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Officers & Membership

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

ECOS Officers:

ECOS President, Michael J. Linder, Director, Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality

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

ECOS Secretary Treasurer, Thomas Burack, Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services

ECOS Past President, David Paylor, Director, Virginia 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 10/15/09

 Officers  Title  Name
   President  Michael Linder, Nebraska
   Vice-President  Richard Opper, Montana
   Secretary-Treasurer  Thomas Burack, New Hampshire
   Past President  David Paylor, Virginia
 Committees  Chair  Vice-Chair
 Air  Amey Marrella, Connecticut  Dick Pedersen, Oregon
 Water  Tom Easterly, Indiana  Lucy Edmondson, Massachusetts
 Waste  John Mitchell, Kansas  Jay Ringenberg, Nebraska
 Compliance  Cindy Tuck, California  Bob King, South Carolina
 Planning  Leo Drozdoff, Nevada  Chris Korleski, Ohio
 Cross-Media  Shari Wilson, Maryland  Ted Sturdevant, Washington

Region

Primary

Alternate

 I  Justin Johnson, Vermont  Amey Marrella, Connecticut
 II  Pedro Nieves, Puerto Rico  New Jersey
 III  Bob Zimmerman, Delaware  Barbara Sexton, Pennsylvania
 IV  Trudy Fisher, Mississippi  Michael Sole, Florida
 V  Doug Scott, Illinois  Vacant
 VI  Teresa Marks, Arkansas  Steve Thompson, Oklahoma
 VII  Vacant  John Mitchell, Kansas
 VIII  John Corra, Wyoming  Vacant
 IX  Cindy Tuck, California  Leo Drozdoff, Nevada
 X  Dick Pedersen, Oregon  Larry Hartig, Alaska
 Islands  Vacant  Laurence Lau, Hawaii
 NGA Liaison

 Richard Opper, Montana

 Leo Drozdoff, Nevada