J. Marc McGinnes (born September 27, 1941) is an environmental leader, lawyer, and educator.
In 1983, he began full-time there, developing courses for both the Environmental Studies and Law and Society programs.
[4] After the 1969 Santa Barbara oil blowout and subsequent oil spill, Rep. Pete McCloskey urged McGinnes, then practicing law in San Francisco, to go to Santa Barbara to assist in that community’s response.
[5] McGinnes served as chair of the national Environmental Rights Day conference in Santa Barbara following the oil spill.
[6][7][8] In 1970, McGinnes was the founding president of the Community Environmental Council, one of the nation’s first ecology center/think tanks.