Laurie Potter

A principal in the Drinking Water and Water Quality Group, Laurie Potter has more than 20 years’ experience in research, policy development, and management of environmental and public health programs. Her extensive consulting career covers safe drinking water, clean water, underground injection control issues, acid deposition, hazardous waste programs, audits and reviews of contaminant occurrence data and the results of environmental monitoring, and the development of outreach and education campaigns.

As program requirements expand to keep pace with new federal regulations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and trade organizations tap Ms. Potter to create models and surveys to analyze state resource needs. The reports and lobbying materials produced from the models enable states and EPA to lobby successfully for new funding and larger staffs. She often creates plans to integrate those new resources into state programs.

Ms. Potter heads our team that has reviewed, on behalf of the EPA, state-level drinking water programs to determine their compliance with federal regulations for the past 17 years. She uses the experience gained and data collected to help EPA flag state program weaknesses, analyze compliance trends, identify causes of compliance problems, and develop training courses, materials, and educational tools designed to address them.

Laurie Potter holds a bachelor’s in economics and a certificate in public policy from Smith College.