Howard A. Learner

Howard A. Learner is an experienced attorney who serves as ELPC’s Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director. He is responsible for ELPC’s overall strategic leadership, policy direction and financial platform. Mr. Learner served as the General Counsel for Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, specializing in environmental, energy, economic development and civil rights litigation and policy development. He serves on the boards of the Great Lakes Protection Fund (appointed by Gov. JB Pritzker), the Council for the Great Lakes Region, and the (Cook County) Forest Preserve Foundation. He was the founding Chair of the Illinois Citizens Utility Board and founding Chair of the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance. He served on the Executive Committees and Boards of the Environmental Law Institute and American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), and as the Vice-Chair of the U.S. EPA’s National Advisory Council on Environmental Policy and Technologies. He served on the Illinois Executive Ethics Commission (appointed by Governor.)

Mr. Learner is a Lecturer in Law on Environmental Constitutionalism at the University of Chicago Law School.