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Program Office and Task Force Contacts

U.S. Department of State APP Office

Griffin Thompson Ph.D
Program Manager
ThompsonGM@state.gov

Boots Poliquin Esq.
Senior Project Manager – Grants and Interagency Agreements
Task Force Liaison – Steel Task Force, Cement Task Force
PoliquinBE@state.gov

Norman Barth Ph.D
Project Manager
Task Force Liaison – Buildings and Appliances Task Force
BarthNH@state.gov

Mars Hanna
Project Manager
Task Force Liaison – Cleaner Fossil Energy Task Force, Power Generation and Transmission Task Force
HannaSM@state.gov

Elizabeth Murphy
Communications Coordinator
Task Force Liaison – Coal Mining Task Force
MurphyEA2@state.gov

Laura Peterson
Outreach Coordinator
PetersonLM@state.gov

Task Forces:

Aluminum Task Force ( U.S. Co-Chair)

U.S. Department of Commerce, Dave Cammarota, David_Cammarota@ita.doc.gov
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Sally Rand, rand.sally@epa.gov
Aleris International, Inc., Steven Demetriou, steve.demetriou@aleris.com
The Aluminum Association, Stephen Larkin, slarkin@aluminum.org

Buildings and Appliances Task Force

U.S. Department of Energy, Mark Ginsberg, mark.ginsberg@ee.doe.gov
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Kathleen Hogan, hogan.kathleen@epa.gov
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, Joe McGuire, jmcguire@aham.org
National Association of Energy Service Companies, Bob Dixon, BobDixon@Siemens.com

Cement Task Force

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Suzanne Giannini-Spohn, giannini-spohn.suzanne@epa.gov
Portland Cement Association, Andy O'Hare, aohare @ cement.org
Holcim (US) Inc., Ruksana Mirza, ruksana.mirza@holcim.com
CEMEX, Satish Sheth, satish_sheth@cemex.com

Cleaner Fossil Energy Task Force

U.S. Department of Energy, Scott Smouse, scott.smouse@netl.doe.gov
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Dina Kruger, Kruger.Dina@epamail.epa.gov
Electric Power Research Institute, Stuart Dalton, sdalton@epri.com
American Petroleum Institute, Russell Jones, jonesr@api.org

Coal Mining Task Force ( U.S. Chair)

U.S. Department of Interior, Alfred Whitehouse, awhitehouse@osmre.gov
U.S. Department of Energy, Craig Zamuda, craig.zamuda@hq.doe.gov
U.S Environmental Protection Agency, Jayne Sommers, sommers.jayne@epa.gov
Peabody Energy Corporation, Mark Yingling, myingling@peabodyenergy.com
National Mining Association, Emily Schlect, eshlect@nma.org
AmerCable Inc, Dave Nasky, dcnasky@americable.com

Power Generation and Transmission Task Force ( U.S. Chair)

U.S. Department of Energy, Jarad Daniels, jarad.daniels@hq.doe.gov
U.S. Department of Energy, Scott Smouse, scott.smouse@netl.doe.gov
U.S. Department of Commerce, William Zarit, william.zarit@mail.doc.gov
American Electric Power, Marty McBroom, mamcbroom@aep.com
Edison Electric Institute, Eric Holdsworth, eholdsworth@eei.org

Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation Task Force

U.S. Department of Commerce, Brian O'Hanlon, Brian.OHanlon@mail.doc.gov
U.S. Department of Energy, Steve Chalk, steve.chalk@ee.doe.gov
General Electric, Tim Richards, Tim.Richards@corporate.ge.com
Solar Turbines, Richard Brent, Brent_Richard_S@solarturbines.com

Steel Task Force

U.S. Department of Energy, James Quinn, james.quinn@ee.doe.gov
American Iron & Steel Institute, Larry Kavanagh, lkavanagh@steel.org
U.S. Steel, Dennis Kundich, (412) 433-6362
Nucor Corp., Steven Rowlan, srowlan@nucor.com