51 Facts About Jon Hinck

Jon Hinck was born on January 9,1954 and is an American environmentalist, lawyer and politician.

From 2013 through 2016, Hinck held an at-large seat on the Portland, Maine City Council.

Jon Hinck was born in Sacramento, California, and spent most of his childhood in the Liberty Corner section of Bernards Township, New Jersey and lived in Bernardsville, New Jersey.

Jon Hinck was an honor student, an Eagle Scout and a varsity athlete.

Jon Hinck graduated with a dual major in English and History.

In 1976, Jon Hinck spent six months teaching English language at the Iran-America Society in Isfahan, Iran.

Jon Hinck traveled in the Middle East from Turkey through Afghanistan, Pakistan and Northern India.

In 1977, Jon Hinck moved to Seattle, Washington, where he worked in the local movie business, managing a landmark movie theater and buying and booking films.

Jon Hinck subsequently became involved with the Greenpeace movement, co-founded the national organization known as Greenpeace USA, and served as National Campaign Director.

In 1990, Jon Hinck earned a JD degree from the UC Berkeley School of Law.

Jon Hinck was associate editor of the California Law Review where he published The Republic of Palau and the United States: Self-Determination Becomes the Price of Free Association.

In 1991, Jon Hinck married Juliet Browne, whom he had met in law school.

Jon Hinck is a trustee of Unity College in Unity, Maine.

At MoFo, Jon Hinck represented defendants in securities fraud class actions such as In re VeriFone Sec.

Jon Hinck worked on consumer and environmental class actions and served as plaintiffs' class counsel in the massive maritime environmental tort case In re Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.

Jon Hinck successfully litigated a series of cases that in 1994 enabled the Republic of Palau to become a sovereign nation.

Jon Hinck successfully prosecuted criminal cases including one where he gained the conviction of legislators for trafficking in dangerous narcotics.

Subsequently, Jon Hinck helped to organize cases nationwide for recovery from MTBE pollution.

In November 1978, Jon Hinck took a job in Seattle working for a monthly newspaper published by the environmental organization Greenpeace, then based in Vancouver, BC The next year, Jon Hinck was hired as the Media and Campaign Director for Greenpeace Seattle.

Jon Hinck led Greenpeace campaigns on a range of issues related to preserving clean air and water, protecting the marine environment, and encouraging development of clean energy.

From 1979 to 1981 Jon Hinck played a leading role in efforts by Greenpeace Seattle and Greenpeace Vancouver to prevent oil pollution on the Northwest Coast.

Jon Hinck led Greenpeace in some of its earliest work on controlling toxic pollution.

In 1983 Jon Hinck assumed Greenpeace USA's key leadership position of Campaign Director.

In that capacity, Jon Hinck worked with Greenpeace Canada to confront a Russian whaling operation on the Siberian coast in the North Pacific.

The Greenpeace activists were held captive for five days while Jon Hinck negotiated their release with Soviet authorities.

Jon Hinck collaborated on the worldwide effort to prevent dumping nuclear waste at sea.

Jon Hinck initiated efforts to curtail the incineration of highly toxic waste at sea.

In 1985, Jon Hinck led Greenpeace campaigns for the control of pollution and protection of clean water throughout North America.

Jon Hinck contributed to environmentalist successes against notorious toxic polluters, including the ASARCO Tacoma smelter in Washington state.

Jon Hinck initiated efforts related to toxic waste and toxic product exports from the Western industrialized countries to lesser developed countries.

In 1996, after attending law school and practicing law in California, Palau and Maine, Jon Hinck returned to Greenpeace.

Jon Hinck was hired by Greenpeace International Executive Director Thilo Bode to serve as International Campaign Director.

In that capacity, working out of the Amsterdam headquarters, Jon Hinck served as delegate to the 1997 convention in Kyoto, Japan, which generated the Kyoto Protocol.

From 2003 to 2006, Jon Hinck worked as Staff Attorney for the Natural Resources Council of Maine, Maine's leading environmental advocacy group.

Jon Hinck worked on developing clean renewable energy and alternatives to toxic pollution.

Jon Hinck ran for the Maine House of Representatives in 2006 in Maine's 118th House District, based in the city of Portland.

In 2010, Jon Hinck successfully sponsored LD 1535, An Act To Create a Smart Grid Policy in the State, which was signed into law in 2010.

Jon Hinck introduced a bill to encourage best practices and greater responsibility in the dispensing and prescribing of addictive painkillers like OxyContin; that bill has now been enacted as Resolve, To Reduce Opioid Overprescription, Overuse and Abuse.

Jon Hinck served as House Chair of the legislature's Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology and was later ranking member.

Jon Hinck served on the Joint Select Committee on Maine's Energy Future and the Commission to Study Maine's Energy Infrastructure.

Jon Hinck served for several years as vice-chair of the Energy and Environment Committee of the Council of State Governments Eastern Regional Council, an organization of legislators from Eastern states and Canadian provinces.

Jon Hinck was a member of the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators and the National Coalition of Legislators for Energy Action Now, pushing the United States Congress for progressive energy and climate policies.

Jon Hinck's wife, Juliet Browne, served on Governor John Baldacci's wind power task force and was a leading pro-wind power attorney in the state.

Jon Hinck requested a ruling from the state Ethics Commission, which ruled that he would not violate the Legislature's ethics code.

Jon Hinck announced his candidacy for the United States Senate seat then held by Olympia Snowe.

Jon Hinck collected over 2,000 signatures and appeared on the ballot for the Democratic Primary.

Jon Hinck lost the primary to State Senator Cynthia Dill, finishing in third place of the four contestants.

In November 2013, Jon Hinck won a seat on the Portland, Maine City Council and was sworn in on December 2.

Jon Hinck defeated Portland attorney Wells Lyons, receiving 7,101 votes, 58 percent of those cast, while Lyons received 5,171 votes, or 42 percent.

In 2015, working with then Mayor Michael Brennan, Jon Hinck was instrumental in assuring passage of a measure that for the first time set a minimum wage in the City of Portland higher than the statewide minimum.

Ali won with 63 percent of the vote, while Jon Hinck received 20 percent and a third challenger, libertarian Matthew Coffey, received 17 percent.