Jay Lehr, Ph.D. is senior fellow and science director of The Heartland Institute, an independent nonprofit organization based in Chicago. In 2008 he was named chief hydro-geologist for Earth Water Global (EWG) corporation, one of the world’s largest providers of water supply projects. He is an internationally renowned speaker, scientist, and author who has testified before Congress on more than three dozen occasions on environmental issues, and consulted with nearly every agency of the federal government and with many foreign countries.
Dr. Lehr is a leading authority on groundwater hydrology. After graduating from Princeton University at the age of 20 with a degree in Geological Engineering, he went on to receive the nation’s first Ph.D. in Groundwater Hydrology from the University of Arizona. He later became executive director of the National Association of Groundwater Scientists and Engineers.
Dr. Lehr is the author of more than 400 magazine and journal articles and 12 books. He is editor of Rational Readings on Environmental Concerns, McGraw-Hill’s Handbook on Environmental Science, Health and Technology (2000), Wiley’s Remediation Technologies Handbook (2004), Environmental Instrumentation and Analysis Handbook (2005), and the six-volume Water Encyclopedia (Wiley Interscience, 2005).
Dr. Lehr has spoken before more than 1,000 audience on topics ranging from global warming and biotechnology to business management and health and physical fitness. He invariably receives the highest scores for entertaining and energizing even the largest audiences.
“Unquestionably the most enthusiastic and motivational speaker I have ever heard. ... Listening to Dr. Lehr’s presentation, one cannot help but be captivated by his enthusiasm.”
-- Tyler Gass, Vice President, Blasland Bouck & Lee
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Jay Lehr can be reached by e-mail at jlehr@heartland.org. To schedule Avery for interviews or to speak at your event, please contact Events Manager Nikki Comerford at 312/377-4000 or by email at ncomerford@heartland.org, or by mail at The Heartland Institute, 19 South LaSalle Street #903, Chicago, Illinois 60603
