Joseph A. MacDougald

Joseph Allan MacDougald was appointed professor-in-residence and the executive director for the Center for Energy and Environmental Law in September 2011. He holds degrees from Brown University (AB Mathematics), New York University (MBA), the University of Connecticut School of Law (JD), and Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (Masters in Environmental Management). In this last program, Joe divided his coursework between policy classes at Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and environmental law offerings at the Yale Law School. In private industry, Joe served as general counsel, chief operating officer and finally president, board member, and ownership group representative of an international biomaterials company. Subsequent to arranging for his company’s sale, Joe joined the law school as a visiting scholar and also has held a lecturer’s appointment to Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.  He has a long history of local service as a town zoning commission member and chairman, and a town selectman in his hometown of Madison (CT), where he developed a strong interest in local environmental effects. He is a board member of the Madison Land Conservation Trust and has served as a board member or volunteered for other non-profit institutions. He researches and writes in the fields of environmental, energy, constitutional and land use law and has lectured at several academic and civic institutions.

Education:

• AB, Mathematics, Brown University
• Masters in Business Administration, New York University’s Stern School of Business
• JD, University of Connecticut School of Law
• Masters in Environmental Management,Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies