Jonathan Lash (born August 12, 1945) is an American attorney who was the sixth president of Hampshire College[2] (2011–2018) and member of the board of directors of the World Resources Institute where he served as president from 1993 to 2011.
[4] He assumed the role of sixth president of Hampshire College in May, 2011 and was inaugurated on April 27, 2011.
During his tenure in Vermont government, Lash helped write, win enactment of and implement statutes on issues ranging from pollution prevention and solid waste management to protection of streams.
A former Peace Corps volunteer and federal prosecutor, Lash worked as a senior staff attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) from 1978 to 1985, litigating and lobbying on issues related to pollution control, federal coal leasing, strip mining, and energy conservation.
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