Senior Advisor to Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, EPA

Former Responsibilities

I served as a White House Fellow within the White House Leadership Development Program from October, 2016 through September 2017; developed policy and guidance on improvements to federal customer service at citizen-facing agencies; also served as the Executive Director of the Core Federal Services Council, a corps of 30 agencies whose programs directly serve the American public (e.g., Internal Revenue Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Veterans Administration, Passport Services)

Current Responsibilities

I provide advice and guidance to OW senior management on civil rights (equal employment opportunity, affirmative employment), diversity, and inclusion. I work on an agency workgroup to identify efficiencies in EPA's regional and field offices.

Areas of Expertise

• Civil rights
• Diversity Inclusion
• Environmental Justice
• Employee Development
• Communication/Outreach
• Organizational Development
• Team-building
• Innovative Problem-Solving

Academic Background

• B.A. degree in Communications from Howard University
• J.D. degree from University of Maryland School of Law

Contact

To meet Vicki Simons, please send an email with the subject line "ECN" to John Reeder (reeder@american.edu) and Candra Reeves (cr0910a@student.american.edu).