Pfiesteria Interagency Coordination Workgroup Participant Information

Updated May 20, 2002

Name Phone Expertise State Agency Fax E-Mail
J. Scott Brown 334-450-3400   AL Dept. Env. Mgt.   jsb@adem.state.al.us
John Carlton 334-450-3400   AL Dept. Env. Mgt.   jcc@adem.state.al.us
Edythe Humphries 302-739-4771 Administration Manager DE DNREC; Division of Water Resources 302-739-3491 ehumphries@dnrec.state.de.us
Robin Tyler 302-739-4771 Data Assessment; Project Design DE DNREC; Division of Water Resources 302-739-3491 rtyler@dnrec.state.de.us
Ellen Dickey 302-739-4771 Operations Leader DE DNREC; Division of Water Resources 302-739-3491 edickey@state.de.us
Karen Steidinger 727-896-8626 Dinoflagellate taxonomy, biology and ecology; Prog. dev.; Algal bioassays FL Fish & Wildlife Commission 727-823-0166 Karen.Steidinger@fwc.state.fl.us
Ed Conklin 850-488-6058   FL   850-488-2118 conklin_e@epic6.dep.state.fl.us
Jan Landsberg 727-896-8626 HABs and other disease impacts on aquatic health processes FL Dept. Environ. Protection 727-823-0166 jan.landsberg@fwc.state.fl.us
Joan Bernstein 727-896-6045   FL     bernsteinjw@aol.com
Elizabeth Miller 850-921-9826   FL Dept. Environ. Protection 850-922-5368 miller_eb@dep.state.fl.us
LeAndra Higginbotham 850-245-4444, x2195 Environmental epidemiology FL Dept. of Health 850-922-8473 leandra_higginbotham@doh.state.fl.us
Brookes Good     GA DNR-EPD   brookes@fisheries.dnr.state.ga.us
Ron Michaels 912-264-7218 Anadromous fish biologist GA DNR 912-262-2318 ram@fisheries.dnr.state.ga.us
Bruce Michael 410-260-8627   MD Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR) 410-260-8640 bmichael@dnr.state.md.us
Tony Allred 410-260-8642   MD DNR 410-260-8640 tallred@dnr.state.md.us
Dave Goshorn 410-260-8639   MD DNR 410-260-8640 dgoshorn@dnr.state.md.us
Liz Kalinowski 410-260-8018   MD DNR 410-260-8024 lkalinowski@dnr.state.md.us
Dave Nemazie 410-228-9250
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  MD UMCES 410-228-3843 nemazie@ca.umces.edu
Pat Glibert     MD UMCES   glibert@hpl.umces.edu
Charles Poukish 800-285-8195   MD Dept. of Env. 410-974-5600 fieldops@charm.net
Andrew Kane 301-935-6085 ext. 174   MD Dept. of Pathology 310-935-6079 akane@umaryland.edu
David Oldach 410-706-4609   MD School of Medicine 410-706-1992 oldach@umbi.umd.edu
Phil Bass 601-961-5143   MS     Phil_Bass@deq.state.ms.us
Jimmie Overton 919-773-9960   NC Dept. of Environment & Natural Resources 919-733-9959 jimmie.overton@ncmail.net
Elizabeth Fensin 919-733-9960   NC Dept. of Environment & Natural Resources 919-733-9959 elizabeth.fensin@ncmail.net
Jay Sauber 919-733-6510   NC Dept. of Environment & Natural Resources 919-733-9959 jay.sauber@ncmail.net
Preston Pate 252-726-7021   NC Dept. of Environment & Natural Resources 252-726-0254 preston_pate@mail.enr.state.nc.us
Howard Glasgow 919-515-3421   NC NC State Univ. Dept. of Botany 919-515-3436 howard_glasgow@ncsu.edu
JoAnn Burkholder 919-515-2726   NC NC State Univ. Dept. of Botany 919-515-3436 joann_burkholder@ncsu.edu
Parke Rublee 336-334-5391
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  NC UNC 336-334-5839 rublee@uncg.edu
Thomas Morris 919-715-2973 Internal Medicine; Infectious Diseases; Molecular epidemiology and techniques NC DHHS 919-733-9555 thomas.morris@ncmail.net
Mac Law 919-515-7411   NC NCSU 919-515-4237 mac_law@ncsu.edu
Marian Swinker 252-816-2070 Physician, Occupational and Environmental Medicine; Applied epidemiology and environmental exposures NC DHHS 252-816-2417 SWINKER@brody.med.ecu.edu
Ron Ulinsky 609-588-3124   NJ Consumer & Environmental Health Svcs. 609-584-5370  
Gregg Recer 518-402-7820 Toxicology; Microbiology; Risk Assessment NY Dept. of Health 518-402-7819 gmr05@health.state.ny.us
Karen Chytalo 516-444-0468   NY Dept. of Env. Con. 516-444-0474 knchytal@gw.dec.state.ny.us
Ed Horn 518-458-6376 Director, Bureau of Toxic Substance Assessment NY Dept. of Health 518-458-6372 egh01@health.state.ny.us
Robert Ball 803-737-4165   SC Dept. of Health & Envir. Control 803-737-3979 ballrt@columb60.dhec.state.us
Butch Younginer 803-734-5401   SC Dept. of Health and Envir. Control, Aquatic Biology 803-734-4435 youngiem@columb32.dhec.state.sc.us
Phil Maier 843-762-5115   SC Dept. of Natural Resources 843-762-5110 maierp@mrd.dnr.state.sc.us
George Riekerk 843-762-5419 Field Biologist; Land use impacts on estuary w.q. and living resources SC Dept. of Natural Resources   riekerkg@mrd.dnr.state.sc.us
Alan Lewitus 843-762-5419   SC     lewitus@belle.baruch.sc.edu
Jason Kempton     SC     jbkempton@msn.com
Jake Bickley 803-898-4103   SC Health & Env. Control 803-898-4200 bicklehj@columb32.dhec.state.sc.us
Jim Simons 512-912-7034   TX Parks and Wildlife   james.simons@tpwd.state.tx.us
Rick Weeks 804-527-5050   VA Dept. of Environmental Quality (DEQ) 804-527-5106 rfweeks@deq.state.va.us
Wick Harlan 804-518-2154   VA DEQ (Tidewater) 757-518-2003 wtharlan@deq.state.va.us
Roger Stewart 804-698-4449   VA DEQ 804-698-4136 restewart@deq.state.va.us
Vera Pollock 804-698-4566   VA DEQ 804-698-4561 vrpollock@deq.state.va.us
Tzong-Yeu Du 804-698-4189   VA DEQ   tdu@deq.state.va.us
Roger Everton 757-518-2150   VA DEQ 757-518-2003 rkeverton@deq.state.va.us
Michele Monti 804-786-9009   VA VA Dept. of Health 804-225-3662 mmonti@vdh.state.va.us
Mark Alling 804-527-5020   VA DEQ 804-527-5106 msalling@DEQ.state.va.us
Jean Gregory 804-698-4113 Water quality standards and biological monitoring VA DEQ 804-698-4522 jwgregory@deq.state.va.us
Frank Daniel 757-518-2171 Chmn., VA Pfiesteria Task Force; Reg. Dir., Tidewater Ofc. of VA DEQ VA DEQ 757-518-2103 fldaniel@deq.state.va.us
Harold Marshall 757-683-4204   VA ODU 757-683-5283 hmarshal@odu.edu
Lorraine Backer 404-639-2583 Env. Epidemiology; Exposure assessment - focus on human health CDC   770-488-7557 lfb9@cdc.gov
Kim Blindauer 770-488-7278 Env. Epidemiology; Exposure assessment - focus on human health CDC   770-488-3506 kfb7@cdc.gov
Amanda Niskar 404-639-2582 Env. Epidemiology; Exposure assessment - focus on human health CDC National Center for Environmental Health 404-639-2565 abn0@cdc.gov
Helen Schurz Rogers 770-488-4626 Toxin id. and biomarker dev. CDC Toxicology Branch 770-488-4609 hhs0@cdc.gov
Luke Naeher 770-488-7524 Env. Epidemiology; Exposure assessment - focus on human health CDC   770-488-3506 lcn6@cdc.gov
John Heisler 202-566-1268 Fed. event response plan; EPA funding EPA Coastal Assessment, HQ 202-566-1337 heisler.john@epa.gov
Betsy Salter 202-401-9923 Education & Outreach Coordinator USDA Coastal America 202-401-9821 salterb@fas.usda.gov
Ed Decker 404-562-9383   EPA Region IV 404-562-9224 decker.ed@epamail.epa.gov
Jeanette Samaritan 404-562-9339 Prog. resp.; Dec. nat'l. Pf. conf. EPA Region IV 404-562-9224 samaritan.jeanette@epamail.epa.gov
Diane Switzer 410-267-5669 Monitoring Coordinator EPA Chesapeake Bay Program 410-267-5748 switzer.diane@epamail.epa.gov
Jim Butch 215-814-2762 DE Project Officer EPA Region III   butch.jim@epamail.epa.gov
Bill Muir 215-814-2741 Field and lab support EPA Marine & Estuarine Section, Region III 215-814-2782 muir.bill@epamail.epa.gov
Lowell Bahner 410-167-5671   EPA   410-267-5666 bahner.lowell@epamail.epa.gov
Judith Freeman     EPA     freeman.judith@epamail.epa.gov
Helen Grebe 732-321-6797 Regional Coastal Monitoring Coordinator EPA Region II 732-321-6616 grebe.helen@epamail.epa.gov
Sherwood Hall 202-205-4818 Chief, Washington Seafood Laboratory Branch FDA   202-205-4818 shall@cfsan.fda.gov
Renate Reimschuessel     FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine   rreimsch@cvm.fda.gov
Andy Robertson 301-713-3032
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  NOAA Coastal Monitoring and Bioeffects Assessment 301-713-4388 Andrew.Robertson@noaa.gov
Kevin Sellner 301-713-3338
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  NOAA   301-713-4044 kevin.sellner@noaa.gov
Rich Takacs 410-267-5672   NOAA Chesapeake Bay Program 410-267-5666 rich.takacs@noaa.gov
Danielle Luttenberg 301-713-3020
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Fed. event response plan NOAA CCMA 301-713-4388 danielle.luttenberg@noaa.gov
Marc Suddleson (301)713-3338
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Fed. event response plan NOAA NOS 301-713-4044 Marc.Suddleson@noaa.gov
Michael Ford 301-713-3272
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  NOAA NODC 301-713-3302 mford@nodc.noaa.gov
Vicki Blazer 304-725-8461
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  USGS   304-724-4435 vicki_blazer@usgs.gov
Cherie Miller 410-238-4254 Geochemistry USGS   410-238-4210 cvmiller@usgs.gov
Tom Shedd 301-619-7576 Research aquatic biologist US Army Center for Environmental Health Research 301-619-7606 tommy.shedd@amedd.army.mil
Don Anderson 508-289-2351 HAB ecology, hydrodynamics, physiology; HAB National Prog. development WHOI Biology Dept. 508-457-2134 danderson@whoi.edu
Judy Kleindinst 508-289-2745 Pfiesteria Clearinghouse Coordinator WHOI Biology Dept. 508-457-2134 jkleindinst@whoi.edu

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