Amanda Pereira

Amanda Pereira is an Environmental Program Officer (EPO) currently leading the environmental and historic preservation compliance team for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth (OICG), focusing primarily on broadband grants and the Internet for All initiative. As an EPO, she is responsible for overall compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other environmental and historic preservation laws and Executive Orders.

In this role she works with grant applicants and recipients, as well as federal, Tribal, and state regulators and partners to collaboratively address requirements.  Before joining OICG, Amanda was with the First Responder Network Authority for nine years, serving as the NEPA Coordinator for five years and an auditor and policy development specialist for four years.

She has served as a project manager, lead author, or author on numerous Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) and Environmental Assessments (EAs) and has worked extensively on NEPA for Federal grants. Amanda holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Environmental Science from Boston University and a Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She has a certificate in Climate Change Adaptation from the University of Washington’s consortium program and a certificate in Performance Auditing. Amanda received a Bronze Medal Award and an Environmental Stewardship Award from the Department of Commerce.