Richard D. Schulterbrandt Gragg III, Ph.D. is a Professor of Environmental Science and Policy in the Florida A&M University School of the Environment. His teaching, research and service interests include: environmental justice and health disparities; environmental and sustainability science; community based participatory research; and environmental and public health policy. He also directs undergraduate and graduate students in thesis and dissertation research. Professor Schulterbrandt Gragg is currently serving the Office of Pesticide Programs for the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee. He is the founding director of the Florida A&M University Center for Environmental Equity and Justice and a former member of the US EPA Science Advisory Board for the Environmental Justice Technical Group Review Panel, Audubon of Florida Board of Directors, the Florida Environmental Regulations Commission, and the US Environmental Protection Agency, National Environmental Justice Advisory Council and Health and Research Subcommittee. Dr. Gragg is also President and CEO of the Public Private Partnership for Sustainable Communities. Dr. Gragg was awarded a Biochemistry B.S., 1980, from the SUNY Binghamton University and a Pharmacology M.S., 1986 and a Pharmaceutical Sciences Ph.D., 1994, from the Florida A&M University.