&EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
June 2009
Office of Environmental Innovation
Environmental Assessment & Innovation Division
EPA Region 3, Philadelphia, PA
"The most successful people are those who are good at
PlanB"
- James Yorke, creator of "chaos theory"
Our mission is to foster and channel innovation throughout all aspects
of business here at the Mid-Atlantic Region. We view it is our job to
come up with Plan B by:
• Scouting for new ideas and unrealized potential in existing
programs and practices
• Acting as a center of innovation expertise, promoting &
publicizing successful ventures
• Providing a safe haven for new initiatives to grow and flourish
before launching
Our Value Proposition
The Mid-Atlantic Office of Environ-
mental Innovation can help you develop
and implement new and creative solu-
tions to environmental problems. This
includes improving the performance of
traditional regulatory programs as well
as creating new voluntary and non-
regulatory approaches. The Office will
help you generate, manage, and main-
stream innovative changes; identify and
explore emerging environmental is-
sues; and evaluate promising new ap-
proaches to environmental protection. We are:
• experimenters - creating ideas and testing them through real-world
application
• collaborators - engaging others to act on decisions and innovative
approaches
• coaches - supporting managers and program staff on matters related
to adoption and implementation of innovative approaches
• coordinators - tracking, monitoring, and communicating on regional
and national innovation work, and facilitating linkages between pro-
grams and divisions
• implementers - conducting project management and oversight activi-
ties
Who We Are
What We Do
Climate Change/Energy
Michael Dunn
(dunn.michael@epa.gov)
Steven Donohue
(donohue.steven@epa.gov)
Sustainability
Loma Rosenberg
(rosenberg.lorna@epa.gov)
Virginia Thompson
(thompson.virginia@epa.gov)
Maryann Helferty
(helferty.maryann@epa.gov)
Marie Holman
(holman.marie@epa.gov)
Carolyn Mooney
(mooney.carolyn@epa.gov)
Children's Health
Prentiss Ward
(ward.prentiss@epa.gov)
Business Assist. Center
David Byro
(byro.david@epa.gov)
Web Development
Nancy Grundahl
(grundahl.nancy@epa.gov)
Administrative Assistance
Michele Monroe
(monroe.michele@epa.gov)
Associate Director
David Campbell
(campbell.dave@epa.gov)
Call Us at 215-814-2701
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Climate Change and Sustainability Coordination
As the nation learns more about the expanding scope of the causes and impacts
of climate change, many analysts and policymakers see the issue as a great
"silo-buster." For example, the environmental impacts of coal mining, coal com-
bustion for electricity, and coal ash storage or reuse, cuts across three divisional
and regulatory boundaries within EPA. The same is true for the expansive set of
challenges effecting sustainability. In short, all of the Region's program offices
are responsible for climate change and sustainability. EAID will continue to advo-
cate this holistic vision and provide leadership, innovation, and collaboration dur-
ing the development of cross-cutting Regional climate change and sustainability
strategies - as well as supporting focused initiatives and program development
within each division.
This important work will provide great opportunities for our Office's other
charge—cultivating a distributed innovation culture across all the Region's busi-
ness units. We call this promoting "innovation (small "i") - these are the types of
innovative and creative practices and activities that can occur in all of our day-to-
day work without being the result of a so-called "Innovative" project.
Promoting
"innovation
Sustainability Climate Chang
and Energy
Thinking Globally, Acting (Real) Locally
We need to change where we live. This is not a call to boost the sagging housing market—
not that there's anything wrong with that. What we need to change is what we expect, nay
demand, from the buildings in which we sleep, work, and learn. The Mid-Atlantic Office of
Environmental Innovation is actively advocating the multitude of benefits of green building
and low-impact development. We are collaborating with a variety of stakeholders through
our Local Governments Initiating Conservation for Sustainability (LOGICS) initiative to
develop and deliver much needed resources regarding green building ordinances, green
purchasing, energy efficiency and other concepts. Similarly, we are supporting a broader
agenda regarding low-impact development and its benefits to community livability,
stormwater management, and watershed protection.
Green/Cool Roof in Arlington, VA
Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
The Mid-Atlantic Office of Environmental Innovation continues to provide national and
Regional leadership on the issue of Pharmaceuticals in the environment and disposal of
unwanted medication. We are successfully collaborating with the private sector, nonprofit
organizations, academia, many levels of government, and offices and divisions in EPA
Region 3, Headquarters, and our Office of Research and Development. We have
coordinated responses to national news stories and fostered partnerships among the many
stakeholders concerned about Pharmaceuticals. We are coaching local and state
governments on steps they can take to reduce pharmaceutical waste. We are also leading
the implementation of funded and supported pilot projects; conducting outreach to niche
groups and the public; and serving as a nationally-recognized resource for organizations from
Oregon to Pennsylvania to Florida.
http://www.epa.gov/reg3esdl/3ea40.htm
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