Dan leads efforts to promote the use of innovative investigation and clean-up technologies at redevelopment sites, and he manages the Brownfields and Land Revitalization Technology Support Center. Dan also coordinates team efforts to promote innovative characterization and monitoring approaches (Triad) throughout the waste programs. Dan has developed a variety of information resources for both technical and nontechnical audiences, and has managed a number of projects to support the application of the Triad approach at reuse sites. Dan has been with the Technology Innovation Program, now part of the Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, since 1990.

Dan came to the Agency in 1988 as a Presidential Management Intern with the Headquarters Waste Programs office (Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response) and has worked in the program budget and information management offices; the Office of Underground Storage Tanks; the Region 4 Superfund program; and the Congressional Office of Rep. Michael Bilirakis (FL).

Dan received his Masters of Public Administration from the Woodrow Wilson School of Government at the University of Virginia in 1988, and he graduated summa cum laude with his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and urban studies from Roanoke College (Salem, VA) in 1985. Prior to coming to EPA, Dan worked as an analyst and trader of municipal and other government-backed securities for a Southeastern regional bank.

Email address: powell.dan@epa.gov