Media Contacts
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency responds to media requests and queries through our Office of Media Relations. The below list of contacts is intended to assist with queries from reporters and journalists that pertain to the noted subject areas. For assistance, please contact the appropriate contact listed.
Queries to headquarters press contacts should also be copied to press@epa.gov to ensure a timely response.
Headquarters or National Press Contacts
Regional Press Contacts
Region 1 (in Boston; for CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Kate Melanson, melanson.kate@epa.gov
Region 1 Press Inquiries, r1_press@epa.gov
Region 2 (in New York; for NJ, NY, PR, USVI)
Mary Mears, mears.mary@epa.gov
Region 3 (in Philadelphia; for DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV)
also: Chesapeake Bay Program
Virginia Nurk, r3press@epa.gov
Region 4 (in Atlanta; for AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN)
also: Gulf of America Program
Davina Marraccini and James Pinkney, Region4press@epa.gov
Region 5 (in Chicago; for (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI)
also: Great Lakes Program
Rachel Linduska, linduska.rachel@epa.gov
Region 6 (in Dallas; for AR, LA, NM, OK, TX)
Janie Acevedo, Joseph Robledo, Jennah Durant, r6press@epa.gov
Region 7 (in Lenexa, KS; for IA, KS, MO, NE)
Benjamin Washburn, washburn.ben@epa.gov
Region 8 (in Denver; for CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY)
Marisa Lubeck, lubeck.marisa@epa.gov
Region 9 (in San Francisco; for AZ, CA, HI, NV, Pacific Territories)
Mike Alpern, alpern.michael@epa.gov
Press officer portfolios can be found at Region 9 Press Contacts.
Region 10 (in Seattle; for AK, ID, OR, WA)
Bill Dunbar and Suzanne Skadowski, r10_press_team@epa.gov
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