Planning Committee

  • Benjamin Badon, Emergency Response Advisor, Hess Corporation
  • Kevin Bailey, Principal, Emergency Preparedness & Response, ExxonMobil – Global Operations & Sustainability
  • Eugene Barlow, Crisis & Continuity/Emergency Management Advisor for the Gulf of Mexico & Canada, bp GoM
  • Shelley Bourgeois, Corporate Accounts Manager, Pace Analytical Services, LLC
  • Daniel Buchanan, MS, CSP, Training Manager, Emergency Services Training Institute (ESTI)/Industrial Incident Management, Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)
  • Steve Buschang, Physical Scientist/Research Program Manager, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
  • Craig Cook, Project Manager/Vessel Operations Coordinator, Texas General Land Office
  • Jennifer Crouch, CEM Advisor – GOM, Woodside Energy Ltd.
  • Jeff Davis, Regional Director-Upper Texas Coast, Texas General Land Office
  • Karolien Debusschere, Deputy Coordinator, Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office (LOSCO)
  • Dan Deptula, Operations Manager, EMSI
  • Mike Drieu, GOM CEM Manager, Occidental Petroleum Corporation
  • T.J. Dunnahoe, Vice President, Stantec
  • Jim Elliott, Chief Operating Officer, T&T Group of Companies
  • TJ Engstrom, Director Emergency Services, SET Environmental, Inc.
  • Cody Fisher, Chief, Emergency Response and Preparedness Division, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
  • Samuel Graves, Emergency Coordinating Officer ESF10, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
  • David Hill, Senior Emergency Response and Crisis Management Consultant, The Response Group
  • Michael Janskowski, Senior Response Officer, Texas General Land Office, Oil Spill Prevention & Response
  • Brandon Klopfenstein, Emergency Response Program Specialist, Colonial Pipeline Company
  • Brent Koza, State Scientific Support Coordinator, Research & Development, Texas General Land Office OSPR
  • Christopher Kuhlman, Project Toxicologist, CTEH, LLC.
  • Melanie Manville, Senior Emergency Preparedness & Response Advisor, Marine Well Containment Company
  • Buzz Martin, Emergency Response Specialist, Shell Emergency Management – PTS
  • Angie Martin, President, Spill Control Association of America (SCAA)
  • Jimmy Martinez, Deputy Director, Texas General Land Office
  • Gil Martinez, Emergency Response Advisor, Murphy Exploration & Production Co.
  • Brian Moore, GOM Senior EPR Advisor, Occidental Petroleum Corporation
  • Rhonda Murgatroyd, Managing Director, Wildlife Response Services, LLC
  • Eddie Murphy, Emergency Response Liaison, U.S. DOT PHMSA
  • Keith Nichols, Senior Scientist/Project Manager, CK Associates LLC
  • Raymond Oliveira, Regional Director of South Texas Coastal Zone, Texas General Land Office
  • Ed Owens, President, OCC Ltd
  • Kevin Palm, Technical Projects & BD, Cotton Logistics
  • Frank Paskewich, President, Clean Gulf Associates
  • Bob Patterson, Managing Director, Witt O’Brien’s, LLC / Ambipar Response
  • Stephen Pepper, Sr Consultant – PFAS Programs, CTEH, LLC.
  • Michael Roldan, Senior Consultant, Hazmat Safety Consulting
  • Brad Rutledge, Sr. VP Sales & Marketing, Balaena, Inc.
  • James Shuler, Emergency Response Manager, Energy Transfer Partners
  • Robert Simmons, Executive Associate, Environmental Science Services
  • Bruce Simons, Prevention and Preparedness Coordinator, Texas General Land Office
  • Brian Smith, Manager of Vessel Operations – Gulf, Campbell Transportation Company, Inc.
  • Jim Smith, Vice President of Business Services, E3 Environmental
  • April Steger, Vice President, Sales, CTEH, LLC.
  • D’Anne Stites, Compliance and Enforcement, Oil Spill Prevention and Response, Texas General Land Office
  • Matthew Tilimon, Emergency Management Specialist, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston
  • Andy Tirpak, Principal, A To Sea Environmental
  • CWO Brandon Todd, Emergency Management Specialist, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District
  • Vincent Velasquez, Sr. Emergency Preparedness & Response Advisor, Occidental Petroleum Corporation
  • CWO Michael Walker, Federal On Scene Coordinator Representative, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston
  • Jessica White, Deputy, NOAA Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center, NOAA
  • Christopher Wiatrek, Emergency Management Liaison, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)