Chair:  Terry L. Polen
Small Business Ombudsman
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
601 57th Street
Charleston, WV 25304
304-926-0440, x1381
304-926-0498 (F)
304-389-7520 (cell)
terry.l.polen@wv.gov

Vice Chair:  Sara Johnson
Small Business Ombudsman and Small Business Technical Assistance Program Manager
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
P.O. Box 95
29 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
603/271-1379
603/271-2867 (F)
sara.johnson@des.nh.gov 

Region

Representative

Alternate

1

Sara Johnson
Small Business Ombudsman and Small Business Technical Assistance Program Manager
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
P.O. Box 95
29 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
603/271-1379
603/271-2867 (F)
sara.johnson@des.nh.gov 

2

Harry Ching, PE
Small Business Environmental Assistance Program
New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12207
518-402-7462
518-402-8562 (F)
800-780-7227 (state)
harry.ching@efc.ny.gov

Ed Bakos
New Jersey DEP
Pollution Prevention & Community Right to Know
Small Business Assistance Program
P.O. Box 433
Trenton, NJ 08625-0433
609/292-1959
609/292-1816 (F)
edward.bakos@dep.state.nj.us  

3

Susan Foster
Air Quality Program Specialist
Compliance Assistance and Pollution Prevention Section
Pennsylvania Bureau of Air Quality
P.O. Box 8468
Harrisburg, PA 17105
717/787-7019
717/772-2303 (F)
sufoster@state.pa.us

Patti Higgins
Air Compliance Engineer
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Office of Air Compliance Coordination & Small Business Assistance
P.O. Box 1105
8th Floor
Richmond, VA  23218
804/698-4065
patti.higgins@deq.virginia.gov 

4

Teresa Shiflett
Ombudsman/Program Manager
Georgia SBEAP
Georgia Department of Natural Resources/Environmental Protection Division (DNR/EPD)
4244 International Parkway, Suite 120
Atlanta, GA 30354
404/675-1819
404/363-7100 (F)
teresa.shiflett@dnr.state.ga.us

Jennifer Carter
Special Projects Officer
Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
Environmental Resource Center
P.O. Box 2249
Jackson, MS 39225-2249
601/961-5676
601/961-5524 (F)
800/725-6112 (state)
jennifer_carter@deq.state.ms.us

5

Erin Conley
SBEAP - Illinois DCEO
500 East Monroe S-5
Springfield, IL 62701
217/785-4557
217/557-2853(F)
erin.conley@illinois.gov

Troy Johnson
Minnesota PCA/SBEAP
520 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155
651-757-2169
651-297-8701 (F)
800-657-3938 (state)
troy.johnson@state.mn.us

6

7

Lucy Thompson
Missouri DNR
Air Pollution Control Program
P.O. Box 176
1659 E. Elm
Jefferson City, MO 65101
573-526-2414
573-751-2706 (F)
lucy.thompson@dnr.mo.gov

Ryan Hamel
Pollution Prevention Institute
Kansas State University
11811 S Sunset Drive, Suite 1500
Olathe, KS 66061-7057
913/715-7018
913/715-7005 (F)
ryan.hamel@jocogov.org

8

Christine Hoefler
SBAP/CDPHE
APCD/SS/B-1
4300 Cherry Creek Drive, South
Denver, CO 80246-1530
303/692-3148
303/782-0278 (F)
christine.hoefler@state.co.us

9

La Ronda Bowen
Ombudsman
California Air Resources Board
1001 I Street, 24th Floor
P.O. Box 2815
Sacramento, CA 95814
916/327-5762
916/322-4737 (F)
lbowen@arb.ca.gov

Joan M. Meitl
Environmental Assistance Coordinator
Idaho Small Business Development Center
Boise State University
1910 University Drive
Boise, ID 83725-1655
208/426-1839
208/426-3877 (F)
joanmeitl@boisestate.edu

EPA ASBO

Joan Rogers
US EPA
Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP)
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (MC 1230T)
Washington, DC  20460
202/564-6568
202/566-1505 (F)
rogers.joanb@epa.gov

EPA SBAP, OAQPS

Jan King
US EPA OAQPS
109 T.W. Alexander Drive
Mail Code C304-05
Research Triangle Park, NC  27709
919/541-5665
king.jan@epa.gov 

Nat'l CAP (Chair)

Dale Kaplan - Region 3
Kaplan's Careful Cleaners
3607 Market Street
Camp Hill, PA  17011
717/737-0572
717/979-7787 cell
kaplans1@aol.com