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What We Do

OPA is the primary office for all EPA communications. The Associate Administrator for Public Affairs serves as the Agency's Public Information Officer (PIO) and is the principal advisor to the Administrator on all issues concerning short-term and long-term strategic communications.
 
The Office of Public Affairs:
  • Prepares speeches for the Administrator and senior managers.
  • Serves as the principal news media gateway for official agency announcements, press releases and statements, speeches, Congressional and public hearing testimony, biographies of principal officers, and other documents of public interest.
  • Coordinates the agency's external message for emergency response activities.
  • Serves as the agencywide point of contact for the planning, developing, and reviewing of all agency print, digital, promotional, display, audiovisual and broadcast products intended for the public.
  • Supports agency multilingual outreach and communications efforts, in coordination with the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights.
  • Manages EPA's web content, including content on www.epa.gov and social media.
  • Communicates with EPA personnel on a variety of topics.

Programs and Projects Managed by OPA

  • EPA newsroom  and news releases
  • Facebook, X, YouTube, Flickr, LinkedIn and other social media channels
  • EPA Perspectives
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Mail code: 1701A | EPA mailing addresses
Location:  EPA Headquarters at Washington, D.C. Federal Triangle campus

OPA Organization

Nick Conger, Associate Administrator
 
Timothy Carroll, Deputy Associate Administrator
 
Andrea Drinkard, Principal Deputy Associate Administrator
 
Remmington Belford, Press Secretary
  • Email: press@epa.gov
 

The Office of Public Affairs includes:

  • Office of Media Relations and Risk Communications
    Laura Gentile, Acting Director
    • Email: press@epa.gov
  • Office of Multimedia
    Jini Ryan, Director
    • Phone: 202-564-0175
    • Email: ryan.jini@epa.gov
  • Office of Digital Communications
    Chuck Widener, Director
    • Phone: 202-317-2154
    • Email: widener.charles@epa.gov

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