About Margot Brown

Dr. Margot Brown

Senior Vice President, Justice and Equity

Contact

Washington, D.C. Office

Work

Areas of expertise:

Environmental health, community outreach, and environmental justice education programs

As EDF's Senior Vice President of Justice and Equity and Acting Director of the Frontline Resource Institute, Dr. Margot Brown leads efforts to integrate justice and frontline knowledge into the organization’s environmental strategies and decisions. She and her team build internal capacity and provide expertise across EDF, bringing frontline knowledge together with capabilities in science, economics, policy, business and advocacy to strengthen solutions for the people and places most affected by environmental challenges.

Background

Dr. Brown has more than 20 years’ experience working with communities of color, low-income, Indigenous, and marginalized communities. Prior to joining EDF in 2020, Margot spent a decade at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency where she led teams from the Office of Community Revitalization in providing technical assistance for sustainable development to communities in the Mississippi Delta and Appalachia. As the Deputy Director of EPA’s Office of Children’s Health Protection, she created and implemented strategic programming addressing the intersection of environmental racism, equity, and children’s environmental health.

Education

Dr. Brown holds a Master of Science in Public Health and a Doctor of Science from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans.

Publications

Brown M, Merse C, and Grevatt P. Why Green Clean Our Schools? The State Education Standard, The Journal of the National Association of School Boards of Education. 2012; 4-9.

Brown M, and Foos, B. Assessing Children's Exposures and Risks to Drinking Water Contaminants: A Manganese Case Study. Journal of Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 2009; 15: 923-947.

Lioy PJ, Isukapalli SS, Trasande L, Thorpe L, Dellarco M, Weisel C, Georgopoulos PG, Yung C, Brown M,  Landriga PJ. Using National and Local Extant Data to Characterize Environmental Exposures in the National Children’s Study: Queens County, New York. Environmental Health Perspective 2009; 117(10): doi:10.1289/ehp.0900623.

Brown M, Morgan GM, Farrow S. Expert assessment of the performance of the US system for environmental regulation. Journal of Risk Research 2004; 7: 507-521.

Tull ES , Wickramasuriya T, Taylor J, Smith-Burns V, Brown M, Champaigne G, Daye K, Donaldson K, Solomon N, Walker S, Fraser H, Jordan OW. Relationship of internalized racism to abdominal obesity and blood pressure in Afro-Caribbean Women. Journal of the National Medical Association 1999; 91: 447-451.

Tull ES., Brown M., Rogers J, Taylor. Association of Spirituality with Diabetes Self-Care among African Americans. A Journal of the American Diabetes Association 1998; 47: A327.