Lauren Wisniewski

As CISA’s Water and Wastewater Sector Liaison, Ms. Wisniewski is the nexus for CISA’s Water and Wastewater Sector efforts. She partners with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Sector Risk Management Agency, as well as private and public stakeholders in the Water and Wastewater Sector. In addition to supporting water efforts across CISA, Ms. Wisniewski, as CISA’s representative on the Water Government Coordinating Council, works with EPA and other government partners, as well as the Water Sector Coordinating Council to address sector priorities and increase the resilience of our nation’s critical water infrastructure.

Prior to joining CISA, Ms. Wisniewski served as an environmental engineer in the EPA Office of Water for over 20 years. For most of her EPA career, she worked on a variety of efforts to increase the resilience of the water sector and address key water sector interdependencies. She led over 40 locally customized workshops and exercises across the country for drinking water and wastewater utilities on resilience, infrastructure protection, and coordination with other critical infrastructure sectors including energy, emergency services, and food and agriculture. She developed numerous EPA publications, including EPA’s Power Resilience Guide for Water and Wastewater Utilities. She also staffed the Water Desk in EPA’s Emergency Operation Center (EOC) during several activations and served as a Watch Officer in the EOC. During her tenure at EPA, Ms. Wisniewski received two EPA Gold Medal Awards for Exceptional Service and two EPA Bronze Medal Awards for Commendable Service.

Ms. Wisniewski has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, summa cum laude, in Civil Engineering from Duke University and served as the Engineering Student Government President her senior year. Additionally, she has her Master of Public Health degree from the George Washington University.