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DEQ.utah.gov -Utah Department of Environmental Quality

The Official Web site of the Utah Department of Environmental Quality

NEWS RELEASE
October 18, 2005

Contacts:
Dianne Nielson, (801) 536-4402
DEQ Executive Director
Donna Kemp Spangler, (801) 536-4480
Public Information Officer

New Public Information Officer Named

(Salt Lake City, Utah) – Donna Kemp Spangler has been appointed the Public Information Officer for the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Executive Director Dianne Nielson announced today. Spangler replaces Laura Vernon, who resigned to accept a position with the private sector.

“Donna’s considerable experience as a reporter will be an asset to DEQ,” Nielson said. “She will be responsible to help us effectively communicate complex environmental issues so the public can make informed decisions.”

“I care deeply about Utah’s environment,” Spangler said. “I look forward to working with DEQ to enhance the public’s understanding of environmental issues and the agency’s role in protecting the quality of Utah’s environment.”

Spangler began her career as a reporter for The Review, in Oregon. She also reported for the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin and worked as editor of The Enterprise in Washington State before moving to Utah, where she was an environmental reporter for the Deseret Morning News from 1999 – 2004. Spangler is returning to Utah from Washington D.C., where she reported for the Exchange Monitor Publications on a variety of nuclear waste, nuclear energy, low-level waste disposal and homeland security issues.

Spangler earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication, from the University of Portland in 1986. She has received numerous awards from the Utah and the Pacific Northwest Regional Chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists for environmental, legal affairs, special projects, and government reporting. Spangler is the co-author of “Horned Snakes and Axle Grease: A Guide to Archeology, History and Rock Art of Nine Mile Canyon.”

 

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