JAMES MOSLEY BIO
As Founder and CEO, James Mosley brings over thirty
years of government and environmental consulting experience to EnviroKinetics,
Inc. Mr. Mosley has over eight years of
community and land use planning experience.
He began his career in planning with the Department of Metropolitan
Development in Evansville, Indiana.
There he worked on zoning, land use and acquisition activities in the
establishment of Urban Enterprise Zones along the Walnut Street Business
Corridor. Mr. Mosley relocated to
Washington, D.C. in 1983, when he was offered to served an internship as a
Legislative Assistant to Representative Frank McCloskey, 8th
District, IN.
James went on to become a Senior Planner with the
District of Columbia Office of Planning (DCOP). Mr. Mosley managed the
planning, zoning and development reviews for Wards Six and Seven in the
District of Columbia. Mr. Mosley acquired substantial experience in the
development of Ward Plans and Small Area Studies. He served as DCOP’s Liaison for the East-of-the-River Development
Zones program, where he coordinated community-based planning and commercial
revitalization projects.
Mr. Mosley served as the Interagency Coordinator for
DCOP. In that capacity he coordinated
the environmental review and analysis of D.C. government agencies’ program
policies for consistency to the federal Comprehensive Plan for the National
Capitol. Later, Mr. Mosley was detailed
to the D.C. Environmental Regulations Administration (ERA) where he
successfully streamlined and combined all public education and awareness
efforts under one outreach mechanism.
He also coordinated the first annual “Environmental Conference”
sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the District of
Columbia’s ERA.
He managed and coordinated soil and water conservation
projects within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
The Chesapeake Bay Program is a federal program enacted and funded by
the U.S. Congress to promote sustainable development and improve water quality
of the Chesapeake Bay drainage area. He
began as a Sub-basin Coordinator managing various urban watershed restoration
projects along Watts Branch a major tributary of the Anacostia River in
Washington, D.C. He also promoted
public education, awareness and participation on the Anacostia River watershed
for the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin.
Mr. Mosley
introduced the Environmental Justice (EJ) vision to Evansville, Indiana when he
co-established and managed the Environmental Resource Center (ERC) at Carver
Community Organization. The ERC was
funded by the US EPA Office of EJ, Region 5 and promotes sustainable
communities, energy conservation and environmental awareness to low income and
minority residents. Mr. Mosley
established local environmental advisory committees/collaboratives and
sponsored workshops utilizing resources from national associations in
Washington, D.C., to provide technical assistance for local organizations
addressing environmental issues in their neighborhoods. In addition, Mr. Mosley developed the first
Brownfields Redevelopment Work Plan for the Evansville Enterprise Association
which led to the establishment of the City of Evansville’s current Brownfields
Redevelopment program.
A native of Evansville, Mr. Mosley graduated from
Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs with a Bachelor
of Science degree in Public Administration and Minor in Real Estate. Mr. Mosley attended graduate school at the
University of Southern Indiana (formerly ISUE) where he worked towards his
Masters of Public Administration. He
obtained his EPA Certification in Lead Assessment and Abatement for Contractors
and Supervisors, in Baltimore, Maryland 1995 and is currently certified to
conduct Lead Inspections, Assessments and Clearances. Mr. Mosley also successfully completed the Wastewater Treatment
Plant Operators course offered at Ivy Tech State College in Evansville,
Indiana.
James Mosley
was elected and served four terms as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner (ANC
6C07) between 1987 and 1995 in Washington, D.C. He co-established and served on the State of Indiana
Environmental Justice Advisory Committee.
He served as board member with the Vanderburgh County Soil and Water
Conservation District and the Zoning and Land Use Committee of the Pigeon Creek
Greenway Passage Advisory Board in Evansville, Indiana. Mr. Mosley also served on the Citizens
Advisory Committee of the Vanderburgh County Solid Waste Management District.