| Julie Varon joined the Hearing
Board in July of 2009 as the attorney member. She has ten years of
experience as a litigating attorney, most recently serving as a Senior
Attorney and the Director of the Southern California Clean Air Program of
the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). While at the NRDC, she served
as lead counsel on lawsuits brought against air polluters and government
agencies, as well as a lawsuit defending important SCAQMD rules. She
co-authored numerous NRDC publications. She has also served on a variety of
working groups and committees at the SCAQMD during her time at NRDC.
Additionally, she was a member of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s goods
movement task force, and is considered an expert on air quality and the
ports. Prior to joining NRDC, Ms. Varon was a litigation associate at law
firms in New York.
Ms. Varon left her position with the NRDC in 2006 to become a full-time
mother. From 2007 until joining the Hearing Board, she served as a Board
Consultant to SCAQMD Governing Board Member Joseph Lyou.
Ms. Varon holds a B.S. in Accounting from the State University of New
York at Albany and received her Juris Doctorate from the New York University
School of Law, New York.
Ms. Varon lives in West Los Angeles. She most enjoys spending time with
her son, Eli, and also likes to rollerblade, hike and paint.
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