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A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E.,
President
Preston joined MCIC in March 1999. He came to the
Council from the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(NCDENR) where he served as director for the Division of Water Quality
since 1992. His career with the Department spans more than 22 years including
managing statewide regulatory programs in environmental protection, overseeing
permitting and rulemaking for industrial and municipal facilities, leading
inspection compliance programs, representing the department to the N.C.
General Assembly, and managing a combined workforce of over 500 state
employees in five Raleigh and seven regional offices.
Education: North Carolina Public Managers Program 1990
Professional Engineer's Registration - N.C. Board of Registration for
Engineers and Land Surveyors 1982
B.S. Civil Engineering - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
1978
A.S. Engineering Technology - Wake Technical Community College 1974
Nancy Thompson, Director of Legislative Affairs
Nancy joined MCIC in May 1999 bringing with her
more than six years of active lobbying experience. Nancy comes to the
Council from N.C. Citizens for Business and Industry(NCCBI), a non-profit
trade organization where she was Director of Governmental Affairs. Prior
to joining NCCBI, Nancy held positions as the governmental relations representative
for Kaiser Permanente and research assistant for the N.C. General Assembly.
In 1994, Nancy graduated from Meredith College with
a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a concentration in
Professional Communication. She has also completed some graduate coursework
in Public Administration at N.C. State University.
James M. Kuszaj, Director of Communications and Legal Affairs
James M. Kuszaj, Ph.D., J.D., is Director of Communications
and Legal Affairs. Dr. Kuszaj has over 27 years of experience working
with a variety of industries on a full range of environmental matters.
Before joining MCIC in February, 2000, Dr. Kuszaj practiced law in Raleigh,
North Carolina where he specialized in environmental legislative and regulatory
issues for fourteen years. Prior to that, he held positions with the Dow
Chemical Company as Manager of Environmental Legislation, Manager of Environmental
Regulatory Affairs, Counsel of Environmental Law and Patent Attorney.
Dr. Kuszaj is a native of St. Louis, Missouri, where he received a B.A.
in chemistry from St. Louis University.He also earned a Ph.D. in chemistry
and a J.D. in law from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.
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