The EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program Office recently named Khesha Reed as their new Deputy Director.
Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Khesha Reed as the permanent Deputy Director for EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program Office (CBPO), located in Annapolis, Maryland, where she has been the Acting Deputy Director since April 2024. During this time, she has focused on strengthening the administrative processes of the office, as well as serving as the liaison to the Local Government Advisory Committee.
Reed has been with the agency for over twenty years, holding several senior leadership positions. Before joining CBPO, she was the Deputy Director of the Standards and Health Protection Division in the Office of Science and Technology within the Office of Water (OW). Khesha oversaw the office’s administrative, budget operations, and human capital planning. In addition, she led an internal workgroup responsible for coordinating with the Food and Drug Administration on issuing advice about fish consumption.
Before OW, Khesha was the Deputy Director of the Office of Children’s Health. The office is responsible for ensuring that all EPA activities, including regulations, policies, research, and outreach, appropriately consider children’s environmental health issues. Khesha led the office’s strategic planning activities and coordinated external audits.
Khesha received her B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Delaware and her M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.
