&EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
An EPA Grant Program
What are Environmental Finance Centers?
What is Environmental Finance?
EPA supports a network of 10 environmental
finance centers (EFCs) located across the
country. EFCs are university-based organi-
zations that provide innovative solutions to
communities to help manage the costs of en-
vironmental protection programs and activi-
ties. EPA leverages funding provided
through its grant program, which combines
with other non-EPA funding sources to
support the various EFCs. EFCs provide
government officials and small businesses
with a number of services, including:
Analyses on environmental financing alter-
natives
Technical assistance
Education through short courses for state
and local officials and graduate courses
through traditional university curricula
Development and publication of cases
studies about innovative financing tech-
niques
Serving as clearinghouses for regional and
state information on environmental financ-
ing and program management
Outreach services such as tools, training
courses, lecture series, or education for
communities and relevant stakeholders
about financing issues
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact EPA's Center for
Environmental Finance
WEBSITE:
www.epa.gov/efinpage
EMAIL:
efin@epa.gov
MAILING ADDRESS
Center for Environmental Finance
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW(2731R)
Washington, DC 20460
Knowledge about how to fund environmental programs is often
limited. But financing mechanisms are essential to successfully
implementing environmental programs at local, state, and federal
levels. There is a significant need to educate public officials, cur-
rently on the front lines of financing environmental facilities and
services, about options and tools available to help them meet
their regulatory requirements and individual program goals.
EPA Regions
Locations of Environmental Finance Centers
Serving EPA Region 1
University of Southern Maine
Samuel B. Merrill, PhD, Director
tel: (207) 228-8596
fax: (207)780-4317
smerrill@usm.maine.edu
Serving EPA Region 2
Syracuse Center of Excellence in
Environmental and Energy Systems
Sara Jade Pesek, Director
tel: (315) 289-2659
fax:(315)443-1329
spesek@syracusecoe.org
Serving EPA Region 3
University of Maryland
Joanne Throwe, Director
tel: (301) 405-5036
fax:(301)315-5639
jthrowe@umd.edu
Serving EPA Region 4
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
Jeff Hughes, Director
tel: (919) 843-4956
fax:(919)962-2765
jhughes@unc.edu
Serving EPA Region 4
University of Louisville
Lauren Heberle, PhD, Director
tel: (502) 852-4749
fax: (502) 852-4677
lauren.heberle@louisville.edu
Serving EPA Region 5
Cleveland State University
Kevin O'Brien, Director
tel: (216) 687-2188
fax: (216)687-9291
k. o. obrien@csuohio. edu
Serving EPA Regions 6 & 8
New Mexico Institute of Mining
and Technology
Heather Himmelberger, Director
tel: (505) 424-7028
fax: (505) 245-6739
heatherh@iera.nmt. edu
Serving EPA Region 7
Wichita State University
Angela Buzard, Director
tel: (316) 978-3401
ange/a. buzard@wichita. edu
Serving EPA Region 9
Dominican University of California
Sarah Diefendorf, Director
tel: (415) 494-5422
sdief@aol.com
Serving EPA Region 10
Boise State University
David Eberle, Director
tel: (208) 426-4293
fax: (208) 426-3967
weberle@boisestate. edu
January 2011 EPA-190-F-11-002
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