EPA Announces New White House Liaison, Other Staff Changes

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The EPA on Wednesday named a writer and an editor as its new White House liaison, among other staffing changes, according to an internal email sent by Mandy Gunasekara, the agency’s chief of staff, and seen by Bloomberg Law. The new liaison, Micah Meadowcroft, has had work appear in The Wall Street Journal, National Review Online, and the American Conservative, among other publications, according to his LinkedIn page. His page doesn’t list any government experience. 1.In the email, shared by an Environmental Protection Agency employee who requested anonymity, Gunasekara also wrote that Kaitlyn Shimmin, formerly of the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, is becoming the EPA’s senior policy adviser in the Office of Land and Emergency Management. 2.Brock Terwilleger moves from deputy White House liaison to become deputy associate administrator in the Office of Public Engagement and Environmental Education. 3.And Allie Rodriguez, a former EPA intern, has become a new press assistant in the Office of Public Affairs, according to Gunasekara.