Planning Committee

State Host: Jimmy Martinez, Deputy Director, Texas General Land Office

  • Michael Baccigalopi, Crisis and Continuity Management / Emergency Response Advisor, bp GoM
  • Ben Badon, Emergency Response Advisor, Hess Corporation
  • Eugene Barlow, Crisis & Continuity/Emergency Management Advisor for the Gulf of Mexico & Canada, bp GoM
  • Angela Barrow, Global Enterprise Manager, Emergency Management, Chevron
  • Nick Benson, CFO, FCOE, SSU, SCCM, Leader, Crisis and Continuity Management, Equinor US
  • Daniel Buchanan, MS, CSP, Training Coordinator – Industrial Preparedness Program, TEEX | Emergency Services Training Institute
  • Steve Buschang, Physical Scientist/Research Program Manager, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
  • Josh Clifford, Operations Manager, QualiTech Environmental, Inc.
  • Charles (Chaz) Comerford, Regional Manager, National Response Corporation, a US Ecology Company
  • Craig Cook, Project Manager/Vessel Operations Coordinator, Texas General Land Office
  • Jennifer Crouch, Principal CEM – GOM, Woodside Energy Ltd
  • Cory Davis, President, WCD Consulting, Inc.
  • Jeff Davis, Regional Director-Upper Texas Coast, Texas General Land Office
  • Karolien Debusschere, Ph.D., Deputy Coordinator, Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office (LOSCO)
  • Dan Deptula, (Capt. U.S. Coast Guard, ret.), Operations Manager, EMSI
  • Paige Doelling, Ph.D., Scientific Support Coordinator, Texas and SW Louisiana, NOAA
  • Capt. Keith Donohue, Sector Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston
  • Jessie Dowda, Emergency Response Consultant, ConocoPhillips
  • Mike Drieu, GoM CEM Manager, Occidental Petroleum Corporation
  • T.J. Dunnahoe, Vice President, Stantec
  • Jim Elliott, Chief Operating Officer, Teichman Group, LLC
  • Nelson Fetgatter, President, Phoenix Pollution Control
  • Cody Fisher, PE, BCEE, Chief, Emergency Response and Preparedness Division, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
  • Keely Fitzpatrick, PMP, Sr. Business Performance Consultant, Marine Spill Response Corporation
  • Barry Forsythe, Ph.D., National Spill Response Coordinator, US Fish & Wildlife Service
  • Nicole Franks, President, NJ Resources, Inc.
  • Nick Furnari, Emergency Preparedness & Response Manager, Marine Well Containment Company
  • John Gerken, Vice President, Pace Analytical Services, LLC
  • Samuel Graves, Emergency Coordinating Officer ESF10, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
  • Craig Hyder, Corporate Emergency Preparedness Manager, Marathon Petroleum Company, LP
  • Brandon Klopfenstein, Emergency Response Program Specialist, Colonial Pipeline Company
  • Brent Koza, State Scientific Support Coordinator, Texas General Land Office
  • Lawrence Malizzi, Senior Manager, Ramboll
  • Buzz Martin, Ph.D., Emergency Response Specialist, Shell Emergency Management – PTS
  • Rhonda Murgatroyd, Managing Director, Wildlife Response Services, LLC
  • Eddie Murphy, Emergency Management Liaison, U.S. DOT PHMSA
  • Vince Nacewski, Principal, GHD Services, Inc.
  • Tim Nedwed, Ph.D., OSR Principal Advisor, ExxonMobil Corporation
  • JT Newman, President, E3 Environmental
  • Alex Nunez, Kills and Spills Team, Region 4 Coordinator, Texas Parks & Wildlife
  • Frank Paskewich, President, Clean Gulf Associates
  • Bob Patterson, Managing Director, Witt O’Brien’s
  • Stephen Pepper, Sr. Consultant – PFAS Programs, CTEH, LLC.
  • Allyson Purcell, HSE Coordinator – CM&ER, ConocoPhillips
  • Brian Reilly, Senior Environmental Scientist, CK Associates LLC
  • Kenny Rhame, CIO, The Response Group
  • Brad Rutledge, Sr. VP Sales & Marketing, Balaena, Inc.
  • James Shuler, Emergency Response Manager, Energy Transfer Partners
  • Robert Simmons, PE, Executive Associate, Environmental Science Services
  • Bruce Simons, Prevention and Preparedness Coordinator, Texas General Land Office
  • D’Anne Stites, Enforcement and Compliance Coordinator, Texas General Land Office
  • John Temperilli, President, Garner, a KSOLV Group Company
  • 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
  • Ralph Vicente, Director of Field Operations – Environmental, Cotton Logistics