Board Member since March 2009, was a founding partner of Crowell & Moring in Washington, D.C. where he started the firm’s Environmental Law Group. He retired at the end of 2009 and maintains a part time law practice.  Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, he was Associate General Counsel for Water at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  Ridge has spoken and written widely on all aspects of environmental law, regulation and litigation. He is a member of the American Law Institute, a past officer of the Environmental Law Institute, and a member of the American College of Environmental Lawyers.  Harvard Law School; Yale University, magna cum laude