Paul Simon is a senior official of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 2, which encompasses New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In his current position, he leads EPA Region 2’s climate change efforts. He guides Region 2’s development of strategies for promoting climate change mitigation and climate adaptation, and serves as a liaison on climate change issues with other EPA offices as well as other federal and state government agencies, municipalities and other stakeholders.
Mr. Simon has been with EPA since 1985 and for many years, served there as a managing attorney. As the Deputy Regional Counsel from 2005 to 2010, he worked closely with the Regional Counsel in the management and direction of an office of eighty lawyers providing legal support for the Agency’s implementation and enforcement of many federal environmental laws. He also directly managed the office’s legal efforts relating to the Hudson River PCBs Superfund Site. In addition, in 2009, Mr. Simon served on a 4-month detail in EPA Headquarters as Acting Deputy Director of the Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water.
Mr. Simon earned his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University.