Scouter Named to US EPA Advisory Panel

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Burlington County (NJ) Commissioner (and Scouter! ) Allison Eckel has been selected to join a national panel that advises the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on environmental policy and issues.

Eckel was one of 16 new members and 13 returning members who were appointed to serve on the EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee. The panel was created in 1993 under the Federal Advisory Committee Act to provide independent and objective policy advice to the EPA Administrator on a broad range of issues affecting the environment and local governments.

In 2024, the committee is expected to provide input on proposed lead and copper rule changes, a draft policy for reducing plastic pollution and strategies to improve community engagement on climate change issues.

 

Prior to joining the (Burlington County, NJ) Board of Commissioners, Allison served as a member of the Lenape Regional High School District’s Board of Education and she has spent more than a decade volunteering as a scout leader, den leader, mentor and Advisor to Boy Scouts of America.  She was honored as the 2019 Women Scouter of the Year by the Garden State Council in recognition of her volunteer service and support for the organization and for bringing the first all-girl Scouts BSA Troop to the Garden State Council. 

In addition to scouting, Allison’s volunteer service includes work with the Medford Education Foundation and the Medford Township Economic Development Commission. She also previously served as the Co-Leader of the Army’s 561^st Medical Company Family Readiness Group. In that role, she helped coordinate support for the unit’s families while members were deployed in Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Her departments are Public Safety, Resource Conservation and the Prosecutor's Office. She is also liaison to Military Affairs.

Outstanding, Scout Salute,

More at sources:

https://www.co.burlington.nj.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2169

https://www.co.burlington.nj.us/directory.aspx?EID=449

P.S. She was also a Girl Scout Troop leader and Cookie Manager

Edited January 16 by RememberSchiff