Russell F. Rhoades

Russell F. Rhoades
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Russell F. Rhoades, later to earn his MPH, become EIA OSHA Manager, Environ­mental Improvement Division (EID) Field Services Manager, EID Director from 1981 until 1983, and Director of Environmental Services for U.S. EPA Region VI in 1984, Director of the Arizona Environmental Quality Department, and Director of Environmental Management for Public Service Co. of New Mexico.
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Thomas E. Baca returned from graduate environmental health education and joined our staff, as did Russell F. Rhoades, Cubia L. Clayton, and Pat Kneafsey (all mentioned earlier).

EPA Region IX Administrator Felicia Marcus , in a letter to Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Director Russell Rhoades , said that by precluding the state from invoking CERCLA provisions , the law removes a powerful tool that has served Arizona well in the past to insure that responsible parties clean up sites in a timely and effective manner..

Russell Rhoades, Director

Department of Environmental Quality

Russell Rhoades has been named environmental affairs administrative officer.

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Russell Rhoades, Environmental Affairs Administrative OfficerRhoades will be the lead in coordinating PNM's environmental programs.

He has extensive experience in environmental management at both the state and federal levels.Beginning in 1995, he was the director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.Prior to that, Rhoades was the director of environmental services for the Environmental Protection Agency's southwestern region.He also served as director of the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Division for 11 years.He has a master's degree in public health from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor of science degree from UNM.

Russell Rhoades, the former Director of ADEQ, resigned under pressure on December 7, 1998.

RUSS RHOADES

Russell Rhoades is a Senior Project Manager for the Bouchard Companies.He is a former governmental Senior Executive with more than 25 years experience in the environmental field managing air, water and waste programs at both the State and Federal level.Additionally, he has served as an executive in private industry.Russ earned a Masters Degree in Public Health at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and a Bachelors Degree in Science at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Russ' expertise includes development and implementation of environmental programs; pursuing problem resolution with governmental officials, industry leaders, private citizens, and environmental groups; planning of organizational objectives and the establishment and monitoring of performance measures to assure their accomplishment; process improvement; and accountability vis a vis employee and customer alignment.He has a deep knowledge of the organization, culture and operations of State and Federal environmental regulatory agencies.

Russ has served as the Environmental Affairs Officer for the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he led the development of PNM's environmental policy to integrate environmental considerations into business initiatives, operations, planning and performance measurement processes.

From 1995 to 1998 Russ directed Arizona's environmental regulatory programs reporting to the Governor.His responsibilities included air and water quality as well as solid and hazardous waste management.During this period, he also directed support to the Department including Planning, Administrative Legal Council, Fiscal and Human Resources Management, Media Relations and Information Technology support.He chaired the Arizona Water Infrastructure Finance Authority at the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.That Authority finances low interest loans for water supply and wastewater facilities throughout the State of Arizona.

Russ has also served as Division Director for the United States Environmental Protection Agency in Dallas, Texas, and as the Director of the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Division, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he directed New Mexico regulatory programs addressing air quality, water pollution control, radiation protection, occupational health and safety, food and milk sanitation as well as liquid, solid and hazardous waste management.

Additionally, Russ has directed programs for swimming pool safety and sanitation, vector control, subdivision review and water supply and wastewater treatment construction.He chaired the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission, and also directed the planning, fiscal and personnel management of the Division and was responsible to the Department Secretary, Governor, New Mexico Legislature, rule making bodies and citizens regarding progress toward statutory environmental goals.

Russ Rhoades

SANDY BAHR AND her fellow environmentalists did take heart last year when Governor Hull fired Department of Environmental Quality director Russell Rhoades, a man widely considered to be one of Symington's worst hires.
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Under Rhoades, the poorly managed, underfunded agency faltered even more, prompting legislative leaders in 1997 to grant DEQ only two years of guaranteed existence, instead of the 10 years normally assured in the sunset review process.