Pesticide Certification & Training 
/
Worker Protection Workshop

Participants

Hosted by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

Tropicana Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey

September 11-14, 2006

[updated 9/7/06]

Acceptance information was sent to the following nominees:

State/
Tribe/
Region

Nominee

AL Tony Cofer
Pesticide Program Director
Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries
Montgomery, AL
AR Ples Spradley
Associate Professor of Pesticide Education
University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Services
Plant Pathology, Division of Agriculture
Little Rock, AR
AZ Jack Peterson
Associate Director
Arizona Department of Agriculture
Environmental Services Division
Phoenix, AZ
CA David Duncan
Branch Chief
California Environmental Protection Agency
Pesticide Regulation
Sacramento, CA
ID Luis A. Urias
Agriculture Program Specialist
Idaho State Department of Agriculture
Division of Agricultural Resources
Nampa, ID
IL Bruce E. Paulsrud
Extension Specialist
Pesticide Safety Education and Plant Pathology
University of Illinois, Crop Sciences
Urbana, IL
IL Gerald Kirbach
Manager, Permits and Downstate Field Operations &
Acting Manager, Certification, Licensing and Registration
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Division of Natural Resources
Bureau of Environmental Programs
Springfield, IL
IN David E. Scott
Pesticide Administrator
Office of the Indiana State Chemist
Pesticide Section
West Lafayette, IN
MA Lee Corte-Real
Pesticide Operations Coordinator
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
Regulatory Services
Boston, MA
ME Gary Fish
Program Manager C & T & WPS
Maine Department of Agriculture
Maine Board of Pesticides Control
Augusta, ME
MI Brian Rowe
Pesticide Section Manager
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Pesticide and Plant Pest Management Division
Lansing, MI
MN Dean Herzfeld
Coordinator, Pesticide Safety & Environmental Education
University of Minnesota
Plant Pathology
St. Paul, MN
MO Darryl R. Slade
Certification Program Manager
Missouri Department of Agriculture
Plant Industries Division
Bureau of Pesticide Control
Jefferson City, MO
MT Janet Kirkland
Pesticide Training/Development Specialist
Montana Department of Agriculture
Technical Services Bureau, Pesticide Program
Helena, MT
NC Kay G. Harris
Licensing, Certification & Outreach Manager
North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Structural Pest Control & Pesticides Division
Raleigh, NC
ND Andrew A. Thostenson
Pesticide Program Specialist
North Dakota State University Extension Service
Plant Sciences Department
Fargo, ND
NE Buzz Vance
Certification Specialist
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Lincoln, NE
NJ George Hamilton
Extension Specialist in Pest Management
Rutgers Cooperative Extension
Department of Extension Specialists
New Brunswick, NJ
NM Bonnie M. Rabe
Division Director
New Mexico Department of Agriculture
Agricultural and Environmental Services
Pesticide Management
Las Cruces, NM
NY Edward Hanbach
Pesticide Control Specialist II and New York State Worker Protection Coordinator
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Bureau of Pesticides
Bath, NY
OR Janet Fults
Pesticide Registration, Certification & Licensing Program Manager
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Pesticides Division
Salem, OR
PA Phil Pitzer
Farm Safety Specialist
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Division of Health and Safety
Harrisburg, PA
TX Randy C. Rivera
Coordinator for Education and Outreach
Texas Department of Agriculture
Pesticide Division
Austin, TX
VA Kathleen Dictor
Environmental Specialist
Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Office of Pesticide Services, Certification, Licensing
Registration & Training Unit
Richmond, VA
WA Matt West
Bilingual Pesticide Inspector-WPS Specialist
Washington State Department of Agriculture
Pesticide Management Division, Compliance
Wenatchee, WA
WA Carol Ramsay
Pesticide Education Specialist
Washington State University
Department of Entomology
Pullman, WA
WI Roger Flashinski
PAT Program Manager
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Agronomy
Madison, WI
   
Region 1 Andrea Szylvian
Environmental Protection Specialist
U.S. EPA, Region 1
Pesticide Program
Boston, MA
Region 2 Tara Masters-Glynn
Environmental Scientist
U.S. EPA, Region 2
Edison, NJ
Region 2 Adrian Enanche
Manager, Pesticides Program
U.S. EPA, Region 2
DECA
Edison, NJ
Region 2 Kenneth S. Stoller
Chief
U.S. EPA, Region 2
DECA, Pesticides and Toxic Substance Branch
Edison, NJ
Region 4 Christine Fortuin
U.S. EPA, Region 4
Atlanta, GA
Region 5 Donald Baumgartner
Worker Protection Specialist
U.S. EPA, Region 5
Pesticides Program Section
Chicago, IL
Region 6 Jerry L. Oglesby
Worker Safety Coordinator
U.S. EPA, Region 6
Pesticides Section
Dallas, TX
Region 7 Kristie Raymond
Environmental Scientist
U.S. EPA Region 7
Pesticides
Kansas City, KS
Region 8 Margaret Collins
Environmental Protection Specialist
U.S. EPA, Region 8
Denver, CO
Region 9 Katy Wilcoxen
Worker Safety Program Manager
U.S. EPA, Region, 9
Pesticide Program
San Francisco, CA
Region 10 Allan Welch
Certification & Training and Worker Protection Coordinator
U.S. EPA, Region 10
Office of Compliance and Enforcement
Pesticides and Toxics Unit
Seattle, WA

27 States/Extension
12 EPA Regions