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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Joanna Pallito, 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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Joanna.Pallito@vermont.gov | 802-490-6238 |
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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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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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Denise Eagan, 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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Denise.Eagan@vermont.gov ANR.SRFPayments@vermont.gov |
802-461-8415 |
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Marylee Woods, 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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Marylee.Woods@vermont.gov | 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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Joseph Le Clair, 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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Joseph.LeClair@vermont.gov | 802-661-8195 |
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Chris Rottler, Clean Water Service Provider Coordinator and On-Site Loan Program Lead
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. Coordinates managerial and financial capacity for Clean Water Service Providers. Provides direct assistance to loan applicants through the Onsite Loan Program.
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Chris.Rottler@vermont.gov | 802-461-6051 |
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Brittany Hess, 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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Brittany.Hess@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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Stephanie Cohen, Financial Manager
Oversees Grants-out management for the Department and provides support in developing and maintaining department granting policies.
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Stephanie.Cohen@vermont.gov | 802-461-5594 |
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Beth Touchette, 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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Beth.Touchette@vermont.gov | 802-261-1318 |
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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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Nicole Streeter, 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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Nicole.Streeter@vermont.gov | 802-461-6668 |
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Mackenzie Boyle, 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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Mackenzie.Boyle@vermont.gov | 802-461-6175 |
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Renee Miller, Program Technician
Coordinates pre- and post-award administrative support for award compliance and pre-award eligibility. Manages grants including development of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Grant Agreement drafting, execution, monitoring, and closure.
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Renee.Miller@vermont.gov | 802-793-7895 |
| Funds Management (Grants-In) | ||
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M. Mercedes Piñón, Financial Manager
Oversees the Grants-in Funds Management 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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Robert Fitch, Financial Manager
Internal and external audit lead for the State Revolving Loan Fund (SRF). Prepares loan project closeouts. Provides financial reporting and management of SRF funds.
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Robert.Fitch@vermont.gov | 802-622-4397 |
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Sydney VanTassel, Financial Manager
Responsible for Federal Grant 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. Member of the ECO AmeriCorps Program Team.
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Sydney.VanTassel@vermont.gov | 802-261-5967 |
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Alex Wright, Financial Administrator
Responsible for State Revolving Fund (SRF) Federal Grants and Interagency MOU/MOA management and monitoring, including fiscal review and invoicing. Prepares reconciliation of the various SRF funds bank accounts, assists with SRF loan project closeouts. SRF funded Sub-award and Contract agreements reviews. Provides financial reporting and management of SRF federal funds. Process improvement projects lead.
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Alex.Wright@vermont.gov | 802-522-3768 |
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Matthew Bradshaw, Financial Administrator
Responsible for maintenance and financial monitoring of ARPA grants, to include quarterly and annual reporting. ARPA funded Sub-award and Contract agreements reviews. Performs various administrative-financial tasks.
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Matthew.Bradshaw@vermont.gov | 802-505-8013 |
| 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 |
| Innovation Section | ||
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Jean Nicolai, Supervisor and Project Manager
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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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Carol Chamberlin, Business Process Analyst
Develops, maintains, and supports ANR Online forms; maintains DEC public web site and internal staff SharePoint site. ENB Administration.
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Carol.Chamberlin@vermont.gov | 802-477-2982 |
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Ravi Shimpi, Business Analyst
Develops, maintains, and supports ANR Online forms; PEP data administration.
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Ravi.Shimpi@vermont.gov | 802-585-2171 |