that supports Tribal Environmental Programs.
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