Speaker: Melanie Loyzim, Deputy Commissioner, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Melanie Loyzim is the Deputy Commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP). She has been with the agency since 2006, and has served in a variety of roles including underground tank inspector, air toxics and emissions inventory program manager, and as the director of Bureau of Air Quality and the Bureau of Remediation and Waste Management. Prior to her tenure at Maine DEP, she also worked for Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment in their emissions inventory program and as a rulewriter. She also has experience as an Environmental, Health and Safety Consultant, a Site Health and Safety Officer, a 40-hour HAZWOPER trainer, and as Communications Director for an herbal products manufacturer.