Pesticides & Public Health

Participants

Davis, CA

September 19-23, 2004

[updated 9/9/04]

 

Pesticide Agency Nominee

Public Health Agency Nominee

Laura Quakenbush
Pesticide Registration Coordinator
Colorado Department of Agriculture
Division of Plant Industry
Lakewood, CO

Dale Tanda
Environmental Protection Specialist 3
Colorado Department of Public Health
Consumer Protection Division
Denver, CO

Glenn Sahara
Pesticide Specialist IV
State of Hawaii, Dept of Agriculture
Pesticides Branch
Hilo, HI

Gregory Olmsted
Program Manager
Hawaii Department of Health
Vector Control Branch
Alea, HI

James Baker
Toxicologist
Idaho State Department of Agriculture
Boise, ID

Chris Corwin
Analyst2/Community Outreach Specialist
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
Division of Health, Environmental Unit
Boise, ID

Mark Buffone
Environmental Analyst and Entomologist
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
Division of Regulatory and Consumer Services-Pesticide Bureau
Boston, MA

None

Lebelle Hicks
Pesticides Toxicologist
Agriculture, Food & Rural Resources
Board of Pesticides Control
Augusta, ME

Robert Ghoulson
Maine Department Of Health and Human Services
Division of Disease Control, Bureau of Health
August, ME

Melvin Poplar
Manager
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Pesticide and Plant Pest Management
Lansing, MI

Erik Foster
Wildlife Biologist
Michigan Department of Community Health
Division of Communicable Disease, Bureau of Epidemiology
Lansing, MI

John Peckham
Agricultural Chemical Supervisor
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Agronomy & Plant Protection Division, Agricultural Chemical Investigation Unit
St. Paul, MN

Chuck Stroebel
Environmental Research Scientist
Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN

James W. Burnette, Jr.
Pesticide Administrator
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Pesticide Section
Raleigh, NC

None

Tim Creger
Pesticide Program Manager
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Lincoln, NE

Wayne Kramer
State Medical Epidemiologist
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Regulation and Licensure
Lincoln, NE 68509

Cary Hamilton
Pesticide Specialist
New Mexico Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Pesticide Management
Las Cruces, NM

Nelson Powers
Environmental Specialist
New Mexico Department of Health
Office of Epidemiology
Santa Fe, NM

Samuel Jackling
Chief, Pesticide Product Registration
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Bureau of Pesticides Management
Albany, NY

James Leach
Research Scientist IV
New York State Department of Health
Bureau of Toxic Substance Assessment
Troy, NY

Juan Carlos Munoz
Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture
Agrological Laboratory
Dorado, PR

Martha Patricia Cano
Director
Puerto Rico Public Health Agency
West Nile Virus Program
Caparra Heights Station
San Juan, PR

Von McCaskill
Head
South Carolina Department of Pesticide Regulation
Clemson University
Pendleton, SC

None

Frank Crull
General Counsel & Chief Enforcement Officer
Texas Structural Pest Control Board
Legal Department
Austin, TX

Jennifer Sievert
Program Coordinator
Texas Department of State Health Services
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Division, Bureau of Epidemiology
Austin, TX

Tribal Participants:

Tribal Agency Nominee

Tribal Health Agency Nominee

Henry Ghiotto
Pesticide Officer
Quechan Indian Tribe
Pesticide Control Office
Yuma, AZ

None

Walter Linton
Pesticide Director
Pauma Band of Mission Indians
Natural Resources
Pauma Valley, CA

None

Federal / Regional Participants:

Michael Kramer
FIFRA Enforcement Coordinator
U.S. EPA, Region 2
Pesticides & Toxic Substances Branch – Pesticides Team
Edison, NJ

Amy Mysz
Environmental Health Scientist
U.S. EPA, Region 5
Pesticide Program Section
77 W. Jackson Boulevard, DT-8J
Chicago, IL

Fatima El Abdaoui
Environmental Scientist
U.S. EPA, Region 3
Pesticide/Asbestos Programs and Enforcement Branch
Philadelphia, PA

Elizabeth Owens
Environmental Protection Specialist
U.S. EPA
Certification and Worker Protection Branch
Washington, DC

Carolyn Schroeder
U.S. EPA
Certification and Worker Protection Branch
Washington, DC