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TJ Graven
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TJ Graven was named Legislative Liaison for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, effective Jan. 15, 2022.
TJ most recently worked as a project manager in the Superfund Section of the Environmental Remediation Program in the Department’s Division of Environmental Quality. TJ has a diverse professional background that includes experience in areas of environmental law, environmental compliance enforcement and consultation under the National Environmental Policy Act and National Historic Preservation Act. TJ earned a Bachelor of Science in fisheries and wildlife from the University of Missouri and a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C.