Allegra
Cangelosi is a senior policy analyst with the Northeast-Midwest
Institute, and has been co-principal investigator and biological
team leader of the Great Lakes Ballast Technology Demonstration
Project since 1996. She has been a member of the United States
delegation to the Marine Environment Protection Committee
of the International Maritime Organization (ballast water
working group) since 1996. Ms. Cangelosi is also a member
of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee to the Invasive
Species Council, organizing national support for NIS appropriations,
and serving on the ANS Task Force Committees.
Ms.
Cangelosi has coordinated national and
regional efforts to enact ecosystem protection, and coordinated
legislative activity leading to the National Invasive Species
Acts of 1990 and 1996. As legislative director of the bipartisan
Congressional Great Lakes Task Forces, Ms. Cangelosi conducted
research and drafted legislative proposals dealing with such
issues as exotic species, contaminated sediments, air deposition
of toxic substances, and shoreline erosion. Her work helped
to develop legislation with bipartisan appeal that advanced
ecosystem protection and restoration in the Great Lakes and
Northeast-Midwest regions. She was also instrumental in bridging
the Washington and Great Lakes regional policy communities
on Great Lakes environmental issues, and promoting a shared
federal agenda.
Previously,
Ms. Cangelosi was Environmental Project Director with the
Coalition of Northeastern Governors (CONEG). She managed regional
environmental initiatives and conducted policy research on
source reduction, groundwater protection, and integrating
economic development and water quality protection. She established
the State-industry-environmentalist Source Reduction Council
of CONEG.
Ms.
Cangelosi holds a Masters of Science in Resource Development
from Michigan State University, and a B.A. in Biology from
Kalamazoo College.
