Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
Administration and Innovation Division
Davis Building – 1st Floor
One National Life Drive
Montpelier, VT 05620-3510
Main Telephone: 802-828-1556
Administration and Innovation Division
Davis Building – 1st Floor
One National Life Drive
Montpelier, VT 05620-3510
Main Telephone: 802-828-1556
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| Name, Position and Brief Job Description | Email Address | Phone |
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Kim McKee, Division Director
Directs the Administration and Innovation Division, which provides services for cross‐departmental functions to all programs within the Department of Environmental Conservation as well as our ECO AmeriCorps Program. Functions include DEC’s fiscal, administrative, human resources, and information technology services. Other activities involve close coordination with the Commissioner’s Office on departmentwide planning efforts and strategic initiatives.
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Kimberley.McKee@vermont.gov | 802-261-0914 |
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Sydney VanTassel, Administrative Services Manager
Leads operational improvements by analyzing processes, identifying needs, and implementing strategic changes to enhance efficiency. Coordinates administrative and operational support across Divisions. Supports the Department’s transition to digital tools and strengthens internal communication systems for a hybrid workforce. Creates, maintains and directs a Department-level onboarding process and performs other human resources support activities. Serves as a liaison for the FEMA Public Assistance process, health and safety activities, facilities/fleet management, and other Department-wide initiatives to support operations..
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Sydney.VanTassel@vermont.gov | 802-261-5967 |
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Judy Thurlow, Administrative Services Coordinator
Assists with department‐wide payroll processing and recruitment and provides general support to the ECO AmeriCorps program and Financial Operations section within the Administration and Innovation Division.
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Judith.Thurlow@vermont.gov | 802-585-5165 |
| Financial Operations | ||
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Tracy LaFrance, Financial Director
Chief fiscal officer for the department. Oversees and coordinates department budget preparation, oversight of all department accounting functions. Development and oversight of fiscal office policies and procedures, financial statements, summaries and reports. Senior liaison with federal agencies and other state departments, provides guidance to the divisions for the overall creation and implementation of Department policy including formulating and recommending internal control and operating policies and procedures as needed. |
Tracy.LaFrance@vermont.gov | 802-498-7074 |
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David Pasco, Financial Director
Oversees accounts payable and accounts receivable for the Department and provides support in developing and maintaining department financial policies. Manages department financial reporting, Federal fund requests, and other billing. |
David.Pasco@vermont.gov | 802-490-6112 |
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Connor O'Sullivan, Financial Manager Responsible for Accounts Payable as well as developing various regular monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports related to purchasing of commodities, expense reimbursements, travel authorizations, fleet management and other accounts payable functions for the Department. |
Connor.OSullivan@vermont.gov | 802-461-7684 |
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Stephanie Lanphear, Administrative Services Coordinator
Processes and approves coding of department expenditures and requisitions, manages accounts receivable and deposits, and is the expense coordinator for the Department.
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Stephanie.Lanphear@vermont.gov | 802-461-3397 |
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Philo Brown-Gould, Financial Administrator
Processes reimbursement requests for CW & DW SRF loans (RF1s, RF3s, & WPLs), as well as PC Grants. Processes grants and contracts invoices for payment, submitted via ANR-Online.
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Philo.Brown-Gould@vermont.gov ANR.SRFPayments@vermont.gov |
802-622-4397 |
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Vacant, Financial Administrator
Assists with the monthly reporting across all DEC’s divisions. Generates monthly and quarterly billing, assists with accounts receivable, deposits and reporting of revenue.
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802-272-5367 | |
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Maressa Douse, Program Technician
Manages the receipt process and distribution of all DEC mail and packages. Responsible for administrative tasks within the Administration and Innovation Division (AID) and the Water Investment Division (WID). Manages requests and processes purchase orders for AID and WID upon request. Administrative support for meeting stipends for the VT CAC, and occasional fleet interactions if needed for WID. Responsible for any ARPA related administrative support for DEC. Manages occasional document scanning and archival for WID and serves as backup for the safe storage and remote deposit scanning, and when necessary return of paper checks received by the department.
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Maressa.douse@vermont.gov | 802-261-5637 |
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Brandi Crisante, Administrative Services Technician
Manages the safe storage and remote deposit scanning, and when necessary return of paper checks received by the department. Records liaison for all freedom of information act (FOIA) requests received for the Administration and Innovation Division (AID) and the Water Investment Division (WID). Works with WID to line up translators when needed per the language access plan and to assist with tidying up closed captioning on video productions or public meeting recordings for the WID. Manages occasional document scanning and archival for WID and serves as backup for package and mail handling for DEC.
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Brandi.Crisante@vermont.gov | 802-261-5001 |
| Contracts Management | ||
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Marylee Woods, Contract and Compliance Manager
Responsible for administering contracts across DEC with both federal and state funding, including the development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Agreement Development, negotiation of terms Responsible for the development of new ad hoc programs as needed in line with our contracting plan. Responsible for training Technical Teams on various processes, development of Standard Operating Procedures and Agreement Development as well as Grants/Contracts database use. Responsible for ensuring federal and State financial reporting accuracy and compliance. Division Records Liaison.
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Marylee.Woods@vermont.gov | 802-272-5367 |
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Vacant, Contracts Specialist
Responsible for administering contracts across DEC with both federal and state funding, including the development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Agreement Development, negotiation of terms Responsible for the development of new ad hoc programs as needed in line with our contracting plan. Responsible for training Technical Teams on various processes, development of Standard Operating Procedures and Agreement Development as well as Grants/Contracts database use.
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802-261-0249 | |
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Tina Wolk, Contract Specialist
Responsible for administering contracts across DEC with both federal and state funding, including the development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Agreement Development, negotiation of terms Responsible for the development of new ad hoc programs as needed in line with our contracting plan. Responsible for training Technical Teams on various processes, development of Standard Operating Procedures and Agreement Development as well as Grants/Contracts database use.
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Tina.Wolk@vermont.gov | 802-261-0913 |
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Christopher Roberts, Contract Specialist
Responsible for administering contracts across DEC with both federal and state funding, including the development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Agreement Development, negotiation of terms Responsible for the development of new ad hoc programs as needed in line with our contracting plan. Responsible for training Technical Teams on various processes, development of Standard Operating Procedures and Agreement Development as well as Grants/Contracts database use.
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Christopher.Roberts@vermont.gov | 802-261-5864 |
| Grants-Out Management | ||
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Jane Malago, Financial Manager
Oversees Grants-out management for the Department and provides support in developing and maintaining department granting policies.
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Jane.Malago@vermont.gov | 802-461-6668 |
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Renee Miller, Grant Programs Manager
Manages the development of grants including development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Agreement drafting, execution, monitoring, and closure. Coordinates policy and procedure development and Department’s Grant Monitoring Program. Manages the development of grants including development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Agreement drafting, execution, monitoring, and closure. Coordinates policy and procedure development and Department’s Grant Monitoring Program.
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Renee.Miller@vermont.gov | |
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Sharon Ellingwood, Grants Specialist
Manages grants/contracts including development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Grant Agreement drafting, execution, monitoring, and closure. Provides outreach and training for Agreement Development and Grants/Contracts database use.
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Sharon.Ellingwood@vermont.gov | 802-522-7548 |
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Eric Thomas, Grants & Contracts Specialist
Manages grants/contracts including development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Grant Agreement drafting, execution, monitoring, and closure. Provides outreach and training for Agreement Development and Grants/Contracts database use.
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Eric.Thomas@vermont.gov | 802-636-7577 |
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Grace Sherman, Program Technician
Supports Assistance to Beneficiary programs. Manages grants including development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Grant Agreement drafting, execution, monitoring, and closure.
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Grace.Sherman@vermont.gov | 802-461-6175 |
| Funds Management (Grants-In) | ||
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M. Mercedes Piñón, Financial Manager
Oversees the Funds Management Team for the Department and provides support in developing and maintaining department granting policies. Responsible for overseeing Federal Grants and Interagency MOU/MOAs management, including fiscal review, grant applications, financial monitoring, federal compliance, reporting, budgeting, technical assistance and financial implementation of grants. Special Fund oversight including monthly financial review and spending approvals. Federal funded Sub-award and Contract agreements reviews.
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Mercedes.Pinon@vermont.gov | 802-490-6222 |
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Denise Eagan, Financial Manager
Responsible for Drinking Water (DW) and Clean Water (CW) programs State Revolving Funds (SRF) loan program funds management and approval of reimbursement payment requests. Internal and external audit lead for the DW & CW SRF. Prepares loan project closeouts and revised repayment schedules. Provides SRF Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) Federal Reporting.
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Denise.Eagan@vermont.gov | 802-461-8415 |
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Kelly Doyle, Financial Manager
Responsible for State Revolving Funds (SRF) federal grant management and monitoring, including fiscal review, federal reporting, and SRF funded Sub-award and Contract agreements reviews. Dam Safety (DS), Underground Storage Tanks (UST), and On-Site (OS) SRF loan programs management and monitoring, Internal and external audit lead for the DS, UST & OS SRFs. Prepares loan project closeouts. Member of the ECO AmeriCorps Program Team.
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Kelly.Doyle@vermont.gov | 802-261-5911 |
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Aleksandr Kragh, JD, MA, Financial Manager
Responsible for most federal grants Management including fiscal review, grant applications, financial monitoring, federal reporting, budgeting, technical assistance and financial implementation of grants. Federal funded Sub-award and Contract agreements reviews.
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Aleksandr.Kragh@vermont.gov | 802-505-8013 |
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Judys Garcia, Financial Administrator
Responsible for maintenance and financial monitoring of ARPA grants, to include quarterly and annual reporting. Interagency MOU/MOA management and monitoring, including fiscal review and invoicing. Oversees the DW/CW SRF bank statements and is responsible for the reconciliation process of such accounts. Performs various administrative-financial tasks.
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Judys.Garcia@vermont.gov | 802-522-3768 |
| Planning and ECO AmeriCorps Program | ||
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Carey Hengstenberg, Planning Manager
Manages Department’s strategic planning and performance accountability initiatives and serves as the programmatic liaison to EPA, Environmental Justice Coordinator, Internship and Service Learning Coordinator and Administrator of the ECO AmeriCorps Program.
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Carey.Hengstenberg@vermont.gov | 802-595-1632 |
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Dustin Bowman, ECO AmeriCorps Program Coordinator
Primary point of contact for current and prospective service sites and members, media outlets community partners. Supports and supervises all ECO AmeriCorps members, provide operational leadership under our grantor’s guidelines and strategically develop ECO’s capacity to address Vermont’s most pressing environmental challenges.
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Dustin.Bowman@vermont.gov | 802-461.5222 |
| Vacant, Environmental Analyst |
802-461-8045 | |
| Innovation Section | ||
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Jean Nicolai, Supervisor and Project Manager
Oversees the AID innovation, DEC Quality Assurance Manager, DEC project manager for IT projects and administers contracts across DEC with both federal and state funding.
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Jean.Nicolai@vermont.gov | 802-585-4888 |
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Greg Lutchko, Systems Coordinator
ANR Online administration, form development, and support services.
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Greg.Lutchko@vermont.gov | 802-272-4529 |
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Kyle Roberts, Business Application Support Specialist
Develops, maintains, and supports ANR Online forms; maintains DEC public web site and internal staff SharePoint site. Environmental Notice Bulletin Administration.
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Kyle.Roberts@vermont.gov | 802-461-7884 |
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Ravi Shimpi, Business Analyst
Develops, maintains, and supports ANR Online forms; Environmental Notice Bulletin administration, Permit Expediting Program data base administration, and DEC Node Administrator manages data flows to the EPA.
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Ravi.Shimpi@vermont.gov | 802-585-2171 |