Meet April


April Hathcoat

ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTOR
Cherokee Nation (EPA R6)
april-hathcoat@cherokee.org
(918) 453-5098

April has worked for the Cherokee Nation Environmental Programs office since February 2004 and is primarily responsible for managing the Clean Air Program. Her current duties include quality control and quality assurance of all air monitoring data, grant management, staffing and workload assignments, and uploading data into the EPA Air Quality System (AQS). April is licensed with the State of Oklahoma as a Registered Sanitarian and a Registered Environmental Specialist, is a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), and is a member of the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA). 

April began working with the Exchange Network program in 2011; the current Cherokee Nation EN grants include creating a Tribal mentoring program for ATTAINS (Assessment and Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Tracking and Implementation System), providing support for Tribal representatives of the EELC, and establishing a radon data exchange via OpenNode2.  April serves on the EN Interoperability & Operations Team (IOT). 

Priorities & Skills


  • Air Quality data management, testing, & analysis

  • Quality Assurance

  • Data Exchanges (EPA’s Air Quality System - AQS)

  • EN Grant application & management

  • ATTAINS Tracking