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Officers & Membership

The members of ECOS are the state and territorial environmental protection agencies.

ECOS Officers:

ECOS President, Thomas Burack, Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services

ECOS Vice President, Teresa Marks, Director, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality

ECOS Secretary-Treasurer, Dick Pedersen, Director, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

ECOS Past President, Richard Opper, Director, Montana Department of Environmental Quality

Executive Committee

The governing body of ECOS, other than the general membership, is the Executive Committee, composed of the officers, the chairs/vice chairs of the standing committees, one primary and one alternate State representative from each EPA region, one State representative from the non-contiguous States and territories, and two liaison officials with the National Governors' Association.

As of 9/29/11

 Officers  Title  Name
   President  Thomas Burack, New Hampshire
   Vice President  Teresa Marks, Arkansas
   Secretary-Treasurer  Dick Pedersen, Oregon
   Past President  Richard Opper, Montana
 Committees  Chair  Vice Chair
 Air  Dick Pedersen, Oregon  Collin O'Mara, Delaware
 Water  Teresa Marks, Arkansas  David Paylor, Virginia
 Waste  John Mitchell, Kansas  Jay Ringenberg, Nebraska
 Compliance  Bob King, South Carolina  Tom Easterly, Indiana
 Planning  Sue Bangert, Wisconsin  Martha Rudolph, Colorado
 Cross-Media  Ted Sturdevant, Washington  Justin Johnson, Vermont

Region

Primary

Alternate

 I  Pattie Aho, Maine  Justin Johnson, Vermont
 II  Pedro Nieves, Puerto Rico  Bob Martin, New Jersey
 III  Collin O'Mara, Delaware  David Paylor, Virginia
 IV  Bob Martineau, Tennessee  Vacant
 V  Scott Nally, Ohio  Dan Wyant, Michigan
 VI  Steve Thompson, Oklahoma  Carlos Rubinstein, Texas
 VII  Mike Linder, Nebraska  John Mitchell, Kansas
 VIII  Martha Rudolph, Colorado  Amanda Smith, Utah
 IX  Colleen Cripps, Nevada  Vacant
 X  Larry Hartig, Alaska  Toni Hardesty, Idaho
 Islands  Vacant  Gary Gill, Hawaii
 NGA Liaison

 Daniel Esty, Connecticut

 Vacant