:::::::::::::US Forest Service: INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS: STAFF DIRECTORY::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

US Forest Service International Programs has seven main staff areas:

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If you would like more information on a specific program or activities within International Programs, please contact one of our staff via e-mail. If you need general information or would like to contact our office or call us at 1-202-273-4695.

Director's Office

Valdis E. Mezainis, Director - vmezainis@fs.fed.us
Whetten Reed, Special Assistant to the Director - whettenreed@fs.fed.us
Gary Barrett, Special Assistant to the Director - gbarrett@fs.fed.us
Yolanda Richardson, Special Assistant to the Director - yolandarichardson@fs.fed.us
Jannelle Starks , Debit Card Program Manager - jstarks@fs.fed.us
Brenda Dean, International Visitor Program Coordinator - bdean@fs.fed.us
Rima Eid, International Visitor Program Specialist - reid@fs.fed.us
Kristin Corcoran , International Visitor Program Specialist- kcorcoran@fs.fed.us
Misty Sidhu, International Visitor Program Specialist - msidhu@fs.fed.us
Kelli Young, International Visitor Program Specialist - kelliyoung@fs.fed.us
Emily Betz Close, International Visitor Program Specialist - eebetzclose@fs.fed.us
Kevin Misenheimer, Disaster Management Program Specialist - kmisenheimer@fs.fed.us
Laura Chapman, Disaster Management Program Specialist - lchapman@fs.fed.us
Lucia Schmit, Disaster Management Program Specialist - lschmit@fs.fed.us

Operations Group

Patricia Lucas, Program Leader - plucas@fs.fed.us
Ronald Ingram, Budget Analyst - reingram@fs.fed.us
Terri Edgell, Assistant International Travel Coordinator - tedgell@fs.fed.us
Sandy Farber, International Travel Coordinator - sfarber@fs.fed.us
Vanessa Felder Pinkney, Grants and Agreements Specialist - vanessafelderpinkney02@fs.fed.us
Lynette Gunter, Program Assistant - lagunter@fs.fed.us
Jonathan Midura, Technical Advisor - midura@bellsouth.net
Paolo Paqueo, Technical Advisor - paolopaqueo@gmail.com

Outreach and Partnerships Group

Karin Theophile, Program Leader - ktheophile@fs.fed.us
Liza Paqueo, Program Specialist - lvpaqueo@fs.fed.us
Tandra Williams, Program Associate - twilliams01@fs.fed.us
Noretta Short, Program Associate - nshort@fs.fed.us
Pari Henkai , Program Specialist - phenkai@fs.fed.us

Policy Group

Jerilyn Levi, Assistant Director - jlevi@fs.fed.us
Jennifer Conje, Policy Analyst - jconje@fs.fed.us
Aysha Ghadiali, Policy Analyst- ayshaghadiali@fs.fed.us
Shira Yoffe , Policy Analyst- syoffe@fs.fed.us

Disaster Assistance Support Program

Stephanie Savolaine, Assistant Director - ssavolaine@fs.fed.us
GIselle Zimmerman, Mission Preparedness Specialist
Chris Knobel, Disaster Program Specialist - cknobel@usaid.gov
Mike Mattfeldt, Disaster Program Specialist - mamattfeldt02@fs.fed.us
Garritt Craig, Disaster Program Specialist - gcraig@fs.fed.us
Sarah Altemus-Pope, Disaster Program Specialist - saltemus@fs.fed.us

Migratory Bird Program

Greg Butcher, Migratory Bird Program Coordinator - gsbutcher@fs.fed.us
Jim Chu, Migratory Bird Program Specialist - jchu@fs.fed.us

Technical Cooperation Group

Alex Moad, Assistant Director- amoad@fs.fed.us
Dana Moore, Climate Change Specialist - danammoore@fs.fed.us
Christa Anderson,Climate Change Specialist - christamanderson@fs.fed.us
Shelley Gardner, Illegal Logging Program Coordinator - shelleygardner@fs.fed.us
Matthew Edwardsen, Africa Program Coordinator - mpedwardsen@fs.fed.us
Lauren Chitty, Africa Program Specialist - lchitty@fs.fed.us
Stephanie Otis, Africa Program Specialist - srotis@fs.fed.us
Jim Beck, Africa Program Specialist - jamesbeck@fs.fed.us
Jason Ko, Africa Program Specialist - jmko@fs.fed.us
Brehan Doud, Africa Program Specialist - brdoud@fs.fed.us
Adam Welti, Africa Program Specialist - ajwelti@fs.fed.us
Cynthia Mackie , Asia-Pacific Program Coordinator - cmackie@fs.fed.us
Darcy Nelson, Asia-Pacific Program Specialist- darcynelson@fs.fed.us
Sasha Gottlieb, Asia-Pacific Program Specialist - sbgottlieb@fs.fed.us
Stephen Krecik, Asia-Pacific Program Specialist
Lara Peterson, Russia, Europe, & Near Asia Program Coordinator - lkpeterson@fs.fed.us
Nina Savransky , Russia, Europe, & Near Asia Program Specialist - nsavransky@fs.fed.us
Brad Kinder, Russia, Europe, & Near Asia Program Specialist - blkinder@fs.fed.us
Bella Gordon, Russia, Europe, & Near Asia Program Specialist
Shelia Slemp, Russia, Europe, & Near Asia Program Specialist - srslemp@fs.fed.us
Jennifer Peterson, Middle East Program Coordinator - jenniferpeterson@fs.fed.us
Chris Soriano, Middle East Program Specialist - csoriano@fs.fed.us
Natasha Marwah, Middle East Program Specialist -- nmarwah@fs.fed.us
Drew Gower, Middle East Program Specialist -- dgower@fs.fed.us
Richard Paton, Director of Lebanon Office -- rpaton@lri-lb.org
Liz Mayhew , Latin America, Caribbean & Canada Program Coordinator - lmayhew@fs.fed.us
Michelle Zweede, Latin America, Caribbean & Canada Program Specialist - mazweede@fs.fed.us
Ingrid Swenson, Latin America, Caribbean & Canada Program Specialist, imswenson@fs.fed.us
Michael Rizo, Latin America, Caribbean & Canada Urban and Community Program Specialist - mrizo@fs.fed.us
Camille McCarthy, Latin America, Caribbean & Canada Program Specialist, cmccarthy03@fs.fed.us
Alexandra Zamecnik, Latin America, Caribbean & Canada Program Specialist, azamecnik@fs.fed.us
Erin Carey, Latin America, Caribbean & Canada Program Specialist, ecarey02@fs.fed.us
Toby Bloom, Latin America, Caribbean & Canada Program Specialist, tlbloom@fs.fed.us
Ashley Warriner, Latin America, Caribbean & Canada Program Specialist, awarriner@fs.fed.us
Oscar Lai, Latin America, Caribbean & Canada Program Specialist, oalai@fs.fed.us
Carleen Yocum, Director of Peru Office -- cyocum@fs.fed.us

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