E-Enterprise is managed through shared governance and collective conversation, negotiation, and direction-setting by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), states, and Tribes. This model drives innovation and transformative improvements across the national enterprise of environmental protection.
The E-Enterprise governance structure is comprised of several bodies. The E-Enterprise Leadership Council (EELC) provides high-level leadership and oversight, while day-to-day management is conducted by the Management Board (MB) and Interoperability and Operations Team (IOT).
What is the E-Enterprise Leadership Council?
The EELC strategically and collaboratively identifies, solicits, reviews, and prioritizes critical work for E-Enterprise to undertake. The EELC identifies new and existing resource investments needed to support these projects and aligns activities with E-Enterprise principles.
On a recurring cycle, the EELC sets a Strategic Direction outlining expectations for new and ongoing projects, identifying issues calling for EELC attention, and ensuring state and tribal engagement on key EPA program or system improvement efforts. The relationships built over the past decade among EELC members and professional staff have fostered trust among partners and yielded significant program and process improvements.
The EELC is composed of ten EPA senior executives (i.e., Deputy Administrator, Assistant and Regional Administrators or their Deputies), ten state Secretaries/Commissioners (or other high-level state officials), and ten Tribal members (elected officers or their designated employees). The Tribal Co-Chair and Tribal EELC members are selected through the Regional Tribal Operations Committees (RTOCs) or equivalents in each EPA region.
State
Chris Wells
State Co-Chair
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Leah Feldon
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
James Kenney
New Mexico Environment Department
Katrina Kessler
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Mike Keyack
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
Todd Parfitt
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
Victoria Phillips
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Myra Reece
South Carolina Department of Environmental Services
Michael Rolband
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Phil Roos
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
Tribal
Jerry Cain
Tribal Co-Chair
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Region 4 Regional Tribal Operations Committee (RTOC)
Marvin Cling
Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indians
Region 1 RTOC
Shavonne Smith
Shinnecock Indian Nation
Region 2 Indian Nations
Charlie Lippert
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
Region 5 RTOC
Christina Cooper
Comanche Nation
Region 6 RTOC
Tim Grant
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
Region 7 RTOC
Gerald Wagner
Blackfeet Nation
Region 8 RTOC
Anne Turcotte
La Posta Band of Mission Indians
Region 9 RTOC
Aaron Miles
Nez Perce Tribe
Region 10 RTOC
U.S. EPA
Travis Voyles
EPA Co-Chair
Assistant Deputy Administrator
Benita Best-Wong
Office of Water
Barry Breen
Office of Land and Emergency Management
Prasad Chumble
Office of Policy
Josh Cook
Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9
Paige Hanson
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
Mike Martucci
Regional Administrator, EPA Region 2
Michael Molina
Office of Mission Support
Cecil Rodrigues
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance
Betsy Shaw
Office of Air and Radiation
Other E-Enterprise Governing Bodies
E-Enterprise and Exchange Network Management Board (MB)
Along with the Interoperability and Operations Team, the MB provides oversight and management of E-Enterprise projects and functions. Specific duties of the Management Board include implementing EELC policy decisions, proposing issues and agenda items for the EELC, and identifying E-Enterprise project recommendations and priorities, including managing staff resources to efficiently and effectively support project teams.
E-Enterprise and Exchange Network Interoperability and Operations Team (IOT)
Along with the MB, the IOT provides direct oversight and management of E-Enterprise projects and functions. The IOT’s specific focus is to support and guide design, interoperability, and operation of all technical aspects of E-Enterprise and Exchange Network. This includes shared services, standards, architecture, and infrastructure.
EPA Regional Contacts
U.S. EPA Regional E-Enterprise Coordinators
The Regional E-Enterprise Coordinators work closely with states, Tribes and EPA regional and program offices to promote awareness of E-Enterprise and spotlight best practices, encourage workload trade-offs and process improvement opportunities, and advance state and tribal priorities identified through E-Enterprise that are shared in common with the EPA.
Regional E-Enterprise Coordinators
Steven Zaliskas
Region 1
zaliskas.steven@epa.gov
617-918-1959
Barry Kaye
Region 2
kaye.barry@epa.gov
212-637-3323
Dorothy Swearingen
Region 3
swearingen.dorothy@epa.gov
215-814-3157
James Davies
Region 4
davies.james@epa.gov
404-562-8232
Allen Melcer
Region 5
melcer.allen@epa.gov
312-886-1498
Marie Stucky
Region 6
stucky.marie@epa.gov
214-665-7560
Shane Johnston
Region 7
johnston.shane@epa.gov
913-551-7457
Anthony DeLoach
Region 8
deloach.anthony@epa.gov
303-312-6070
Michael Mann
Region 9
mann.michael@epa.gov
415-972-3505
Margo Young
Region 10
young.margo@epa.gov
206-553-1287
Our governance model has yielded impressive results by our partners. Check out our projects to understand E-Enterprise in Action.
