Courtney Congratulates Connecticut's Stephen Gephard on Administration Appointment

WASHINGTON—Today Congressman Joe Courtney released the following statement congratulating Connecticut’s Stephen R. Gephard on his presidential appointment to the post of Commissioner of the Council of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization:

“Stephen Gephard will be a strong voice for conservation on the national level, as he has been for nearly two decades working for the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. His broad experience and deep knowledge of biology, conservation, and government’s role in protecting our resources will make him an excellent commissioner, and I look forward to working with him in his new role.”

Stephen R. Gephard is currently the Supervising Fisheries Biologist at the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) for the state of Connecticut, a position he has held since 1995. From 1986 to 1994, he served as the Senior Fisheries Biologist for DEEP working on various aspects of the Diadromous Fish Program. Mr. Gephard was also an Environmental Editor at Laurence Urdang Inc. in Essex, Connecticut in 1978 and a Fisheries Biologist in the U.S. Peace Corps in Lesotho in 1976. Mr. Gephard received a B.A. from Aurora University and an M.S. from the University of Connecticut.