The EPN Team - Spring 2023

Meet the Team

The Environmental Protection Network is comprised of almost 550 volunteer members and is supported by a small team of staff and consultants.

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Michelle Roos

Michelle Roos

Executive Director
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Kathy Pope

Kathy Pope

Development Director and Community Outreach Manager
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Michelle Montoya

Policy Director
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Kya Williams

Community Outreach Manager
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Steven Fantes

Public Affairs Manager
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Davina Resto

Senior Community Outreach Associate for the Northeast, New England, and the Caribbean, EPA Regions 1 and 2, and EPN’s Tribal Liaison
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Jasmine Wilkes

Community Outreach Associate
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Jamie Zwaschka

Policy Associate
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Mitchelle Mukeli

Senior Community Outreach Associate for South Central, Mountains, and Plains, EPA Regions 6 and 8
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Sierra Taliaferro

Sierra Taliaferro

Community Outreach Associate for the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, EPA Regions 3 and 4
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Shonali Palacios

Shonali Palacios

Community Outreach Associate for the Midwest, EPA Region 7
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Noor Shahzad

Community Outreach Associate for the Midwest, EPA Region 5
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Nora Ripley-Grant

Intern
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Matt Jones

Intern
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Eugenia Yeo

Operations Associate
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Caelie Fish

Community Outreach Associate, EPA Region 9
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Rudy

Community Outreach Associate, EPA Region 10
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Volunteer Senior Staff

 

We have several deeply committed volunteers who serve as volunteer senior staff at EPN:

Bonnie Bellow
Communications Consultant

Caroline Isber
Liaison to Green Groups

June Taylor Wolcott
Network Management

 

Issue Teams

 

Our volunteers form issue teams around regulatory issues and advise EPN and draft comments and letters to EPA/CEQ on proposed rules.
These teams are led by:

Dave Coursen, Arden Calvert & Caroline Isber
Appropriations

Carl Reeverts & Mike Shapiro
Drinking Water

Mustafa Santiago Ali & Rob Brenner
Environmental Justice

Jeff Alson, John Hannon & Gay MacGregor
Mobile Sources

John Bachmann
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)

Cheryl Wasserman
NEPA & Infrastructure

Bill Jordan
Pesticides

Chris Zarba
Science

Bill Muno, Kathy Setian & Jim Woolford
Superfund

Betsy Southerland
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

Mike Shapiro & Jim Giattina
Water