Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Mr. Kennedy is a graduate of Harvard University. He studied at the London School of Economics and received his law degree from the University of Virginia Law School. Following graduation he attended Pace University School of Law, where he was awarded a Masters Degree in Environmental Law.
Mr. Kennedy was named one of Time magazine's “Heroes for the Planet” for his success helping Riverkeeper lead the fight to restore the Hudson River. The group's achievement helped spawn more than 130 Waterkeeper organizations across the globe.
Mr. Kennedy serves as Chief Prosecuting Attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and President of Waterkeeper Alliance. He is also a Clinical Professor and Supervising Attorney at Pace University School of Law’s Environmental Litigation Clinic and is co-host of Ring of Fire on Air America Radio.
He has worked on environmental issues across the Americas and has assisted several indigenous tribes in Latin America and Canada in successfully negotiating treaties protecting traditional homelands.


Dr. John A. McLachlan

He isdirector of the Center for Bioenvironmental Research at Tulane and Xavier Universities, and writer John M. Barry, author of a bestseller about the 1927 Mississippi River flood.
He is a renowned biologists and devoted humanatarian

Dr. McLachlan received his B.A. degree in Liberal Arts from the Johns Hopkins University
and a doctoral degree in pharmacology from the George Washington University.

Before coming to Tulane and Xavier in 1995, he spent the previous two decades
at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the world’s
largest and most comprehensive center for research on the effects of environmental
factors on human health. While at NIEHS, Dr. McLachlan’s scientific contributions led
to his discovery of the mechanisms by which environmental chemicals alter fetal
development. Dr. McLachlan was named Scientific Director of the NIEHS in 1989.

Dr. McLachlan’s wide range of research interests is reflected in his community service and awards.
He has worked to facilitate environmental literacy among New Orleans school children. His interests
in the environment and fetal development led to his appointment as a board member of the Children’s
Environmental Health Network.