Education Workgroup Members

Co-Chairs:

Andrea Lindell, DNSc, RN
President, American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Dean, College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati

Ameesha Mehta, MPH
Project Manager, Office of Pesticide Programs
US Environmental Protection Agency

Facilitator: Susan West
National Environmental Education and Training Foundation

Members:

Timi Agar-Barwick
Association of Physician Assistant Programs

Amy Brown, PhD
Association of Pesticide Safety Educators
University of Maryland-College Park

Candace Burns, PhD, ARNP
National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties
University of South Florida

Joan Spyker Cranmer, PhD
University of Arkansas Medical School

Miriam Cruz
Equity Research

Kesner Flores, EMT
Cortina Indian Rancheria, Wintum Environmental Protection Agency

Rugh Henderson, MD, MPH
North American Agromedicine Consortium
Pennsylvania Agromedicine Program, Penn State School of Medicine

Matthew Keifer, MD, MPH
NIOSH Agricultural Health and Safety Centers
University of Washington

John McCarthy, PhD
American Crop Protection Association

Claudia Miller, MD
University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio

Madaleine Ochinang, MS
Formerly with the Consortium for Environmental Education in Medicine

Marcia Allen Owens, JD
Minority Health Professions Foundation

Annette Perez, RNC, MSN, CNM, PhD
American College of Nurse Midwives
University of Texas, El Paso - College of Health Sciences

J. Routt Reigart, MD
Medical University of South Carolina, Dept of Pediatrics

Elaine R. Rubin, PhD
Association of Academic Health Centers

Barbara Sattler, RN, DrPH
University of Maryland, School of Nursing

Leonel Vela, MD
Migrant Health Advisory Council and Texas Tech Health Sciences Center

Federal Agency Representatives

Elizabeth Blackburn, RN
Office of Children's Health Protection, US EPA

Jerome Blondell, PhD
Health Effects Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, US EPA

Barbara Brookmeyer
Division of Medicine, Bureau of Health Professions
Health Resources and Services Administration

Ruth Kahn, DNSc
Division of Medicine, Bureau of Health Professions
Health Resources and Services Administration

Dalton Paxman
Environmental Health Advisor, US Dept of Health and Human Services

Rosemary Sokas, MD, MOH
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

Delta Valente, MPA
Office Pesticide Programs, US EPA

Joan Weiss, PhD, PN, CRNP
Division of Nursing, Bureau of Health Professions
Health Resources and Services Administration

Peter Wood
US Department of Agriculture