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DEP's Mike Sherman, Gary Niland Retiring From Field Operations
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Several retirements were announced this week from the Department of Environmental Protection, including: Michael Sherman, Deputy Secretary for Field Operations and Gary Niland, Director of the Bureau of Regional Coordination and Program Evaluation. Michael Sherman, as the Deputy Secretary for Field Operations oversees the daily implementation of the Commonwealth’s environmental protection programs in six major regional offices, including water management, air quality, water supply, waste management, environmental cleanup, radiation protection, watershed management, emergency response, West Nile and black fly programs, laboratory accreditation, and laboratory operations. Mike has worked for the Commonwealth in various environmental protection programs for 31 years, including erosion control permitting and compliance, and stormwater and watershed management.
He served as the first director of the Growing Greener Grants Center, as well as Acting Regional Director and Assistant Regional Director in the Southcentral Regional Office.
He started his career in public service as an intern for the Bureau of State Parks then worked his way up the agency in a variety of positions beginning as a water quality specialist in Reading and then in Meadville where he worked with the Oil and Gas Program. Later he worked with county conservation districts and helped develop the Growing Greener Watershed Restoration Program.
A native of Lebanon County, Michael is a graduate of Lebanon Valley College and the University of Tennessee where he earned an MS degree in Ecology.
Gary Niland, as Director of the Bureau of Regional Coordination and Program Evaluation, is responsible for emergency response operations, the West Nile Virus and Black Fly eradication programs, evaluating the effectiveness of environmental protection programs in the field and served as liaison to other state agencies on compliance activities and for special projects. Gary began his 27 year career with the Commonwealth as a special investigator in the Attorney General's Environmental Crimes Section for six and a half years, then moved to the then Department of Environmental Resources to head up the Bureau of Investigations focusing on rooting out environmental law violators. He held that position for 17 years before moving to Field Operations five years ago.
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3/1/2010 |
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