Contact Jordan LaPier Director (202) 495-3320 jlapier@ourpublicservice.org THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IS CLEANING UP ITS IMAGE April 14, 2021 LikeLike many of his colleagues at the Environmental Protection Agency, Justin Chen says he wanted “a job with a purpose.” So in 2015, Chen left his post as an environmental engineer for a consulting firm to take on a similar role at the EPA. “I always wanted to see what it was like to be on the regulatory side, as opposed to working on behalf of the people that were regulated,” Chen says.