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Eugene Green
Designated Federal Officer
Good Neighbor Environmental Board
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Federal Advisory Committee Management and Oversight Division
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Mail Code: 1601-M
Washington, D.C. 20460
(P) 202-564-2432; (F) 202-564-8129
Email: 
green.eugene@epa.gov


GNEB Chair

Kimberly Collins, Ph.D.
Executive Director, William and Barbra Leonard Transportation Center, and
Professor of Public Administration
California State University
San Bernardino, CA


GNEB Vice Chair

Irasema Coronado, Ph.D.
Director and Professor
School of Transborder Studies
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ


GNEB Non-Federal, State, Local, Tribal Members for 2023-2025

Alejandro R. Barcenas
Public Works Director 
City of Nogales 
Nogales, AZ

Pending
New Mexico Environmental Department
Office of General Counsel

Santa Fe, NM

Christy Sangster-Begay
Director, Department of Environmental Protection
San Carlos Apache Tribe
San Carlos, AZ

Trent W. Biggs, Ph.D.
Professor of Geography
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA

Christopher Brown Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Geography
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM

Evaristo A. Cruz
Director of Community Development
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo

El Paso, TX

Larisa Ann Ford, Ph.D.
Deputy Program Manager
Sundance Consulting, Incorporated
Corpus Christi, TX

Pamela M. Giblin, Esq.
Board Member
B Carbon 
Austin, TX

Melisa E. Gonzales- Roses
Assistant Director for Community and
Economic Development Department, Lower Rio Grande
Valley (LRGV)
Development Council
Weslaco, TX

Yamilett K. Carrillo Guerrero, Ph.D.
Senior Program Manager, Binational
Resilience Initiative
Environmental Initiatives
San Diego Foundation
San Diego, CA

Josiah M. Heyman, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Center for Interamerican and Border Studies
University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX

Mignonne D. Hollis
Executive Director
Arizona Regional Economic Development Foundation

Sierra Vista, AZ

Jagdish Khubchandani, MBBS, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Public Health Science
College of Health, Education, and Social Transformation
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM

Richard Kirschner
Youth Representative (Advocate)
Placitas, NM

Mario C. Lopez
External Affairs Manager
Sempra Infrastructure
San Diego, CA

Joaquin Marruffo Ruiz       
Program Coordinator
Director's Office
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

Tucson, AZ

Stephen Mumme, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Political Science
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO

Jonathan K. Niermann
Chairman
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Austin, TX

Rob Roy 
Director, Environmental Protection Office
La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians
Pauma Valley, CA

Sabine Talaugon 
Deputy Secretary of Intergovernmental Relations
California Environmental Protection Agency
Sacramento, CA

Joaquin Murrieta-Saldivar, Ph.D.
Cultural Ecologist Director
Watershed Management Group
Tucson, AZ


GNEB Federal Members for 2023-2025

Rebecca Beavers, Ph.D.
Climate Policy Specialist
Office of the Secretary
U.S. Department of Transportation

Maria-Elena Giner, Ph.D., P.E.
Commissioner
U.S. Department of State
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States Section
El Paso, TX

Rafael DeLeon, Esq.
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Office of International and Tribal Affairs

Washington, D.C.

Jeffrey L. Payne, Ph.D.
Director
U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA
Charleston, SC

Brent Range
Program Manager – Inter-agency Borderland Coordinator and Field Communications
U.S. Department of Interior

Washington, D.C.

Carlos Suarez
State Conservationist (State Director)
Natural Resources & Conservation Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Davis, CA

Pending
Executive Director 
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Washington, D.C.

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