Director Tanner oversees the implementation of the National Environmental Education Act at the Environmental Protection Agency.
Before joining OPEEE, he worked in EPA’s Office of Pesticides Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention, where he received a bronze medal for his leadership role in the Agency’s public education response to the reemergence of bed bugs. In this position, he coordinated an EPA partnership program with the pest management industry.
Mr. Tanner began his career as a high school biology and physics teacher before being recruited to join D.C. Water as the Water Conservationist protecting drinking water and sewer infrastructure. He has over 15 years of experience designing, developing, and implementing environmental protection programs on all levels of government. Mr. Tanner holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from Xavier University of New Orleans, Louisiana. He also has graduate certificates in Strategic Management from Georgetown University and Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure from Harvard University.
Hiram played ice hockey in Washington, D.C., under hall-of-fame coach Neal Henderson during his grade school years.
Email: tanner.hiram@epa.gov