Stuart Sessions is an economist with over 25 years of experience in supervising and performing analyses of environmental, energy, and natural resource policy issues.  He has a particular interest in techniques by which governments can set priorities when faced by a wide variety of  environmental problems.  He has worked extensively with officials in the  U.S. and abroad in developing and improving their procedures for  environmental strategic planning.  He is the individual most responsible for  developing a technique for rigorous environmental planning known as  "comparative risk analysis."  He directed the first comparative risk studies  in the U.S. and overseas.  Mr. Sessions also has lengthy experience in  analysis of regulatory issues associated with air and water pollution and  solid and hazardous waste disposal, having managed the division at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) responsible for this function and having consulted frequently in this area. 

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