Beth E. Lachman

Biography

Beth Lachman (M.S., Operations Research, Stanford University, 1984; B.S. with distinction, Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University, 1982) is a policy analyst in RAND's Washington office. Her expertise includes systems analysis of environmental problems, environmental science and technology policy, sustainable development policy, mathematical modeling and GIS analysis of urban systems. For the S&T Policy Institute, Ms. Lachman has been helping with the development and implementation of the National Environmental Technology Strategy. She is currently leading a project to analyze federal, state, and local government collaboration in the development and implementation of environmental technologies for sustainability. Her recent work also includes analysis of industry environmental management practices, technology policy for Dutch transportation, sustainable community implementation, environmental R&D, monitoring, and innovative regulatory policies. Rev. 7/96.