Sonam Gill Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

• Represent and serve as the regional expert in relations with elected officials, including members of congress, governors, state legislatures, and local governments in California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, and the Pacific territories, and on lands of 148 Indian tribes.• Coordinate engagements, including briefing calls, written correspondences, and in-person meetings with elected officials.• Establish relationships to communicate new initiatives and activities that directly influence public knowledge and understanding of EPA policies and programs.• Research, examine, and compare political trends regarding operations in congress, state, and local governments to make recommendations, problem solve and promote program objectives.• Analyze and track environmental and government legislation related to high-priority EPA initiatives.• Represent the Office of Public Affairs on the Regional Environmental Justice and Communities Council.

San Francisco, California

• Led the oversight and strengthened pesticide programs on Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Marianas Islands. Provided technical assistance to develop and formalize policies to promote enforcement of protections against pesticide misuse.• Lobbied for and led the development of Tribal Pollinator Protection Plan guidance in response to a 2014 Obama White House Initiative. Worked closely with tribal leaders to incorporate culturally significant concerns into the nationally adopted guidance to aid tribal communities in developing pollinator protection programs, policies, and projects.• Served as public participation lead on an interdisciplinary team that provided technical assistance to the government of Jordan to build capacity and better engage local communities in environmental decision making.

San Francisco, Ca

• Launched GIS screening of 8-San Joaquin Valley, CA counties for the convergence of health (asthma, cancer and birth defects) and social vulnerability concerns, with air/water quality and pesticide exposure risk for targeted enforcement actions• Co-developed methodology to rank and analyze pesticide application data to support enforcement targeting in areas with increased pesticide exposure potential• Documented rationale to advocate a more robust set of indicators for a nationally consistent Environmental Justice geographic screening tool, adding linguistic isolation, age, and education level to initial poverty/minority status indicators • Helped plan/provide logistics for two community forums: The White House's Strong Cities, Strong Communities Initiative (SC2) Partnership for a Sustainable Fresno Forum (September 2011) and the Plan for a Sustainable and Livable Richmond Interagency Working Group Meeting (November 2012)• Reviewed community brownfield land use/environmental justice grants• Part of five person EPA/NASA team identifying communities most highly impacted by diesel truck emissions in Southern California. Mapping data layer product was used to place anti-idling road signs in Southern California, vital to the enforcement of California’s anti-idling legislation

San Francisco Bay Area

• Worked collaboratively with EPA offices and headquarters to support community based programs and increase local community capacity to address environmental justice concerns.

Santa Barbara, California Area

• Managed development and implementation of surplus inventory recycling program to allow users to give away or find equipment, supplies, and furniture from a laboratory or office• Interviewed/surveyed building occupants on behavior related to waste/energy audit results to increase energy efficiency and waste reduction across the University• Initiated pilot-program replacing toxic chemicals with less hazardous alternatives to reduce hazardous waste output at the University• Advocated mercury thermometer exchange, saving $134/month on chemical spills • Assisted developing energy policy for University, to increase energy efficiency • Served as the Undergraduate Sustainability Ambassador to represent the University's environmental programs to the media and community• Drafted grants to fund sustainability programs • Designed interactive environmental education curriculum for K-12 students• Organized first annual UCSB Green Chemistry Lecture Series

Department Of Internal Medicine

• Interviewed patients to collect data on traditional, social, cultural, and behavioral risk factors for cardiovascular disease • Recruited South Asian patients for the NIH funded Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study • Served as Punjabi translator to non-English speaking patients

Ms/Mba, Environmental Management

Activities and Societies: Teaching Assistant, Department of Environmental Science, Graduate Student Senate (GSS) - School of Management.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Ecology And Evolution

Activities and Societies: UCSB Sustainability Ambassador

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Black Studies

Thesis titled “Living on the Wrong Side of the Environmental Tracks." Published in BLST Review Fall 2009.