Daryl Ditz

Senior Policy Advisor, Center for International Environmental Law
dditz@ciel.org
202-742-5849

Daryl Ditz is Senior Policy Advisor in the Chemical Program at the nonprofit Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) in Washington, DC. Over the past 25 years, he has worked at the state, federal and international levels on a range of environmental issues including chemicals management, pollution prevention, and public right-to-know.

Daryl is an active contributor to efforts to reform U.S. federal policy on chemicals. He has participated in campaigns for passage and implementation of REACH, the European chemicals law. In 2007-2008 he served on the Science Advisory Panel to California's Green Chemistry Initiative. From 2004-2006 he coordinated a national campaign for U.S. ratification of the Stockholm treaty on persistent organic pollutants (POPs).

Previously Daryl led business engagement for the World Wildlife Fund's Global Toxics Program with a special focus on Europe. He established the India Program at the Environmental Law Institute and organized research, workshops and other programs for judges, activists, and other professionals in the U.S. and Asia. Daryl is the author of numerous publications and co-editor of two books: Frontiers of Sustainability (Island Press, 1997) and Green Ledgers: Case Studies in Corporate Environmental Accounting. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin and a Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University.