Richard A. Camilleri ‘17 is a Conwell Scholar and Law & Public Policy Scholar at Temple University Beasley School of Law. This summer he is a NEPA Oversight Intern with the White House Council on Environmental Quality within the Executive Office of the President.
Mr. Camilleri is originally from Barrow, Alaska, a small Inuit community on the northern tip of Alaska’s Arctic slope. He received a Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Syracuse University with a dual major in Policy Studies and Political Science.
Prior to law school, Mr. Camilleri worked in municipal government for the North Slope region of Alaska. His work focused primarily in public administration and finance, though he served his final years as Chief Policy Advisor in the Office of the Mayor. His law and policy interests focus in Arctic Policy, including environmental and energy issues.