Meet the Steering Committee Members
Steering Committee Chair
David Whitehurst
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries,
Director, Bureau of Wildlife Resources
Steering Committee Vice Chair
Paul Johansen
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Wildlife Administrator
Executive Sub-Committee
Maryland Department
of Natural Resources
Science Program Manager
Lisa Mendelson-Ielmini
National Park Service, National Capital Region
Deputy Regional Director
Clyde Thompson
U.S. Forest Service
Forest Supervisor, Monongahela National Forest, WV
Additional Members
Ray Albright
National Park Service, Southeast
Reserach Coordinator
Gordon Batcheller
New York Department of Environmental Conservation
Chief of the Bureau of Wildlife
Doug Besler
Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture
Chair
Rick Durbrow
Environmental Protection Agency, Region IV
Planning Analysis Branch, Office of Policy and Management
Ken Elowe
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Northeast Assistant Regional Director - Science Applications
Ginny Kreitler
National Audubon Society
Senior Advisor, Energy & Environment
Mike LaVoie
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Fish and Wildlife Biologist
Danny Lee
U.S. Forest Service, Southern Research Station
Director Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center
Ellen Mecray
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Regional Climate Services Director, Eastern Region
Mike Piccirilli
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Chief of Federal Aid
Randy Pomponio
Environmental Protection Agency, Region III
Director
Bill Reeves
Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership
Co-Chair
Dave Russ
U.S. Geological Survey
Regional Executive,
Northeast Region
Jim Schaberl
National Park Service
Natural and Cultural Resource Division Chief, Shenandoah
Tom Shope
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Regional Director
Rebecca Tolene
Tennessee Valley Authority
Vice President of Natural Resources and Real Property Services
Mark Thurman
Tennessee Wildlife
Resources Agency
Biologist
Paul Wagner
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Senior Ecologist and Branch Chief
Karen Waldrop
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
Wildlife Division Director
Kendrick Weeks
North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commission
Biologist
Leroy Young
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
Director of the Bureau of Fisheries
