Clancy Environmental Consultants, Inc.

M.S. Environmental Science and Policy (in Biology), 1996, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
B.S. Biology, 1989, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA

Mark Gibson is a senior scientist at Clancy Environmental Consultants Inc. and works in Alexandria, VA. He has over 15 years of experience in environmental science and policy research and analysis in support of local, state, and federal government programs, as well as the private sector. Prior to joining CEC in 2008, Mr. Gibson managed and supported several research and regulatory support activities for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at ICF International. He was a senior study director at the Water Science and Technology Board of the National Research Council in Washington, D.C., and directed several multiyear studies conducted by blue-ribbon panels of national and international experts on issues related to the provision of safe drinking water; water resources and policy; water contamination (microbial and chemical); and water quality monitoring and improvement.

Mr. Gibson specializes in research, regulations, policies, risk assessment, and decision-making related to water quality and the protection of human populations from contaminated drinking and recreational waters. More broadly, he provides extensive writing and editorial support for the production of a wide variety of technical and non-technical written communications for disparate audiences. Mr. Gibson served and continues to serve as the lead writer and editor for a variety of reports, white papers, and other documents for use by the USEPA's Office of Water and Office of Research and Development in support of the development of new or revised recreational water quality criteria by 2012. He recently served as the lead writer for the extensive revision and expansion of the USEPA draft human health criteria documents for pathogenic Escherichia coli (including E. coli O157) and adenovirus in water and related water media.