Jalonne White-Newsome

Jalonne White-Newsome is a program officer and lecturer. She is an advocate for environmental justice.

Early life Jalonne White-Newsome is from Detroit, Michigan.

Education and career In 1999, White-Newsome earned her bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Northwestern University.

Before returning to Michigan, White-Newsome worked for the Maryland Department of the Environment.

White-Newsome is a lecturer at the Milliken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University.

Research Jalonne White-Newsome conducts research on the intersection of environment and health, especially climate change and health equity. Her work is aimed at improving our understanding of how communities adapt to extreme heat events.

Awards and honors Federal Chief Environmental Justice Officer at The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Senior Director for Environmental Justice at the White House

White-Newsome was appointed to the National Academy of Sciences Board on Environmental Change and Society from 2017 to 2022.

In 2017, she was appointed Michigan League of Conservation Voters' Advocate of the Year.

White-Newsome received The Environmental Management Association's Environmental Achievement Award in 2019.

She received the Kingdom Living Temple “Friends of the Environment Award” in 2017.

White-Newsome received “The Clean Power Plan Enforcer” by Grist Magazine in 2016.