Patricia M. DeMarco, Ph.D.
“As individuals and people acting together, we have the power to change the world toward a sustainable future.
I believe we already have the solutions for sustainability in hand. No “silver bullet” technology is necessary. We just need the moral fortitude to take action.
The laws of Nature are not negotiable. We must adjust our laws to live in harmony with Nature and work to strengthen the life support systems of the Living Earth.”
Books
Bio
Patricia M. DeMarco is a Pittsburgh author with a doctorate in Biology from the University of Pittsburgh. She has spent a fifty-year career in energy and environmental policy in both private and public sector positions. She now writes and lectures in the fields of sustainability, energy and environmental policy, and natural history.
She learned her craft in public policy from Connecticut Governor Ella T. Grasso, for whom she served as policy advisor to the National Governors Association Low Level Nuclear Waste Compact negotiations. Following her position as Demand Side Manager for the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative, she served is a Commissioner of the Regulated Utilities Commission of Alaska.
She returned to Pittsburgh in 2006, and served as Executive Director of the Rachel Carson Homestead Association then as Director of the Rachel Carson Institute at Chatham University, where she now holds an appointment as Senior Scholar and Adjunct Faculty.
She sits on the Board of Trustees for Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, and for The Allegheny Land Trust. She is also a Principal Associate in The Main Street Associates, headquartered in Braddock, PA.
Curriculum Vitae and Appointments
- Forest Hills Borough Council Member 2016-2020 and Vice President 2020 to 2023
- Pennsylvania Municipal League- Board of Directors 2021-2024.
- CONNECT (Congress of Neighboring Communities) President 2021-2022 Chair, Research Policy Council 2024
- Senior Scholar, Chatham University, Adjunct Faculty 2012 to present
- Battle of Homestead Foundation – Treasurer 2018 -2020, Board Member 2021-2022
- Board of Trustees, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens 2019 to Present; Secretary of the Board of Trustees 2022-2023, Vice President 2024-2026
- Board of Trustees, Allegheny Land Trust 2020 -present
- Board of Directors, Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light
Awards
Penn Future Women of Lifetime Achievement Award 2020
Carnegie Science Award in Environment 2019
Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light Visionary Award for 2018
William R. Freudenburg Lifetime Achievement Award, Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences 2017
Recent Publications
“Rachel Carson’s environmental ethic – a guide for global systems decision making.” Journal of Cleaner Production. Vol 140, Part 1, Pages 127-133. January 2017.
Patricia M. DeMarco. “Protecting the Rights of the Living Earth.” in Toward a Healthy Planet. Gerald Magill and James Benedict (Eds.) Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 2021. Pages 53-67.
Contact
Please contact Patricia to discuss a custom presentation that will fit your audience.
Email: demarcop6@gmail.com
Phone: (412) 708 9277
Patricia DeMarco Ph.D. 
October 2, 2014 at 10:18 am
very nice
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