Planning Committee


  • Ronne Adkins, Regional Director of External Affairs, Tennessee Dept. of Environment & Conservation
  • Troy Bernal, Senior Consultant, Antea Group
  • Donald Bialosky, Emergency Response Program Manager, Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection
  • Jodi Billman-Kotsko, Manager, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
  • Dwayne Caldwell, OSC/Emergency Response, Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management
  • Cory Davis, CEO, CTEH, LLC
  • Sam Dinkins, Technical Program Manager, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO)
  • Bob Dundas, Environmental Coordinator, Belle Fourche Pipeline Company
  • Jim Elliott, Chief Operating Officer, Tiechman Group, LLC
  • Bobby Elzie, Manager Emergency Response, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
  • Cody Fisher, Chief Emergency Services Division, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
  • CWO4 Dana Fleming, All-Hazards Response Specialist, U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Ohio Valley
  • Robert Francis, Manager, Shield Environmental Associates
  • Rebecca Garcia-Malone, Education Chair, American Salvage Association
  • Jordan Garrard, Federal On-Scene Coordinator, U.S. EPA, Region 4
  • Chris Garrard, Chief of the Training and Exercise Branch, U.S. DOT PHMSA
  • Tim Gunter, Director, National Spill Control School – Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
  • Maria Hartley, Technical Lead, Enterprise Emergency Management, Chevron
  • Frederick Holt, Jr, Environmental Response Branch, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection
  • Tony Houdyshell, Hazmat & Emergency Response Officer, Canadian Pacific Railway
  • Nathaniel Hough, Director – Vessel Operations, Campbell Transportation Company, Inc.
  • Kayla Hovde, Environmental Specialist, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
  • Clint Linder, Emergency Response Coordinator, Shell Pipeline Company LP
  • Kelly Malinoski, Director, Emergency Management, Trans Mountain Pipeline LP
  • Angie Martin, Vice President, Heritage Environmental Services
  • Stephen, McLane, Environmental Specialist, Missouri Department of Natural Resources
  • Scott Metzger, COO, HEPACO, LLC
  • Adrian Michielsen, Regional EP&R Advisor, Imperial
  • Carla Mings, HES Professional, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, LP
  • Eddie Murphy, Emergency Response Liaison, U.S. DOT PHMSA
  • Kenny Rhame, CIO, The Response Group
  • Brandon Ritchey, Lead HSE Specialist – Emergency Response, NuStar Energy LP
  • James Shuler, Emergency Response Manager, Energy Transfer Partners
  • Jamie Smith, President, Three Rivers Pollution Response Council and General Manager, Menzies Aviation
  • Philip Sontag, Staff Scientist, Applied Research Associates, Inc. | Ohmsett
  • Grady Springer, Office of Emergency Response, Coordinator, Alabama Department of Environmental Management
  • Shasta Steinweden, Complaint Coordinator, Montana Department of Environmental Quality
  • Chad Tameling, Executive Vice President, SET Environmental, Inc.
  • CPO Caesar Valdez, Port Ops Pittsburgh, U.S. Coast Guard MSU Pittsburgh
  • Deborah Wick, Director of Client Services, National Response Corporation, a US Ecology Company
  • Jon Wickersham, Emergency Response Program Specialist, Colonial Pipeline Company