Alice Ferguson Foundation

2006 INITIATIVE NETWORK MEMBERS

Great Blue Heron wading past a tire in the river Federal Government Representatives:
  • Army Corp of Engineers:
    • Steve Pugh, Senior Ecologist, Baltimore District
  • EPA:
    • Jon Capacasa, Director, Water Protection Division, EPA Region III
    • Anthony Moore, Special Assistant, Office of Water
    • Gail Tindal, Special Assistant, Office of the Regional Administrator
    • Thomas O’Connor, Environmental Engineer, Office of Research and Development, EPA Edison Laboratory
    • Richard Field, Environmental Engineer, Office of Research and Development, EPA Edison Laboratory
  • NOAA:
    • Holly A. Bamford, Program Manager, Marine Debris
    • Lisa Pelstring, Policy and Communications Specialist, Office of Response and Restoration
    • Kristin Rusello, Knauss Sea Grant Fellow, Damage Assessment Center
  • National Park Service:
    • Gayle Hazelwood, Superintendent, National Capital Parks East
    • Chris Niewold, Program Leader of the Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance, National Capital Region
  • Office of Senator Barbara Mikulski:
    • Katie Manly, Legislative Correspondent on Environment
  • Office of Senator Paul Sarbanes:
    • Charlie Stek, Projects Director
  • Office of Congressman Steny Hoyer:
    • Jim Wood, Legislative Assistant
  • Office of Congressman Chris Van Hollen:
    • Bill Parsons, Senior Policy Advisor
State Government Representatives:
  • Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin:
    • Joseph Hoffman, Executive Director
    • Curtis Dalpra, Communications Manager
    • Steve Saari, Watershed Coordinator
  • Maryland Department of Environment:
    • Tracy Gingher, Special Assistant, Office of the Secretary
  • Virginia State Dept of Conservation and Recreation or Virginia Regional Authority Commission: TBD
Regional Governmental Jurisdictions:
  • Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments:
    • Ted Graham, Water Resources Program Director, Department of Environmental Programs
    • John Galli, Department of Environment
  • Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District:
    • Gregory Evans, Board of Director; Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
  • Arlington County:
    • Jeff Harn, Environmental Planning Coordinator
    • Chip Goyette, Recycling Specialist, Solid Waste Bureau, Department of Environmental Services
  • Charles County:
    • Wayne Cooper, Chair of Charles County Council
    • Dennis Fleming, Chief of Solid Waste, Department of Public Facilities
    • Lowry Phelps, Superintendent of Litter Control and Recycling, Department of Public Facilities
  • District of Columbia:
    • Adam Maier, Staff Director, DC Public Works and Environment Committee of the DC City Council
    • Jim Collier, Chief, Bureau of Environmental Quality, Environmental Health Administration, Department of Health
    • Merrit Drucker, Clean City Coordinator, Office of the City Administrator
    • Andre Javier-Barry, Sustainable Solutions Division, DC Energy Office
    • Tom Henderson, Administrator of the Solid Waste Management Administration, Department of Public Works
  • Fairfax County:
    • Penny Gross, Supervisor, Fairfax County
    • Diane Hoffman, Administrator, Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District
    • Jim Smithberger, Director, Solid Waste and Collection,
    • Fred Rose, Branch Chief, Watershed Planning and Assessment Branch, Storm Water Planning Division, Fairfax County Department of Public Works
  • Montgomery County:
    • Jim Caldwell, Director, Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection
    • Esther Bowing, Public Information Officer, Public Information Office
  • Prince George’s County:
    • Alfonso Cornish, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Governmental Operations and Environmental Services, Office of County Executive
  • Prince William County:
    • Martin Nohe, Supervisor, Prince William County
    • Uwe Kirste, Division of Watershed Protection
Nongovernmental Organizations:
  • Alice Ferguson Foundation:
    • Tracy Bowen, Executive Director
    • Peggy DeStefanis, President, Board of Directors
    • Gretchen Heinze, Development Associate
    • Gina Mathias, Coordinator, Potomac Watershed Trash Summit
    • Wende Pearson, Program Manager, Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative
  • Anacostia Watershed Society:
    • Robert Boone, President
    • Jim Connolly, Executive Director
  • Conservation International
    • Ben Vitale, Sr. Director Ecosystem Markets and Finance
  • Center for Environmental Leadership in Business
  • DC Water and Sewer Authority:
    • Mohsin Siddique, D. Eng., Supervisor, Environmental. Planning
  • Earth Echo:
    • Philippe Cousteau, Executive Director
    • Kyra Pincheira, Education Programs Director, Earth Echo International
  • Mount Vernon:
    • Jim Rees, Director
  • National Association of Counties
    • Abby Friedman, Environmental Program Director
  • Potomac Conservancy:
    • Matthew Logan, Director
  • Potomac Riverkeeper:
    • Ed Merrifield, Potomac Riverkeeper
  • World Bank:
    • Judith Moore, Senior Environmental Specialist, Environment Department
    • Zena Soudah, Community Relations Office, External Affairs
Business/Trade Associations:
  • Agricultural Resources:
    • David Weiman
  • American Plastics Council:
    • Judith Dunbar, Director, Environmental and Technical Issues
  • Booze Allen & Hamilton
    • Gregory Evans, Senior Associate
  • Discovery Communications:
    • Christine Alvarez, Director of Marketing
  • Food Service & Packaging Institute
    • John Burke, President
    • Beth Phillips, Director of Member Services and Administration
  • Uncommon Sound:
    • Pat Sasso, Creative Director
Citizen Activists:
  • Friends of Rock Creek’s Environment:
    • Wayne Goldstein
  • Great Falls & Tripps Run PRWC Site Leader:
    • Marie Reinsdorf
  • Neighbors of the Northwest Branch:
    • Bill Howard, President
  • Spring Valley Restoration Advisory Board; Friends of Rock Creek Environment; Friends of Whitehaven/Foxhall; PRWC Site Leader:
    • Kent Slowinski, Slowinski Landscape Architecture
Media:
  • Clear Channel Radio:
    • Jerry Phillips, Public Affairs Director

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