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Michael Alavanja, Dr.PH, Captain USPHS
National Cancer Institute
Executive Plaza South, Rm 8000
Rockville, MD 20852
301-435-4720
alavanjm@mail.nih.gov
Michael Alavanja received a Doctor of Public Health degree from Columbia University, School of Public Health. He completed his Bachelor's and Master's at Brooklyn and Hunter Colleges, City University of New York. From 1993 until the present, Dr. Alavanja has been a Senior Investigator with the National Cancer Institute Bethesda, Maryland, in the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics. He is the Project Officer of the Agricultural Health Study, and a member of the graduate faculty of Hood College, Department of Biology, Environmental Biology Group.
Dr. Alavanja is a member of the Board of Directors for the American College of Epidemiology, and serves on the National Death Index Policy Review Committee, and NCI's Institutional Review Board. He has received numerous awards from the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) and other agencies, and has authored or coauthored 145 peer-reviewed publications. Captain Alavanja is also a commissioned officer in the USPHS.
Abstracts: Plenary session, 1B, 2B
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Chris Boerboom, PhD
UW-Madison
1575 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
608-262-1392
boerboom@wisc.edu
Dr. Chris Boerboom is a professor and extension weed scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since 1994, Chris has conducted research and provided extension in Wisconsin on field crop weed management and is also the faculty coordinator of the Wisconsin PAT Program. Chris has been highly involved in national glyphosate stewardship efforts over the past several years.
Abstracts: 7D, 15B
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Ofelio Borges
Washington State Dept. of Agriculture
21 North First Avenue, Suite 236
Yakima, WA 98902
509-225-2625
oborges@agr.wa.gov
Ofelio Borges is a farmworker education specialist for the Washington State Department of Agriculture’s Farmworker Education Program. This program provides classroom courses, "Train the Trainer" workshops for growers and their farm supervisors, and the all-day "Hands-on" training for pesticide handler employees to learn safe pesticide handling practices. To date, over 18,000 individuals, primarily those from the highest vulnerability group of young, Hispanic males, have been trained to work safely around pesticides and their residues. Mr. Borges has been with the program since 2001 and has become a leader in the Northwest on the Worker Protection Standard and educating Hispanic pesticide handlers on safe practices. Mr. Borges holds the equivalent of an associates degree in human resources administration from the Universidad Autónoma de México. He has worked within the agricultural industry as a safety and health specialist, orchard manager and farmworker and is a dedicated collaborator with industry, extension and researchers.
Abstracts: 3D, 12A
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Mary Borthick
TN Department of Agriculture
Regulatory Services Division
P.O. Box 40627
Nashville, TN 37204
615-837-5310
mary.borthick@state.tn.us
Mary Borthick graduated from Northeast Louisiana University (BS) and the University of Arkansas (MS), then worked for 16 years in the private sector in agriculture. Mary worked for the TN Dept of Environment & Conservation in Air Pollution Control, Homeland Security, before transferring over to the TN Dept of Agriculture, Regulatory Services. She has worked for 4 years as the Certification & Licensing Supervisor, responsible for managing the state’s Private Applicator, Certification and Licensing programs. Mary lives on a farm with her husband, three children and assorted pets.
Abstract: 15A
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Wayne Buhler, PhD
Coordinator, Pesticide Safety Education Program
North Carolina State University
Box 7609
Raleigh, NC 27695
919-515-5369
wayne_buhler@ncsu.edu
Wayne Buhler is an Associate Professor in the Department of Horticultural Science at NC State University. For the past nine years, he has held the position of statewide coordinator for the NC Pesticide Safety Education Program. He has a Master’s degree and a PhD in Entomology from Purdue University.
Abstracts: 9D, 10D, 13B
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Clark Burgess
Pesticide Program Manager
Utah Dept. of Agriculture & Food
350 N Redwood Rd.
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6500
801-538-7188
cburgess@utah.gov
Abstract: 11C
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Alvin Chun, Captain USPHS (Ret.)
Trainer and Consultant; President, The Chun Group
590 16th Ave
San Francisco, CA 94118-3509
415-387-5660
riskcom1@yahoo.com
Alvin Chun is an international expert in the field of risk communication and public involvement. He is known for his captivating presentations and Socratic teaching style that has been enjoyed by diverse audiences around the world. His clients have included a range of public and private sector organizations.
Alvin Chun is the former Director of EPA’s National Center for Risk Communication & Public Involvement. He also served 31 years in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps attaining the rank of Captain. He held various positions at the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Throughout his career he has worked with many Federal, state, local and military organizations across the country and around the world on controversial issues such as land management, environmental justice, chemical contamination, agriculture, radiation, emergency response, and infectious diseases.
Alvin is Adjunct Professor at the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps Officers School where he teaches Environmental Negotiations, Program Director at the University of California Extension Program where he teaches Communication Essentials for Environmental Managers, and Visiting Program Director of Risk Communication at the University of Adelaide where he teaches risk communication to government officials in Australia and Asia. He has also lectured at universities including the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center, the University of California San Francisco Medical School and Stanford University.
Education: B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Abstracts: 13C, 14B
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Heather Clark, PhD
Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors
Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Vet Box 31, Ithaca, NY 14853-6401
hac4@cornell.edu
Heather Clark is a Research Associate with the Sprecher Institute for Comparative Cancer Research at Cornell University, where she works to improve the public’s understanding of environmental health risk and cancer. Her recent work includes two cancer risk review papers, the online Turf Pesticides and Cancer Risk database (envirocancer.cornell.edu/turf), and risk perception research to improve risk communication about turf and lawn care pesticides.
Abstract: 14D
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Kathy Davis
Certification & Worker Protection Branch
Field and External Affairs Division
OPP/OPPTS/EPA
US EPA
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington DC 20460
703-308-7002
davis.kathy@epa.gov
I've been working in pesticide worker safety area for five years. Before that, I did stints in registration and re-registration, in the division that assesses pesticide benefits, and in the computer systems area. In the worker safety area, my focus is on developing proposals for regulation change.
Abstract: 8D
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Kelly Denny
Vice President, Metro Institute
331 N. First Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85003
602-452-2900
kelly@metroinstitute.com
Kelly Denny has over twenty years of experience in the Structural Pest and Termite control industry. He began his career as the owner of a small pest control company and then joined Metro Pest Control as the Vice President of Marketing and Business Development until its sale in 1999 to Orkin. While there he created and implemented creative IPM solutions for sensitive environments including museums, schools and hospitals.
Kelly left the industry to take a position with DuPont as the Regional Vice President for Maintenance Services. He played a critical role in developing computer and web based marketing and training materials.
Kelly is now the Vice President of Metro Institute where he has been recruited to promote computer based testing and training to government agencies and industry.
Abstracts: 11D, 15A
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Rich Dickinson
Environmental Program Specialist 2
Pesticide Reporting & Certification Section
NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
625 Broadway - 11th Floor
Albany, NY 12233-7254
518-402-8748
redickin@gw.dec.state.ny.us
Rich Dickinson received his BS from Albany College of Pharmacy in 1991 (No he is not a pharmacist). After a short time with the NYS Department of Health he went to work in the Pesticide Product Registration Section at the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation in 1993. In June of 2006 he joined the Pesticide Reporting and Certification Section where he leads the Certification group. Rich has the responsibility to oversee the certification examination process in the State including the development of certification exams.
Abstracts: 1C
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Kathleen Dictor
Program Coordinator
Office of Pesticide Services
VA Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services
P.O. Box 1163, Rm 147
Richmond, VA 23218-9149
804-786-0685
kathleen.dictor@vdacs.virginia.gov
Kathy Dictor is a Program Coordinator for the Certification, Licensing, Registration, and Training Section of the Office of Pesticide Services, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. She coordinates the certification and training of Virginia’s nearly 20,000 certified pesticide applicators, including the introduction of new manuals and exams, and oversight of the Pesticide Knowledge Automated Testing System (PKATS) at Virginia DMV. A past recipient of the EPA Region III Partnership for Environmental Protection Medal and the VDACS Team Award for her work with PKATS, she recently completed a three-year term as a member of the Board of Directors of U. S. EPA’s Certification & Training Assessment Group. She has worked in pesticide regulation since 1993, following 12 years in food safety work in both VDACS and the Virginia Department of Health. She holds a BS in Biology from the College of William & Mary.
Abstract: 15A
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Jim Dill, PhD
Pest Management Specialist
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Pest Management Office
491 College Avenue
Orono, ME 04473-1295
207-581-3879
jdill@umext.maine.edu
Dr. Dill is a Maine native, receiving both his B.S. and M.S. from the University of Maine. He received his Ph.D. in entomology from Purdue University through the guidance of Dr. John Osmun in 1979. Dr. Dill is currently the Pest Management Specialist and Associate Program Administrator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. His responsibilities include Pesticide Safety Education, Integrated Pest Management and administration of some agricultural programming. Previously, Jim worked at Rutgers University.
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Tim Drake, PhD
Dept. of Pesticide Regulation
Clemson University
511 Westinghouse Road
Pendleton, SC 29670-8847
864-646-2150
tdrake@clemson.edu
Tim Drake, Jr., Ph.D. is State Programs Manager for the Clemson University Department of Pesticide Regulation. In this capacity he manages numerous programs that cover certification and recertification of commercial and private pesticide applicators, business licenses, product registration (including 18, 24c, EUPs), computer programming and IT, public information and publications, and agro-terrorism/homeland security. He also serves as the Quality Assurance Manager for the Department. Tim is currently serving as the official liaison of the Association of Structural Pest Control Regulatory (ASPCRO) to CTAG. He has been with the Regulatory Division of Clemson University, SC since 1997.
Abstract: Plenary Session
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Debra F. Edwards, PhD
Director, Office of Pesticide Programs
Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Debra F. (Debbie) Edwards was named Director of the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) in April 2007. In this position, she is responsible for the overall leadership and management of the pesticide programs under the authority of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). These major pesticide laws were amended by the landmark statute, the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996, which mandated sweeping changes to the pesticide program to assure a safe food supply. With approximately 850 employees and a budget of about $150 million, Dr. Edwards has direct management and operational responsibilities over the largest, and conceivably most complex, EPA Headquarters’ program office.
Dr. Edwards joined EPA in 1985 and has served in several senior-level management positions within the Office of Pesticide Programs. From 2003 to 2007, Dr. Edwards served as Director of the Special Review and Reregistration Division, where she was responsible for making risk management decisions regarding the continued registration of currently registered conventional pesticides. Prior to that time, she was the Director of the Registration Division where she was responsible for a vast number of regulatory activities, such as: establishing new pesticide tolerances and exemptions; approving or denying emergency exemptions (Section 18's); as well as making decisions on experimental use permits, new active ingredients, new uses, and state registrations for special local needs. Dr. Edwards also served previously as Associate Director of the Antimicrobials Division and Associate Director of the Health Effects Division.
From 1997 to 1999, Dr. Edwards served as an Agricultural Extension Specialist in the Peace Corps in Guatemala, where she taught students from university-level to elementary school about pesticide safety, U.S. pesticide regulations and sustainable agriculture. She has a B.S. in Botany from Miami University as well as an M.S. and Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Ohio State University. Dr. Edwards completed her post-doctoral appointment at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Pesticide Degradation Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland.
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Oscar Figueroa
Condominio Metro 2000
Local C-23, 47 Avenida Norte
San Salvador, El Salvador
503-260-7835
apa@integra.com.sv
Oscar Figueroa has degrees from Dr. Jose Matias Delgado and Rafael Landivar University. He is the coordinator for the safe pesticide use, container management and regulatory programs for the Asociacion de Proveedores Agricolas, APA, working in alliance with government and non-government organizations, universities, national and international partners, and especially with the Minister of Health in El Salvador.
Oscar has worked in pesticide safety education since 1987 and was very active as part of the industry trade association on the free trade agreement between the US and Central America. He is an active member of the National Farmers Association and the National Council for Technology and Science. In June 2006, with the cooperation of Crop Life Latin America, the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the National Industry Association and the Minister of Health, Oscar coordinated the initiation of the project on safe pesticide use: "A Safe Workplace for the Salvadoran Agricultural Worker."
Abstract: 15D
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Gary Fish
Certification Specialist
Maine Board of Pesticides Control
28 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0028
207-287-2731
Gary.Fish@maine.gov
Gary is program manager for pesticide programs at the Maine Board of Pesticides Control. He has been involved with pesticide education and application since 1985. Gary works with many programs including: master gardeners, YardScaping, private and commercial pesticide applicator education, school IPM, pesticide applicator licensing, and way too many other things. He is a member of AAPSE. Gary is married and has two children and spends most of his free time as a chauffeur and coach.
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Fred Fishel, PhD
Associate Professor & Pesticide Information Officer
Dept. of Agronomy
University of Florida/IFAS
Bldg. 164, PO Box 110710
Gainesville, FL 32611-0710
352-392-4721
weeddr@ifas.ufl.edu
Fred Fishel has served as Associate Professor and Director of the University of Florida Pesticide Information Office since 2005. His current appointment is 80% extension and 20% teaching within the Department of Agronomy. Prior to his current position, since 1992, he served in a similar role at the University of Missouri as Coordinator of Pesticide Programs in a 100% extension appointment. He began his extension career in 1986 as a county agricultural extension agent in North Carolina.
Abstract: 11C
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Nancy Fitz
Office of Pesticide Programs
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
US EPA (7506P)
1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20460
703-305-7385
fitz.nancy@epa.gov
Nancy Fitz is a chemical engineer for the Office of Pesticide Programs in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She has worked on policies and regulations regarding pesticide containers, containment, disposal, storage, and transportation for almost 18 years. Nancy was the primary author of the Pesticide Container Report to Congress in 1992 and is the technical lead for the final pesticide container regulations. She was a co-chair of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers committee that developed a national consensus standard on pesticide container recycling.
Abstract: 3B
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Roger Flashinski
PAT Program Manager
Dept of Agronomy
UW-Madison
1575 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
608-263-6358
raflashi@wisc.edu
Roger Flashinski coordinates Wisconsin’s Pesticide Applicator Training program and is responsible for establishing program policies, direction, and priorities, and manages the program’s ongoing educational activities. Roger received his M.S. degree in Agronomy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his B.S. degree in Plant Science from UW-River Falls. He began his current position with the UW-Extension in 1984; prior to this he served 6 years as a county Agriculture Agent. Roger is a member of AAPSE since the association’s inception, serves as Chair of its By Laws Committee, and was recently elected to the CTAG Board. He also hosted the North Central Region Workshop in Madison in 1996, and the National C&T Workshop in 2005.
Abstracts: 4A, 8A, 9A
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Dave Fredrickson
WI Dept. of Ag, Trade & Consumer Protection
P.O. Box 8911
Madison, WI 53708-8911
608-224-4525
dave.fredrickson@datcp.state.wi.us
Dave Fredrickson is the Director of Investigation and Compliance for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection's Bureau of Agrichemical Management. Dave is the current Chair of the State FIFRA Issues, Research and Evaluation Group. Dave is on the Boards of Directors of The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials and the American Agronomic Stewardship Alliance.
Abstracts: 9B, 10B
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Kit Galvin, MS, CIH, ROH
Research Industrial Hygienist
Pacific Northwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
University of Washington
Box 357234
Seattle, WA 98195-7234
206-616-5850
kgalvin@u.washington.edu
Kit Galvin, Research Industrial Hygienist, is the Pacific Northwest Agriculture Safety and Health Center’s Certified Industrial Hygienist. She received her MS in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of California at Berkeley. At PNASH her research focuses on interventions to minimize hazards to agricultural workers and the community. She has a special interest in including workers and managers in research and translating research results into practice.
Abstracts: 6C, 7C
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Anarco Garcia
Director Programa Manejo Responsable de Productos
CropLife Latin America
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
502-2363-2229 ext. 2239
croplife-gua@terra.com.gt
Guatemalan citizen, Agronomist, 31 years work experience with the Plant Protection Industry (Monsanto and ICI) in sales, marketing, research and development. Since 1991 Director of the Responsible Use Programme for Latin America. This programme covers 18 countries of the region, working in alliance with government and non-government organisations, universities, international donnors, plant protection products industry members and the national associations in each of the 18 countries. The Responsible Use Programme is an Education and Training Programme, focused to help end users of plant protection products, so they will use them, when necessary, as a useful tool for the agricultural production process.
Abstract: 13D
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Ron Gardner
Pesticide Management Education Program (PMEP)
Cornell University
5123 Comstock Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
607-255-1866
rdg5@cornell.edu
Ron was born and raised on a Dairy Farm in the Finger Lakes Region of the New York State. He has college degrees in Public Health, Environmental Health and Entomology. His first job after college was as a Corporate Sanitarian for the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co where he conducted pest management, sanitation and safety audits at company owned operations in 27 states and Canada. For the last 26 years, he has been involved in research and Extension Education at three Land Grant Universities including Purdue and the University of Minnesota. He is currently employed as a Senior Extension Associate at Cornell University in the Pesticide Management Education Program where his primary job is the education of New York’s Private and Commercial Pesticide Applicators. He has written several training manuals for pesticide applicators including the manuals used to certify applicators in the Termite, Food Processing, Cooling Towers and Right-of -Way management applicator categories. Ron is a Past President of the New York State Association of Milk and Food Sanitarians, is Chairman of the Northeast Pesticide Coordinators, and is a member of the American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators.
Abstracts: 8C, 9C, 10D
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Cary Giguere
Agrichemical Management Section Chief
Vermont Agency of Agriculture
Agricultural Resource Management & Environmental Stewardship
116 State Street, Drawer 20
Montpelier, VT 05620-2901
802-828-6531
cary.giguere@state.vt.us
Currently supervises the Agrichemical Management Section of the Agricultural Resource Management and Environmental Stewardship Division, which includes managing the pesticide, feed and fertilizer regulatory programs. Also includes providing expert opinion and technical advice on pest management procedures including specific pesticides, their properties and their impact on health and the environment, appropriate applications, and effective alternatives. Work with the guidance of the Vermont Pesticide Advisory Council, researches, collects, analyzes, and interprets data, scientific studies and literature, risk assessments, and related information to the management of pests and pesticides.
Abstracts: 9B, 10B
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Laurie Gordon
Oregon Dept. of Agriculture
635 Capitol Street NE
Salem, OR 97301-2532
503-986-4789
lgordon@oda.state.or.us
Laurie Gordon has worked for the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) since 1998 when she joined the Pesticide Divisions. She started as a Pesticide Investigator and has worked in Product Registrations and most recently in Certification and Licensing. he served as a field investigator his first five years with the agency, and as a Certification & Training Specialist over the last thirteen years. Laurie is involved in a broad range of activities and responsibilities from assisting in exam review and development; provides technical assistance to industry and the general public; reviews requests for Oregon Pesticide Recertification credits; reviews requests for Oregon Experimental Use Permits and monitors permits, and makes presentations to the pesticide industry, license holders, and the general public in pesticide continuing education programs. Prior to working for ODA, she has managed greenhouses, done research, worked for a noxious weed department, and as a technical field representative for a pesticide registrant. For fun, Laurie does wildlife rehabilitation and makes jewelry in her spare time.
Abstract: 11D
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Mary L. Grodner, PhD
Pesticide Safety Education
Dept. of Entomology
LSU Agricultural Center
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
225-578-2180
mgrodner@agctr.lsu.edu
Dr. Grodner completed an AB degree at Wesleyan College, Macon, GA; she received her Master’s (biology) and PhD (entomology) at Louisiana State University. Since 1980, Dr. Grodner has been the Pesticide Coordinator & Pesticide Safety Education Specialist, as well as a Professor at the LSU Ag Center, Cooperative Extension Service, Department of Entomology. Her professional responsibilities include supervising, directing and giving leadership to the Private & Commercial Pesticide Applicator Certification/ Recertification Program. She is the past president of the American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators (AAPSE), and has served on the National Certification and Training Advisory Group & co-leader of the Content Task Force - this group is conducting an in depth review of the National Pesticide Applicator Training Program. She has served on the National Coalition on Drift Minimization, helping to develop a national curriculum on drift management for applicators, managers and others involved in pesticide application. She is a former member (and Chair) of the Board of Directors of The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance. She is the AAPSE representative to SFIREG (State FIFRA Issues Research & Evaluation Group), a liaison group with the EPA; and is a Regional Contact and Resource Person for the Council for Biotechnology Information.
Abstract: 13A
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Frank Hall, PhD
Ohio State University
1680 Madison Avenue
Wooster, OH 44691
330-263-3931
hall.1@osu.edu
Frank Hall has degrees from U Mass and Syracuse and a Ph-D in Entomology from Purdue University. Hall represented industry in R&D for 7 years before moving to Ohio State as a tree fruit entomologist. He became Head and Prof of the Lab for Pest Control Application Technology and served for 30+ years with research in pesticide dose transfer, capture efficiency, and pesticide formulation assessment. During that time he published over 225 papers, 10 book chapters, has 2 patents, edited 10 books and had ca $6 million in various grants.
As past President of Wooster Rotary Club, Hall was also the recipient of numerous awards from Ohio State and the Entomological Society of America including the Novartis Recognition Award in Entomology for his contributions to US Crop Protection. Hall retired in 2000, but was the invited keynote speaker for the first International Conference on Drift Mitigation held in HI in 2004 and now serves as Emeritus Prof at OSU with several grants from EPA, USDA, etc on the use of windbreaks to aid pesticide drift mitigation and grower self assessment of drift mitigation and stewardship empowerment programs.
Abstracts: 6B, 7B
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Dick Herrett, PhD
National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
202-296-9515
ariherrett@aol.com
Richard Herrett obtained a B.S. degree from Rutgers University with a major in Agricultural Research and his M. S. and PhD degrees with majors in Agronomy and Plant Pathology respectively, from the University of Minnesota. Upon completion of those degrees, he joined the staff at Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research in 1959 under the Union Carbide Fellowship. He continued as a Senior Research Scientist/Director of Biological Research with Union Carbide until 1970 when he joined ICI Americas Inc. as Technical Manager/Research Director responsible for establishing the Research and Development programs in the U.S. It was during this period that ICI Americas launched synthetic pyrethroid insecticides such as Permethrin, herbicides such as Fusilade and rodenticides such as Brodificum.
In the mid-1980s, Dr. Herrett relocated from the North Carolina Research Center to assist in the opening of new Washington office and participate in the communication of ICI Corporate science-based interests to Members of Congress, the Administration and relevant Agencies. It was during this period that "FIFRA Lite" and the Clean Air Act were signed into Law.
Dr. Herrett retired from ICI Americas in 1993 and established a consulting firm, EnVirag Inc. that specialized in regulatory interests of small, innovative organizations. During that period, he also became involved in various activities of non-profit organizations and eventually became Executive Director of the Agricultural Research Institute (ARI). One of the major activities was working under a Cooperative Agreement with EPA on Worker Protection issues. This effort continued following the merger of ARI with the Council on Agriculture and Scientific Technology and continues today under the National Association for the State Departments of Agriculture Research Foundation (NASDAF) where Dr. Herrett is retained as a consultant responsible for the direction of the EPA Cooperative Agreement.
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Dean Herzfeld, PhD
Coordinator, Pesticide Safety & Environmental Education
University of Minnesota Extension
495 Borlaug Hall, 1991 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108
612-624-3477
deanh@umn.edu
Dean Herzfeld has been the Coordinator of the Pesticide Safety and Environmental Education (PSEE) program in the University of Minnesota Extension since 1995. He provides statewide leadership for all public and private partners for the education pesticide applicators and other learners with interests in pesticides. In additional, PSEE provides educational programs for all certified private applicators in the state and over half of the educational programs for Minnesota’s certified commercial applicators. He has a B.S. degree in Integrated Pest Management, M.S. in Plant Pathology and a Ph.D. in Work, Community and Family Education. Dr. Herzfeld’s expertise beyond that of pesticides includes adult education program development and instructional design and building accountability into educational programs to meet the triple bottom line of mission, sustainability and valued public outcomes.
Abstracts: 1C, 2D, 4A
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Rebecca Hines
Urban IPM and Pesticide Safety Education Program
Washington State University, Puyallup
7612 Pioneer Way E
Puyallup, WA 98371
253-445-4595
fax 253-445-4569
hinesre@wsu.edu
http://pep.wsu.edu
Becky Hines manages the pre-license training of the WSU Urban IPM and Pesticide Safety Education program in western Washington. She instructs urban applicators about integrated pest management and personal and environmental protection when using pesticides. Becky conducts trainings in both English and Spanish and has developed numerous presentations for both audiences. She created a website with information on the biology and management of indoor pests, Pestsense (pep.wsu.edu/pestsense). Becky earned a MS in Entomology from the University of Minnesota and has worked in Mexico on crucifer pests. She is also an active member of UPEST, the Urban Pesticide Education Strategy Team.
Abstracts: 3D, 12A
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William Hoffman
National Program Leader - Ag Homeland Security
Plant & Animal Systems (PAS) Unit
CSREES/USDA
202-401-1112
whoffman@csrees.usda.gov
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Kevin Keaney
Chief, Pesticide Worker Safety Programs &
Pesticide Container/Containment Programs
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
703-305-5557
keaney.kevin@epa.gov
Kevin Keaney, Chief of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Pesticide Worker Safety Programs and Pesticide Container / Containment Programs, manages the implementation of: the national agricultural worker protection program; the national pesticide applicator certification program; the national pesticide container / containment program; the regulation proposal development to establish a national pesticide container recycling program; the pesticide worker and applicator safety program in Mexico under NAFTA; the pesticide worker and applicator safety program in Central America and the Dominican Republic under CAFTA; and, an initiative to better prepare health care providers to recognize and manage pesticide poisonings. He has worked in a number of senior policy and management positions in the EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs. Before working for the EPA, he taught at universities in Pittsburgh and in Baltimore, and was a planner / economist for the Washington Metro subway development. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees in Economics and in English Literature, and has studied law.
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Joanne Kick-Raack
State Pesticide Coordinator
Ohio State University
1991 Kenny Road
Columbus, OH 43210
614-247-7489
kick-raack.1@osu.edu
Ms. Joanne Kick-Raack is the State Coordinator for the Pesticide Education Program for the Ohio State University Extension and has been with the program for 17 years. She holds a B.S. in Plant Pathology from Cornell University and an M.S. in Agricultural Education with an emphasis in IPM from the Ohio State University. Joanne is a charter member and currently President of the American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators. In 1992 she served in Washington D.C. as Interim National Program Leader for the Pesticide Applicator Training program at the USDA and was involved with WPS when it was finalized. Prior to her position as State Pesticide Coordinator, Joanne worked in the both the ag and horticulture pesticide industries: first in R&D for major registrants and then in technical support and training for a national pesticide application company.
She is author of numerous training materials for pesticide applicators and conducts workshops and gives presentations on various pesticide application issues such as applicator safety, worker protection and pesticide regulations.
Abstracts: 2D, 8B, 11B
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Marc Kurzman
Kurzman Grant Law Office Chartered
219 SE Main Street, Suite 403
Minneapolis, MN 55414
1-888-278-5159
kgolaw@aol.com
Marc G. Kurzman is a litigator with 35+ years experience trying cases in state and federal courts. A graduate of New York University Law School, he wins over 85% of his trials; with an even higher success rate negotiating satisfactory outcomes. He is admitted to practice in the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Florida and New York. He is admitted to practice in a number of U.S. District Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. His clients have included lawyers, physicians, teachers, legislators, business owners and other professionals. He has been an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota, a lecturer at Continuing Education Programs in Minnesota and numerous other states, a Patent Attorney and a Pharmacist. He served as lead counsel for Formaldehyde Litigation for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (representing thousands of plaintiffs nationwide). He is a consultant to managed care providers and under contract to study civil litigation issues regarding pesticide applications and civil liability as they relate to both health care professionals and applicators.
Abstracts: 14C, 15C
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Andrew Landers, PhD
Barton Laboratory, Cornell University
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station
630 West North Street
Geneva, NY 14456
315-787-2429
ajl31@cornell.edu
Dr Andrew Landers studied and taught agricultural engineering in England. He obtained his masters degree at Cranfield University and his Ph.D at the University of Bath. His thesis work involved the development of a direct injection crop sprayer, leading to variable rate application in precision farming. He taught agricultural students at the Royal Agricultural College before becoming head of the engineering dept at Harper Adams University. He joined the faculty at Cornell University in 1998, and is based at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva. He directs the application technology program and his teaching/extension/research appointment involves the use of engineering solutions to provide safer spraying. His group works with application systems in grapes, apples, vegetables and turfgrass and he believes in a multi-disciplinary approach to pesticide application, working with biologists to ensure engineering techniques are biologically effective. Andrew Landers is author of the classic text book, Farm Machinery: Selection, investment and management.
Abstracts: 1A, 4C
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Andrew Martin, PhD
Purdue University
915 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2054
765-494-4567
martinag@purdue.edu
Andrew Martin is a training specialist with Purdue Pesticide Programs. He has over 20 years of experience managing Indiana’s initial commercial pesticide applicator training activities. His B.S and M.S. degrees are in soil management and weed science. He recently completed a Ph.D. in Education focusing on occupational analysis and licensure test development.
Abstracts: 1C, 2C, 3C, 12C
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Sandra K. McDonald, PhD
Environmental and Pesticide Education Specialist
Colorado State University
1177 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523
970-491-6027
sandra.mcdonald@colostate.edu
Sandra K. McDonald is the Environmental and Pesticide Education Extension Specialist at Colorado State University. She coordinates the Colorado Environmental and Pesticide Education Program (CEPEP), a part of the Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management at CSU. CEPEP has a unique, interdisciplinary purpose relative to pesticide issues through working relationships, liaisons, and communications with federal, state, and industrial representatives. CEPEP has four primary areas of emphasis — Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP), Pesticide Use and Needs Assessment, Minor Crops/IR-4 (Interregional Research Project #4), and Pesticide Information Transfer.
Abstracts: 2A, 3A, 5C, 6D
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Michael Merchant, PhD, BCE
Professor and Extension Entomologist
Texas Cooperative Extension
17360 Coit Road
Dallas, TX 75252-6599
972-952-9204
m-merchant@tamu.edu
Dr. Merchant serves as an Extension specialist in urban entomology for Texas Cooperative Extension in Dallas, TX. He is responsible for providing urban IPM and entomology support for 24 county Extension programs; and has statewide responsibility for structural IPM research and training programs. A major emphasis of his efforts focuses on increasing awareness of IPM among school districts, and providing training of school staff in safer pest control techniques. He works with colleagues to deliver regional school IPM training programs and produce a newsletter for Texas school IPM coordinators.
His current research efforts include identifying more effective insecticides for managing spiders and scorpions, and evaluating different IPM strategies to protect nursing home residents from fire ants.
Dr. Merchant is a frequent organizer and presenter of continuing education classes for pest control and landscape maintenance professionals. He is a Board Certified Entomologist and, as BCE Director, helped originate the new Associate Certified Entomologist program with the Entomological Society of America.
Dr. Merchant earned his Ph.D. in entomology at Texas A&M University, his M.S. degree in entomology at Purdue University, and his B.S. degree in environmental science at Western Washington University.
Abstract: 1D
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Clyde Ogg
Pesticide Safety Educator
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
101 Natural Resources Hall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0820
402-472-1632
cogg@unl.edu
Clyde Ogg is an Extension Educator in the Pesticide Education Office, Agronomy and Horticulture Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He holds a M.S. in Entomology from the University of Nebraska. He has spent the last 14 years providing pesticide safety training to pesticide applicators; he has authored more than 30 pesticide safety guides, pesticide applicator training manuals, and pest management guides; he has conducted research on cockroach management and on the risks of pesticides to pesticide applicators and homeowners; he was a supervisor at Moore Pest Control Service, Denver, Colorado; and he is a member of the American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators.
Abstracts: 1C, 8C, 9C
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James Parochetti
USDA Program Leader, Pesticde Safety Education Program
202-401-4354
jparochetti@csrees.usda.gov
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Jack Peterson
Associate Director, Environmental Services Division
President, Association of American Pesticide Control Officials
AZ Department of Agriculture
1688 West Adams Street
Phoenix, AZ 85007
602-542-3575
jpeterson@azda.gov
Jack Peterson is the Associate Director for the Environmental Services Division of the Arizona Department of Agriculture and the current President of the Association of American Pesticide Control Officials. Jack grew up working on a family farm in Minnesota, spent 10 years working in North Dakota and moved to Arizona in August of 1994. His current job responsibilities include all pesticide programs – certification, water, endangered species, and compliance. Jack has a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering from North Dakota State University.
Abstracts: 9B, 10B, 13A
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Richard Pont
US EPA (7506P)
1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20460
703-305-6448
pont.richard@epa.gov
Richard Pont works as an Environmental Protection Specialist for the U.S. EPA’s Certification and Worker Protection Branch in the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP). Richard received a B.S. degree in Agronomy from the University of Florida in 1983 and an M.S. degree in Entomology from UF in 1987. Richard has nearly 20 years of experience working in pesticide regulatory programs, including over 15 years of experience working with the pesticide applicator certification and worker protection programs. He has worked in OPP since October 2000; prior to this he worked for EPA Region 4’s Pesticide Section in Atlanta, Georgia from 1990-2000, and the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services’ pesticide program from 1987-1990. Richard’s current responsibilities include assisting with EPA’s effort to revise the worker protection and pesticide applicator certification regulations, as well as coordinating various certification and worker protection program activities for EPA’s national program office. Richard is a member of AAPSE, has been a member of the Certification and Training Assessment Group (CTAG) since the group’s inception, and currently serves as an EPA representative on the CTAG Board of Directors.
Abstract: 11A
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Carol Ramsay
Extension Pesticide Education Specialist
Washington State University
PO Box 646382
Pullman, WA 99164
509-335-9222
ramsay@wsu.edu
Carol Ramsay is the Pesticide Education Specialist at Washington State University. She has worked in Pesticide Safety Education since 1987. Carol is responsible for the Urban IPM and Pesticide Safety Education Program in Washington, serving both pre-license and recertification aspects. Carol is a founding member of the American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators and the PNW Integrated Vegetation Management Association. Carol serves as the President for The Pesticide Stewardship Alliance and sits on the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee.
Abstracts:
3D,
9D, 10D,
12A,
13B
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Kerry H. Richards, Ph.D
Pest Management Information Center
Director Affiliate Assistant Professor
Department of Agricultural and Extension Education
Penn State University
814-863-0263
kmh14@psu.edu
Kerry Richards is the Manager of the Pest Management Information Center. Her responsibilities include promoting informed pesticide regulatory decisions by the federal government and keeping Pennsylvania stakeholders abreast of regulatory changes. Kerry works with UDSA's National Agricultural Statistics Service to survey PA farm managers on pest management techniques. Kerry also spends a portion of her time devoted to outreach education regarding compliance with the Worker Protection Standards. As a former high school agricultural science instructor she is aware of the significance of youth education. With the Penn State’s Pesticide Education Program she has continued her youth education work by developing IPM and pesticide safety curriculums for school programs.
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Bob Rosenberg
Senior Vice President
National Pest Management Association
9300 Lee Hwy Ste 301
Fairfax, VA 22031
703-352-6762
rosenberg@pestworld.org
Bob Rosenberg has worked for the National Pest Management Association since February 1989. Since December 2001 he has served as the Association’s Senior Vice President. Prior to that, he worked as Director of Government Affairs and Manager of State Government Affairs. At NPMA, Bob is involved with a wide array of federal, state and local legislative and regulatory issues that affect the structural pest control industry. Before moving to Washington, Bob was employed by the State of Florida as Director of Pari-Mutuel Wagering, where he was responsible for regulating the horse racing, dog racing and jai-alai industries. Bob graduated from the University of Florida and has graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and Florida State University in Government and Political Science.
Abstract: 13A
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Alfredo Ruiz
President , CropLife Latin America
444 Brickell Ave, Suite 705
Miami, FL 33131
305-373-3713
aruiz@croplifelatinamerica.org
Mr. Alfredo Ruiz is the President of CropLife Latin America; he is an Agricultural Engineer from the Colombian National University, with Business training from Indiana University. He has broad experience in the Plant Science Industry, which is the Industry that invents, manufactures and sells products and services designed to improve the global production of food, feed and fiber and other useful products in a sustainable way.
During his career Mr. Ruiz worked during five years as a scientist for the Colombia Agricultural Research Institute –ICA-, prior to joining the Dow Chemical Company where he began his career in 1969 working in Research; later on he moved into marketing and General Management working in Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil and the USA. In 1991 he returned to Colombia, his native country, as President and General Manager of the Dow AgroSciences Andean Countries operation. Very active in the Industry trade Associations in the four countries under his responsibility, Mr. Ruiz served as President of the Colombia National Crop Protection Association- ANDI; President of the Industry Andean Countries Association FESANDINA; Vice President of the Colombian Council of American Companies and Chairman of the Board of Directors of CropLife Latin America; in February 2000 Mr. Ruiz became the President of CropLife Latin America based in Miami, Florida.
Abstract: 13D
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Thomas Saviello
60 Applegate Lane
Wilton, ME 4294
207-897-1422
repthomas.saviello@legislature.maine.gov
Tom has worked in the Paper Industry for nearly 30 years. He has served on the Maine Pesticide Control Board for 15 years, serving as chairman for 8 years. Presently he serves in the Maine State Legislature as a Representative; he is in his third term. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Maine, Farmington.
Abstracts: 4B, 5A
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Larry Schulze, Ph.D
Pesticide Education Specialist
University of Nebraska - Lincoln Extension
101 Natural Resources Hall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0820
402-472-1632
LSchulze1@unl.edu
Larry Schulze is a Pesticide Education Specialist at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln and with his UNL colleagues is responsible for the administration and conduct of Pesticide Safety Education Programs in Nebraska for more than 23,000 private and 8,700 commercial/non-commercial licensed applicators.
Larry's audiences also include pesticide education programs for youth, Master Gardeners, Poison Center specialists, paramedics, utility company personnel and others. He is the coordinator for Nebraska's Pesticide Container Recycling Program. Cooperative ventures with the NE Department of Agriculture include the waste pesticide disposal programs and mini-bulk tank recycling.
He is past Secretary of the American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators and has served three terms as North Central Region Director, and is the current Chair of the AAPSE E-Services committee. He is a member and advisor on the Canadian Working Group on Pesticide Education, Training, and Certification. His hobbies include running, windsurfing, and motorcycling.
11B
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John Scott
Pesticide Program Manager
Colorado Dept. of Agriculture
700 Kipling Street, Suite 4000
Lakewood, CO 80215
303-239-4178
john.scott@ag.state.co.us
John Scott is the Pesticide Program Manager for the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA). He has been with their department since January 2000 and his responsibilities have included: study guide and examination development, exam administration, applicator certification and licensing, applicator inspection and enforcement management, interagency agreement development, legislation and rule development, policy development, budget management, grants, and the department liaison to industry on issues relating to the Colorado Pesticide Applicators’ Act.
Prior to joining the CDA, his experience was gained in the structural pest industry where he has held licenses in California, New Mexico, and Oklahoma and continues to hold structural categories in Colorado. His company covered a 7 state region and performed services in industrial right-of-way, aquatic, public health, rangeland, wood destroying insect, outdoor vertebrate, fumigation, residential/commercial, and stored commodities pest control.
Abstracts: 2A, 3A
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Dave Scott
Pesticide Certification and Education Specialist
Bureau of Plant Industry
Pennsylvania Dept. of Agriculture
2301 N. Cameron St.
Harrisburg, PA 17110-9408
717-772-5214
dascott@state.pa.us
Dave is a 29-year employee with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, including 9-years in the field doing pesticide enforcement where he was honored as "EPA Region III Inspector of the Year". He has spent the past 9-years as the Pesticide Certification & Education Specialist, responsible for the certification of pesticide applicators, development of certification exams, licensing and tracking of Pesticide application businesses and Pesticide Dealers and regulation development. During the past 18 months he has been involved with the replacement of the Bureau’s computer programming.
Abstract: 11D
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Anugrah Shaw, PhD
Richard Henson Center, Room 2113
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, MD 21853
410-651-6064
ashaw@umes.edu
Dr. Anugrah Shaw, Professor at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, has conducted research on protective clothing for pesticide applicators for over two decades. Her research includes work related to standardization of test methods, development of performance specifications, and studies related to the development and evaluation of PPE for hot climates. Dr. Shaw was responsible for the creation of an extensive database that includes data for more than 130 fabrics that were evaluated at UMES. This database has been used to develop an online system for work and protective clothing. Dr. Shaw serves as the technical contact for ASTM and ISO standards and performance specifications for protective clothing for pesticide applicators, and as an ISO delegate for a subcommittee on protective clothing. She has presented at numerous national and international conferences, published in several refereed journals, and written a book chapter on the selection of PPE.
Abstracts: 12B, 14A
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Tom Shotzbarger, CA, CLP, CLT, COLP, CTE, CTP, CTP-CSL, PCH
General Manager
Tomlinson Bomberger Lawn Care-Landscape-Pest
Control
3055 Yellow Goose Road
Lancaster, PA 17601-1817
717-399-1991 x228
toms@tbll.com
Tom is the General Manager of Tomlinson Bomberger Lawn Care, Landscape and Pest Control, an 8 million dollar operation based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. During his 35-year career, Tom has worked in many aspects of the Green Industry and acquired various industry certifications and licenses for arboriculture, horticulture, turfgrass management and pesticide application. In addition to being recently appointed to the Pesticide Advisory Board by the Governor of Pennsylvania, Tom is on the Board of Directors for the Lawn Care Institute.
Active in industry associations, Tom is currently serving as President of the Lawn Care Association of Pennsylvania, and doing committee work for the Professional Landcare Network and the Pennsylvania Landscape Nursery Association.
Abstract: 10A
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Suzanne Snedeker, PhD
Associate Director for Translational Research
Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors
Cornell Sprecher Institute for Comparative Cancer Research
Ithaca, NY 14853
607-255-5943
sms31@cornell.edu
Suzanne Snedeker is the Associate Director for Translational Research for the Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors (BCERF) at Cornell University. Translational research is an emerging field where basic research is translated into information, tools, or resources that can be used health professionals, educators, and the public for sound decision making and risk reduction.
After earning her bachelor's degree at Cornell University and doctoral degree in nutritional sciences at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Suzanne taught nutritional biochemistry and research methods at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas. She then moved to North Carolina to complete several post-doctoral fellowships at the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences in heavy metal toxicology (metal-induced kidney cancer) and mammary gland (breast) cancer biology. Before joining the Cornell faculty, she was a Biologist in the National Toxicology Program, and evaluated the effect of endocrine-disrupting environmental chemicals on reproduction and incidence of cancer using laboratory animal models.
Suzanne's responsibilities at BCERF include writing evaluations of the scientific literature on the relationship of environmental chemicals to cancer risk. These evaluations are translated into consumer-friendly fact sheets for the non-scientist. She also develops web-based modules and databases on environmental chemicals and cancer risk. These include modules on the cancer risk of agricultural and turf pesticides, as well as the cancer risk associated with chemical found in the workplace and in home environments. Other responsibilities include writing commentaries on recent research on cancer and the environment for the BCERF newsletter, The Ribbon, and writing articles for cancer survivor, environmental, and agricultural publications. She has given numerous presentations and workshops on environmental factors and cancer risk, and also serves on state and federal advisory panels as a cancer and environment expert. For a complete list of peer-reviewed and educational publications, go to http://envirocancer.cornell.edu/staff/snedeker/pubs.cfm
Abstract: 14D
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Joe Spitzmueller
Licensing & Certification Unit Supervisor
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
625 Robert Street North
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155-2538
651-201-6546
Joseph.Spitzmueller@state.mn.us
Joe Spitzmueller supervises Licensing and Certification at the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. Joe oversees licensing, certification and recertification training of Minnesota’s nearly 9,000 licensed pesticide applicators, more than 18,000 certified private pesticide applicators and 650 pesticide dealers. Joe has worked in the C&T area since 2001 with the Department. Previously, Joe manged the waste pesticide collection and disposal program for 10 years at the Department. Joe holds a BS in Biology and MS in Agronomy from the University of Minnesota.
8D
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Julia Storm
Agromedicine Information Specialist
Environmental and Molecular Toxicology
NC State University
Box 7633
Raleigh, NC 27695-7633
919-515-7951
julia_storm@ncsu.edu
Since 1994, Julia Storm has served as the Agromedicine Information Specialist in the Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology at North Carolina State University. She is associated with the North Carolina Agromedicine Institute and Southern Coastal Agromedicine Center. She holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Mars Hill College and a Master of Science in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to joining North Carolina Cooperative Extension, she worked as an Environmental Chemist with private industry and state government.
Abstracts: 5B, 6A, 7A
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Andrew Thostenson
Pesticide Program Specialist
North Dakota State University Extension Service
166 Loftsgard Hall, P.O. Box 5051
Fargo, North Dakota 58105-5051
701-231-7180
andrew.thostenson@ndsu.edu
Andrew
Thostenson is responsible for administering the training and certification of private and commercial pesticide applicators across North Dakota. He has both B.S. and M.S. degrees in Plant Sciences from the University of Idaho.
He has four years of experience as a county extension agent in Washington State and North Dakota. He owned and operated a seed and crop management consulting company in the Pacific Northwestern United States for ten years. He has been in his current position with NDSU for nine years. He served as the AAPSE Representative from the North Central Region for four years and is currently the Chair of EPA’s Certification and Training Assessment Group.
Andrew and his wife Gayle are celebrating 25 years of marriage. They have a 13 year old son, Evan, and an eight year old daughter, Erin.
Abstracts: 8D, 13A
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Sandra Villafuerte de Marroquin, PhD
Condominio Metro 2000
Local C-23, 47 Avenida Norte
San Salvador, El Salvador CA
503-24411133
VillafuertedeMarroquin@yahoo.es
Abstract: 15D
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Hugh Watson
Pesticide Certification and Training
Pesticide Management Division
P.O. Box 42589 Olympia, Washington 98504-2589
360-902-2016
hwatson@agri.wa.gov
Hugh Watson began his career in public service, over twenty years ago, with the Washington State Departments of Ecology and Licensing. In 1989 he joined the Pesticide Management Division, Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA): he served as a field investigator his first five years with the agency, and as a Certification & Training Specialist over the last thirteen years. As a "specialist" Hugh is involved in a broad range of activities and responsibilities. He assists the branch manager in exam review and development; provides technical assistance to industry and the general public; proctors exam sessions in-house and west of the Cascade Range; and makes presentations to potential pest control applicants and existing license holders in community college classrooms and at the Washington State University extension pesticide continuing education programs. In addition, Hugh serves as an agency facilitator helping divisional work groups or teams resolve agency related issues to arrive at viable solutions. Hugh is hesitant to declare that his is the best job he has held, but he does say that it is never - ever - boring. Hugh earned WSDA Employee-of-the-Year honors in 2005. Hugh and his wife, Robin, reside in Tacoma, Washington involved, pretty much 24-7, in fixing up their 86 year old "mansion."
Abstracts: 11D, 13B
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Michael Weaver, PhD
Professor & Director
Virginia Tech Pesticide Programs
34 Agnew Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24601
540-231-6543
mweaver@vt.edu
Mike Weaver is a Professor in the Department of Entomology at Virginia Tech. He has served as director of Virginia Tech Pesticide Programs (pesticide coordinator) since 1980. His training is in biology, plant pathology, and pest management. He received a B.S. from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (1974), M.S. from West Virginia University (1977) and PhD. from Virginia Tech (1982). Weaver's primary work is in Extension/outreach in the areas of pesticide safety education and pesticide management. His research involves the environmental and health impacts of pesticides and regulatory impact assessment on pesticide use. He also teaches in the undergraduate and graduate programs at Virginia Tech. The strengths of Virginia Tech's pesticide safety education program include hands-on training, online training, electronic educational media, and train-the-trainer education. For 15 years, the program has held an annual one-to-two-day train-the-trainer workshop for Extension agents. That program has taken on a conference format with multiple sessions, exhibits, and keynote speakers. It is routinely attended by over 85 agricultural agents who conduct training in more than 100 Virginia localities. The program is supported with grants, administrative funds, and in-kind support. Agents and specialists share new information, success stories, media, and teaching methods with workshop participants and through a train-the-trainer website shared through the program Intranet. Workshop evaluations have been consistently excellent. Virginia Tech Pesticide Programs has also organized or supported national and regional train-the-trainer venues including EPA pesticide inspector residential training, PSEC workshops, USDA inspector (recordkeeping) training, drift education workshops, and various other events including five online courses with a current enrollment of over 500 agents, specialists, master gardeners and pesticide regulatory
investigators.
Abstract: 8B
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Jennifer Weber
Pesticide Safety Field Consultant
AZ Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Consultation and Training Program
1688 West Adams Street
Phoenix, AZ 85007
602-542-0985
jweber@azda.gov
Jennifer Weber is a pesticide safety field consultant with the Arizona Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Consultation and Training Program. She works directly with growers and agricultural employees to assist them in becoming compliant with the federal Worker Protection Standard and state pesticide laws and regulations. She provides pesticide safety information during site visits and training programs and develops educational resources to further extend pesticide safety information to the agricultural community.
Ms. Weber was a pesticide safety educator for the Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program at UC Davis for about ten years. In that capacity, she participated in pesticide safety training programs, developed English- and Spanish-language materials, and worked with rural health clinics and social service agencies to provide information about pesticides to clinic staff, farmworkers, and rural families. She also participated in several projects designed to help limited-English speaking farm operators become aware of safe pesticide handling practices.
Prior to working for the University, Ms. Weber was a health and safety specialist with the Farmworker Occupational Safety and Health Education program (FOSHE) in Stockton, California. This program was a collaborative effort of the California Farm Bureau Federation, the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Service, and the Agricultural Workers’ Health Centers. While with FOSHE, she assisted UCCE farm advisors and the UC Small Farms’ Center with a project to develop pesticide safety materials and provide educational outreach for Southeast Asian specialty crop growers.
Ms. Weber graduated from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo with a degree in dairy science. Following graduation, she spent two years working on a livestock health program in Ecuador as a Peace Corps volunteer. Ms. Weber recently received a Master of Arts degree in Multicultural and Bilingual Education from California State University, Sacramento. Her thesis focused on pesticide applicator exam formats and testing strategies.
Abstract: 4D
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Rich Whate
Health Promotion Consultant
Toronto Public Health - Environmental Protection
Office
277 Victoria St. 7th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W2
416-338-8100
rwhate@toronto.ca
Rich Whate is a Health Promotion Consultant with the Environmental Protection Office of Toronto Public Health. This office of the health department provides research, policy and education programming on environmental health issues for the 2.5 million residents of Toronto. Prior to joining Public Health, Mr. Whate worked for 10 years on local and international environmental issues with non-governmental organizations, including the Toronto Environmental Alliance, Great Lakes United and Health Care Without Harm.
Abstract: 10C
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Fred Whitford, PhD
Coordinator Purdue Pesticide Programs
Purdue University
915 W. State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2054
765-494-1284
fwhitford@purdue.edu
Fred Whitford is the coordinator of Purdue Pesticide Programs of the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service. He received a B. S. in wildlife management from Louisiana Tech University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in entomology from Iowa State University. He has authored more than 200 research, extension, and regulatory publications, and has delivered over 2500 presentations to a wide array of audiences. He has written three books: The grand old man of Purdue University and Indiana Agriculture: a biography of William Carroll Latta, published in 2005 by Purdue University Press; The complete book on pesticide management: science, regulation, stewardship, and communication, published in 2002 by Wiley & Sons; and The complete federal and state compliance guide for Hoosier businesses, published in 2001 by Purdue University Press. He is currently working on a biography called Virginia Claypool Meredith: the queen of United States agriculture. Dr. Whitford’s prior professional activities include lab and field research, extension outreach, regulatory work, and commercial pesticide application.
Abstracts: 5D, 12D
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Jim Wilson, PhD
South Dakota State University
Box 2207A
Brookings, SD 57007
605-688-4752
james.wilson@sdstate.edu
Jim Wilson is the Extension coordinator for pesticide safety education at South Dakota State University. He received his Master’s degree in Weed Science in 1992 and completed his PhD in Precision Agriculture in 2003, both from SDSU. He is presently the Midwest coordinator for the Pesticide Drift Module section of the Pesticide Environmental Stewardship web site and has been actively involved in drift education and mitigation. Jim was a County Extension Agent for 8.5 years prior to moving in to his present position as Pesticide Education Coordinator. He has been with the Extension Service for 27 years.
Abstracts: 9D, 10D
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Dan Wixted
Pesticide Management Education Program
Cornell University
5140 Comstock Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
607-255-7525
djw47@cornell.edu
Dan received his Bachelor's Degree in Plant Pathology from Cornell and his Master's in Plant Pathology from Iowa State University. After several years in research, Dan began working with Roger Flashinski in Wisconsin's Pesticide Applicator Training program in 1991, where he was responsible for writing training manuals and assisting the state lead agency in preparing licensure tests. In 2002, Dan and his family returned to their native New York, where he currently performs similar duties with Cornell's Pesticide Management Education Program.
Abstracts: 1C, 4A, 5C, 6D
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Robert E. Wolf, PhD
Extension Specialist Application Technology
Kansas State University
145 Seaton Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-2935
rewolf@ksu.edu
Bob is an Associate Professor/Extension Specialist in Application Technology at Kansas State University in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department. Bob’s main responsibility is to conduct an extension and research program in all areas of chemical/pesticide application with a particular emphasis on technology. He has a special interest in improving the efficiency of pest control applications. Bob’s current research involves using scanning software, ‘DropletScanTM’, to analyze field collected spray droplets to gain information on how to more efficiently apply pesticides to achieve maximum efficacy and minimize drift.
Abstract: 10A
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Kathleen M. Wruk
Rocky Mountain Poison Control Center
777 Bannock Street, Mail Code 0180
Denver, CO 80204-4508
303-739-1242
Kathy.Wruk@rmpdc.org
Kathleen M. Wruk is Director of the Rocky Mountain Poison Center, located in Denver, CO. She is the immediate past-president of the American Association of Poison Control Centers. She has been involved in poison control activities for over 25 years.
Abstracts: 2A, 3A
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Joe Zachmann, PhD
MN Dept. of Agriculture
625 Robert Street North
St. Paul, MN 55155-2538
651-201-6588
joseph.zachmann@state.mn.us
Joe Zachmann works on nonpoint source pollution pesticide programs at the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and coordinates the state Pesticide Management Plan for water resource protection. Dr. Zachmann received a Master of Science in Soil Physics and a Ph.D. in Soil Biology and Biochemistry from the University of Minnesota. He has worked on wellhead protection programs for agricultural chemicals, and at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and in private consulting on hazardous waste site remediation and brownfields redevelopment. He is currently the Chair of EPA’s State-FIFRA Issues Research & Evaluation Group Working Committee on Water Quality and Pesticide Disposal. He is a registered professional Soil Scientist and lectures annually on Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment at the National Institute of Agronomy in Paris.
Abstracts: 9B, 10B
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