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Office of Public Affairs

Office: (703) 358-2220
Fax: (703) 358-1930
5275 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA
22041-3803

  • Gavin Shire - Chief, Office of Public Affairs
  • (Management and daily operations, Law Enforcement, Budget, Ecological Services (non-ESA-related))
    Email: Gavin_Shire@fws.gov
  • Office: (703) 358-2649
  • Cell: (703) 346-9123
  • Laury Parramore - Senior Public Affairs Specialist
  • (Migratory Birds, International Affairs, Monarch butterfly)
    Email: Laury_Parramore@fws.gov
    Office: (703) 358-2541
    Cell: (703) 589-6947
  • Vanessa Kauffman - Public Affairs Specialist
    (National Wildlife Refuge System, Endangered Species Act policies and regulations, Endangered Species Act foreign species, Wolf)
    Email: Vanessa_Kauffman@fws.gov
    Office: (703) 358-2138
    Cell: (571) 319-6342
  • Brian Hires - Public Affairs Specialist
    (Endangered Species Act domestic listings, and critical habitat, Native American Program, Sage Grouse)
    Email: brian_hires@fws.gov
    Office: (703) 358-2191

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