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BILL HOLMAN
AWARD
HONOREE
 Bill Holman was born
and raised in North Carolina, graduating magna cum laude from NC State
University in 1978 with a degree in Biology. He worked as
executive director of the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust
Fund from 2001 to 2006. The General Assembly of NC established the
CWMTF in 1996 to help finance acquisition and restoration of buffers and
wetlands, wastewater improvements, stormwater controls, greenways and
other water quality investments. Despite difficult economic and
budget times, during Holman's tenure the General Assembly increased
appropriations from $30,000,000 in fiscal year 2000-2001 to $100,000,000
per year in recurring funds in fiscal year 2005-2006.
Holman
served as Governor Jim Hunt's Secretary of the Department of Environment
& Natural Resources from 1999-2000 and as an Assistant Secretary from
1998-1999. Prior to service in these capacities, Holman is credited with
helping to pass the Clean Water Responsibility Act of 1997, the
Brownfields Cleanup Act of 1997, the Clean Water Management Trust Fund
Act of 1996, the Watershed Protection Act of 1989, and numerous other
North Carolina environmental bills as a lobbyist for state and national
environmental and conservation groups between 1979 and 1997.
Legislators, lobbyists and news reporters ranked him as one of the top
10 most-effective lobbyists in the NC General Assembly from 1985-1997.
Before beginning his career, Holman hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1975.
Holman has
received many awards including Conservationist of the Year by the NC
Wildlife Federation in 1999 and 1998 College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences Distinguished Alumnus Award from NC State University. In
2000, Governor Hunt awarded Holman one of the state's highest civilian
honors, the Order of the Long Leaf Pine.
Since 2007,
Holman has been Director of State Policy at the Nicholas Institute for
Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University. He works with
Duke University faculty, staff and students to help public and private
decision makers solve water, climate/energy and ocean/coastal problems
at the state and local level. With Richard Whisnant at UNC-Chapel
Hill, Holman recently drafted a water allocation policy study for the NC
General Assembly. He lives in Raleigh, NC with his wife Stephanie
Bass, a writer and consultant, and his dog, Sylva (from Jackson County). |
