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About ECOS
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StaffStaff Backgrounds R. Steven Brown is the Executive Director. He joined ECOS in September 1996, after having assisted in ECOS' creation in 1993. He has worked on environmental protection since graduating from the University of Kentucky with an MS in Zoology and an MA in English in 1976. From 1985 to 1996 he was the director of The Council of State Governments' environmental policy center, where he conducted numerous environmental and technical policy studies on state-federal issues. He worked for Kentucky's Division of Air and the Division of Permits; later he spent four years with private engineering firms. A native Kentuckian, he is the author of numerous articles, monographs, and books on environment and technology. Some of the things Steve does for ECOS include:
Carolyn Hanson is the Deputy Executive Director at ECOS, assisting as the Chief Operating Officer of ECOS. She also supports the Compliance Committee. Before holding this position, she was a Senior Project Manager at ECOS working with the Waste Committee, the ECOS-DOD Sustainability Work Group, the Federal Facilities Forum, the Quicksilver Caucus, and the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC). She joined ECOS in September 2002 after working with the National Science Resources Center at the Smithsonian Institution to help develop an inquiry-based science curriculum. Prior to that she was a high school chemistry teacher in Asheville, North Carolina and Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Carolyn holds a B.S. in chemistry from Davidson College and a M.P.A. with a concentration in nonprofit management from George Mason University. She is originally from Florida. Jim Blizzard is serving as Senior Counselor while on an Intergovernmental Personnel Act Assignment from EPA's Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations. He is staffing the Air Committee and the Climate and Energy Subcommittee. Before his return to federal service, Jim worked with the Research Foundation of the State University of New York, as well as several secondary school systems, colleges, and universities. He also was elected to the Livonia Central School District's Board of Education, serving as President for the last two years of his term. During previous federal service, Jim served as Deputy Director of the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management in the National Oceanice and Atmospheric Administration, overseeing programs under the Coastal Zone Management Act, the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, and the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act. In addition, he oversaw implementation of the Marine Sanctuaries Program and the National Estuarine Research Reserve Program. He also served in the immediate office of Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige, with responsibilities for intergovernmental relations. He has state experience, having served on the staff of the New York State Assembly. Jim lives in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife Barbara, and has two grown sons.
Adam Fishman Adam joined ECOS as an intern for the summer of 2010. A rising junior at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, he will be spending his fall semester abroad, studying sustainable development and political issues in Copenhagen, Denmark. At school, Adam serves on the student government and student budget committee, and is a member of the environmental club. This past academic year, he worked to implement a revolving green fund on campus. Financed by an optional fifteen dollar per semester increase in student activities fee, the green fund will act as a vital resource for student-driven environmental initiatives on campus.
Lee Garrigan is a Senior Project Manager at ECOS, with primary responsibility for the Water Committee, Lean Government Project, EPA-ECOS Information Management Work Group (IMWG), Data Management Work Group (DMWG) and the Exchange Network Leadership Council (ENLC). Lee has extensive water policy and association experience, coming to ECOS after nearly 8 years of service as the Director of Legislative Affairs for the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) and as the Administrator for the Water Infrastructure Network (WIN). Previously in her career Lee worked for the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) and Edison Electric Institute (EEI). She gave up her career as a radio news anchor to move to the Washington, DC area to accept a political appointment at the U.S. Department of Labor. A native of Pennsylvania, she holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Beth Graves began work at ECOS in August 2007 to support the Planning Committee. Beth joins ECOS after having worked with the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources for 14 years. While at NC DENR, Beth worked for the Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance most recently supporting the department’s performance-based leadership program – the Environmental Stewardship Initiative - and leading work with industry, local governments, and hog producers on environmental management systems (EMS) related projects. Prior to these efforts, Beth worked with local governments on organics diversion, source reduction, and recycling initiatives and policy as well as grant and reporting efforts with local governments. Before beginning work in state government, Beth worked for a non-profit on a mixed paper/biosolids composting project with the City of Durham. Beth graduated from Duke University with a BA in Economics.
Farhaana Holsey is the first point of contact for ECOS. She supports all of the project managers and staff, handles the registration process for our meetings, and administers and maintains the ECOS Contacts Database. Matthew C. Jones is a Senior Project Manager with ECOS. Matt supports the work of the Cross-Media Committee and the Quicksilver Caucus. He also supports the work of the Federal Facilities Forum and the ECOS-DOD Sustainability Work Group, among other assignments. Prior to joining the ECOS full-time staff in February 2008, Matt worked as a City Planner with the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission in
Joanne Key is the Office and Grants Manager at ECOS. A retired federal civil service employee, Joanne is one of the longest serving ECOS staff members, having started in October 1996. She is responsible for all grants' fiscal and administrative accountability and reporting, management of the ECOS office including building liaison and a number of other administrative and logistics support areas. Joanne is a native Virginian. Some of the things Joanne does for ECOS include: Neomi Levy is the Comptroller for ECOS. She manages the accounting books, creates checks and invoices, and prepares financial statements. She joined ECOS on a permanent basis in May of 2007. Prior to working at ECOS, Neomi worked in the accounting departments of several other companies. Kelley Ann Lovelace is a project manager supporting the Toxic Release Inventory outreach project and the Exchange Network. Before coming to ECOS, Kelley authored a children's book entitled Ready, Set, Go Organic. She is a strong advocate of supporting local producers, and her family often buys directly from farmers in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, where she lives. She and her family lived in rural England from 2005 until 2008. She has also worked as a Desk Officer at the Federal Aviation Administration, where she was responsible for managing aviation safety projects in Eastern and Southern Africa under the Safe Skies for Africa Program. Prior to this, she was a Country Manager at the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, where she worked to advance economic development and the U.S. commercial interests in Russia and Eurasia, South Asia, Turkey, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Kelley earned her Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of Rochestr and her Master's degree in Russian Area Studies from Georgetown University. She grew up in upstate New York where she and her family took advantage of the natural beauty of the Adirondacks.
Greg McNelly Greg is a senior project manager for the National Environmental Information Exchange Network. Prior to joining ECOS, he was the Senior Environmental Scientist at the Water Environment Federation (WEF), where he was responsible for committees, projects, and educational services related to surface water quality, water reuse, and watershed management. A native of Ohio, Greg attended Miami University where he received a B.S. in Chemistry and an M.En. in Environmental Science.
Lia Parisien is a Senior Project Manager for ECOS. Lia staffs the ECOS Waste Committee and its projects, including a new five-year cooperative agreement with U.S. EPA to provide outreach for the Toxics Release Inventory. In her communications role, she serves as Chief Editor of ECOS publications including the weekly newsletter ECOSWIRE and monthly online publication ECOS Green Report. She edited the ECOS quarterly journal ECOStates for eight years and published several compendia of state environmental innovations. She also serves as ECOS’ media liaison. In the area of conference planning, Lia has planned more than 20 major meetings for the association, including semi-annual membership meetings, two special meetings spotlighting state environmental achievements, and two cooperative meetings with U.S. EPA. Lia joined ECOS in 1999 from Inside Washington Publishers (Publisher of Inside EPA), where she served as Group Manager and Chief Editor of a series of environmental newsletters and newsmagazines. Previously, she worked as a Production Assistant for CBS News 60 Minutes and in media relations. A summa cum laude graduate of The American University in Washington, D.C., she majored in foreign language and communication media and minored in international studies. Carolyn Sistare is the Administrative Assistant at ECOS, which she joined in March 1999. Carolyn is a native of Trinidad and Tobago and holds a Diploma in Spanish, English Literature and Economics from St. George's College. She is responsible for administrative and logistics support for various ECOS projects, including ITRC. Some of the things Carolyn does for ECOS includes:
Anna Willett is the Director of the Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC), a program of ECOS. ITRC is a private-public partnership with the mission of removing barriers to the acceptance and use of innovative environmental technologies and processes by providing information resources to the environmental community. Anna is a nationally recognized expert on in-situ (subsurface) remediation technologies. Her expertise includes chemical and biological treatment processes for groundwater and soil, as well as environmental chemistry and microbiology. Prior to coming to ECOS, she served as the industry representative on ITRC's Board of Advisors form 2005 to 2007 and launched ITRC's Industry Affiliates Program. Anna came to ECOS from Comprehensive Environmental Utility Services, LLC (CEUS), where she was a Senior Vice President and Partner. Prior to CEUS, Anna worked as a Senior Engineer at Haley and Aldrich, Inc. from 2005-2007, a Research and Development Manager for Regenesis from 2002 to 2005, and a Chemical Engineer at Pharmacia Corporation from 2000 to 2002. She holds an M.S. in chemical engineering from Northwestern Univeristy and a B.S. in biological engineering from Cornell University.
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