ECOS Committees Organization July 2009
ECOS Officers and Executive Committee Michael Linder (Nebraska), President Richard Opper (Montana), Vice President Thomas Burack (New Hampshire), Secretary/Treasurer David Paylor (Virginia), Past President Staff = Steve Brown (Internal) Funding Committee Thomas Burack (New Hampshire), Chair Staff = Steve Brown Environmental Research Institute of the States Bob King (South Carolina), President Lewis Shaw (ECOS alumnus), Vice President Steve Thompson (Oklahoma), Secretary/Treasurer Staff = Carolyn Hanson Water and Ecosystems Committee Tom Easterly (Indiana), Chair Lucy Edmondson (Massachusetts), Vice Chair Staff = Lee Garrigan Air Committee Amey Marrella (Connecticut), Chair Dick Pedersen (Oregon), Vice Chair Staff = Jim Blizzard Climate and Energy Subcommittee Dick Pedersen (Oregon), Chair Staff = Jim Blizzard Staff = Vacant Cross Media Committee David Littell (Maine), Chair Shari Wilson (Maryland), Vice Chair Staff = Matt Jones Planning Committee Wayne Gieselman (Iowa), Chair Tom Burack (New Hampshire), Vice Chair Staff = Beth Graves Exchange Network Leadership Council Karen Bassett (Arkansas), ECOS Co-Chair Linda Travers (EPA), EPA Co-Chair Staff = Lee Garrigan Network Operations Board Roy Walker (Oklahoma) ECOS Co-Chair Andrew Battin (EPA), EPA Co-Chair Staff = Kurt Rakouskas Environmental Information Technology Leadership Council Laurie Beamish (Indiana), State Co-Chair Linda Schlosser (EPA), EPA Co-Chair Staff = Lee Garrigan State Grants Subgroup Rick Coffman (Illinois), ECOS Co-Chair Karen Sherrill (EPA), EPA Co-Chair Staff = Beth Graves Waste Committee John Mitchell (Kansas), Chair Jay Ringenberg (Nebraska), Vice Chair Staff = Lia Parisien Compliance Committee Steve Chester (Michigan), Chair Cindy Tuck (California), Vice Chair Staff = David Nicholas Environmental Currency Workgroup Vacant (ECOS), Co-Chair Lisa Lund (EPA), Co-Chair Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) Christine Costopoulos (New York), Co-Chair George Nicholas (New Jersey), Co-Chair Staff = Anna Willett ECOS-IOGCC Forum Steve Thompson (Oklahoma), and John Corra (Wyoming), ECOS Co-Chairs Bill Sydow (Nebraska OGCC), IOGCC Co-Chair Staff = Carolyn Hanson
Quicksilver Caucus Mark McDermid (Wisconsin), ECOS Lead Staff = Matt Jones
Data Management Work Group Karen Bassett (Arkansas), Chair Melanie Morris (Mississippi), Vice Chair Staff = Lee Garrigan
Federal Facilities Forum Paul Sloan (Tennessee), State Co-Chair Vacant, Federal Co-Chair Staff = Matt Jones ECOS-DOD Sustainability Work Group Bob King (South Carolina), State Co-Chair Vacant, Federal Co-Chair Staff = Matt Jones Local Government Work Group Mike Linder (Nebraska), Chair Staff = Lee Garrigan Environmental Results Consortium Forum Steve DeGabriele (Massachusetts) Al Innes (Minnesota) Staff = Vacant
Partnership and Performance Work Group Doug Fine (Massachusetts), and Tom Lamberson (Nebraska), ECOS Co-Chairs Rita Smith (EPA), Michelle Hiller-Purvis (EPA), EPA Co-Chairs Staff = Beth Graves Environmental Health Forum Bob Zimmerman (Delaware), Chair Staff = David Nicholas
International Environmental Affairs Work Group Vacant, Chair Staff = Beth Graves