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2003 Listening Sessions Participants

Environmental Protection Agency
Aging Initiative Public Listening Sessions

April 3, 2003 - Tampa, Florida
April 8, 2003 - San Antonio, Texas
April 15, 2003 - Iowa City, Iowa
April 23, 2003 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
April 29, 2003 - Los Angeles, California
May 7, 2003 - Baltimore, Maryland

Participants are listed in alphabetical order.
A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

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

Brenda Afzal, Environmental Health Education Center, University of Maryland School of Nursing

Richard Ahrens (PDF) [2 pp, 130k, About PDF], President, Iowa Thorasic Society and Board Member, American Lung Association of Illinois-Iowa

Janet D. Allan, Ph.D, RN, FAAN, Dean, University of Maryland School of Nursing

Natalie Ambrose

Dr. Robert W. Amler, Chief Medical Officer, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control [CA, FL, IA]

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

James M. Baker (PDF) [2 pp, 121K, About PDF]

Chandra Bales, University of New Mexico, Earth Data Analyses

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

Nathan L. Belkin, Ph.D. (PDF) [2 pp, 115K, About PDF]

Peter Bella, Natural Resources Director, Alamo Area Council of Governments

Thomas P. Benjamin, President, Environmental Alliance for Senior Involvement

Bill Benson, National Policy Advisor, National Indian Council on Aging

Holly Berkowitz

Holly Binns (PDF) [3 pp, 252K, About PDF], Florida Public Interest Research Group

James E. Birren, Ph.D. (PDF) [1 p, 90k, About PDF], Associate Director of the Center on Aging, UCLA

Sandra Black. University of Maryland School of Medicine

Robert Blancato, National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs

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

Beverly Braverman

Sarah Brozena, American Chemistry Council

Marjorie Buchanan, University of Maryland, Center on Aging

Kathleen Coen Buckwalter, Associate Provost for Health Sciences, University of Iowa; Co-Director, Center on Aging, University of Iowa

Dr. Helen Burns, Deputy Secretary for Health Planning and Assessment, Department of Health, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Donna Butts (PDF) [10 pp, 86K, About PDF], Generations United

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Holly Cairns, Southwest Region Environmental Advocate for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Tommy C. Calvert, President, Neighborhood First Alliance

Dr. Paulo Chavez, Gerontological Health Section, American Public Health Association; Johns Hopkins University

Elizabeth Christiansen, Deputy Director, Iowa Department of Natural Resources

Phil Coleman, Chair, Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sierra Club

Wyona Coleman (PDF) [1 p, 91K, About PDF], Sierra Club/Tri-State Citizens Mining Network

Phil Compton, Program Organizer, Florida Consumer Action Network

Zachary Burke Corrigan (PDF) [4 pp, 264K, About PDF], Maryland Public Interest Research Group

John Coyle, Acting Director, Los Angeles County Area Agency on Aging

Austin Curry (PDF) [PDF, 1 page, 55K, About PDF], President of the Senate, Florida Silver Haired Legislature

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Joann Damon-Rodriguez, LCSW, PhD. [PDF, 9 pages, 681kb] , California Council on Gerontology and Geriatrics

Dr. Robert Daugherty [PDF, 1 page, 61kb], Vice President for Health Services; Dean, College of Medicine, University of South Florida (USF)

Robert C. Dawson, San Antonio Coalition for Environmental and Economic Justice

Vanessa M. Dazio, OTR/L, Ergonomics World

Thomas C. DeChant, City-County Joint Commission on Elderly Affairs, San Antonio, Texas

Joan M. Deguire [PDF, 1 page, 145kb], Republicans for Environmental Protection

Anthony DeLucia, Chairman of Board, American Lung Association

Michael J. Diglio [PDF, 1 page, 51kb], Florida Delegation, National Silver Haired Congress

Dr. Bruce Dixon, Administrator, Allegheny County Health Department

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

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Rita Eason [PDF, 2 pp., 157kb]

Carl Edlund, P.E. EPA Region 6, Director, Multi-media Planning and Permitting Division

Newton Ellison

Charles English, President, Jefferson Heights Association

Jo Ann Evansgardner, Ph.D.

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Gabriel Fernandes, Ph.D., Professor of Medicine, UTHSCSA

Gail Ruderman Feuer, Natural Resources Defense Council

Richard Fitzgerald, Allegheny County Counsel

Joan Flood [PDF, 2 pp., 132kb], East End Neighborhood Forum

Linda Frances, Manatee/Sarasota Sierra Club

Laurence Fuortes, MD, Professor, University of Iowa College of Public Health

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Gerald Gardner

Vivianne Gardner

Elwood Garlock [PDF, 1 page, 111kb], Sierra Club

Richard Garrity [PDF, 3 pp., 190kb], Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County

Edward Gerjuoy [PDF, 131 KB]

Robyn Gilden, RN, MS, University of Maryland School of Nursing

Susan Glickman, Florida Conservation Alliance

Dr. Bernard Goldstein, University of Pittsburgh, Dean, School of Public Health

Sister Janet Griffin

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

Victor R. Graves

Dr. Madeleine Greene, A.F.C., C.F.C.S, Maryland Cooperative Extension, University of Maryland-College Park

Dena Gross-Leavengood, Hillsborough Health Care

Dr. Fernando A. Guerra, M.D., M.P.H., Director of Health, San Antonio Metropolitan Health District

James Gulliford, EPA Regional Administrator, Region 7

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George Hagevik [PDF, 3 pp., 233kb], National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver, CO

Peter Hansen [PDF, 1 page, 77kb], Adjunct Professor, Chemistry Department, University of Iowa

Amber Hard [PDF, 2 pp., 222kb], Iowa Public Interest Research Group

Frances E. Harkins

Ellen Stern Harris, Founder and Editor, Fund for the Environment/ BeverlyHillsCitizen.org

Professor Mary Harrison, University of South Florida Extension

Mark Haverland, Executive Director, Iowa Department of Elder Affairs

Nick Herbold, 2002 Student Body President, University of Iowa

Jennifer Hicks, Chesapeake Climate Action Network

Jennifer Hilliard, American Association for Homes and Services for the Aging

Don Holtz, Sierra Club

Douglas Hornick, Iowa Thorasic Society and the American Thorasic Society

Katy Hubener, Blue Skies Alliance

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William Johnston-Walsh, Deputy Secretary of Aging, Pennsylvania Department of Aging

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Joel Karin [PDF, 2 pp., 125kb]

Meryl Karol , Ph.D. [PDF, 3 pp., 176kb], Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh

Betty Kelly

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

Michele Lynn Kenyon, Iowa Citizen Coalition

Saran Kirschbaum [PDF, 1 page, 107kb], Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life of Southern CA

Melodye Kleinman, WISE Senior Services,Inc.

Marilyn Kraitchman, Vintage Senior Center & Project Director, EASI (Allegheny/Butler County)

Thomas J. Krumreich

Lewis Kuller , MD [PDF, 4 pp., 201kb], DrPH, Director for Health Aging, University of Pittsburgh

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Jeude Landhauser, Heritage Area Agency on Aging

Mary Larcinese [PDF, 2 pp., 120kb], Mayor, Borough of Jefferson Hills

Andre M. Lee, Baltimore Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Harry Leffmann

Hon. David K. Levdansky, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 39th District

Lou Ann Ligon [PDF, 3 pp., 214kb]

Jane Lipscomb, RN, Ph.D., FAAN, University of Maryland School of Nursing

Ruth Lofgren, Ph.D. [PDF, 2 pp., 186kb],Water Chair, League of Women Voters

Dawn Lough

Lester Ludwig [PDF, 3 pp., 230kb]

Susan Lutz, Family Friends, National Council on the Aging,Inc.

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Jay S. Magaziner, PhD, MSHyg, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine Director, Division of Gerontology and Director, Center for Research on Aging, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Heather Mann, National Indian Council on the Aging

Lisa Graves Marcucci

Dr. Genevieve Marcus, Experimental Cities Org.

Sandy Markwood, CEO, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a)

Angel Marie Martinez [PDF, 2 pp., 169kb], Southwest Workers Union

Roger McCarter, Ph.D.[PDF, 1 page, 84kb], Professor and Deputy Chair, Department of Physiology, UTHSCSA

James M. McCrea, Executive Director, Generations Together, University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh

Gertrude McQueen

Lee Medart

Marcy Meffert, Mayor of Leon Valley, TX and Chair, Alamo Area Council of Governments

Carol Mehlman, Tampa NOW

John Mendeloff, University of Pittsburgh

Carolyn Meyer, Member, League of Women Voters and Member, Sierra Club

Toni Miles, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, and at large member of the Executive Committee at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Claudia S. Miller, M.D., M.S., Department of Family And Community Medicine, UTHSCSA

Nicholas Monreal, Jr., Bexar County Area Agency on Aging Ombudsman

Ann Elizabeth Morris [PDF, 3 pp., 139kb]

Mildred E. Morrison [PDF, 2 pp., 97kb], Administrator, Allegheny County Area Agency on Aging

Donna Morstad, M.P., Senior Aging Policy Analyst, Texas Department on Aging

Janet Mostowy [PDF, 4 pp., 192kb], American Chemistry Council

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Wayne Nastri, Regional Administrator EPA, Region 9

John Neff

Thomas Newton, Division Director, Iowa Department of Public Health, Division of Health Protection and Environmental Health

Jolene Nixon, American Lung Association

Al J. Notzon, III, Executive Director, Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG)

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

Raymond Palmer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, UTHSCSA

Thomas A. Parks [PDF, 2 pp., 144kb]

Romel Pascual, Assistant Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency

Evan Thomas Paul, Environment CA

Debra Payerchin [PDF, 2 pp., 185kb], Regional Vice President, American Lung Association of PA

Paul Petersen [PDF, 3 pp., 185kb], President and Founder, A Minor Consideration

Karen Peterson [PDF, 3 pp., 166kb], RN, MPH, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health

Michele Petty, San Antonio Global Renaissance Alliance

Ken Philbrick, Deputy Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment

Sandra Picot, Ph.D, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor and Endowed Chair in Gerontology, University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Nursing

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

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Rev. Regina Ragan

Bill Reed

Victor Regnier [PDF, 2 pp., 113kb], Professor, USC School of Architecture and Gerontology

Dr. Arlan G. Richardson, Ph.D., Director, Aging Research and Education Center, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA)

James Roddey, Allegheny County Executive

Eiginio Rodriguez [PDF, 34 pp., 3,062kb]

Jean Roesser, Secretary, Maryland Department of Aging

Alan Rowe, American Lung Association National Board

Fred H. Rubin, M.D., FACP, FRCP (C), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Keith Ruff

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Heather Sage, Outreach Coordinator, Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future

Steve Saldana [PDF, 5 pp., 259kb], President, Catholic Charities for San Antonio and South Texas

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

Dr. Barbara Sattler, Associate Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing & Director, Environmental Health Center

Tess Scannell, Director, Senior Corps, Corporation for National and Community Service

Ed Scharf

Hal Schedl

Tracy Schroth, CivicVentures

Mike Schulz, EPA Region 9 Southern California Office

Elizabeth A. Selk, Executive Director, Heritage Area Agency on Aging

Suzanne Seppi, Director, Group Against Smog and Pollution

Joanne Shrewsbury

Marilyn Skolnick [PDF, 2 pp., 127kb], Sierra Club, Allegheny Group

Tom Slater [PDF, 3 pp., 121kb], President and Founder, State Public Policy Group, Inc.

Darrell Smith, American Chemistry Council

Robert Smith

Dr. Chris Squier, University of Iowa

Alek Sripipatana, MPH, Research Associate, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

John Stewart, Executive Director, Baltimore Commission on Aging and Retirement Education (CARE)

Ann M. Stromquist [PDF, 4 pp.m 231kb], Coordinator, Keokuk County Rural Health Study

David Struhs, Secretary, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

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

Leon Thomas, United Homeowners Improvement Association

Stephen B. Thomas, Graduate School of Public Health

William D. Thompkins, Executive Assistant, County Executive

Farley Toothman, Greene County Commissioner, Waynesburg, PA

Laura Trejo, General Manager, City of Los Angeles Department of Aging

David Tuft, Fuel Cells 2000/Breakthrough Technologies Institute

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Loretta Van Coppenolle

Ann Vanek, Florida Wildlife Federation

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Lee H. Wallach, Interfaith Council

Steven P. Wallace, PhD, Professor, UCLA School of Public Health; Associate Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, Co-PI, Resource Center for Minority Aging Research Coordinating Center

Donald Welsh, Regional Administrator, EPA Region III [MD, PA]

Robert Welsh [PDF, 2 pp., 138kb], Johnson County Task Force on Aging

Phyllis Wetherby, President of First Pittsburgh Chapter of the National Organization for Women

Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [FL, MD]

Dennis Winters, Deputy Director, Clean Air Council

Charles Winterwood, Chair, White Pine Group, Sierra Club

Nancy Witt

Max Wolf [PDF, 3 pp., 128kb], Alliance for Retired Americans

Ileana Wyerman

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Dr. F. Eugene Yates [PDF, 7 pp., 590kb], Professor of Medicine Emeritus, UCLA

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Georgia Zannaras, Ph.D.[PDF, 3 pp., 144kb], AACOG Resource Recovery Manager

Carol Zernial, Director, Alamo Council of Governments, Bexar County Area Agency on Aging

Martin H. Zisner [PDF, 3 pp., 163kb], CIH, CSP, REHS, Safety Administrator, City of Los Angeles

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Office of the Administrator
Aging Initiative
1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Mail Code 1107A
Room 2512 Ariel Rios North
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Email: aging.info@epa.gov
Phone: 202-564-2188

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