APPENDIX J 

LIST OF PREPARERS 
J-1 

LIST OF PREPARERS 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

Polit, Juan – Project Manager 

M.S., Forest Ecology, 1992, University of Illinois 

 B.S., Forestry, 1989, University of Illinois 

Peconom, John – Assistant Project Manager 

B.S., Environmental Biology and Management, 2000, University of California at Davis 

Button, Van – Cultural Resources, Socioeconomics 

M.A., Anthropology, 1976, University of Arizona 

 B.A., Anthropology, 1973, Reed College 

Manco, Magdalene – Air Quality/Noise/Reliability and Safety 

B.S., Environmental Systems Engineering, 2004, Pennsylvania State University 

PBS&J 

Sutton, Kari - Project Manger: Proposed Action, Alternatives 

M.S., Wildlife Biology, 1997, Southwest Texas State University 

 B.S., Wildlife Biology, 1994, Southwest Texas State University 

Letson, Mike - Assistant Project Manger: Proposed Action, Alternatives, Reliability and Safety 

 M.S., Limnology, 1991, State University of New York, College at Brockport 

 B.S., Biology, 1988, State University of New York, College at Brockport 

Asteris, Kerry - Water Resources 

B.S., Environmental Science, 1996, Stephen F. Austin State University 

Branom, John - Wildlife and Aquatic Resources 

 B.S., Marine Biology, 2000, Southwest Texas State University 

Dusek, Heather - Air Quality and Noise, Wetlands, Vegetation 

M.S., Environmental Science, 1998. Stephen F. Austin State University 

B.S., Environmental Science and Ecology, 1997, Stephen F. Austin State University 

Fitzgibbons, Kim - Alternatives, Proposed Action 

M.S., Biology and Coastal Zone Studies, 1996, University of West Florida 

 B.S., Marine Science, 1994, University of South Carolina Coastal, Conway 

Fulmer, John - Cultural Resources 

M.S., Anthropology, 1992, University of Southern Mississippi 

 B.A., Anthropology, 1989, University of Southern Mississippi 

Gutierrez, Paula - Cumulative Impacts, Water Resources 

 M.S., Wildlife Science, 2001. Texas A&M University 

 B.S., Forest and Wildlife Management, 1998, Stephen F. Austin University 
J-2 

Jones, Melinda, P.G. - Geology 

M.S., Geology, 1997, Baylor University 

 B.A., Anthropology, 1993, Baylor University 

LaRue, Trisha - Cumulative Impacts 

M.S., Land Design and Management, 2004, Southwest Texas State University 

 B.S., Biology, 1998, Angelo State University 

Norton, Dale - Cultural Resources 

B.A., Anthropology, 1998, Southwest Texas State University 

Olday, Nathan - Threatened and Endangered Species 

B.S., Wildlife Ecology, 2000, Texas A&M University 

Porter, Nancy – Soils and Geology 

B.S., Anthropology, 2000, University of Houston 

Racki, Tabitha - Socioeconomics, Land Use, Recreation and Special Interest Areas, and Visual 

Resources 

B.S., Geography (Urban and Regional Studies), 1998, University of Iowa 

Silosky, Joanna - Threatened and Endangered Species, Water Resources, Vegetation 

B.A., Ecology, 2004, University of Illinois 

John Fields, Argent. Air Quality 

Post-graduate work Environmental Engineering, 1993 (no degree conferred), University of 

Houston 

M.S., Environmental Science, 1992, University of Texas at San Antonio 

B.S., Engineering Science, 1989, Trinity University