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Participants

Hosted by the Idaho Department of Agriculture

Boise, Idaho

September 21-25, 2009

[updated 8/17/09]

State Participant
AL Tony L. Cofer
Division Director
Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries
Montgomery, AL
AR Jason Robertson
Assistant Director Special Initiatives
Arkansas State Plant Board
Pesticide Division
Little Rock, AR
AZ Gary Christian
Licensing Program Manager
Arizona Department of Agriculture
Environmental Services Division
Phoenix, AZ
CA Jose Bueno
Environmental Scientist
California Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Pesticide Regulation
Fresno, CA
CA Rick Strider
Environmental Scientist
California Environmental Protection Agency
Department of Pesticide Regulation
West Sacramento, CA
FL Steven Dwinell
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Agricultural Environmental Services
Tallahassee, FL
ID Dave Chase
Sr. Agriculture Investigator
Idaho State Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Resources
Nampa, ID
ID Kenneth Funk
Sr. Agriculture Investigator
Idaho State Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Resources
Pocatello, ID
ID Robert Hays
Urban Pesticide Program Manager
Idaho State Department of Agriculture
Division of Agricultural Resources
Nampa, ID
ID Bob Spencer
Agriculture Program Manager
Idaho State Department of Agriculture
Division of Agricultural Resources
Boise, ID
ID Luis Urias
Worker Protection Program Specialist
Idaho State Department of Agriculture
Division of Agricultural Resources
Nampa, ID
ID George Robinson
Director
Idaho State Department of Agriculture
Division of Agricultural Resources
Boise, ID
IL Gerald Kirbach
Manager
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Environmental Programs
Permits and Downstate Field Operations
Springfield, IL
IN Leo Reed
Manager, Certification & Licensing
Office of Indiana State Chemist
Pesticides
West Lafayette, IN
IN George Saxton
Pesticide Compliance Officer
Office of Indiana State Chemist
Pesticides
West Lafayette, IN
LA Lisa S. Gautreaux
Agricultural Environmental Specialist & Administrative Coordinator
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry
Pesticide and Environmental Programs Division
Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Baton Rouge, LA
MI John P. Buchweitz
Toxicologist
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Emergency Management Division
Lansing, MI
MI Gary King
Pesticide Enforcement Manager
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Pesticide and Plant Pest Management Division
Lansing, MI
NC Bob G. Bruss
Risk Assessment & Environmental Fate Team Manager
North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Structural Pest Control & Pesticides Division
Raleigh, NC
NC Renee Woody
Certification & Training Specialist
North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Structural Pest Control & Pesticides Division
Raleigh, NC
NJ Nancy Santiago
Principal Environmental Specialist
WPS Coordinator
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Compliance and Enforcement
Pesticide Control Program
Trenton, NJ
 NM Irene Calderon
Specialist I
New Mexico Department of Agriculture
Pesticide Compliance Section
Agricultural and Environmental Services Division

Las Cruces, NM
NY Margaret O’Neil
Chief
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Bureau of Pesticides Management
Pesticide Reporting & Certification Section
Albany, NY
OK Jason Baker
Pesticide Certification and Training Administrator
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture
Food & Forestry, Consumer Protection Division
Oklahoma City, OK

OK

Chris Townsley
Pesticide Inspector
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry Consumer Protection Division
Oklahoma City, OK

PA John R. Lake
Pesticide Enforcement Specialist
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Harrisburg, PA
VA

Douglas Edwards
Supervisor
Enforcement & Field Operations
Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Office of Pesticide Services
Richmond, VA

WA

Paul Figueroa
Investigator
Washington State Department of Agriculture
Olympia, WA

U.S. EPA Office/Region Nominee
Region 7 Jamie Green
Chief
U.S. EPA, Region 7
Toxics and Pesticides Branch
Kansas City, KS
HQ Yvette Hopkins
U.S. EPA
Office of Pesticide Programs
Washington, DC
HQ Mary Frances Lowe
Senior Program Advisor
U.S. EPA
Office of Pesticide Programs
Washington, DC

28 states
0 tribes
2 federal
1 regional