Washington, DC – James Mitchell Jr., president of the National League of Cities, announced the appointment of Fairhope City Councilwoman Debbie Quinn to its 2011 Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Advocacy Steering Committee, according to a Jan. 31 city news release.

The committee has the lead responsibility for developing NLC federal policy positions in the areas of energy, clean air, solid and hazardous waste, water quality and supply, national wetlands, and endangered species.

As a member of the committee, Quinn  will play a key role in shaping NLC’s policy positions, while advocating on behalf of America’s cities and towns on Capitol Hill, with the Obama administration, and at home, the release stated.

The chair of that committee this year is Matt Zone, council member, Cleveland, Ohio. Serving as this year’s vice-chairs are Matt Appelbaum, council member, Boulder, Colo., Christopher Jones, deputy mayor pro tem, San Marcos, Texas, and Michael Sesma, council member, Gaithersburg, Md.

 The NLC is the nation’s oldest and largest organization devoted to strengthening and promoting cities as centers of opportunity, leadership and governance. NLC is a resource and advocate for 19,000 cities, towns and villages, representing more than 218 million Americans, according to the release.

 For more information on NLC’s other committees and councils, visit http://www.nlc.org/inside_nlc/committeescouncils.aspx.