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| > **REJANE "JOHNNIE" BURTON**                                         |
| >                                                                     |
| > Ms. Burton's appointment as Director, Minerals Management Service,  |
| > became effective on March 15, 2002. Ms. Burton's background         |
| > provides a solid mix of experience in state government, the oil and |
| > gas industry, and education. Since 1995, she served on the governor |
| > of Wyoming's cabinet as director of the Department of Revenue.      |
| > Before that, she served (1989-92) as vice-president of TCF Inc., an |
| > oil and gas exploration company based in Casper, Wyoming. Prior to  |
| > that, she was vice president of Dwights Energydata Inc., an         |
| > information company specializing in oil and gas databases. Ms.      |
| > Burton was also president and founder of Hotline Energy Reports     |
| > Inc., which later merged with Dwights Energydata Inc. Under her     |
| > leadership, Hotline Energy Reports Inc. built a historical database |
| > of all wells drilled for oil and gas in the 11 Rocky Mountain       |
| > States. Ms. Burton began her career in the oil and gas industry as  |
| > an oil scout in Casper, Wyoming, for Rinehart Oil News of San       |
| > Antonio, Texas. From 1982 through1988, Ms. Burton was a member of   |
| > the Wyoming State House of Representatives. She served as a member  |
| > of the Wyoming State Advisory Council of Education Grants           |
| > (1986-88), and also as director of the First Wyoming Bank in Casper |
| > from 1981 through 1984. She served as a member of the Independent   |
| > Petroleum Association of Mountain States Speaker's Bureau from 1977 |
| > through1979. Her career highlights also include positions as a      |
| > lecturer and teacher of French at the university and high school    |
| > levels and as a translator and interpreter for the J. F. Pritchard  |
| > Company in Paris, France, and Kansas City, Kansas. In1987, she was  |
| > honored as a "Friend of Education" by the Wyoming School Boards     |
| > Association. Ms. Burton is a member of the National Order of Women  |
| > Legislators and the American Association of Translators. She is     |
| > also a member of the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association  |
| > and served as its president, representing Wyoming from 2000 to      |
| > 2001. Born in French Algeria, Ms. Burton immigrated to the United   |
| > States in 1963 and became an American citizen in 1968. In 1958, she |
| > completed the Baccalaureat de l'Enseignement Secondaire (option     |
| > Philosophie) from the Lycee Fromentin in Algiers, Algeria. She      |
| > completed the Licence-es-Lettres, English, Diplome d'Enseignment    |
| > from the Universities of Algiers in Algeria and in Paris, France,   |
| > in 1962. She holds a master's degree (1974) from the University of  |
| > Wyoming. She studied at the University of Arkansas and has          |
| > completed management training by The Presidents Association and     |
| > Duke University.                                                    |
| >                                                                     |
| > **THOMAS READINGER**                                                |
| >                                                                     |
| > Mr. Readinger is the Associate Director of the Offshore Minerals    |
| > Management Program. He was appointed to this post in January 2002.  |
| > He is responsible for managing the MMS Offshore program to (1) help |
| > meet the nation's energy needs, (2) protect the ocean environment,  |
| > and (3) ensure the receipt of fair market value for resources       |
| > leased. Prior to this new appointment, Mr. Readinger was the Deputy |
| > Associate Director of OMM. In that capacity, he also served as the  |
| > chairman of the OMM Information Management Committee and led the    |
| > OMM effort to develop the new e-Government Transformation proposal  |
| > to increase the efficient and effective delivery of services to     |
| > agency stakeholders. Mr. Readinger has been involved with the OCS   |
| > program for 28 years. He joined the Federal Government in 1976 as   |
| > an economist with the Bureau of Land Management where he was        |
| > responsible for developing bidding systems and bid adequacy         |
| > procedures to ensure fair market value for OCS resources. From 1987 |
| > to 1997, he served as Program Director for the Office of OCS        |
| > Program Development and Coordination, where he developed and        |
| > implemented the OCS 5-year Oil and Gas Leasing Program for MMS. In  |
| > 1995, Mr. Readinger was awarded the Department of the Interior's    |
| > Meritorious Service Award for career-long contributions to the      |
| > development of procedures to ensure fair market value for public    |
| > resources. Since being promoted to the Senior Executive Service in  |
| > 1987, he has received numerous performance awards for contributions |
| > to program management and information technology advancements. Mr.  |
| > Readinger received a B.S. degree in Business Management from the    |
| > Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1972, and an M.A. degree in   |
| > Economics from American University in 1974. He received his Senior  |
| > Executive Certification in Public Administration from George        |
| > Washington University in 1987.                                      |
| >                                                                     |
| > **ROBERT P. LABELLE**                                               |
| >                                                                     |
| > Mr. LaBelle, as the Deputy Associate Director for Offshore Minerals |
| > Management, serves as Chief Operating Officer for the management of |
| > all facets of the Offshore Program, including policy development,   |
| > policy implementation, and program planning. He is responsible for  |
| > directing the implementation of Offshore's Strategic Plan and       |
| > serves as Executive Secretary for the Offshore Steering Committee,  |
| > as well as Chairman of the Offshore Information Management          |
| > Committee. Previously, as Chief of the MMS Environmental Division,  |
| > Mr. LaBelle was responsible for offshore oil and gas industry       |
| > compliance with all environmental requirements, including water and |
| > air quality, endangered species, oil spill risk analysis, and       |
| > archaeology, in all U.S. Federal waters. He oversaw a large         |
| > environmental research program and the preparation of Environmental |
| > Impact Assessments and other decision documents used for both       |
| > offshore energy and mining activities. In prior positions, Mr.      |
| > LaBelle was Chief of the MMS Technology Assessment and Research     |
| > Branch, where he led research on engineering and technical aspects  |
| > of offshore production and development. Previous positions at MMS   |
| > and USGS include Chief of the Environmental Operations and Analysis |
| > Branch, and Chief of the Branch of Environmental Modeling. Prior to |
| > joining Interior, Mr. LaBelle worked for Martin Marietta Corp. as   |
| > an environmental analyst on the siting of electrical power plants   |
| > and on assessing the effects of nuclear power stations on aquatic   |
| > species. Mr. LaBelle is a graduate of the University of             |
| > Massachusetts (BS), the University of Maryland (MS), and Loyola     |
| > College (MBA).                                                      |
| >                                                                     |
| > **THOMAS E. AHLFELD**                                               |
| >                                                                     |
| > Dr. Ahlfeld is a Biological Oceanographer in the MMS Environmental  |
| > Sciences Branch. He has over 25 years experience in marine          |
| > environmental research with emphasis on benthic ecology, marine     |
| > environmental monitoring, and biological effects of offshore oil    |
| > and gas development. He holds a B.S. degree in biology from Loyola  |
| > University (New Orleans) and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in biological   |
| > oceanography from Florida State University. Dr. Ahlfeld serves on   |
| > several U.S. interagency panels dealing with diverse marine         |
| > environmental issues including invasive species, coral reef         |
| > protection, and ecosystem management and served on the science      |
| > advisory panel for Mote Marine Laboratory of Sarasota, Florida. Dr. |
| > Ahlfeld recently published on resource management applications of   |
| > environmental research on chemosynthetic communities associated     |
| > with hydrocarbon seeps in the Gulf of Mexico and is currently       |
| > serving as Team Leader for the MMS Environmental Monitoring Working |
| > Group.                                                              |
| >                                                                     |
| > **COLLEEN (LEE) S. BENNER**                                         |
| >                                                                     |
| >                                                                     |
| >                                                                     |
| > Ms. Benner is an Oceanographer in the Environmental Sciences        |
| > Branch, Herndon, Virginia. She is the office specialist for efforts |
| > and studies dealing with endangered marine species as well as       |
| > non-endangered or threatened marine mammals, birds, and fish. Her   |
| > responsibilities include formulating and recommending environmental |
| > studies that support the MMS environmental program and oversees     |
| > projects as MMS Contracting Officer's Technical Representative or   |
| > Contract Inspector. In addition to Ms. Benner's responsibilities in |
| > developing and supporting studies, she also serves as the Branch    |
| > representative on several interagency working groups addressing     |
| > various marine environment related issues.                          |
| >                                                                     |
| > **MARY BOATMAN**                                                    |
| >                                                                     |
| > Dr. Boatman is the supervisor of the Studies Coordination Unit in   |
| > the Leasing and Environment Division of the Gulf of Mexico OCS      |
| > Region. She serves as a Contracting Officer's Technical             |
| > Representative for a number of Environmental Studies Program        |
| > contracts related to fates and effects and chemical issues in the   |
| > Gulf. She co-authored the white paper "Ocean Gas Hydrates Research  |
| > and Activities Review." She has a Ph.D. in chemical Oceanography    |
| > from Texas A&M University.                                          |
| >                                                                     |
| > **GREGORY S. BOLAND**                                               |
| >                                                                     |
| > Mr. Boland is a Biological Oceanographer/Fishery Biologist in the   |
| > Environmental Sciences Section, MMS New Orleans. He came to MMS in  |
| > 1998 with an M.S. in biological oceanography from Texas A&M         |
| > University. His areas of interest include deep-sea biology, coral   |
| > reef ecology, artificial reef ecology, and fishery biology. His     |
| > professional career includes 10 years with the consulting firm LGL  |
| > Ecological Research Associates where he was involved as Principal   |
| > Investigator for many of the major MMS-funded Gulf studies in the   |
| > 1980's, and 10 years with the Texas A&M Department of Oceanography  |
| > where he worked with Dr. Gil Rowe in a variety of benthic ecology   |
| > studies worldwide. He is also an active member of the MMS Dive Team |
| > using diving as an additional facet of studies management as well   |
| > as for environmental compliance monitoring.                         |
| >                                                                     |
| > **ELIZABETH BURKHARD**                                              |
| >                                                                     |
| > Ms. Burkhard is a Marine Biologist in the MMS Environmental         |
| > Sciences Branch. She holds a B.S. degree in Biology from the        |
| > College of William and Mary and an M.S. degree in Marine Science    |
| > from the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. Ms. Burkhard  |
| > serves on the interagency committee to implement the Executive      |
| > Order on Marine Protected Areas. She also coordinates information   |
| > needs and studies on decommissioning, alternative energy and other  |
| > marine biological studies. She is also involved in Studies Program  |
| > policy.                                                             |
| >                                                                     |
| > **JANE CARLSON**                                                    |
| >                                                                     |
| > Ms. is the Team Lead for Minerals Management Service.  She is a     |
| > contracting Officer with 30 years of government contracting         |
| > experience.  Her procurement background covers a wide range of      |
| > complex contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements including     |
| > research and development, statistical surveys and analyses, vessel  |
| > and aircraft charters, environmental, oceanographic and atmospheric |
| > surveys, transportation studies, and major electronic system        |
| > programs for the acquisition of advanced automation systems.        |
| >                                                                     |
| > **JIM CIMATO**                                                      |
| >                                                                     |
| > ** **                                                               |
| >                                                                     |
| > Mr. Cimato is a senior staff analyst in the Environmental Sciences  |
| > Branch.  He is responsible for developing MMS-wide policies and     |
| > procedures governing the formulation and implementation of the      |
| > Environmental Studies Program.  As an Oceanographer within the      |
| > branch, Mr. Cimato coordinates many of the fates and effects        |
| > studies within MMS and the Coastal Marine Institute program.  Mr.   |
| > Cimato worked in the private sector in oil pollution prevention     |
| > research before joining the Offshore Program in 1975.               |
| >                                                                     |
| > **CLEVE COWLES**                                                    |
| >                                                                     |
| > Dr. Cowles is Chief, Environmental Studies Section, Alaska OCS      |
| > Region. His responsibilities include managing a multi-disciplinary  |
| > staff to implement the Alaska environmental studies portion of the  |
| > MMS ESP. Dr. Cowles has been with the Alaska OCS Region since 1979, |
| > serving as Chief of the Environmental Studies Unit from 1983-1995,  |
| > and as Acting Chief of the Social and Economic Studies Unit from    |
| > 1992-1995.                                                          |
| >                                                                     |
| > **BARRY S. DRUCKER**                                                |
| >                                                                     |
| > Mr. Drucker is a Physical Scientist, Office of International        |
| > Activities and Marine Minerals. He is responsible for formulating   |
| > and recommending environmental studies in support of the MMS marine |
| > minerals program and for negotiating leases for the use of Federal  |
| > sand for beach and coastal restoration efforts. He develops         |
| > statements of work for funded studies and oversees projects as MMS  |
| > Contracting Officer\'s Technical Representative, as well as working |
| > with various Federal, State, and local entities in the development  |
| > of negotiated sand leases, environmental stipulations, and NEPA     |
| > documents.                                                          |
| >                                                                     |
| > **MARY ELAINE DUNAWAY**                                             |
| >                                                                     |
| > Mary Elaine Dunaway is a biologist in the Environmental Studies     |
| > Section in the Pacific Region. She oversees contracts pertaining to |
| > biology and fates and effects. Mary Elaine also team-leads MINT,    |
| > the MMS inhouse Intertidal Team. MINT collects data at 20 rocky     |
| > intertidal sites adjacent to OCS platforms in the tri-County area   |
| > and conducts independent research. Current responsibilities include |
| > oversight of MARINE, the Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network.     |
| > MARINE is a partnership of agencies and universities who monitor    |
| > rocky intertidal communities off California. MARINE with it's 20    |
| > members and partners now monitor 70 fixed sites biannually from     |
| > Oregon to San Diego, and conduct periodic comprehensive sampling    |
| > from Washington to the mainland of Mexico. Protocols are            |
| > standardized and data is placed in a shared database. Mary Elaine   |
| > provides expertise to joint State/Federal oil spill efforts,        |
| > particularly as it relates to groundtruthing the presence of        |
| > biological resources during a spill or drill. She has initiated a   |
| > new educational curriculum which presents math and scientific       |
| > method concepts through the tidepool and is working with several    |
| > Federal agencies on joint education workshops for science teachers. |
| >                                                                     |
| > **JOHN GOLL**                                                       |
| >                                                                     |
| > Mr. Goll is the Regional Director of the MMS Alaska Outer           |
| > ­Continental Shelf Office, since May 1997.  He is responsible for    |
| > oil and gas and other mineral leasing and oversight of industry     |
| > activities on the outer continental shelf off Alaska.  This ranges  |
| > from assessments of the oil and gas resources, preparation of       |
| > environmental analyses and research, coordinating with local,       |
| > state, tribal, and federal governments, and others interested in    |
| > the OCS program, and assuring that exploration and development on   |
| > the federal OCS is done safely and in the best interest of the      |
| > United States. Prior to becoming Regional Director, Mr. Goll headed |
| > the MMS's national environmental office and was responsible for the |
| > agency's nationwide environmental program, including NEPA and       |
| > research.  He was closely involved with the National Research       |
| > Council and GAO committees which reviewed MMS\'s environmental      |
| > studies program, and represented MMS on the Council's Ocean Studies |
| > Board project on improving the use of science in decision making    |
| > for coastal issues.  He has participated in training missions with  |
| > Russian environmental regulators in northwest Siberia and on        |
| > Sakhalin Island.  He also worked as a meteorologist with the U.S.   |
| > Geological Survey and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,       |
| > working on air quality modeling and assessments. Mr. Goll holds a   |
| > Bachelors Degree in Meteorology and Oceanography and a Masters      |
| > Degree in air pollution meteorology, both from the University of    |
| > Michigan.                                                           |
| >                                                                     |
| > **TIMOTHY R. HOLDER**                                               |
| >                                                                     |
| > Mr. Holder has been a Contracting Officer's Technical               |
| > Representative for economic studies and economist writing economic  |
| > impact analysis for Environmental Impact Statements for the MMS,    |
| > Alaska OCS Region, since 1990. Previously, he was a coordinator of  |
| > local, state, and federal agencies and interest groups for leasing  |
| > OCS for gold mining near Nome, Alaska, for the MMS. Prior to        |
| > joining the MMS in 1988, Mr. Holder was a Coastal Management        |
| > Planner for Nome, Alaska, and has held the position of urban        |
| > planner/economist for various consultants, regional planning        |
| > agencies, and local government in the Portland, Oregon, and         |
| > Detroit, Michigan, areas. Mr. Holder received his B.A. in Economics |
| > from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, in 1968, and his Master of      |
| > Urban Planning from Wayne State University, Detroit, in 1974.       |
| >                                                                     |
| > **WARREN L. HOROWITZ**                                              |
| >                                                                     |
| > Mr. Horowitz is an Oceanographer with the Environmental Studies     |
| > Section, Alaska OCS Region. He is responsible for formulating and   |
| > recommending environmental studies in support of leasing oil and    |
| > gas resources. He develops statements of work for funded studies    |
| > and oversees environmental studies as an MMS Contracting Officer's  |
| > Technical Representative (COTR). Disciplinary areas of expertise    |
| > include geographic information systems and modeling applications    |
| > for sea ice mapping, coastal oil spill trajectory models, spatial   |
| > databases of oil and gas activities, and marine meteorology.        |
| >                                                                     |
| > **JAMES J. KENDALL**                                                |
| >                                                                     |
| > Dr. James J. Kendall coordinates the Environmental Studies Program  |
| > (ESP) of the U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management  |
| > Service (MMS) and serves as Executive Secretary to the OCS          |
| > Scientific Committee. The MMS ESP is tasked with providing the      |
| > environmental and socioeconomic information necessary for MMS to    |
| > make informed decisions concerning offshore oil and gas and marine  |
| > minerals activities. Prior to joining the MMS Headquarters Office,  |
| > Dr. Kendall served as the ESP Studies Chief for the MMS Gulf of     |
| > Mexico OCS Regional Office in New Orleans, Louisiana. He received   |
| > his bachelor's degree in biology from Old Dominion University and   |
| > his Ph.D. in oceanography from Texas A&M University. Dr. Kendall    |
| > has conducted marine research in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and |
| > Red Sea.                                                            |
| >                                                                     |
| > **RONALD J. LAI**                                                   |
| >                                                                     |
| > Dr. Lai is a physical scientist in Environmental Sciences Branch in |
| > Herndon Office, Virginia, and is program coordinator for the        |
| > Physical Oceanography and Air Quality research. He assists in the   |
| > smooth and efficient running of the Environmental Studies Program.  |
| > He serves in the Technical Proposal Evaluation Committee (TPEC) to  |
| > award the contracts and oversights the progress of the funded       |
| > studies. He also serves as the Branch's technical liaison with      |
| > other federal agencies on physical science research and develops a  |
| > joint program as needed.                                            |
| >                                                                     |
| > **ALEXIS LUGO-FERNANDEZ**                                           |
| >                                                                     |
| > Dr. Lugo-Fernandez is an Oceanographer in the Gulf of Mexico OCS    |
| > Region.                                                             |
| >                                                                     |
| > **HARRY LUTON**                                                     |
| >                                                                     |
| > Dr. Luton is the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region's Sociologist for MMS\'s |
| > Environmental Studies Program. His University of Michigan Ph.D.     |
| > dissertation is on an Eskimo whaling community in northern Alaska.  |
| > Dr. Luton worked for the Agency in Alaska writing social and        |
| > subsistence sections of Environmental Impact Statements and         |
| > Statements of Work for socioeconomic studies. He has worked in      |
| > Headquarters in the Environmental Studies Branch. For the last      |
| > eight years he has developing socioeconomic studies in the Gulf and |
| > on serving as a Contracting Officer\'s Technical Representative.    |
| >                                                                     |
| > **CHARLES W. MONNETT**                                              |
| >                                                                     |
| > Dr. Monnett is a Marine Ecologist, Environmental Studies Section,   |
| > Alaska OCS Region. He is responsible for formulating and            |
| > recommending environmental studies in support of the MMS OCS        |
| > leasing program. He develops statements of work for funded studies  |
| > and oversees projects as MMS Contracting Officer\'s Technical       |
| > Representative.                                                     |
| >                                                                     |
| > **RICHARD D. NEWMAN**                                               |
| >                                                                     |
| > Mr. Newman is a Physical Oceanographer, Alaska Outer Continental    |
| > Shelf Region, Environmental Studies Section. He is responsible for  |
| > recommending environmental studies in support of the MMS            |
| > environmental studies program, developing statements of work for    |
| > funded studies, and overseeing projects as MMS Contracting          |
| > Officer's Technical Representative, as well as working in the       |
| > development of environmental impact statements and other NEPA       |
| > documents.                                                          |
| >                                                                     |
| > **CHRIS OYNES**                                                     |
| >                                                                     |
| > Mr. Oynes is the Regional Director, Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic OCS     |
| > Region. He has been the Regional Director since 1993 and thus has   |
| > overseen the doubling of OCS oil production from the Gulf during    |
| > that time. Mr. Oynes has previously served as the Deputy Regional   |
| > Director in the Gulf Region for 7 years and prior to that, he was   |
| > the Chief of the Leasing Management Division for the MMS in its     |
| > Headquarters office in Washington, DC. Mr. Oynes\' career with the  |
| > Department of the Interior began in 1975 as a mineral law           |
| > specialist with the Bureau of Land Management.                      |
| >                                                                     |
| > **FRED M. PILTZ**                                                   |
| >                                                                     |
| > Dr. Piltz is the Senior Environmental Scientist, Pacific OCS        |
| > Region.  He is responsible for the planning, implementation, and    |
| > management of the environmental studies for the Pacific OCS         |
| > Region.  Prior to his current position, he worked in applied        |
| > environmental impact assessment research as both a taxonomic        |
| > consultant and field scientist in Southern California and in the    |
| > Straits of Magellan, Chile.  His research experience includes       |
| > laboratory work on the effects of heavy metals on marine organisms, |
| > effects of oil spills on intertidal invertebrates, and effects of   |
| > municipal sewage outfalls on benthic invertebrate communities.      |
| >                                                                     |
| > **DICK PRENTKI**                                                    |
| >                                                                     |
| > Dr. Prentki is an Oceanographer in the Environmental Studies        |
| > Section, Alaska OCS Region. His responsibilities include developing |
| > and providing technical oversight for physical and chemical         |
| > oceanographic studies in the Alaska environmental studies portion   |
| > of the MMS ESP. Dr. Prentki has been with the Alaska OCS Region     |
| > since 1981, first in the Environmental Assessment Section and then  |
| > in the Environmental Studies Section.                               |
| >                                                                     |
| > **PASQUALE F. ROSCIGNO**                                            |
| >                                                                     |
| > Dr. Pat Roscigno is the Chief, Environmental Sciences Section, and  |
| > Gulf of Mexico OCS Region. He is responsible for managing the Gulf  |
| > of Mexico OCS Regions\' ESP. The Gulf studies support OCS           |
| > management decisions for the Western, Central, and Eastern Planning |
| > Areas of the Gulf. Prior to his current position, he served as the  |
| > Supervisor for the Gulf\'s Studies Plan Coordination Unit.          |
| >                                                                     |
| > **PAUL STANG**                                                      |
| >                                                                     |
| > Mr. Stang has been MMS's Alaska OCS Regional Supervisor for Leasing |
| > and Environment since July 1997. He oversees the region's leasing,  |
| > environmental studies, and environmental assessment activities.     |
| > Previously, he managed branches in MMS Headquarters with            |
| > responsibilities for lease sales, development of MMS's 5-year       |
| > leasing program, and long term planning. From 1977-1984, before     |
| > coming to MMS, Mr. Stang handled a variety of offshore oil and gas  |
| > and coastal zone management issues for the Department of the        |
| > Interior's Office of Policy Analysis. Prior to that, he headed      |
| > projects on coastal zone management, interdisciplinary ocean        |
| > research, and undersea science and technology development for the   |
| > National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency and deep ocean        |
| > technology development for the Navy's Deep Submergence Systems      |
| > Program.                                                            |
| >                                                                     |
| > **STEVE TREACY**                                                    |
| >                                                                     |
| > Mr. Treacy is Senior Wildlife Biologist, Environmental Studies      |
| > Section, Alaska OCS Region. He has been responsible for development |
| > of Statements of Work and contract administration on many upper     |
| > trophic species, particularly large whales.  Since 1987, he has     |
| > also been in charge of MMS\'s inhouse study, Bowhead Whale Aerial   |
| > Survey Project (BWASP).  As BWASP Research Manager and Principal    |
| > Investigator, he writes and publishes a detailed annual report      |
| > analyzing each fall migration of bowhead whales across the Alaskan  |
| > Beaufort Sea.                                                       |
| >                                                                     |
| > **LYNNETTE L. VESCO**                                               |
| >                                                                     |
| > Ms. Vesco is the Acting Regional Supervisor, Office of              |
| > Environmental Evaluation, Pacific OCS Region. She is responsible    |
| > for managing all aspects of the Environmental Evaluation Program    |
| > for the MMS Pacific OCS Region, which includes preparing            |
| > environmental reviews and analyses for the OCS oil and gas          |
| > activities, ensuring compliance with environmental conditions of    |
| > project approval, planning and managing the environmental studies   |
| > program, and communicating with affected customers. She is also     |
| > responsible for certain lease management functions such as lease    |
| > adjudication and company financial responsibility. Lynnette has an  |
| > M.A. in marine biology, and conducted research in rocky intertidal  |
| > communities for many years.                                         |
| >                                                                     |
| > **WILLIAM WASKES**                                                  |
| >                                                                     |
| > Mr. Waskes is an Oceanographer in the Leasing Division, Sand and    |
| > Gravel Section. He is responsible for supporting the division's     |
| > Environmental Coordinator in formulating and recommending           |
| > biological studies in support of negotiating leases for the use of  |
| > Federal sand for beach and coastal restoration efforts. He oversees |
| > consultations with NOAA Fisheries and Fish and Wildlife Service on  |
| > essential fish habitat and threatened and endangered species. He    |
| > assists in the development of NEPA documents and environmental      |
| > stipulations for negotiated sand leases.                            |
| >                                                                     |
| > **KATE WEDEMEYER**                                                  |
| >                                                                     |
| > Ms. Wedemeyer is a Fisheries Oceanographer in the Alaska            |
| > Environmental Studies office. She is responsible for recommending   |
| > and overseeing fisheries studies related to Outer Continental Shelf |
| > oil and gas leasing activities as an MMS Contracting Officer's      |
| > Technical Representative. Ms. Wedemeyer also oversees a number of   |
| > physical oceanography and contaminant study contracts. She has been |
| > responsible for Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) analyses and           |
| > inter-agency coordination on the recent Multi-year Beaufort Sea and |
| > Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale EIS's for the Alaska office.      |
| >                                                                     |
| > **RICHARD F. WILDERMANN**                                           |
| >                                                                     |
| > Mr. Wildermann is the Chief, Environmental Division.  He provides   |
| > oversight, policy guidance, and direction for all Offshore          |
| > environmental issues, including the Environmental Studies Program,  |
| > environmental analysis activities, and compliance with              |
| > environmental laws and regulations.  Mr. Wildermann has been with   |
| > the OCS Program since 1978.                                         |
| >                                                                     |
| > **DEE WILLIAMS**                                                    |
| >                                                                     |
| > Dr. Williams is a Sociocultural Specialist for the Alaska Region of |
| > Minerals Management Service. He is responsible for preparing and    |
| > administering Alaska offshore sociocultural research as Contracting |
| > Officer's Technical Representative, and for developing new research |
| > designs and anticipated study needs. He has a broad international   |
| > and intercultural background in development studies and resource    |
| > management consulting, with many publications in academic journals  |
| > and book presses.                                                   |
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