Meeting/Event Information

The A&WMA Lake Michigan States Section and the Union League Club Environmental Committee are pleased to invite you to join us as Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director, John Kim provides an update current issues and activities facing Illinois EPA, with an emphasis on IEPA’s efforts toward Environmental Justice. 

John J. Kim was appointed Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency on January 22, 2019.  Director Kim has served in many senior roles during his distinguished 28 years at the Agency under five Governors of both parties. He previously served as Chief Legal Counsel, Interim Director, Ethics Officer, Deputy General Counsel, Assistant Counsel/Special Assistant Attorney General, and Project Manager for an IEPA-China pollution prevention project. In 2008 and 2009, he left the Illinois EPA for just over a year to serve as Acting General Counsel of the Illinois Department of Agriculture. 

Before joining Illinois EPA, Director Kim was an Assistant Attorney General of Illinois and was the General Counsel to the Midwest Environmental Enforcement Association. He received his Juris Doctor from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and his Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

TIME:   Registration/Check-In at 11:15 a.m. / Lunch at 11:30 a.m. / Presentation with Q&A 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. 

LOCATION:  Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 

COST:  The cost to attend for non-Union League Club members is $45 per person for A&WMA members, $50 per person for non-members (ULC members should register with the ULC) and $20 per person for government employees or students.  Registration includes breakfast and any presentation handouts.   

RSVP:  Due to limited seating and our arrangement with the Union League Club, advance registration is required to guarantee availability. Reservations and payment can be made on-line for non-Union League Club members at www.LMAWMA.org.  Reservations may be cancelled for a full refund only if we are notified 48 hours in advance of the event. Union League Club members should contact ULC to make their reservations. 

CREDIT:  Attendees will be eligible to receive Continuing Legal Education (CLE) or Professional Development Hours (PDH) credit.

A limited number of scholarships are available for anyone who requires CLE credit to maintain professional registration such as attorneys, professional engineers and professional geologists and who could not otherwise afford to attend this conference. Contact Robin Pelsis at (847) 202-0418 or [email protected] for more details.