Pesticide Worker Protection

Participants

Hosted by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Tropicana Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey

September 12-16, 2005

[updated 8/23/05]

 

State

Participant

AK Barbara Hanson
Environmental Specialist
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
Pesticides Program
Wasilla, AK
 AL Tony Cofer
Program Director
Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries
Pesticide Management
Montgomery, AL
AR Susie Nichols
Agricultural Specialist I
Arkansas State Plant Board
Pesticides
Little Rock, AR
AZ Jack Peterson
Associate Director
Arizona Department of Agriculture
Environmental Services Division
Phoenix, AZ
CA Jim Walsh
Program Specialist
California Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Pesticide Regulation
Pesticide Enforcement Branch
Santa Paula, CA
CO John Scott
Pesticide Applicator Program Coordinator
Colorado Department of Agriculture
Division of Plant Industry
Pesticide Section
Lakewood, CO
FL Dale Dubberly
Chief
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Bureau of Compliance Monitoring
Tallahassee, FL
HI Gerald Kinro
Pesticide Specialist
Hawaii Department of Agriculture
Pesticides Program
Honolulu, HI
ID Luis Urias
Ag Program Specialist
Idaho State Department of Agriculture
Division of Agricultural Resources
Nampa, ID
ME Eugene Meserve
Inspector
Maine Department of Agriculture
Board of Pesticides Control
Augusta, ME
MN Steve Poncin
Pesticide Regulatory Advisor
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
St. Paul, MN
NC Carmina Hanson
Bilingual Pesticide Specialist
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer
Services
Pesticide Section
Raleigh, NC
NH Robert Bruleigh
Environmentalist III
Worker Protection
New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food
Division of Pesticide Control
Concord, NH
NM Stephen Baca
Pesticide Inspector II
New Mexico Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Pesticide Management
Albuquerque, NM
NV Charles Moses
Nevada Department of Agriculture
Plant Industry
Reno, NV
NY Martin Williams
Pesticide Control Specialist 1
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Bureau of Pesticides Management
Albany, NY
PA Jim Harvey
Rural Health Farm Worker Protection Safety Specialist
Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health
Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA
PA Phil Pitzer
Farm Safety Specialist
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Harrisburg, PA
PR Carmen Zayas
Director
Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture
Agrological Laboratory
San Juan, PR
SC Von McCaskill
Department Head
South Carolina Department of Pesticide Regulation
Clemson University
Pendleton, SC
TX Randy Rivera
Director
WPS & C&T
Texas Department of Agriculture Pesticides Division
Austin TX
VA Liza Fleeson
Environmental Program Planner
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Office of Pesticide Services
Richmond, VA
WA Matt West
Bilingual Pesticide Inspector – WPS Specialist
Washington State Department of Agriculture
Wenatchee, WA
WI Roger Springman
Clean Sweep and Worker Protection Program Manager
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Bureau of Agrichemical Management
Division of Agricultural Resource Management
Madison, WI
WV Lee Orr
Agriculture Health and Safety Coordinator
West Virginia Department of Agriculture
Charleston, WV

 

U.S. EPA

Nominee

Region 2 Tara Masters-Glynn
Environmental Scientist
U.S. EPA, Region 2
Pesticides Team
Edison, NJ
Region 4 Amber Davis
Life Scientist
U.S. EPA, Region 4
Air Division, Pesticides Section
Atlanta, GA
Region 5 Donald Baumgartner
Worker Protection Specialist
U.S. EPA, Region 5
Chicago, IL 
Region 6 Jerry Oglesby
Worker Protection Coordinator/Arkansas Project Officer
U.S. EPA, Region 6
Dallas, TX 
Region 6 Maria Martinez
Section Chief
U.S. EPA, Region 6
Dallas, TX 
Region 7 Kristie Raymond
WPS Coordinator
U.S. EPA, Region 7
Kansas City, KS 
Region 9 Katy Wilcoxen
WPS Coordinator
U.S. EPA, Region 9
San Francisco, CA 
Region 10 Allan Welch
CT & WPS Coordinator
U.S. EPA, Region 10
Seattle, WA

Total Nominations:
25 States/Territories
8 Regions