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DAVID J. STIRPE
David J. Stirpe, Partner, is a specialist in environmental and atmospheric issues. He serves as the Executive Director of the Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy, which is headquartered at Alcalde & Fay. He joined the firm in 1990.
Mr. Stirpe's work for the Alliance involves the coordination of industry participation in the development of reasonable international and U.S. government policies for the protection of the ozone layer, the regulation of ozone-depleting compounds and implementation of their alternatives. The Alliance is composed of several hundred U.S. companies that use and produce these compounds.
Mr. Stirpe has traveled extensively to many countries representing industry in U.S. embassies, before foreign governments, and in international environmental treaty negotiations. He has also traveled extensively to the states and localities addressing legislative and regulatory initiatives on behalf of industry.
Mr. Stirpe represents several companies on environmental compliance and implementation of regulations; and he serves on the staff of the International Climate Change Partnership, a coalition of companies committed to responsible participation in the international and domestic global climate change policy process.
He has been state legislative counsel for the Safe Buildings Alliance, a coalition of building product manufacturers advocating standards on asbestos-containing materials, and also legislative counsel at the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute, a trade association addressing appliance issues.
Mr. Stirpe received a B.A. in Political Science and Journalism from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York, and a J.D. from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania Bars.
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