About the Association

About EPA Alumni: Overview Who we are

We are former employees (alumni) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Our mission is to promote both social and professional interaction among members, support EPA staff, and educate the public, and serve as a source of institutional history regarding EPA’s mission, in furtherance of environmental protection.

Anyone who was a Federal employee who worked for EPA is eligible to join. Also, anyone still working at EPA but who is eligible to retire may join as an Associate member. Many of the activities of the Association take place by phone and electronically, but local activities are numerous. An in-person and virtual annual meeting is held in Washington, DC each year. Recordings of past meetings can be found on this website HERE

History

A group of alumni gathered on June 10, 2008 to discuss the possibility of forming an Association. The meeting was called by Chuck Elkins and Len Miller and the attendees were an ad hoc group of alumni. A report of that meeting can be found here. Because of the enthusiastic response at the June 10th meeting, organizational activities began and incorporation papers were filed in the State of Delaware on August 25, 2008.

Bylaws were drafted, discussed by the Board of Directors appointed in the Fall of 2008 and amended several times in preparation for ratification or amendment by the membership at the first annual meeting of the Association, in April, 2010. The By-laws were adopted by the membership by an electronic and paper ballot on April 13, 2010 at the time of the first Annual Meeting and amended subsequently on May 17, 2011, May 3, 2023, and May 16, 2025. The current bylaws can be found here.

Tax Information

The Association applied for and received an exemption under Section 501(c)(7) of the U.S. Tax Code. This exemption provides a non-profit status to the Association, but does NOT make contributions deductible on the contributor's tax return. For copies of the relevant tax documents, click here.

We take your privacy Seriously. For a copy of our Privacy Policy click here.

Our Most Recent Annual Meeting

Each Year we gather in person and online to celebrate our organization. We say goodbye to some of our Board members and announce new ones. An esteemed Guest Speaker joins us to kick-off the gathering. To view our most recent meeting click here.

Board of Directors

Each year our membership elects some new members to our 15 member Board of Directors.To view our latest Board Members click here.

To review what is expected of Board members, click here.

To view prior Boards click here.

MOU with EPA

EPA and the Association have signed an Memorandum of Understanding to enable Alumni to help EPA with mentoring of current EPA employees and assist in other ways. To download the current MOU, click here.