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Tampa, FL Listening Session

Environmental Protection Agency
Aging Initiative Public Listening Session
Tampa, Florida
April 3, 2003

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Comments from the Tampa, FL Listening Session

Listening Panel:

Dr. Laurence Branch, Professor of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, USF

Dr. Robert Daugherty (PDF) [PDF, 61 KB], Vice President for Health Services; Dean, College of Medicine, University of South Florida (USF)

Dr. Stanley N. Graven, Interim Dean, USF School of Public Health (Provided brief closing remarks)

Maureen S. Kelly, Executive Director, West Central Florida Area Agency on Aging, Inc.

Jimmy I. Palmer, Jr., EPA Region 4 Administrator

David Struhs, Secretary, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Ronald S. Taylor, Director, Statewide and Community-Based Services, Florida Department of Elder Affairs

Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Public Speakers:

Raymond Adrian, Senior Aides Program, Miami Beach Community Development Corporation

Dr. Robert W. Amler, Chief Medical Officer, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control

Ernest W. Bach, Executive Director, Florida Action Coalition Team

Dr. Jeanne Becker, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medical Microbiology and Immunology, USF College of Medicine

Nathan L. Belkin (PDF) [PDF, 115 KB], Ph.D.

Holly Binns (PDF) [PDF, 252 KB], Florida Public Interest Research Group

Phil Compton, Program Organizer, Florida Consumer Action Network

Austin Curry (PDF) [PDF, 55 KB], President of the Senate, Florida Silver Haired Legislature

Vanessa M. Dazio, OTR/L, Ergonomic World

Joan M. Deguire (PDF) [PDF, 145 KB], Republicans for Environmental Protection

Michael J. Diglio (PDF) [PDF, 51 KB], Florida Delegation, National Silver Haired Congress

Ronnie E. Duncan, Chair, Southwest Florida Water Management District

Linda Frances, Manatee/Sarasota Sierra Club

Richard Garrity (PDF) [PDF, 190 KB], Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County

Susan Glickman, Florida Conservation Alliance

Dena Gross-Leavengood, Hillsborough Health Care

Professor Mary Harrison, University of South Florida Extension

Thomas J. Krumreich

Lee Medart

Carol Mehlman, Tampa NOW

Jolene Nixon, American Lung Association

Dr. Noreen Poor, Assistant Professor, USF College of Public Health

Bill Reed

Anthony Sarmiento, Executive Director, Senior Service America, Inc.

Joanne Shrewsbury

Darrell Smith, American Chemistry Council

David Tuft, Fuel Cells 2000/Breakthrough Technologies Institute

Ann Vanek, Florida Wildlife Federation


To obtain a copy of documents on this site please send your request to:

US Environmental Protection Agency
Office of the Administrator
Aging Initiative
1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Mail Code 1107A
Room 2512 Ariel Rios North
Washington, DC 20460

Email: aging.info@epa.gov
Phone: 202-564-2188

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