BOB MARTINEAU

Martineau has built a distinguished career spanning environmental policy, regulatory law, sustainability, economic development, and strategic communications across government, private practice, and business. Bob served for more than seven years as Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation under Governor Bill Haslam. As a member of the Governor’s Cabinet, he led the state’s environmental protection agency, energy office, and state parks system, overseeing more than 2,600 employees and a $395 million budget. He worked closely with state economic development officials and corporate leaders on environmental, regulatory, energy, and sustainability issues and represented Tennessee at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.

Earlier, Bob spent 15 years as a partner at Waller Lansden, now part of Holland & Knight, where he led the firm’s environmental and regulatory practice and represented major companies across a wide range of industries. He also served as a senior attorney in the Office of General Counsel at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he worked on the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act and regulations implementing the law.

More recently, Bob served as president of LHP Management and as a senior partner at FINN Partners, advising companies, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations on sustainability, regulatory matters, strategic communications, and crisis management.

Bob is a Fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers and has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers, Who’s Who Legal, and the Nashville Business Journal.

He earned his law degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law and his bachelor’s degree from St. John’s University in Minnesota.