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Celebrating Partnerships for EPA’s 50th Anniversary

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During EPA’s 50th Anniversary celebration in 2020, we highlighted our long history of effective partnerships, with an emphasis on tribal and international partnerships. 

  • Read the June 4, 2020 press release, EPA at 50: Celebrating Partnerships. 

Our tribal partnerships enable us to strengthen environmental and public health protection in Indian country by supporting implementation of federal environmental law consistent with the federal trust responsibility and the government-to-government relationship.

  • View our current tribal priorities.
  • EPA Highlights Success Stories in the Indian Environment General Assistance Program (press release, June 11, 2020)

EPA's international cooperation includes work with the international community to ensure a healthy future for all people in the U.S., protect the global commons, support a robust and sustainable economy creating good jobs, and advance strong environmental governance by deploying our expertise and innovation. 

  • View our current international priorities.

The videos shared by our international and tribal partners in 2020 are embedded on this page.  All professional titles were current as of June 2020.

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  • View videos on Working with Tribes
  • View videos on International Cooperation

Working with Tribes

Leonard Forsman, Chairman of the Suquamish Tribe

Ken Norton, Chairman of National Tribal Water Council

Dana Adkins, Chickahominy Indian Tribe

Captain David Harvey, Indian Health Service

Victoria Flowers, Environmental Compliance Coordinator of the Oneida Nation

Chuck Hoskin, Jr., Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation

Nancy John, Director of the Cherokee Nation's Environmental Program

Virginia LeClere, Environmental Manager of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation

McCoy Oatman, Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee


International Cooperation

Jane Nishida, then-Deputy Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of International and Tribal Affairs

Minister Ricardo Salles of Brazil's Ministry of Environment

Svenja Schulze, German Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

Harry Seah, Deputy Chief Executive of Singapore’s National Water Agency

Margaret Macauley, Chief Manager of Water Quality Assurance for Ghana Water Company Limited

Rubén Alemán, Environmental Specialist with USAID-El Salvador

Koizumi Shinjiro, Japan's Minister of the Environment

Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada's Minister of Environment and Climate Change

Calixto Mateos-Hanel and Salvador López Córdov, North American Development Bank

Shinsuke J. Sugiyama, Japanese Ambassador to the United States

Christopher De Sousa, President of Canadian Brownfields Network

Officials from Israel

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