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Technical Section Chairs

AIR/LAND
	Co-chair, Terry Beebe, EHS Environmental Health Director Utah County Health Department 151 S University Ave, Ste 2600, Provo, UT 84601 Phone: 801.851.7071 E-mail: terry@utah.gov
	Co-chair, Ron Tobler Program Manager Utah County Health Department 151 S University Ave, Ste 2600, Provo, UT 84601 Phone: 801.851.7069 E-mail: ront@utah.gov

CHILDREN'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
	Co-chair, Don Herrington, RS Bureau Chief Bureau of Epidemiology and Disease Control, Arizona Department of Health Services 150 N 18th Ave, Ste 100, Phoenix, AZ 85007 Phone: 602.364.1889 herrind@azdhs.gov
	Co-chair, M.L. Tanner Environmental Health Manager III Bureau of Environmental Health, Division of General Sanitation, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control 2600 Bull St, Columbia, SC, 29201 Phone: 803.896.0655 E-mail: tannerml@dhec.sc.gov

DRINKING WATER QUALITY/WATER POLLUTION
	Robert G. Vincent, RS, MPA Environmental Administrator Bureau of Water Programs, Florida Department of Health 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C-22, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1742 Phone: 850.245.4578 E-mail: bob_vincent@doh.state.fl.us

EMERGING PATHOGENS/VECTOR CONTROL AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES
	Mike Lester, RS Director of Health and EMS City of Baytown 220 W Defee, Baytown, TX 77520 Phone: 281.420.5305 E-mail: mike.lester@baytown.org

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
	Co-chair, Mel Knight, REHS 109 Gold Rock Court Folsom, CA 95630-1841 Phone: 916.989.4224 E-mail: melknight@sbcglobal.net
	Co-chair, Ken Sharp, REHS Division Director Division of Environmental Health, Iowa Department of Public Health 321 E 12th St, Des Moines, IA 50319 Phone: 515.281.5099 E-mail: ksharp@idph.state.ia.us

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH
	R. Steven Konkel, PhD, AICP, FRIPH Graduate Program Faculty and Associate Professor Department of Environmental Health Science, Eastern Kentucky University U.S. Fulbright Scholar AY 07/08, Dublin Institute of Technology E-mail: steve.konkel@dit.ie

ENVIRONMENTAL TRACKING AND INFORMATICS
	Gregory Kearney, MPH, DrPH, RS Environmental Epidemiologist Florida Department of Health 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A08, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1712 Phone: 850.245.4577 E-mail: greg_kearney@doh.state.fl.us

FOOD SAFETY AND PROTECTION
	Co-chair, George Nakamura, REHS, MPA, DAAS 950 Pocatello Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Phone: 408.738.4324 E-mail: gmlnaka@comcast.net
	Co-chair, Michéle Samarya-Timm, MA, REHS, CHES, DAAS, HO Health Educator Franklin Township Health Department 935 Hamilton St, Somerset, NJ 08873 Phone: 732.873.2500, ext. 372 E-mail: michele.samarya-timm@twp.franklin.nj.us

GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
	Co-chair, David W. Pluymers, MSTHA, RS Director of Public Health Preparedness Wisconsin Division of Public Health 1 W Wilson St, PO Box 2659, Madison, WI 53701-2659 Phone: 608.266.8294 E-mail: pluymdw@dhfs.state.wi.us
	Co-chair, Tracynda Davis, MPH Director, Environmental Health Programs National Swimming Pool Foundation 4775 Grandby Cir, Colorado Springs, CO 80919 Phone: 719.540.9119 E-mail: tracynda.davis@nspf.org

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND TOXIC SUBSTANCE
	Co-chair, Priscilla Oliver, PhD Life Scientist/Program Manager Office of Policy and Management, US EPA PO Box 4305, Central City Station, Atlanta, GA 30302-4305 Phone: 404.562.8292 E-mail: oliver.priscilla@epa.gov
	Co-chair, Sheila D. Pressley, MS, REHS Assistant Professor Environmental Health Sciences Department, Eastern Kentucky University 220 Dizney Bldg, 521 Lancaster Ave, Richmond, KY 40475 Phone: 859.622.6339 E-mail: sheila.pressley@eku.edu

INJURY PREVENTION/OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
	CDR Donald B. Williams, REHS, MPH, DAAS Injury Prevention Specialist USPHS, Indian Health Service 7900 S J Stock Rd, Tucson, AZ 85746 Phone: 520.295.5638 E-mail: donald.williams@ihs.gov

INSTITUTIONS AND SCHOOLS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
	Terrance B. Gratton, DrPH, DAAS, RS Assistant Professor University of North Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health 3400 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107 Phone: 817.735.5140 E-mail: tgratton@hsc.unt.edu

ONSITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS
	Craig Gilbertson, RS Environmental Planner Ayres Associates PO Box 215, Walker, MN, 56484 Phone: 218.547.0660 E-mail: gilbertsonc@ayresassociates.com

TERRORISM AND ALL-HAZARDS PREPAREDNESS
	Co-chair, Mike Allred, PhD Deputy Associate Director Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, NCEH/ATSDR 4770 Buford Hwy, Bldg 101, MS F-16, Atlanta, GA 30341 Phone: 770.488.3344 E-mail: mia2@cdc.gov
	Co-chair, Jason P. Bashura, MPH, RS Public Health Preparedness Coordinator Naugatuck Valley Health District 98 Bank St, Seymour, CT 06483 Phone: 203.881.3255 E-mail: JBashura@nvhd.org