Ex-Trump official wants ‘full list’ of EPA alumni names

By Robin Bravender | 08/06/2024 04:21 PM EDT

“It would be helpful for any appointees to know who all is building a ‘resistance,’” said former EPA chief of staff Mandy Gunasekara. 

Mandy Gunasekara

Mandy Gunasekara in Jackson, Mississippi, in 2023. Rogelio V. Solis/AP

Mandy Gunasekara, who served as EPA chief of staff during the Trump administration, is seeking a “full list” of participants in a group of EPA alumni, she posted Tuesday on the social media website X.

Her comments came in response to a story published by POLITICO’s E&E News on Monday about the Environmental Protection Network, an organization of EPA alumni that formed in 2017 due to concerns about the Trump administration’s agenda for the agency.

The alumni group is preparing to challenge former President Donald Trump again if he retakes the White House next year.

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Gunasekara linked to that story Tuesday, writing, “Could someone get me a full list of all the folks in this group? Just asking for a friend.”

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