Chris Dolan serves as NAMI's director of environmental and sustainability issues, having previously worked in this position for the American Meat Institute since 2014. He is a partner in the Minneapolis office of Faegre Baker Daniels, specializing in environmental and natural resources litigation, environmental review, administrative proceedings, permitting, and compliance matters. He focuses on environmental litigation arising under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and a variety of state statutes as well as contractual environmental indemnity provisions. Dolan has also worked with many federal and state administrative agencies on behalf of clients, including the EPA and the Bureau of Land Management. In litigation matters, he specializes in complex factual development and expert team management. Dolan has significant experience working with clients in the animal agriculture, oil and gas, energy, and manufacturing sectors. Prior to joining Faegre Baker Daniels, Dolan worked as a McCleary law fellow with the Human Rights Campaign. Before beginning his legal career, he was executive director of Neighbors Helping Neighbors Food Drives, an organization that collected food for Twin Cities food shelves.