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Beyond Pesticides Staff
Jay Feldman,
Executive Director, 202-543-5450 ext. 15,
jfeldman@beyondpesticides.org
Jay is a cofounder of the organization and has served as its director
since 1981. Jay dedicated himself to finding solutions to pesticide
problems after working with farmworkers and small farmers through
an EPA grant in 1978 to the national advocacy organization Rural
America (1977-1981). Since that time, Jay has helped to build Beyond
Pesticides' capacity to assist local groups and impact national
pesticide policy. He has tracked specific chemical effects, regulatory
actions, and pesticide law. He is very familiar with local groups
working on pesticides and has helped develop successful strategies
for reform in local communities. His work with media has helped
to bring broader public understanding of the hazards of pesticides.
Jay has a Masters in urban and regional planning with a focus on
health policy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
(1977), and a B.A. from Grinnell College (1975) in political science.
John Kepner,
Project Director, 202-543-5450 ext. 20,
jkepner@beyondpesticides.org
Having joined the Beyond Pesticides staff in September 1999, John
now runs various projects including the National Pesticide Forum,
the Dow Chemical Consumer Campaign and serves as the Beyond Pesticides
webmaster. Prior to coming to Beyond Pesticides, John worked for
his alma mater, Penn State University, as a lab technician/field
scientist for the Horticulture Department and is a former certified
pesticide applicator in the state of Pennsylavania. Throughout his
life, John developed a love for the outdoors and a concern for the
environment while travelling, backpacking, and biking around the
country. This interest was further developed in college while studying
in Penn State's Science, Technology, and Society (STS) program.
While abroad in Costa Rica, John focused on insect herbivory during
a study of agricultural areas adjacent to old growth forest. During
his time at Penn State, John worked three summers with the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection and helped run Penn State's
environmental action organization.
Jane
Philbrick, Public Education Associate, 202-543-5450 ext. 18, jphilbrick@beyondpesticides.org
Jane graduated in 2004 from Mount Holyoke College with a B.A. in
American Studies. During her junior year, she studied marine sciences,
including oceanographic research in the South Pacific as part of
SEA Semester. She has worked on public education and environmental
advocacy with MassPIRG, both in a canvass office and on campus.
Since graduating, she has spent two years in AmeriCorps, working
with organizations like the Palmetto Trail Conservation Foundation,
Habitat for Humanity, and a literacy nonprofit in Washington, DC.
Nichelle
Harriott, Research Associate, 202-543-5450 ext. 19, nharriott@beyondpesticides.org
With a B.S. in chemistry and environmental science (Morgan State
University, 2005) and an M.S. in Environmental Science and Policy
(George Mason University, 2007), Nichelle joined Beyond Pesticides
as an intern in the summer of 2007, having previously worked with
several conservation and public health issues, and then joined the
staff as a research associate. Nichelle has also worked as a chemistry
teaching assistant at GMU and co-authored a technical report on
water quality issues in wetland systems.
Natalie
Lounsbury, Research Fellow, 202-543-5450 ext. 25, nlounsbury@beyondpesticides.org
Before coming to Beyond Pesticides, Natalie managed an organic vegetable
farm in her home state of Maine for two years where she, along with
lots of helping hands, provided food for a 240 share community supported
agriculture (CSA) program. This followed her eclectic studies at
Cornell University, from which she graduated in 2005. Committed
to preserving farmland, partially in the hopes that one day she
can have her own farm, she has also worked for Maine FarmLink, a
farm transfer program of the Maine Farmland Trust.
Mike
Boeck, Project Director, 202-543-5450, mboeck@beyondpesticides.org
Mike joined the staff in 2007 to direct the Integrated Pest Management
in Health Care Facilities Project, a joint project of Beyond Pesticides
and the Maryland Pesticide Network. Through its pilot program, the
IPM Project currently oversees the implementation of safer, least-toxic
pest management at 14 health care facilities in Maryland. Mike brings
to Beyond Pesticides his commitment to innovative approaches for
a better environment backed by 18 years of experience in environmental
policy and program development covering community involvement and
environmental justice, risk communication, technical outreach, and
alternative regulatory approaches. Prior to coming on board with
the IPM Project, Mike consulted to U.S. EPA. In that time, he was
engaged in groundbreaking work, including pesticide environmental
stewardship, technical outreach services to communities, brownfields
cleanup and revitalization, environmental justice communities displaced
by environmental contamination, alternative stakeholder-driven regulatory
frameworks, and future directions of EPA programs. He has served
as a consultant to the National Environmental Justice Advisory Committee,
the Federal Facilities Environmental Restoration Dialogue Committee,
and EPA's One Cleanup Program. Mike holds a J.D. in Law from the
University of Georgia and a B.A. in Economics from the College of
William and Mary.
Kagan
Owens, Senior Project Consultant, 202-543-5450, kowens@beyondpesticides.org
Kagan joined the staff in 1997. She is the lead author of the Beyond
Pesticides’ report, The Schooling of State Pesticide Laws,
the collaborative report with Health Care Without Harm, Healthy
Hospitals, and has been instrumental in developing national policy
proposals. Kagan graduated from the School of Forestry, University
of Montana with a B.S. (1996) in resource conservation. During her
schooling, she worked with State Senator Vivian Brook on women's
environmental issues, Women's Voices for the Earth on local environmental
issues. After graduating, she worked for Montana Environmental Information
Center during the 1997 Montana legislative session and with Cold
Mountain, Cold Rivers and Women's Voices on chlorine and pulp and
paper issues.
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