The EPN Team - Spring 2023

Meet the Team

The Environmental Protection Network is comprised of over 650 volunteers and is supported by a small team of staff and consultants.

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Katia Carranza

Katia Pilar Carranza

Community Outreach Associate, EPA Region 9
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Steven Fantes

Public Affairs Manager
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Lizbeth Garcia Conde

Lizbeth García Conde

Community Outreach Associate, EPA Region 2
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Michelle Montoya

Policy Director
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Mitchelle Mukeli

Senior Community Outreach Associate for South Central, EPA Region 6
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Shonali Palacios

Shonali Palacios

Senior Community Outreach Associate for the Midwest, EPA Region 7
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Kathy Pope

Kathy Pope

Development Director and Community Outreach 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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Nora Ripley-Grant

Community Outreach Associate for the Mid-Atlantic, EPA Region 3, and IT and Volunteer Network Coordinator
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Michelle Roos

Michelle Roos

Executive Director
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Rudy

Community Outreach Associate, EPA Regions 8 and 10
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Génesis Sánchez

Senior Grants Specialist
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Olivia Smith

Olivia Smith

Community Outreach Associate, EPA Region 5
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Sierra Taliaferro

Sierra Taliaferro

Community Outreach Associate for the Southeast, EPA Region 4
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Kya Williams

Community Outreach Manager
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Eugenia Yeo

Senior Finance and Operations Associate
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Jamie Zwaschka

Senior Policy Associate
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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