Feb 2023

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVISORY COUNCIL

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Matthew Tejada, PhD

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460

Director

Office of Environmental Justice
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Work: (202)564-8047

Email: teiada.matthew(3epa.gov

Paula Flores-Gregg

1201 Elm Street, Suite 500
Dallas, TX 75270

Designated Federal Officer

Office of Environmental Justice

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Phone: (214)665-8123
Email: flores.paula@epa.gov

George QE Ward, MPA

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460

Program Manager

Office of Environmental Justice

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Work: (202) 564-3399
Email: ward.george(3epa.gov

National Environmental Justice Advisory Council Chairs

Co-Chairs

EPA Region 4



Na'Taki Osborne Jelks, PhD

Board Chairperson/Co-Chair

1441 Richland Road SW

West Atlanta Watershed Alliance/Proctor Creek

Atlanta, Georgia 30310



EPA Region 5



Sylvia Orduno

Organizer

23 E. Adams St, 4th floor

Michigan Welfare Rights Organization

Detroit, Michigan 48226



Vice-Chair

EPA Region 3



Michael Tilchin

Senior Consultant

6916 Millwood Road

Jacobs Engineering

Bethesda, Maryland 20817



National Environmental Justice Advisory Council Members

Academia (5)

EPA Region 2

Professor

Environmental Studies and Africana and Latin American Studies

April Karen Baptiste, PhD

13 Oak Drive

Hamilton, New York 13346

Colgate University

EPA Region 4



Jan Marie Fritz, PhD, C.C.S

Professor

4614 SW Glen Abbey Court

University of Cincinnati

Palm City, Florida 34990



EPA Region 8



Jill Lindsey Harrison, PhD



Department of Geography

Associate Professor

Guggenheim 110, UCB 260

Dept of Geography

Boulder, Colorado, 80309-0260

University of Colorado Boulder

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EPA Region 5
Benjamin J. Pauli, PhD

1213 Beard Street
Flint, Michigan 48503

Assistant Professor
Department of Liberal Studies
Kettering University

EPA Region 3

Sandra Whitehead, PhD, MPA

1801 E Street NE
Washington, DC 20002

Assistant Professor & Sustainable Urban Planning

Program Director

George Washington University

Business / Industry (1)

EPA Region 3

Michael Tilchin (see Vice -Chair)

Community-Based Organizations (10)

EPA Region 9

Rev. Dr. Ambrose Carroll, Sr.

833 Brockhurst St
Oakland, California, 94608

Senior Pastor
Green The Church

EPA Region 1

Leticia Colon de Mejias

398 Palisado Avenue.
Windsor, Connecticut 06095

President

Green ECO Warriors

EPA Region 6
Cemelli De Aztlan

2000 Texas Ave
El Paso, Texas 79901

Community Organizer
La Mujer Obrera

EPA Region 5
Ms. Yvonka M. Hall

18115 Harvard Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44128

Executive Director

Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition

EPA Region 7

Mr. Richard Mabion

P.O. Box 4412

Kansas City, Kansas 66104

Founder/Operator

Building A Sustainable Earth Community

EPA Region 4
Nina McCoy

245 Cassady Avenue
P.O. Box 922
Inez, Kentucky 41224

Chairperson

Martin County Concerned Citizens

EPA Region 1
Sofia Owen, JD

2201 Washington Street, Suite 302
Roxbury, Massachusetts, 02119

Staff Attorney & Director of Environmental Justice Legal Services
(EJLS)/Alternatives for Community & Environment (ACE)

EPA Region 7
Pamela Talley, PhD

P.O. Box 4527

St. Louis, Missouri 63113

Executive Director

Lewis Place Historical Preservation, Inc.

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EPA Region 4



Na'Taki Osborne Jelks, PhD (see Co-



Chair)



Non-Government Organizations (6)

EPA Region 2
Brenda Torres Barreto

265 Calle San Francisco
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00901

Executive Director

San Juan Bay Estuary Program

EPA Region 3
Andy Kricun

4500 East West Highway, Ste 125
Bethesda, MD 20814

Managing Director
Moonshot Missions

EPA Region 9
Ayako Nagano,JD

2039 Kala Bagai Way #505
Berkeley, California 94704

Board Member
Common Vision

EPA Region 5
Jeremy F. Orr, JD

111 E Palmer St
Detroit, Michigan 48202

Director of Outreach and Partnership Advancement Earthjustice

EPA Region 6

Jacqueline D. Shirley, MPH

2824 Porto Street SW
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87121

Rural Development Specialist

Rural Community Assistance Corporation

EPA Region 5

Sylvia Orduno (see Co-Chair)





State and Local Government (2)

EPA Region 6
Loren Hopkins, Ph.D.

8000 North Stadium Drive
Houston, Texas 77054

Chief Environmental Science Officer
City of Houston Health Department

EPA Region 10
Millie Piazza, Ph.D.

P.O. Box 4700

Olympia, Washington 98504

Program Manager

Office of Equity & Environmental Justice
WA Department of Ecology



Tribal/ Indigenous Government and Organizations (4)

EPA Region 10
Joy Britt

4500 Diplomacy Drive
Anchorage, Alaska 99508

Environmental Scientist
Knik Tribe

EPA Region 8

Scott Clow (EPA NTC Member)

PO box 448,

Towaoc, Colorado, 81334

Environmental Programs Director
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe

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EPA Region 8



John Doyle

Water Quality Director

P.O. Box 126

Little Big Horn College

Crow Agency, Montana 59022



EPA Region 6



Jonathan Perry

President

P.O. Box 1212,

Becenti Chapter

Crownpoint, New Mexico, 87313



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