Dr. Donald R. van der Vaart
Biography
Dr. Donald van der Vaart is a Senior Fellow for the John Locke Foundation. Dr. van der Vaart earned a B.S. in Chemistry from UNC Chapel Hill, an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from N. C. State University, a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge University and a J.D. from N. C. Central University.
He has worked in both the energy and utility sectors before coming to the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality as an engineer. There he rose through the department to serve as an Air Quality manager, N. C. Energy Policy Advisor, Deputy Secretary, and eventually Secretary under the Pat McCrory administration.
He was named to the U.S. EPA’s Scientific Advisory Board in 2018.
Dr. van der Vaart has authored nearly 50 papers on both technical and legal topics and authored two patents. He has testified for various Congressional Committees on environmental topics and is a licensed engineer and attorney in North Carolina.
Student Energy Seminar with Don van der Vaart
Posted by John Locke Foundation on Friday, November 1, 2019
Are All Electric Vehicles the Right Answer? with Don van der Vaart
Posted by John Locke Foundation on Monday, September 23, 2019
