[ADEQ Media] ADEQ Deputy Director Cunningham Honored as Environmental Leader of the Year in Public Policy

Tue Sep 29 14:04:43 MST 2009

PHOENIX (Sept. 29, 2009) - Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Deputy Director Patrick Cunningham was honored Tuesday as Environmental
Leader of the Year in Public Policy by the Arizona Capitol Times.

Cunningham received a plaque during a noontime luncheon at the Wyndham
Phoenix downtown hotel. The award goes to individuals who positively
impact the state and the lives of Arizonans.

"Patrick is one of the smartest, hardest-working public servants in
America," ADEQ Director Benjamin H. Grumbles said. "He has encyclopedic
knowledge of Arizona state government and has done an outstanding job
managing operations at ADEQ and looking out for the best interests of
the state's citizens and environmental resources."

Cunningham served as Acting Director of ADEQ from January 2009 until
June 2009 after serving six years during a previous stint as deputy
director of the agency.

Prior to coming to ADEQ, Cunningham worked for 12 years in the Arizona
Attorney General's Office, where he served as chief counsel for the
Environmental Enforcement Section and the Criminal Division, directed
legislative affairs, and served as a special litigation counsel and
chief counsel of the Civil Rights Litigation Section.

Before joining the Attorney General's Office, Cunningham served as an
assistant U.S. Attorney in the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task
Force in Arizona and as a captain in the U.S. Army's Judge Advocate
General's Corps.

Cunningham is from Kingman, Arizona, and received his bachelor's degree
in 1976 from the University of Michigan where he graduated cum laude. He
earned his law degree from Arizona State University in 1979.

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