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Brittany Bolen

Environmental Protection Agency (joined: April 15, 2018)

Principal Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy | Senior Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy | $161,900 | Financial Disclosure »

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Brittany Bolen was counsel for the Senate’s Environment and Public Works committee, when it was chaired by Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK). — ProPublica

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Byron R. Brown departed Aug. 9, 2018

Environmental Protection Agency (joined: March 5, 2017)

Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy | AD-00 | Financial Disclosure »

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Byron Brown was senior counsel for the Senate’s Environment and Public Works, when it was chaired by Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), and prior to that was an attorney at EPA. His wife is a top lobbyist for Hess Corporation, an oil and gas company. — ProPublica

Bio, via U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works:

Brown comes from the House Committee on Natural Resources where he served as counsel and oversight director since 2011. Prior, Brown worked in the Office of General Counsel at the EPA from 2001-2011, serving as an associate deputy general counsel and assistant general counsel.

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Samantha Dravis departed April 5, 2018

Environmental Protection Agency (joined: Feb. 27, 2017)

Associate Administrator for Policy | Senior Policy Counsel And Associate Administrator For Policy | $179,700 | Financial Disclosure »

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Samantha Dravis was general counsel for the Republican Attorneys General Association, president of its Rule of Law Defense Fund and an attorney at Freedom Partners - an organization of conservative political donors led by billionaire brothers Charles G. and David H. Koch, owners of a conglomerate that sells coal, gas and other products. — ProPublica

Bio, via Environmental Protection Agency:

Prior to serving at EPA, Samantha worked as President of the Rule of Law Defense Fund, a 501(c)(4) public policy organization affiliated with the Republican Attorneys General Association. She has also previously served as Associate Director of Political Affairs at the White House during the administration of President George W. Bush, as Legislative Assistant to Congressman Dan Lungren of California, and as a litigation associate at the law firm Taft, Stettinius & Hollister. Samantha is an honors graduate of the University of Kansas and the University of Notre Dame Law School, where she was Executive Solicitation Editor of the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy. She resides in Arlington, Virginia.

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Ryan Jackson

Environmental Protection Agency (joined: Feb. 22, 2017)

Chief of Staff | $179,700 | Financial Disclosure »

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Ryan Jackson was a longtime aide to Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), and most recently his chief of staff. — ProPublica

Bio, via Environmental Protection Agency:

Mr. Jackson joined EPA after nearly 20 years working in the U.S. Senate, first as counsel to the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and later as chief of staff to U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma). As the staff director of the Committee, he coordinated a legislative and oversight plan for Chairman Inhofe that resulted in: the first long-term reauthorization of the nation’s surface transportation infrastructure in 10 years, the enactment of the Frank R Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act for the 21st Century (the first major federal environmental statute rewrite in 20 years), and a new Water Resources Development Act that prioritized funding for national ports and water infrastructure. In all, his leadership contributed to the enactment of over 60 statutes. While working in Congress, Mr. Jackson also worked closely with EPA on new state permitting for coal ash disposal and regulation, and on the reauthorization of the Brownfields program to promote beneficial use and new economic development for these areas. Previously, Mr. Jackson was an assistant district attorney in Oklahoma's 14th Judicial District, which covers Tulsa and Pawnee counties. A native of Oklahoma City, Mr. Jackson received his B.A. in public administration and political science from the University of Oklahoma, and his law degree from Oklahoma City University.

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