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Aron Borok, M.P.A. Environmental Policy and Natural Resource Management, Senior Associate

Mr. Aron Borok, manager of EI’s Portland office, has more than five years of experience in facilitation, community outreach, brownfields redevelopment, environmental economics and environmental policy. With a masters in environmental policy and natural resources management from Indiana University and a bachelors in environmental engineering from Northwestern University, Mr. Borok has extensive knowledge of federal and state environmental regulations as well as the science behind the law, which gives him an excellent capability to work effectively with environmental regulators and scientists alike. He has facilitated planning and outreach processes to inform and involve communities in environmental issues ranging from cleanup of a RCRA hazardous waste site to flood risk management. Mr. Borok has assisted local governments with the community outreach and redevelopment aspects of Brownfields projects including leading public meetings and preparing redevelopment and greenspace plans to leverage opportunities for sustainable economic revitalization at underutilized sites. He has developed and implemented public outreach programs on a variety of issues including cleanup of contaminated sites, flood risk management and natural resource restoration. As part of his work in public outreach, Mr. Borok has developed detailed and informative web pages designed to communicate effectively with stakeholders.

Mr. Borok has a strong background in both technical and policy aspects related to the environmental field. He has expertise in environmental economics and has assisted with valuations of natural resource injuries at contaminated sites. Mr. Borok has developed estimates of natural resource damages employing travel-cost method, contingent valuation and habitat equivalency analysis. He has contributed to The Natural Resource Damage Assessment Handbook: A Legal and Technical Analysis published by the Environmental Law Institute, the only treatise on natural resource damage assessment. Mr. Borok also has provided training on the full array of economic techniques used to value natural resource damages.

Mr. Borok has significant experience working abroad on environmental issues, particularly those related to conservation of biodiversity and water scarcity. With written and spoken fluency in Russian, he has studied and worked on biodiversity issues in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, and in several areas in the United States. Mr. Borok is familiar with the challenges confronting countries attempting to balance environmental stewardship while undergoing transformation to a market economy. As a part of his work, he has given advice on the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and National Environmental Action Plans in Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus.