Professional Development for 
Tribes with Pesticide Issues
 

Participants

University of California, Davis

March 9-11, 2009

[updated 2/4/09]

 

Tribe Nominee
Ak-Chin Indian Community Neil Abbott
Pesticide Control Specialist
Ak-Chin Indian Community
Environmental Protection Department
Maricopa, AZ
Ak-Chin Indian Community Roman G. Orona
Environmental Programs Director
Ak-Chin Indian Community
Environmental Protection Office
Maricopa, AZ
Aroostook Band of Micmacs

Fred Corey
Environmental Director
Aroostook Band of Micmacs
Micmac Environmental Department
Isle, ME

Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council Warren Villebrun
Environment Pesticide Education Coordinator
Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Council
Department of Natural Resources-Environmental Services
Nett Lake, MN
California Indian Basketweavers Association Diania Caudell
California Indian Basketweavers Association
Escondido, CA
Cocopah Indian Tribe Barkley Root
Pesticide Officer
Cocopah Indian Tribe
Environmental Protection Office
Somerton, AZ
Coeur d’Alene Tribe

Eric Gjevre
Pesticide Enforcement Circuit Rider Program
Department of Natural Resources
Coeur d’Alene Tribe

Plummer, ID

Colorado River Indian Tribes Hector Duran
Environmental Officer
Colorado River Indian Tribes
Environmental Protection Office
Pesticide Program
Parker, AZ
Colorado River Indian Tribes Cheyenne Garcia
Environmental Director
Colorado River Indian Tribes
Environmental Protection Office
Parker, AZ
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Wilhelmina Keenan
Pesticide Specialist I
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
Natural Resource Department
Environmental Protection Division, Pesticide Program
Pablo, MT
Ft. Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe Henry Ghiotto
Pesticide Enforcement Officer/Inspector
Ft. Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe
Pesticide Enforcement Office
Yuma, AZ
Gila River Indian Community Barry Abbott
Pesticide Program Manager
Gila River Indian Community
Department of Environmental Quality
Pesticide Program
Sacaton, AZ
Gila River Indian Community Ralph Morris
Pesticide Control Officer II
Gila River Indian Community
Department of Environmental Quality
Pesticide Program
Sacaton, AZ
Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. Carmenlita Chief
Pesticide Environmental Specialist
Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.
Pesticide Program
Phoenix, AZ
Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.

Elaine Wilson
Director of Environmental Programs

Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc.
Phoenix, Arizona

Native American Environmental Protection Coalition Joshlynn Tanner
Education and Training Coordinator
Native American Environmental Protection Coalition
Temecula, CA
Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency

Jefferson Biakeddy
Senior Environmental Specialist
Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency
Pesticide Program
Window Rock, AZ

Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency

DineNizhoni Hill
Environmental Specialist
Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency
Pesticide Program
Window Rock, AZ

Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency Glenna Lee
Pesticide Program Supervisor
Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency
Pesticide Program
Window Rock, AZ
Oglala Sioux Tribe Irving Provost
Director/Inspector
Oglala Sioux Tribe
Pine Ridge, SD
Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma Genise Carpenter
Environmental Specialist
Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma
Office of Environmental Services
Stroud, OK
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Mark Aaron
Senior Environmental Specialist
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Environmental Protection & Natural Resources
Scottsdale, AZ
Southern Ute Indian Tribe Vickie Kujawa
Environmental Programs Division Head
Southern Ute Indian Tribe
Justice and Regulatory
Ignacio, CO
Tohono O’odham Nation Cornelius Antone
Environmental Specialist
Tohono O’odham Nation
Environmental Protection Office
Sells, AZ
Yakama Nation Rodney (Marco) Guske
Pesticide Program Specialist
Yakama Nation
Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Management
Toppenish, WA
U.S. EPA Office/Region Nominee
Region 9 Pamela Cooper
Manager
Pesticides Office
U.S. EPA, Region 9
San Francisco, CA
Region 9 Marcy Katzin
Pesticides Office
U.S. EPA, Region 9
San Francisco, CA

25 tribal
2 Regional