Compliance Program
Management Course

Nominees

Hosted by the Oregon Department of Agriculture

Holiday Inn, Portland, Oregon

September 24-28, 2007

[updated 8/18/07]

Nominations for this course are closed.

State Nominee

AL

Tony L. Cofer
Division Director
Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries
Pesticide Management and Professional Services
Montgomery, AL
AZ Brenda Ball
Compliance Program Manager
Arizona Department of Agriculture
Environmental Services Division
Phoenix, AZ
CA Ada Ann Scott
Agriculture Program Supervisor
California Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Pesticide Regulation
Sacramento, CA
CO Steven Blunt
Pesticide Enforcement Specialist
Colorado Department of Agriculture
Division of Plant Industry
Lakewood, CO
ID Rodney Gabehart
Agricultural Program Manager
Idaho State Department of Agriculture
Boise, ID
IL Gerald Kirbach
Manager, Permits & Downstate Field Operations
Acting Manager, Certification, Licensing & Registration
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Environmental Programs
Springfield, IL
LA Lisa S. Gautreaux
Administrative Program Coordinator
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
Pesticide and Environmental Programs
Pesticide Use/Misuse Compliance and Enforcement Baton Rouge, LA
ME Raymond Connors
Manager of Compliance
Maine Board of Pesticides Control
Augusta, ME
MI Gary King
Pesticide Enforcement Program Manager
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Pesticide and Plant Pest Management Division
Lansing, MI
MN Heidi Fischer
Supervisor
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Pesticide & Fertilizer Management Division, Enforcement Unit
St. Paul, MN
MT Shelley Lee Mills
Senior Agricultural Specialist
Montana Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Sciences Division
Glasgow, MT
NC J. Patrick Jones
Deputy Director of Pesticide Programs
North Carolina Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Raleigh, NC
NE Tim Creger
Pesticide Program Manager
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Lincoln, NE
NM Cecilia Owen
Enforcement Program Manager
New Mexico Department of Agriculture
Pesticide Compliance Section
Las Cruces, NM
NY John Bennett
Pesticide Control Specialist
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Division of Solid and Hazardous Materials
Warrensburg, NY
OH James B. Belt
Pesticide & Fertilizer Enforcement Supervisor
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Division of Plant Industry
Pesticide & Fertilizer Regulation
Reynoldsburg, OH
OK Mike Vandeventer
Agricultural Administrator
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
Oklahoma City, OK
SC Joseph P. Krausz
Department Head
Clemson University
South Carolina Department of Pesticide Regulation Pendleton, SC
TN Kathy Booker
Pesticide Administrator
Tennessee Department of Agriculture
Regulatory Services Division
Nashville, TN
VA Joe Dictor
Compliance Manager
Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Office of Pesticide Services
Richmond, VA
VA Liza Fleeson
Environmental Program Planner
Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services Office of Pesticide Services
Richmond, VA
VT Cary Giguere
Agrichemical Management Section Chief
Vermont Agency of Agriculture
Agricultural Resource Management and Environmental Stewardship Division
Montpelier, VT
VT Wendy Houston-Anderson
Enforcement Section Chief
Vermont Agency of Agriculture
Montpelier, VT
WA Gary Buckner
Area Manager
Washington State Department of Agriculture
Pesticide Compliance
Yakima, WA
WA Tim W. Schultz
Area Manager
Washington State Department of Agriculture
Pesticide Management Division
Spokane, WA
WI Mark McCloskey
Environmental Enforcement Specialist
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Trade and Consumer Protection
Madison, WI
Tribe
Inter Tribal Council of Arizona Carmenlita Chief
Pesticide Environmental Specialist
Inter Tribal Council of Arizona
Environmental Quality Programs Director
Phoenix, AZ
Federal
HQ Jeanne Kasai
Environmental Protection Specialist
U.S. EPA
Office of Pesticide Programs
Washington, DC
Regional
Reg 6 Gerardo Acosta
Environmental Scientist
U.S. EPA, Region 6
Pesticides Section
Dallas, TX

26 states/territories
1 tribe
1 federal
1 regional