ANTHONY D. NICOME
Chevy Chase,MD
Summary
Dedicated and results-driven leader with an entrepreneurial spirit, fueling commitment to team success. Strong problem-solving aptitude and knack for building valuable networks. Eager to expand knowledge and skills. Excellent communication abilities for effective idea conveyance and collaboration. Prepared to take on new challenges with unwavering dedication and enthusiasm, advancing organizational objectives.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Stakeholder Coalition Coordinator
United States Environmental Protection Agency
05.2023 - Current
- Serve as the office's inaugural coalition builder and used my entrepreneurial skills to build the position from start to finish
- Serve as a trusted advisor (internally and externally) on U.S. EPA environmental justice programs, policies, and initiatives
- Developed an office wide framework for coalition building strategies.
- Identify potential partners and build strong relationships with key stakeholders to support the office's coalition building goals and benchmarks
- Collaborate with federal and non-federal individuals (including many high profile individuals) and organizations working towards similar goals to share knowledge and best practices to co-develop solutions and reports that advance the agency's environmental justice work
Alternate Designated Federal Officer - WHEJAC
United States Environmental Protection Agency
05.2023 - Current
- Serve as the inaugural Alternate Designated Federal Officer of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council (WHEJAC)
- Worked directly with the Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and WHEJAC members to develop environmental justice recommendations
- Assisted the office director in managing budgets and contracts
- Manage and developed logistics for WHEJAC public meetings
- Served as a primary reviewer of the U.S. EPA 2024 Meaningful Engagement Policy
- Acted as an advisor to office leadership and thought partner in the development of the U.S. EPA Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers (TCTACs)
- Act as the primary office point of contact and lead collaborator with the U.S. Department of Transportation on various projects and programs (including EV's, electrification, highway related programs and others) and the development of internal and external reports and white papers
Environmental Justice Research Fellow
AAMC Center for Health Justice
09.2024 - Current
- Lead the Center's Environmental Justice portfolio, driving strategic initiatives and advancing key priorities
- Build relationships and networks on behalf of the center and serve and act as the primary point of contact to internal and external partners as it relates to environmental justice
- Co-authored two federal comment letters on environmental justice issues, contributing expert insights to national policy discussions
- Collaborate directly with academic medical institutions, organizations, and communities to co-develop solutions and create resources that promote environmental justice
- Spearhead the Center's environmental justice storytelling initiative, Community Voices for Action, amplifying the voices of impacted communities
- Published two polling briefs as first author, exploring youth and adult perspectives on climate change and environmental justice
- Lead the development of a playbook for academic medicine on environmental justice, serving as first author on this critical resource
Environmental Justice Coordinator
United States Environmental Protection Agency
09.2021 - 05.2023
- As a senior staff member in the U.S. EPA Office of Community Revitalization - led cross-office and agency coordination for the Community Work Network, driving collaboration between various EPA offices and federal agencies
- In response to a direct request from the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), recruited, onboarded, and managed a team of 14 EPA senior staff advisors to collaborate with USDOT leadership in staff on the application review process for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funded Reconnecting Communities Pilot Grant Program
- Managed project and program budgets
- Regularly tracked environmental legislation and developed accompanying briefs and reports for leadership awareness
- Represented the EPA on two subcommittees of the U.S. Domestic Policy Council, focused on corridors, parks, and green spaces
- Contributed to policy development and metrics to evaluate equitable community engagement in EPA programs
- Managed the American Rescue Plan funded Rethinking Highways for Healthy Communities technical assistance program
- Led the U.S. EPA input process for America the Beautiful report developed by the National Climate Task Force
- Served as staff lead on the Local Food, Local Places and the Recreation Economy for Rural Communities technical assistance programs with a diverse range of federal/state/local agencies, non-profits, community-based organizations, and philanthropic organizations to help develop robust and inclusive environmental health policy and program delivery frameworks
Graduate Researcher
Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF)
10.2020 - 09.2021
- Researched public land access issues in metropolitan cities across the U.S. Assisted research on a project that seeks to understand the impacts of COVID-19 “stay-at- home orders” on fruit and vegetable growers in Maryland
- Analyzed the occupational health and safety measures that undocumented harvesters took to protect themselves, their workers, and consumers during the beginning of the COVID- 19 pandemic
- Interviewed seafood companies to understand sustainability issues at the seafood, water, and energy nexus
- Enhanced research quality by implementing rigorous data collection and analysis methods.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to broaden research perspectives and improve overall study effectiveness
JHU SOURCE - Baltimore Action Projects Scholar
Baltimore Food Policy Initiative
10.2020 - 05.2021
- Worked with the City of Baltimore and the Baltimore Food Policy Initiative to lead the development of the Baltimore City-Pandemic Food and Water Distribution Emergency Operations Plan
- Helped ensure food system resilience in Baltimore during future pandemics
- Reviewed current literature regarding food insecurity to ensure that environmental justice communities are represented and considered in the Baltimore City Emergency Operations Plan
- Worked with emergency planners to inform the annex development process
- Collaborated with food policy councils and various directors of city government department
Life Scientist
United States Environmental Protection Agency
09.2019 - 09.2020
- Led partnership and network building with communities on behalf of the office to help address drinking water issues during disaster events
- Served as the Regional Water Emergency Team Lead, managing a team of 15 scientists and engineers
- Managed the resident inquiry/response process regarding drinking water contaminants and maximum contaminant levels
- Worked with EPA Headquarters, and state and local agencies to develop drinking water policy
- Served as a lead Project Officer for New York and New Jersey’s WIIN 2104-Small and Disadvantaged Communities Grant Programs
- Developed a system to track reporting discrepancies Served as the Regional Water Emergency Team Lead, managing a team of 15 scientists and engineers
Physical Scientist
United States Environmental Protection Agency
08.2018 - 09.2019
- Oversaw non-point source pollution water monitoring grant programs
- Managed a National Estuary Program, Tribal, and Environmental Justice competitive and non-competitive grant applications regarding watershed protection and non-point source pollution
- Engaged with communities and conducted site visits to evaluate water quality issues
- Completed a literature review on pollution policy and local ordinances
- Worked with FEMA to develop a research project focused on flood hazard mitigation
- Analyzed data and developed GIS maps for the Emergency Response Team
- Assisted senior scientists in the development of community trainings
Summer Researcher
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
05.2018 - 08.2018
- Served as a Diversity Summer Internship Program summer research intern in the Department of Environmental Health & Engineering and completed a manuscript suitable for publication
- Executed a data overhaul of an already published paper associated with lung cancer mortality and associated quantitative/qualitative variables
- Mapped incidence of lung cancer via GIS and performed a Classification and Regression Tree (CART) analysis to understand the association of variables to lung cancer mortality
- Established community relationships on behalf of the university and regularly collaborated with local organizations to manage local food markets
Community Outreach Assistant
Moncrief Cancer Institute (UT Southwestern)
08.2016 - 02.2017
- Worked in a team and individually as I led the development of the institute’s outreach initiatives and frameworks
- Geospatially/statistically analyzed cancer incidence across the state of Texas to identify geographical areas that can most benefit from Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) funding
- Helped connect underserved and minority communities with physicians and healthcare services
- Educated underserved communities about breast, colon, early detection, and survivorship programs
- Participated in community outreach events and conducted telephone medical information intake calls with patients (e.g. personal medical history information, health education, etc.)
CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholar
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
05.2016 - 07.2016
- Developed evaluation survey instruments (evaluation of stakeholder and clinician relationships) for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program
- Studied problems from an evaluation and systems science point of view in support of community-based participatory research
- Worked in partnership with physicians/stakeholders to combat chronic disease's in rural African-American communities
Education
Master of Public Health - Environmental Health Sciences
Yale University
New Haven, CT05-2025
Master of Health Science - Environmental Health Sciences
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD05-2021
Bachelor of Science - Geography
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX05-2018
Skills
- Network building
- Partnership building and community engagement
- Policy development and analysis
- Procurement
- Coalition building
- Entrepreneurship
- Budget and contract management
- Research
- Project and program management
- Staff management and supervision
- Decision-making
- Leadership and team building
Accomplishments
- In response to a request from the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation - recruited, onboarded, and managed a team of 14 U.S. EPA senior staff advisors for the Reconnecting Communities Pilot Grant Program
- Served a primary reviewer and editor of the 2024 U.S. EPA Meaningful Engagement Policy
- Strategic Partner of the inaugural cohort of the National Academy of Medicine - Climate Communities Network
- Developed and managed the first-ever convening on environmental justice at the Association of American Medical Colleges
- Led the federal drinking water monitoring response during various hurricane and weather events in Puerto Rico
- Successfully developed and managed federal budgets and contracts
Affiliations
- Delta Omega Public Health Honorary Society
- American Public Health Association
- National Society of Collegiate Scholars
- American Association of Geographers
- National Academy of Medicine - Climate Communities Network
Certification
• Climate and Health - Johns Hopkins University, 2021
• Food Systems, the Environment and Public Health - Johns Hopkins University, 2021
• Environmental and Occupational Health - Johns Hopkins University, 2021
Selected Publications
• AAMC News: (Opinion) Achieving Health Justice Through Environmental Justice | 2024
• AAMC Center for Health Justice: (Public Polling Brief) Down to Earth: U.S. adults back environmental justice, but policy awareness falls short | 2024
• U.S. Department of Transportation – Public Roads: (Federal Publication) Making Healthy Connections in Transportation | 2023
• Civil Eats: (Opinion) Maryland’s New Governor Has His Sights Set on Ending Food Insecurity | 2023
• Civil Eats: (Opinion) Reconnecting Communities Separated by Freeways Could Fight Food Insecurity | 2022
• The Washington Post: (Letter to the Editor): Public input on public transportation is critical | 2021
Timeline
Environmental Justice Research Fellow
AAMC Center for Health Justice
09.2024 - Current
Stakeholder Coalition Coordinator
United States Environmental Protection Agency
05.2023 - Current
Alternate Designated Federal Officer - WHEJAC
United States Environmental Protection Agency
05.2023 - Current
Environmental Justice Coordinator
United States Environmental Protection Agency
09.2021 - 05.2023
Graduate Researcher
Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF)
10.2020 - 09.2021
JHU SOURCE - Baltimore Action Projects Scholar
Baltimore Food Policy Initiative
10.2020 - 05.2021
Life Scientist
United States Environmental Protection Agency
09.2019 - 09.2020
Physical Scientist
United States Environmental Protection Agency
08.2018 - 09.2019
Summer Researcher
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
05.2018 - 08.2018
Community Outreach Assistant
Moncrief Cancer Institute (UT Southwestern)
08.2016 - 02.2017
CDC Undergraduate Public Health Scholar
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
05.2016 - 07.2016
• Climate and Health - Johns Hopkins University, 2021
• Food Systems, the Environment and Public Health - Johns Hopkins University, 2021
• Environmental and Occupational Health - Johns Hopkins University, 2021
Master of Public Health - Environmental Health Sciences
Yale University
Master of Health Science - Environmental Health Sciences
Johns Hopkins University
Bachelor of Science - Geography
Texas Christian University
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