NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVISORY COUNCIL
List of Members by Stakeholder Category

July 2020
OFFICE DIRECTOR
DESIGNATED FEDERAL OFFICER/PROGRAM MANAGER
Matthew Tejada
Karen L. Martin
Office of Environmental Justice
Office of Environmental Justice
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (MC-2201A)
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (MC-2201A)
Washington, District of Columbia 20460
Washington, District of Columbia 20460
Work: (202)564-8047
Work: (202)564-0203
Email: teiada.matthew(3epa.gov
Email: martin.karenl(3epa.gov
Program Analyst
VICE-CHAIR
George QE Ward
Sylvia Orduno
Office of Environmental Justice
Organizer
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW (MC-2201A)
Michigan Welfare Rights Organization
Washington, District of Columbia 20460
Detroit, Michigan
Work: (202) 564-3399

Email: ward.george@epa.gov

CHAIR
VICE-CHAIR
Richard Moore
Michael Tilchin
Co-Founder/Co-Coordinator
Vice President
LosJardines Institute
Jacobs Engineering
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Washington, District of Columbia

OTHER MEMBERS
ACADEMIA (6)


EPA Region 5
EPA Region 2
Benjamin J. Pauli, PhD
April Karen Baptiste, PhD
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
Department of Liberal Studies
Environmental Studies and Africana and Latin American Kettering University
Studies
Flint, Michigan
Colgate University

Hamilton, New York
EPA Region 3

Sandra Whitehead, PhD, MPA
EPA Region 5
Assistant Professor & Sustainable Urban Planning
Jan Fritz, Ph.D., C.C.S
Program Director
Professor
George Washington University
School of Planning
Washington, District of Columbia
University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio
EPA Region 3

Sacoby Wilson, PhD, MS
EPA Region 1
Associate Professor
Deborah Markowitz
Director, Community Engagement, Environmental Justice
Professor
and Health Initiative
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources Maryland Institute for of Applied Environmental Health
University of Vermont
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of
Montpelier, Vermont
Public Health

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

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COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS (7)
EPA Region 3

Venu Ghanta
EPA Region 6
Vice President
Cemelli De Aztlan
Federal Regulatory Affairs and Environmental Policy
Network Weaver
Duke Energy
El Paso Equal Voice Network
Washington, District of Columbia
El Paso, Texas


EPA Region 5
EPA Region 4
Virginia King
Na'Taki Osborne Jelks, PhD
Director
Board Chairperson/Co-Chair
Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement
West Atlanta Watershed Alliance and Proctor Creek
Marathon Petroleum LP
Stewardship Council
Findlay, Ohio
Atlanta, Georgia


EPA Region 3
EPA Region 5
Michael Tilchin (see Vice Chair above)
Cheryl Johnson

Executive Director
NONGOVERNMENTAL/ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS (6)
People for Community Recovery (PCR)

Chicago, Illinois
EPA Region 4

Rita Harris
EPA Region 4
Social Activist and Advocate
Mildred McClain, PhD
Sierra Club
Executive Director
Olive Branch, Mississippi
Citizens for Environmental Justice and

Harambee House, Inc.
EPA Region 9
Savannah, Georgia
Ayako Nagano, JD

Board Member
EPA Region 6
Common Vision
Richard Moore (see Chair above)
Berkeley, California
EPA Region 3
EPA Region 5
Jerome Shabazz
Sylvia Orduno (see Vice Chair above)
Executive Director

JASTECH Development Services Inc. and Overbrook
EPA Region 5
Environmental Education Center
Jeremy F. Orr, JD
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attorney

Safe Water Initiative
EPA Region 7
Natural Resources Defense Council
Pamela Talley
Chicago, Illinois
Executive Director

Lewis Place Historical Preservation, Inc.
EPA Region 6
St. Louis, Missouri
Jacqueline Shirley

Rural Development Specialist
INDUSTRY/BUSINESS (4)
Rural Community Assistance Corporation

Albuquerque, New Mexico
EPA Region 4

Jabari 0. Edwards
EPA Region 9
Chief Executive Officer
Hermila "Mily" Trevino-Sauceda
J5 GBL, LLC
President
Columbus, Mississippi
Alianza Nacional de Campesinas

Thousand Palms, California
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TRIBAL/INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENTS
EPA Region 4
AND ORGANIZATIONS (4)
Karen Sprayberry

Advisor to the Director of Environmental Affairs
EPA Region 10
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Joy Britt
Control
Senior Program Manager
Columbia, South Carolina
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

Anchorage, Alaska

EPA Region 8

John Doyle

Water Quality Director

Little Big Horn College

Crow Agency, Montana

EPA Region 8

Lisa Finley-DeVille

Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara (MHA) Nation Tomorrow

Mandaree, North Dakota

EPA Region 10

Kelly C. Wright

Environmental Waste Management Program Manager

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes

Chubbock, Idaho

STATE/LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (4)

EPA Region 4

Melissa McGee-Collier

Director

Office of Community Engagement

Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality

Jackson, Mississippi

EPA Region 10

Millicent Piazza

Environmental Justice Coordinator

Washington State

Department of Ecology

Olympia, Washington

EPA Region 7

Dennis Randolph

Director of Public Works

City of Grandview

1200 Main Street

Grandview, Missouri

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