Contacting EPA Region 9's Press Office

Press inquiries

(415) 947-8700

Press Officers in EPA's Pacific Southwest Regional Office provide media assistance to reporters in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and Pacific Southwest tribes and territories.

Region 9's Press Officers:

Allyn Stern (stern.allyn@epa.gov)
Acting Section Chief of the Press & Liaison Team
Office Phone: (415) 972-3952
Cell Phone: (415) 760-5420

Francisco Arcaute (arcaute.francisco@epa.gov)
Office Phone: (213) 244-1815
Cell Phone: (213) 798-1404
Area of coverage: Southern California
Los Angeles Metropolitan area, and the California border counties of San Diego and Imperial. He is place-based in the Southern California Field Office, and speaks fluent Spanish.

Wendy Chavez (chavez.wendy@epa.gov)
Office Phone: (415) 947-4248
Cell Phone: (415) 760-5422
Area of coverage: Northern California

Dean Higuchi (higuchi.dean@epa.gov)
Office Phone: (808) 541-2711
Cell Phone: (808) 216-9787
Area of coverage: Hawaii and Pacific Islands under U.S. jurisdiction, such as American Samoa and Guam

Mary Simms (simms.mary@epa.gov)
Office Phone: (415) 947-4270
Cell Phone: (415) 760-5419
Area of coverage: Central California

Margot PerezSullivan (PerezSullivan.margot@epa.gov)
Office Phone: (415) 947-4149
Cell Phone: (415) 760-9161
Area of coverage: Arizona and Nevada

Congressional Liaisons

Jim Vreeland (vreeland.jim@epa.gov)
(415) 497-4298
Area of coverage: Los Angeles North to Redding

Brent Maier (maier.brent@epa.gov)
(415) 947-4256
Cell (415) 760-5470
Area of coverage: Riverside county South to the San Diego and Border region and Arizona

Dean Higuchi (higuchi.dean@epa.gov)
808-541-271
Cell 808-216-9787
Area of coverage: Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and Northern Marianas Islands,

For More Information

By phone:
Direct all press inquiries to the Region 9 press line:
(415) 947-8700

By U.S. Postal mail:

Office of Planning and Public Affairs
U.S. EPA Region 9
75 Hawthorne St.
San Francisco, CA 94105

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