"The Future of Environmental Justice Work at the EPA and Beyond" - 4/21

Next week, Matthew Tejada, PhD, Director, USEPA Office of Environmental Justice will be giving the annual CEEJH lecture entitled: "The Future of Environmental Justice Work at the EPA and Beyond". 

The lecture is scheduled for April 21st from 12- 2 pm in the Freidgen Family Student Lounge in the School of Public Health. 

Refreshments will be served from 12-12:30 pm.   Please join us for this very important discussion!

For more information, contact Sacoby Wilson at swilson2@umd.edu.

Bio: Matthew S. Tejada joined the EPA in March of 2013 as Director of the Office of Environmental Justice within the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. As Director, Matthew leads the Office of Environmental Justice in working with communities, other EPA divisions, federal agencies, and state, local and tribal partners to further the mission of the EPA and the goals of the Office of Environmental Justice.

Matthew joined the EPA after spending over five years in the non-profit world as executive director of the environmental advocacy Air Alliance Houston, where he focused his efforts on environmental justice issues affecting the many overburdened communities in the Houston and Texas Gulf Coast area, region-wide ozone reduction policies and alleviation of toxic and particulate matter hotspots. In this position, Matthew was also centrally involved in local, state and federal level legislative and policy formation as regards environmental and public health issues. Matthew received his Doctorate and Master’s degrees from the University of Oxford where he was a member of St. Antony’s College. His research and dissertations largely focused on environmental and energy policy, international relations, politics and the development and role of civil society. Prior to his graduate education, Matthew received a BA in English from the University of Texas at Austin, then served two years in the Peace Corps in Bulgaria as a high school teacher of English as a foreign language. Matthew is a native of Ft. Worth, Texas.