Pete Conroy is the Director of Jacksonville State University's Environmental Policy and Information Center (EPIC). Trained as a biologist, Mr. Conroy moved to Alabama in 1985 to work as the curator of the Anniston Museum of Natural History.

Since then, he has received appointments from Alabama Governors Don Siegelman (D), Fob James (R), Jim Folsom (D) and Guy Hunt (R). In 2002 he was selected by Governor Siegelman to Chair the Alabama Commission on Environmental Initiatives and later the Alabama Geographic Information Council.

Retained by President George Bush, Pete received White House appointments by President Bill Clinton in early 1999 to serve as Alternate U.S. Federal Commissioner of the Tri-State (ACT/ACF) Water Compacts. He was also selected by the Office of the Secretary of the Army to serve on an Operational Assessment Team to review safety measures relating to the destruction of chemical warfare materials in Alabama.