International Programs: Staff

USDA Forest Service International Programs has six main staff areas: Director's Office, Operations Unit, Outreach & Partnerships, Policy, Disaster Assistance Support Program, and Technical Cooperation.

If you would like more information on a specific program or activities within International Programs, please contact one of our staff via e-mail. If you need general information or would like to contact our office or call us at 1-202-273-4695.

DIRECTOR'S OFFICE

• Valdis E. Mezainis, Director - vmezainis@fs.fed.us
• Jim Chu, Migratory Bird Program Specialist - jchu@fs.fed.us
• Whetten Reed, Forest Service/University of Maryland Cooperative Liaison - whettenreed@fs.fed.us
• Michael Benge, Senior Forestry Advisor (USAID) - mbenge@fs.fed.us
• Jonathan Midura, Technical Advisor - midura@bellsouth.net
• Paolo Paqueo, Technical Advisor - paolopaqueo@hotmail.com
• Janelle Starks, Program Specialist- jstarks@fs.fed.us
• Patricia Chance, Program Specialist for County Payments Committee and International Programs- pchance@fs.fed.us

OPERATIONS UNIT

• Patricia Lucas, Program Leader- plucas@fs.fed.us
• Ronald Ingram, Budget Analyst - reingram@fs.fed.us
• Terri Edgell, Assistant International Travel Coordinator - tedgell@fs.fed.us
• Sandy Farber, International Travel Coordinator - sfarber@fs.fed.us
• Patricia Paugh, Foreign Visitor Coordinator and Acting Grants & Agreements Specialist- ppaugh@fs.fed.us
• Patricia Suchodolski, Administrative Officer- psuchodolski@fs.fed.us

OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIPS UNIT

• Karin Theophile, Program Leader - ktheophile@fs.fed.us
• Liza Paqueo, Program Specialist- lpaqueo@fs.fed.us
• Tandra Williams, Program Associate - twilliams01@fs.fed.us
• Noretta Short, Program Associate - nshort@fs.fed.us
• Mariam Bamizai, Program Specialist- mbamizai@fs.fed.us

• Jerilyn Levi, Assistant Director for Policy & Disaster Mitigation Program - jlevi@fs.fed.us

  POLICY

• Robert Hendricks, Policy Analyst- rhendricks@fs.fed.us
• Denise Ingram, Policy Analyst - cdingram@fs.fed.us
• Jennifer Conje, Policy Analyst - jconje@fs.fed.us
• Catherine Karr-Colque, Policy Analyst - ckarr@fs.fed.us
• Donna Janisch, Policy Associate - djanisch@fs.fed.us

  DISASTER MITIGATION PROGRAM

• Chris Farley , Policy Analyst- cfarley@fs.fed.us
• Deanne Shulman, Senior Emergency Management Specialist - dshulman@fs.fed.us
• Robert Becker, Senior Emergency Management Specialist - bbecker@fs.fed.us

DISASTER ASSISTANCE SUPPORT PROGRAM

• Stephanie Savolaine, Assistant Director - ssavolaine@fs.fed.us
• Sherry Hazelhurst, Disaster Response Specialist- shazelhurst@fs.fed.us
• Ron Libby, Disaster Response Specialist - rlibby@fs.fed.us
• Gary Barrett, Disaster Management Specialist - gbarrett@fs.fed.us
• Chris Leonardo, Disaster Management Specialist - cnleonardo@fs.fed.us
• Scott Hocklander, Disaster Management Specialist - shocklander@fs.fed.us
• Yolanda Richardson, Program Associate - yrichardson@fs.fed.us

TECHNICAL COOPERATION UNIT

• Alex Moad, Assistant Director- amoad@fs.fed.us
• Oliver Pierson, Africa Program Specialist - opierson@fs.fed.us
• Bob Simpson, Africa Program Specialist - rdsimpson@fs.fed.us
• Mike Chaveas, Africa Program Specialist - mchaveas@fs.fed.us
• Blessing Asuquo, Africa Program Specialist - basuquo@fs.fed.us
• Melissa Othman, Technical Program Specialist - mothman@fs.fed.us
• Gary Man, Asia-Pacific Program Coordinator - gman@fs.fed.us
• Kelli Young, Asia-Pacific Program Specialist- kelliyoung@fs.fed.us
• Lara Peterson, Russia, Europe & Near Asia Program Specialist - lkpeterson@fs.fed.us
• Jennifer Peterson, Middle East Program Specialist - jenniferpeterson@fs.fed.us
• Chris Soriano, Middle East Program Specialist - csoriano@fs.fed.us
• Liz Mayhew, Latin America, Caribbean and Canada Program Coordinator - lmayhew@fs.fed.us
• Michelle Zweede, Latin America, Caribbean and Canada Program Specialist - mzweede@fs.fed.us
• Heather Huppe, Latin America, Caribbean and Canada Program Specialist - hhuppe@usaid.gov
• Margaret Haines, Latin America, Caribbean and Canada Program Specialist - mhaines@fs.fed.us
• Dana Roth, Latin America, Caribbean and Canada Program Specialist - danaroth@fs.fed.us
• Andrea von der Ohe, Latin America, Caribbean and Canada Program Specialist - avonderohe@fs.fed.us

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Last Modified: Monday, 01 August 2005 at 15:14:59 EDT