SAN FRANCISCO The U.S. Environmental…
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s Jared Blumenfeld today announced Kelly
Zito as the agency’s new Director of the Office of Public
Affairs in the Pacific Southwest. EPA’s Pacific Southwest
office serves Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Pacific
Islands, and 147 Tribes.
Zito will oversee the management of the U.S.
EPA’s Pacific Southwest internal and external communication
programs, including congressional affairs, media relations, social
media, public engagement, the EPA’s library operations, and
the Freedom of Information Act program.
Zito has worked for the San Francisco Chronicle
for almost 12 years covering the environment, real estate and
technology beats. Kelly had a particular focus on water, energy,
climate change, and air quality. Zito has a Communications Degree
from Cornell University and served as a Knight-Wallace Journalism
Fellow at the University of Michigan’s School of Natural
Resources and Environment.