Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and 

Surveillance (ABLES) Program State Contacts

April 2024 

Alabama 

Sherri L. Davidson, MPH

Interim State Epidemiologist

Infectious Disease & Outbreak Division

Alabama Department of Public Health

201 Monroe Street, Suite 1450

Montgomery, AL 36104

Telephone: (334) 206-2050

Fax: (334) 206-3734

Email: Sherri.Davidson@adph.state.al.us

Alaska

Stacey Cooper

Health Assessor

State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

Environmental Public Health Program

3601 C Street, Suite 540

Anchorage, AK

Phone: (907) 269-8016

Fax: (907) 562-7802

E-mail: stacey.cooper@alaska.gov

Sarah Yoder, PhD

Environmental Public Health Program Manager

Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

Phone: (907) 269-8054

E-mail: sarah yoder@alaska.gov

Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Home Page
Arizona

Carmen Tirdea, MPH

Epidemiologist, Office of Environmental Health

Arizona Department of Health Services

150 N. 18th Avenue, Suite 140

Phoenix, AZ 85007

Telephone: 602-364-3847

Email: carmen.tirdea@azdhs.gov

Eric T. Thomas, MSA

Chief, Office of Environmental Health

Arizona Department of Health Services

150 N. 18th Avenue, Suite 140

Phoenix, AZ 85007

Telephone: 602-364-3142

Email: eric.thomas@azdhs.gov

Arizona Department of Health Services

California

Brandi Loper, MS, MPH

Surveillance Epidemiologist

Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (OLPPP)

Occupational Health Branch

California Department of Public Health

850 Marina Bay Pkwy, P-3, Richmond, CA 94804

Telephone: (510) 620-5726

Fax: (510) 620-5743

E-mail: brandi.loper@cdph.ca.gov

Jacqueline Chan, CIH

Acting Chief, Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (OLPPP)

California Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Branch

850 Marina Bay Pkwy, P-3, Richmond, CA 94804

Telephone: 279-667-0353

E-mail: Jacqueline.Chan@cdph.ca.gov
Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

Colorado

Kristen Fedak, MEM, PhD

Occupational Health Unit Supervisor

COVID-19 Industry Team

Division of Disease Control and Public Health Response

4300 Cherry Creek Drive South

Denver, CO 80246

Telephone: (413) 374-2641

Email: fedak@state.co.us

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Connecticut

Amanda M. DeLoreto, MPH

Program Director; Occupational Health Program

State of Connecticut Department of Public Health

410 Capitol Avenue, MS# 11EOH

PO. Box 340308

Hartford, Connecticut 06134-0308

Telephone: (860) 509-7513

Fax: (860) 509-7785

E-mail: amanda.deloreto@ct.gov

Connecticut Department of Public Health Occupational Health

Florida

Ashley Gent, MPH

Surveillance Methods Unit Manager

Surveillance Section – Bureau of Epidemiology

Division of Disease Control and Health Protection

Florida Department of Health

4025 Esplanade Way

Tallahassee, FL 32399

Office: (850) 901-6940

Work Cell: (850) 408-0037
Fax: (850) 414-6894

Email: Ashley.Gent@flhealth.gov

Jared Jashinsky, PhD

Surveillance Section Administrator

Bureau of Epidemiology

Division of Disease Control and Health Protection

Florida Department of Health

4025 Esplanade Way

Tallahassee, FL 32399

Office: (850) 850-245-0509

Work Cell: (850)-294-4605

Fax: (850) 414-6894

Email: Jared.Jashinsky@flhealth.gov

Sudha Rajagopalan

Lead Poisoning Prevention Coordinator

Bureau of Epidemiology, Division of Disease

Control and Health Protection

Florida Department of Health

4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A 12

Tallahassee, Florida 32399

Telephone: (850) 245-4003

E-mail: Sudha.Rajagopalan2@flhealth.gov

Florida Department of Health

Georgia

Christy Kuriatnyk, MSPH, REHS

Georgia Healthy Homes Program Director

Georgia Department of Public Health

Environmental Health Section

2 Peachtree Street N.W., Suite 13-462

Atlanta, GA 30303

Telephone: (404) 656-2459

Fax: (404)463-4309

E-mail: clkuriatnyk@dhr.state.ga.us
Yu Sun, MD, MPH

Epidemiologist

Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

Georgia Department of Public health

2 Peachtree Street N.W., Suite 13th Floor

Atlanta, GA 30303

Telephone: (404) 657-5234

Fax: (404) 463-4309

E-mail: Sun@dph.ga.gov

Hawaii 

Diana Felton, MD

Hawaii Department of Health

Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response

2385 Waimano Home Rd #100

Pearl City, HI 96782

Telephone: (808) 586-4249

Illinois

Matthew Swenny

Occupational Disease Registry Manager

Division of Epidemiologic Studies

Illinois Department of Public Health

535 W. Jefferson St., 3rd Floor

Springfield, IL 62761

Telephone: (217) 557-5663

Fax:(217) 524-1770

E-mail: Swenny@illinois.gov

Jane Fornoff

Telephone: (217) 785-1873

E-mail: fornoff@illinois.gov

Illinois Department of Public Health

Occupational Disease Registry
Indiana

Paul Krievins (he/him)

Director

Lead and Healthy Homes Division

2 N. Meridian St.

Indianapolis, IN 46204

Office: (317) 233-7197

Mobile: (317) 407-1203

Fax: (317) 233-1630

E-mail: pkrievins@isdh.in.gov

Indiana State Department of Health

Iowa

Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) program

Division of ADPER & EH

Iowa Department of Public Health

321 E. 12th Street

Des Moines, IA 50319

E-mail: epht@idph.iowa.gov

Iowa Department of Public Health Occupational Health and Safety 

Surveillance

Iowa Department of Public Health Occupational Health and Safety 

Surveillance ABLES Program

Kansas 

Farah S. Ahmed, MPH, PhD

State Epidemiologist/Environmental Health Officer

Kansas Department of Health & Environment

Bureau of Epidemiology and Public Health Informatics

Curtis State Office Building

1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 130

Topeka, KS 66612-1365
Telephone: (785) 296-6426

E-mail: farah.ahmed@ks.gov

Jessica Willard, Program Manager

Kansas Department of Health and Environment

1000 SW Jackson, Suite 130

Topeka, KS 66612

Telephone: (785) 296-3849

E-mail: Jessica.Willard@ks.gov

Kentucky

Bethlyn Shepherd, MPH

Epidemiologist

Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP)

Kentucky Department for Public Health

275 East Main Street, HS2W-A 

Frankfort, KY 40621

Telephone: (502) 564-2154, ext. 4416

Fax: (502) 564-5766

E-mail: bethlynm.shepherd@ky.gov

Louisiana

Devin Metoyer, MPH

ABLES Coordinator, Occupational Health and Injury Surveillance Program

Louisiana Department of Health

Office of Public Health

Section of Environmental Epidemiology & Toxicology

1450 Poydras St., Suite 1631

New Orleans, LA 70112

Telephone: (504) 568-8159

Fax: (225) 242-0496

E-mail: Devin.Metoyer@LA.gov

Anna Reilly, Ph.D., MPH

Principal Investigator
Occupational Health and Injury Surveillance Program

Telephone: (504) 568-8160

Fax: (504) 568-8149

E-mail: Anna.Reilly@LA.gov

Maine

Andrew E. Smith, SM, ScD

State Toxicologist Director, Environmental and Occupational Health 

Programs

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Department of Health and Human Services

11 State House Station

Augusta, ME 04333-0011

Telephone: (207) 287-5189

Fax: (207) 287-3981

E-mail: e.smith@maine.gov

Environmental and Occupational Health Program

Maryland 

Ezatollah Keyvan-Larijani, MD, Dr.PH

Maryland Department of the Environment

Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

1800 Washington Blvd., Suite 630

Baltimore, MD 21230

Telephone: (410) 537-3987

Fax: (410) 537-4112

E-mail: keyvan@maryland.gov

Maryland Department of the Environment Lead Poisoning Prevention 

Program

Massachusetts 

Michael Flanagan

Director

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Department of Labor Standards

100 Cambridge St, Suite 500;

Boston, MA 02114

Telephone: (617) 626-6958

FAX: (617) 626-6945

E-mail: Flanagan@Mass.gov

Kevin P. Casey

Program Coordinator I

Department of Labor Standards

100 Cambridge Street, Suite 500

Boston, MA 02114

Tel. (617)-626-6836

Email: Kevin.P.Casey@mass.gov

Massachusetts Labor and Workforce Development – Lead Program

Michigan

Kenneth D. Rosenman, MD

Professor of Medicine

Chief of the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Michigan State University

College of Human Medicine

Department of Medicine

Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

909 Wilson Road, Room 118 West Fee Hall

East Lansing, MI 48824

Telephone: (517) 353-1846

Fax: (517) 432-3606

E-mail: Rosenman@msu.edu

Grace Hotchkiss, MPH

Research Assistant I/S

ABLES and Heavy Metal Coordinator

Michigan State University

College of Human Medicine

Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
909 Wilson Road, West Fee Hall Room 118

East Lansing, MI 48824

Phone: 517-353-1955

Office Fax: 517-432-3606

Email: hotchk46@msu.edu

Michigan State University, Occupational & Environmental Medicine website

Minnesota

Stephanie Yendell, DVM, MPH

Sr Epidemiologist Supervisor

Lead/Healthy Homes Program

Environmental Health

Minnesota Department of Health

625 North Robert Street

Paul, MN 55155-2538

Telephone: (651) 201-4894

Fax: (651) 201-4727 

E-mail: stephanie.yendell@state.mn.us

Minnesota Department of Health website on Lead Poisoning Prevention

Mississippi

Lei Zhang, PhD, MBA

Occupational Health Surveillance Program

Office of Health Data and Research

Mississippi State Department of Health

570 East Woodrow Wilson Avenue

Jackson, MS 39216-4538

Phone:601-576-8165

Fax: 601-576-8168

E-mail: Lei.Zhang@msdh.ms.gov

Missouri

Cathy Wood, MPH

Epidemiologist
Bureau of Environmental Epidemiology

Division of Community and Public Health

Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services

PO Box 570 

Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570

Telephone: 573-751-6102

Fax: 573-526-6946

Email: Cathy.Wood@health.mo.gov

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Service

Montana 

Emily Healy

Epidemiologist

Montana Occupational Health and Safety Surveillance Program

1805 Prospect Ave

Helena, MT 59601

Telephone: 406-444-1722

E-mail: emily.healy@mt.gov

Nebraska

Derry Stover

Epidemiologist

Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services

301 Centennial Mall South

Lincoln, NE 68509-5026

Telephone: (402) 471-2822

Fax: (402) 471-3601

E-mail: dhhs.epi@nebraska.gov

New Hampshire

Beverly Baer Drouin

Section Administrator

Healthy Homes & Environment Section

Division of Public Health Services

NH Department of Health & Human Services
29 Hazen Drive

Concord NH 03301 – 6504

Phone: 603-271-8128

Fax: 603-271-3991

Email:J.Drouin@Dhhs.NH.gov

Karla R. Armenti, MS, ScD

Research Assistant Professor

Principal Investigator, NH Occupational Health Surveillance Program

Institute on Disability/UCED

University of New Hampshire

10 West Edge Drive

Durham, NH 03824

Phone: (603) 862-2923 Relay: 177

Fax: (603) 228-3270

E-mail: armenti@unh.edu

Occupational Health Surveillance Program

New Jersey

Marija Borjan, PhD, MPH

Research Scientist II

New Jersey Department of Health

Occupational Health Surveillance Unit

135 East State St.

P.O. Box 369

Trenton, NJ 08625-0369

Phone: 609-913-5105

Fax: 609-826-4983 

E-mail: Marija.Borjan@doh.nj.gov

General Information Telephone: (609) 826-4984

Occupational Health Surveillance Program
New Mexico

Srikanth Paladugu, MBBS, MPH, MBA

Bureau Chief

Environmental Health Epidemiology Bureau

Epidemiology and Response Division

1190 S St. Francis Dr, Suite 1300

Santa Fe, NM 87505

Phone: (505) 476-3549 (M,W,F); 505-841-5893 (T,Th)

Fax: (505) 827-2110

Email: Srikanth.Paladugu@state.nm.us

Emily Talley, MHS

Occupational Health Educator

Environmental Health Epidemiology Bureau

Epidemiology and Response Division

1190 S St. Francis Dr, Suite 1300

Santa Fe, NM 87505

Phone: (505) 231-1414

Email: Emily.Talley@doh.nm.gov

New York

Alicia M. Fletcher, MPH

Bureau of Occupational Health and Injury Prevention

New York State Department of Health

Corning Tower Room 1325

Empire State Plaza

Albany, NY 12237

Telephone: (518) 402-7900

Fax: (518) 402-7909

E-mail: fletcher@health.ny.gov

New York State, Department of Health: Adult Lead Poisoning Prevention

North Carolina

Karin A. Evanoff, RN
ABLES Program Manager

Occupational Health Nurse Consultant II

Manager, Occupational Surveillance Unit

NC Division of Public Health, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology 

Branch

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services 

5505 Six Forks Road

Raleigh, NC 27609

Telephone: (919) 707-5940

Fax: (919) 870-4807

E-mail: evanoff@dhhs.nc.gov

Steve H. Drouin, MPH

Occupational Epidemiologist

NC Division of Public Health, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology 

Branch

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

5505 Six Forks Road

Raleigh, NC 27609

Telephone: (919) 215-4580

Fax: (919) 870-4807

E-mail: Steve.Drouin@dhhs.nc.gov

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Occupational 

Illnesses & Injuries

Ohio

Andrew Schumacher

Environmental Health Specialist 2

Bureau of Environmental Health and Radiation Protection

Public Health Lead Investigation Program

246 North High St.

Columbus, OH 43215

Telephone: (614)752-9588

E-mail: andrew.schumacher@odh.ohio.gov
Ohio Department of Health website

Oklahoma

Susan J. Quigley

Program Manager

Oklahoma Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program &

Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance Program

Oklahoma State Department of Health

Screening and Special Services

123 Robert S Kerr Ave, Ste. 1702

Oklahoma City, OK 73102-6406

Telephone: (405) 426-8212

Fax: (405) 900-7551

E-mail: SusanQ@health.ok.gov

Spencer Kusi, MPH

Epidemiologist

Oklahoma Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program &

Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance Program

Oklahoma State Department of Health

Screening and Special Services

123 Robert S. Kerr Ave, Ste. 1702

Oklahoma City, OK 73102-6406

Telephone: (405) 426-8465

Fax: (405) 900-7551

E-mail: Spencer.Kusi@health.ok.gov

Oklahoma State Department of Health website

Oregon

David M. Dreher

Environmental Public Health – Center for Health Protection

Public Health Division

Oregon Health Authority

800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 640

Portland, OR 97232-2162
Telephone: (971) 673-0443

Fax: (971) 673-0457

E-mail: m.dreher@state.or.us

Curtis G. Cude

Surveillance Program Manager

Environmental Public Health – Center for Health Protection

Public Health Division – Oregon Health Authority

Telephone: (971) 673-0975

E-mail: curtis.g.cude@state.or.us

Oregon Public Health websiteexternal icon

Pennsylvania

Remy Babich, PhD

Associate Toxicologist

Pennsylvania Department of Health

Division of Environmental Health Epidemiology

Bureau of Epidemiology

Room 933 Health and Welfare Building

625 Forster Street

Harrisburg, PA 17120-0701

Telephone: 717-787-3350

Fax: 717-346-3286

Email: rbabich@pa.gov

Anil Nair, PhD MPH

Division Director

Pennsylvania Department of Health

Division of Environmental Health Epidemiology

Bureau of Epidemiology

Room 933 Health and Welfare Building

625 Forster Street

Harrisburg, PA 17120-0701

Telephone: 717-787-3350

Fax: 717-346-3286

Email: annair@pa.gov
Rhode Island

James Bruckshaw

Rhode Island Department of Health

Cannon Building, Room 206

3 Capitol Hill

Providence, RI 02908

Telephone: (401) 222-7745

Fax: (401) 222-2456

E-mail: Bruckshaw@health.ri.gov

South Carolina

Harley T. Davis, MSPH, PhD

Director, Division of Population Health Surveillance

Bureau of Population Health Data Analytics & Informatics

SC Department of Health and Environmental Control

2600 Bull Street

Columbia, SC 29201

Telephone: (803) 898-3629

Email: davisph@dhec.sc.gov

Brian K. Humphries

Data Manager, Division of Population Health Surveillance

Bureau of Population Health Data Analytics & Informatics

SC Department of Health and Environmental Control

2600 Bull Street

Columbia, SC 29201

Telephone: (803) 898-3641

Email: humphrbk@dhec.sc.gov

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Tennessee

Martha W. Keel, PhD

The University of Tennessee Extension Service

Family & Consumer Sciences

119 Morgan Hall

2621 Morgan Circle
Knoxville, TN 37996-4501

Telephone: (865) 974-8197

Fax: (865) 974-5370

E-mail: mkeel@utk.edu

Phillip Woodard

Telephone: (865) 974-9744

Texas

Venessa Cantu, MPH

Blood Lead Surveillance Branch

Texas Department of State Health Services

1100 West 49th Street

Austin, TX 78756

Telephone: (512) 367-3757

Fax: (512) 776 – 7699

E-mail: venessa.cantu1@dshs.texas.gov

Texas Department of State Health Services

Utah

Sam LeFevre

Utah Department of Health

Office of Epidemiology

288 North 1460 West

O. Box 142104

Salt Lake City,

UT 84114-2104

Telephone: (801) 538-6191

Fax: (801) 538-6504

E-mail: slefevre@utah.gov

Mark E. Jones

Telephone: (801) 538-619

Fax: (801) 538-6540

E-mail: markejones@utah.gov

Utah Environmental Epidemiology Lead website
Vermont

Christine Leonard

Public Health Data Analyst II

Vermont Department of Health

Healthy Homes Program

108 Cherry Street, Suite 201

Burlington, VT 05402

Telephone: (802) 652-2061

Fax: (802) 863-7483

Email: christine.leonard@vermont.gov

Washington

Todd M. Schoonover, PhD, CIH, CSP

Industrial Hygienist

SHARP Program

Washington State Department of Labor & Industries

PO Box 44330

Olympia, WA 98504-4330

Telephone: (360) 902-5663

Fax: (360) 902-5672

E-mail: scto235@lni.wa.gov

David Bonauto

Telephone: (360) 902-5664

SHARP Publications

Washington SHARP ABLES Web Page

Wisconsin

Katherine McCoy, PhD

Supervisor, Occupational Health Surveillance Unit

Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health

Wisconsin Division of Public Health

1 West Wilson Street, Room 150

Madison, WI 53703
Telephone: (608) 266-0923

E-mail: mccoy@dhs.wisconsin.gov

Wyoming

Joseph Grandpre, PhD, MPH

Chronic Disease/Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Unit

Public Health Division

Wyoming Department of Health

Environmental and Occupational Health Program

122 West 25th Street, 3rd Floor West

Cheyenne, WY 82002

Telephone: (307) 777-8654

Fax: (307) 777-8604

E-mail: grandpre@wyo.gov

Emily Curren

State Public Health Veterinarian

Public Health Division

122 West 25th Street, Third Floor West

Cheyenne, WY 82002

Tel: (307) 777-5825

Fax: (307) 777-5402

E-mail: curren@wyo.gov

Forrest Sharp

Childhood Blood Lead Prevention Program Manager & Epidemiologist

Wyoming Department of Health

Public Health Division | Public Health Sciences Section

122 West 25th Street, Third Floor West

Cheyenne, WY 82002

Telephone: (307) 777-5606

Fax: (307) 777-5402

Email: forrest.sharp@wyo.gov

Wyoming Department of Health Lead Poisoning Prevention Program