Michelle Roos
Executive Director
Email: michelle.roos@environmentalprotectionnetwork.org
Michelle Roos (she/her) has over 25 years of experience in project management, grassroots organizing, and environmental protection, and has served as the Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Network since 2018. EPN has a small staff and over 650 EPA alumni across the country volunteering their time to protect the integrity of EPA, human health, and the environment. Michelle helped launch EPN’s capacity-building pro bono technical assistance work in 2021, which has provided 1:1 assistance to over 1600 under-resourced community groups; nonprofit organizations; and state, local, tribal government agencies.
While working at EPA, Ms. Roos co-founded and co-managed the West Coast Collaborative—a public-private partnership that implements projects to reduce emissions from diesel engines along the West Coast, Alaska and the American Pacific Islands. She also led a national work group to better incorporate environmental justice into the federal environmental permitting process. Previously, she served as the Special Assistant to the Regional Administrator of Region 9 in San Francisco, CA; and as the Special Assistant to the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Air and Radiation in Washington, DC. Ms. Roos was also Presidential Management Intern.
After she left EPA in 2006, Ms. Roos worked as an independent environmental consultant for a variety of clients including E4 Strategic Solutions, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and EcoMedia. Prior to working at EPA she worked for the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission and spent a summer at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Ms. Roos has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Duke University and a Master in Public Affairs from Princeton University.
She lives in New York.