&EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
                                                                                     Volume 1 -2010
                Director's  Note
                2010 is well under way and we continue to
                monitor the latest developments concerning the
                environment, the economy, and the intersection
                of the two. In  this installment  of the OSBP
                newsletter,  we  focus  on the Disadvantaged
                Business  Enterprise  (DBE) Program.  The
                Disadvantaged  Business Enterprise (DBE)
                Program is an outreach, education, and goaling
                program designed to  increase and encourage
                the utilization and participation of DBEs in
                procurements  funded by  EPA assistance
                agreements.  OSBP's  Indirect  Procurement
                Team  establishes  policy  and  provides
                procedural guidance  for the DBE Program.
                The  DBE  Program  requirements apply to
                all procurements for equipment, supplies,
                construction and services under all EPA grants,
                cooperative agreements, and lAGs.
                Specific DBE Program functions include:

                  •   Developing and monitoring DBE
                     Program policy and procedures.

                  •   Providing outreach and training to
                     internal  and external DBE program
                     stakeholders.

                  •   Providing technical and programmatic
                     assistance to minority and women-
                     owned businesses.

                  •   Collecting, compiling, and analyzing
                     data on MBE/WBE utilization under
                                                 EPA financial assistance agreements,
                                                 including Interagency Agreements (lAs).

                                            As  always, we  strive to keep our readership
                                            informed and updated. Inside this newsletter, you
                                            will find the latest small business news with a
                                            special focus on those individuals and entities that
                                            represent the very best of the positive work and
                                            progress of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises.
                                            We are also especially pleased to recognize the
                                            recent Award Recipients from the Administrator's
                                            21st Annual Small Business Awards Ceremony. I
                                            hope that you will take a moment to absorb this
                                            information as you continue to progress in 2010.
                                            Read and Reflect,
                                            Jeanette L. Brown, Director
                                            Office of Small Business Development
                                          	Inside This Issue-i
                                           Series of New Small Business Proposals     2
                                           What are DBEs, MBEs, and WBEs?          3
                                           Professional Organizations
                                           for DBE Contractors
                                           Testimonial
                                           ChEs & EnvEs, Make Their Mark
                                           in Industries from Energy to Agribiz
                                           Business with the US Army Corps
                                           of Engineers
                                           Administrator's 21st Annual
                                           Small Business Awards Recipients
                                           OSDBU Procurement Conference
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President Obama Outlines
Latest in  a  Series  of  New
Small  Business Proposals
Successful SBA programs expanded to
increase working capital, help  businesses
refinance
Washington, D.C.  On February 5, 2010 in Lan-
ham, Maryland, President Obama proposed the
expansion of two critical Small Business Admin-
istration (SBA) lending programs, aimed at al-
lowing small businesses to refinance and increas-
ing limits for working capital.  These  are both
legislative proposals designed to help small busi-
nesses  through what continues to be a difficult
period in credit markets.

President Obama said, "The true engine of job
creation will always be businesses. What govern-
ment can do is fuel that engine: by giving entre-
preneurs and companies the support to open their
doors,  expand, and hire  more workers. Today,
we're taking another step towards assisting small
business owners get the capital they need to grow
and hire."

SBA Administrator Karen Mills said, "These
proposals will provide us with two effective tools
to help small businesses meet specific challenges
brought on by the recession. First, in  the tight
credit market of the last two years, lines of cred-
its have been cut for small firms. Raising the limit
on SBA Express loans to $1 million will mean
more small business owners will  have  quicker
access to this source of capital to help restock in-
ventories and support larger revenue sales, and
literally take that next step to  grow their busi-
ness and create new jobs. Second, thousands of
good,  creditworthy businesses find themselves
caught  by declining real estate values as a result
of this  recession. With many of them now fac-
ing mortgages coming due in the next few years,
the ability to refinance into  SBAs  504 loan will
give them the chance to lock in long-term, stable
financing, as well  as protect jobs  by protecting
small businesses from foreclosure."

Details of the President's New Small
Business Initiatives are Below:

1.  Expand  SBA's  existing  program to  tempo-
rarily support refinancing  for owner-occupied
commercial real estate loans:

The Administration is proposing  legislation to
temporarily allow for the refinancing of owner-
occupied commercial real  estate  (CRE) loans
under the SBAs 504 program, which provides
guarantees on loans for the  development of real
estate and other fixed assets. Currently, 504 loans
cannot  be used for the refinancing of maturing
debt. This change would respond to the difficul-
ties many current, solvent borrowers face in refi-
nancing existing commercial real estate loans.

Businesses with  a loan maturing in the next year
who are current on all  loan payments  will be
eligible. Lenders that are refinancing mortgages
for existing customers will  make  a loan for up
to  70 percent of the current property value; and
SBA will help finance the remaining 20 percent.
For new lenders taking on a refinancing  project,
SBA will take on a greater share of financing, up
to  40 percent. SBAs proposal  for a temporary,
zero-subsidy CRE  refinancing program would
be funded through additional fees for refinancing
projects, not through a Congressional appropria-
tion. This proposal will help refinance up to $18.7
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billion each year in commercial real estate that
might otherwise be foreclosed and liquidated.

2. Temporarily increase the cap on SBA Express
loans from $350,000 to $1 million:

The  President is  proposing to temporarily in-
crease the maximum SBA Express loan size to
$1 million, which would  expand the program's
ability to help a broad range of small businesses
through a streamlined approval process. Unlike
traditional 7(a) loans, lenders can use their own
paperwork for SBA Express loans, which can be
structured as revolving lines of credit. Currently,
these Express loans are capped at $350,000 and
carry a 50 percent guarantee. Fees would cover
virtually all of the added costs of this proposal.

These  proposals  complement the President's
broader small business agenda—a key part of his
overall jobs plan. The other elements of the  small
business agenda include:

   •  Extending small business expensing and
     bonus depreciation for 2010. Eliminating
     capital gains taxes for small businesses in
     2010.

   •  A Small Business Jobs and Wages Tax
     Credit that would cut taxes for more than
     1 million small businesses by paying up
     to $5,000 for every net new job and covers
     payroll taxes on overall wage increases in
     excess of inflation.

   •  A proposal to transfer, through legislation,
     $30 billion to a new  Small Business
     Lending Fund that will support lending
     by community and smaller banks.

   •  Additional SBA lending proposals,
     including an extension of the Recovery
     Act programs that eliminate fees and
     raise guarantees on SBA's two largest
     loan programs and permanent increases
     in the maximum loan sizes for major
     SBA programs.
   ..at are
and WBEs?
Disadvantaged Business
Enterprises (DBEs) are:

Entities owned and/or controlled by a
socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals as described by Title X of
the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
(10% stature) and Public Law 102-389
(8% statute) respectively:

   •  A Small Business Enterprise (SEE)

   •  A Small Business in a Rural Area
     (SBRA)

   •  A Labor Surplus Area Firm (LSAF)

   •  A Flistorically Underutilized Business
     (HUB) Zone Small Business Concern,
     or a concern under a successor program

Minority  Business Enterprises (MBEs) are
entities that are at least 51% owned and/or
controlled by a socially and economically
disadvantaged  individuals as described  by
Title X of the Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990 and Public Law 102-389, respectively.

Women's Business Enterprises (WBEs) are
entities that are at least 51% owned and/or
controlled by women (under 10% and 8%
statutes).

DBE Rule, Forms & Fact  Sheets can  be
found online at: http://www.epa.gov/osbp/
dbe_forms.htm

Mr. Tommie Madison is  currently serving
as the Acting DBE Program National Coor-
dinator. Ms. Joyce Coates and Ms. Barbara
Overton are SEE Program Analysts for the
team. Contact information can be found on
page 11.
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Spotlight on Professional
Organizations for DBE
Contractors
The Women's Business Enterprise
National Council (WBENC)
The  Women's  Business  Enterprise National
Council (WBENC), founded in 1997, is the na-
tion's leading advocate of women-owned busi-
nesses as suppliers to America's corporations. It
also is the largest third-party certifier of businesses
owned and operated by women in the United
States. WBENC works to foster diversity in the
world of commerce with programs and policies
designed to expand opportunities and eliminate
barriers  in the marketplace for women business
owners.  WBENC works with representatives of
corporations to encourage the utilization and ex-
pansion of supplier/vendor diversity programs.
For more information, visit the WBENC online
at http: //wb enc. org/.

The Association for Service
Disabled Veterans (ASDV)

In March of 1986, a group  of members of Dis-
abled American Veterans in Palo Alto, Califor-
nia  decided to explore the possibility that en-
trepreneurial programs for service disabled and
prisoner of war veterans (SDV) could be of value
in supplementing disability income and increas-
ing  quality of life. The Association for Service
Disabled Veterans (ASDV)  was  subsequently
founded as a non-profit public benefit organiza-
tion with the goal of creating opportunities for
SDVs to achieve and maintain their rehabilitation
through enterprise development and managed
employment. Today, ASDV is a national associa-
tion that is establishing greater economic partici-
pation for service disabled and prisoner of war
veterans and all of the 80 million veteran family
members in the United States.

ASDV is the pioneer in the inclusion of service
disabled and prisoner of war  veterans enterprise
(SDVE) in the  specially  assisted procurement
programs of the  Federal  and  State  Governments
and their Private Sector contractors. ASDV now
provides a "new" service for full members; seek-
ing  and initiating contracting and procurement
opportunities for members in both the govern-
ment and private sector.

Learn more about the ASDV online at  http://
www.asdv.org/.
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Unsolicited Testimonial
Received via email from Mr. Wesley
K. Paul to Mr. Tommie Madison on
January 29, 2010
Mr. Madison:

I am writing this email to appreciate the efforts
of the Obama administration and the USEPA in
assisting DBE firms through the Recovery and
Reinvestment Act  and  stimulus program. We
have been in business since 1999 and have had
very little success in obtaining any contracts from
the prime contractors who have consistently ob-
tained waivers from using well qualified MBE
and DBE firms. Their excuse of not able to find
qualified DBE or MBE does not hold water since
the invention of Google! A prime contractor who
is interested in getting the contracts from USEPA
can now easily find out by just visiting the State
and City minority office by not even leaving his/
her desk. Google!  Every reputable  and  quali-
fied DBE/MBE firm now has a Web site that can
provide enough information about DBE  firms.
Because of the strict  requirements and account-
ability requirements of the present administra-
tion under President Obama, we have been get-
ting calls from these prime contractors who have
not done so even after we have marketed them. I
want to thank your office for taking to task those
contractors who don't fulfill their obligations in
not hiring DBE and MBE firms.
While much debates rage in Washington about
the stimulus plan not being effective, I want to
share the view of a small business in the Mid-
west.

Ark Engineering Services Inc.  appreciates the
stimulus plan that has helped our firm to avoid
cut backs and lay offs. We feel  that the  Obama
administration has done the right thing. Of vital
importance is the real effort and action taken by
the USEPA and your office to assist DBE firms
in getting the benefits  of the stimulus money. I
am more than happy  to give  a testimonial to
this fact. Please continue to help the DBE firms.
Recently USEPA region had given  some stimu-
lus money to the Indiana Finance Authority (IFA)
with the requirement of MBE participation. As a
result of this requirement we have got many calls
to use of drilling services. To answer the question
has the stimulus money worked for you? YES!
Please continue your commitment to DBE firms.
Thanks. My kudos to your office, USEPA, and
EPA administrator Lisa Jackson.

Wesley K. Paul, P.E., CP
Principal Engineer
Ark Engineering Services Inc.
6347 S. East Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46227
T 317.787.3700  F 317.787.4700
http://www.ark-esi.com
       EPA/OSBP  Mission

    To  support the  protection  of
    human  health  and  the  envi-
    ronment by  advocating  and
    advancing the business,  regula-
    tory,  and  environmental  com-
    pliance  concerns of  small and
    socio-economically   disadvan-
    taged businesses, and  minority
    academic institutions.
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ChEs  &  EnvEs, Make Their
Mark in  Industries from
Energy  to  Agribiz
"Engineering is meant to be hard; that's
normal. But in today's workplace no one
goes it alone."            —Lisa Jackson, EPA
By Claire Swedberg
Contributing Editor, Diversity Career
Lisa Jackson, administrator of the U.S. Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency (EPA,  Washing-
ton,  DC)  is one  of
the most  influential
ChEs in  the  U.S.,
maybe the world. The
foundation  she built
with her BSChE and
MSChE in the 1980s,
she says, has stayed
with her throughout
a career path that led
her through the EPA,
to chief  of staff to
New Jersey's gover-
nor Jon S. Corzine,
then back to work in
the area of her great-
est passion, the  en-
vironment.  As EPA
Administrator, Jackson
leads a staff of 18,000
professionals.
At Port Newark, NJ, Environ-
mental  Protection  Agency
chief Lisa Jackson announces
a plan to reduce toxic ship
emissions along  U.S. coast-
lines and waterways.
"Who knew!" she says with a smile. "Engineer-
ing can lead anywhere. It teaches you to solve
problems," and that is one of her most valuable
skills.

Time for the Environment

This is a really good time to go into EnvE, ChE
or the energy-related sciences, Jackson declares.
Her boss, who happens to be President Obama, is
dedicated to expanding a "green revolution," and
                            that will  mean lots of work for engineers with
                            sharp minds and innovative ideas.

                            The government, she adds, is a good place for
                            sharp minds. In today's world energy is related
                            to environment, and both mean jobs. People of
                            many disciplines and descriptions need to be able
                            to work together. The EPA is encouraging appli-
                            cants who can work together in a diverse team.


                            Lisa Jackson: Career Priorities at the EPA

                            Lisa Jackson  is the  first African American,
                            although  not the first woman, to head the EPA.
                            She has  set her career priorities on reducing
                            greenhouse gas emissions, improving air quality,
                            managing chemical risks, cleaning up hazardous
                            waste sites and protecting America's water.

                            When  she  got her BSChE summa  cum laude
                            from Tulane University (New  Orleans,  LA) in
                            1983 and went on to an MSChE from Princeton
                            University (Princeton, NJ), Jackson was already
                            interested in the environment. Her attention had
                            been caught by the  Love Canal environmen-
                            tal disaster around Buffalo, NY and the launch
                            of the  Superfund program, and she wanted to
                            get into the work. "If engineers could design a
                            system that created  environmental problems,
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they should also be able to design solutions to
those problems," she says.

After college she found a job as staff level engi-
neer at the EPA, first at its Washington, DC Head-
quarters and later at a regional office in New York,
NY. She directed hazardous waste cleanup opera-
tions in central New Jersey and helped direct the
region's enforcement division.

Jackson joined the  New Jersey Department of
Environmental  Protection  (DEP)  in  2002 as
assistant commissioner for compliance and en-
forcement, then assistant commissioner for land
use management. In 2006, New Jersey governor
Jon S. Corzine appointed her State Commission-
er of the DEP.

As  Commissioner, Jackson was known for her
fight against greenhouse gases, her aggressive
action on pollution  and  her open dialogue with
stakeholders  in the public policy process.  She
was also an advocate for underserved communi-
ties seeking fair environmental protection. Gov-
ernor Corzine appointed her his Chief of Staff,
but not for long. When he took office, President
Obama wooed her away  to be EPA chief.
Government is Great Experience

Jackson's engineering background,  she  says,
taught her to define problems and resolve them.
"I think that training is invaluable," she notes.

She recognized her own energetic drive early in
her career.  She has always been in government
work and encourages  engineers to look at posi-
tions there.

"I'm a strong believer that the Federal Govern-
ment is a great place for young people to get ex-
perience early on. In the private sector that could
take decades," she says. She raised two children
while expanding her career role  at the  EPA,
thanks in part to the agency's mother-friendly
environment. "The Federal Government is one
place where there's no parent penalty," she  says.

"Engineering is meant to be very hard; that's nor-
mal," Jackson believes. "But in the workplace of
today no one goes it alone. We're trying to get
diverse teams around a table." The President, she
adds, "likes to see teams that can come up with
robust solutions."

For her own part, Jackson finds that the challeng-
es keep coming. "The President is a great boss.
He's got  us working really hard," she says. At
this point in history, she finds Washington, DC
an exciting and vibrant place. "Young people are
optimistic; they know change can be a very good
thing," Jackson concludes.
Source: http://www.diversitvcareers.com/articles/pro/09-augsep/
chg tech ches enves.htm
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Business with the  US Army
Corps of Engineers
The small business office's mission statement for
the US Army Corps of Engineers is: "to sustain
the Corps of Engineers as a premier organiza-
tion in developing  small businesses and maxi-
mizing their opportunities to participate in our
procurements, thereby ensuring  a broad base
of capable suppliers  to  support the Corps of
Engineers mission  and strengthen our Nation's
economic development." This office is led by
Anthony E. Bell, Chief and Associate Director,
Small Business Programs.

Small and disadvantaged businesses and ven-
dors that desire to do business with the US Army
Corps of Engineers should visit the Web site for
the division,  district,  center or laboratory with
which they desire to do business in order to learn
about the missions and the types of services/sup-
plies each procures. Call, write or visit the Corps
of Engineers, Deputy  for Small Business in the
location of interest to  you to discuss your firm's
capabilities,  interest and  capacities to perform.
Vendors should register in the Central Contractor
Registration (CCR) database. It is MANDATO-
RY that all vendors be registered under the CCR
program.

For more information, visit the US Army Corps
of Engineers Web site at http://www.usace.army.
mil/Pages/default.aspx.
Administrator's 21st Annual
Small Business Awards
Ceremony
Congratulations to the following Award Recipi-
ents from the Administrator's 21st Annual Small
Business Awards Ceremony held on January 20,
2010.


Administrator's Award Recipients:
   • Outstanding Direct Procurement
    Achievement—Region VII Special
    Emphasis and Remedial Branch,
    Superfund Division

   • Outstanding State and/or Local
    Performance Achievement (Indirect
    Procurement)—Meja Maka ( Wisconsin)

   • Outstanding DBE Accomplishments by
    an EPA Employee or Group—Region V
    GMO Assistance Section Team Leaders
    and DBE Coordinator

   • Outstanding Accomplishments by an EPA
    Employee with Respect to the Simplified
    Acquisitions Program—Donna Stingley
    (Region V); Cheryl Hill (Region VI)

   • Outstanding Accomplishments by a Small
    Business Contractor or Subcontractor—
    HeiTech Services, Inc.; Langdon, Inc.
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   • Outstanding Accomplishments by a
     Prime Contractor—Black & Veatch
     Special Projects Corporation; CH2M Hill


Director's Award Recipients:
   • Outstanding Accomplishments in
     Support of the Minority Academic
     Institutions Program—Tammy Thomas
     (OSBP)

   • Outstanding Accomplishments in
     Support of Service-Disabled Veteran-
     Owned Small Businesses—Region V

   • Outstanding Small Business
     Accomplishments Exceeding 4 out of 6
     Agency Small Business Goals—Region
     III; Region V; Region VIII; Region
     IX; Office of Inspector General (OIG);
     Office of the Administrator (OA); Office
     of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic
     Substances (OPPTS)

   • Outstanding Small Business
     Accomplishments Exceeding 5 out of 6
     Agency Small Business Goals—Region
     VII; Region X; Office of Administration
     and Resources Management (OARM)


Crystal Duck Award Recipients
   • Outstanding Overall Support of the
     Small Business Program—Martha Cuppy
     (Region VII); Lee Thomas (Region VII);
     Steve Schwartz (OPPTS)

   • Outstanding Support of the Minority
     Academic Institutions Program—
     Ben Scaggs (OARM);  Helena
     Wooden-Aguilar (OA)

   • Outstanding Small Business
     Contracting Accomplishments—
     Office of Administration and Resources
     Management (OARM);  Marie Noel
     (Region VII)
          SAVE THE DATE
  The 20th Anniversary OSDBU Pro-
  curement Conference will be held from
  8:30am to 3:30pm on April 21, 2010 at
  the Dulles Expo Center North Hall in
  Chantilly, Virginia.  The OSDBU Pro-
  curement Conference is a national con-
  ference fostering business partnerships
  between  the Federal Government,  its
  Prime Contractors, and small,  minor-
  ity,  service-disabled  veteran-owned,
  veteran-owned, HUBZone, and women-
  owned businesses.  There are few days
  in the life of a business that offer the
  sales opportunities as the OSDBU Pro-
  curement Conference. You will be able
  to obtain more leads and contacts in  one
  day than anywhere else. This is a unique
  marketing environment and there are tips
  available  online that will help you take
  advantage of this opportunity.  For ad-
  ditional details,  contact Bob Jeffers via
  email at bj@fbcinc.com via telephone at
  800-878-2940 or 301-206-2940 ext.  226
  or visit the conference Web Site at http://
  www.fbcinc.com/osdbu/.
 Request for Publications

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    •  Doing  Business With EPA
    •  Mentor Protege Program
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Small  Business Vendor  Profile System  (SBVPS)

The OSBP Small Business Vendor Profile System contains information on number of small and disad-
vantaged companies that have registered with this office. The information is provided by the individual
companies. The intended purpose of this database is to aid large prime contractors to find small and
disadvantaged companies to team with the conduction of their business endeavors. The SBVPS is located
below and can also be found on the U.S. EPA Web site at http://cfpub.epa.gov/sbvps/.

Date:
Company Name*:_

Contact*:
               Title:
Address*:
City*:.
              State*:
      Zip Code*
Phone #*:
                  Fax#:
E-mail Address*:
               Internet Address:
NAICS Code(s)*:.
Capabilities:,
Have you done business with the EPA before?* Q No Q Yes, as a Prime   Q Yes, as a Subcontractor
Classification

G Large

Q Mid-Size

U Small



Tribal

G Federally Recognized

[_) State Recognized
Q SDB

a Small WOB

[_) 8(a) Certified

\_\ Service Disabled Veteran

Q HUBZone

Q HBCU

Q HSI

L_) Tribal College/University

L_) Other Minority
The fields marked by * are required and must be filled in.
Ethnicity

Q African American

\_\ Asian-Indian

L_) Asian-Pacific

Q Caucasian American
   Female

\_\ Hispanic

Q Native American

L_) Other Minority

\_\ None
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OSBP  Employee  Contact  List
   Jeanette L. Brown, Director                    (202) 566-2075
   Kimberly Y. Patrick, Deputy Director             (202) 566-2605
   Joan B. Rogers, SBO Team Lead                (202) 564-6568
   Lester C. Facey, Program Analyst                (202) 566-1321
   Teree Henderson, Program Analyst              (202) 566-2222
   Deanna Moultrie-Jackson, Program Analyst       (202) 564-0168
   Michael Nieves, Program Analyst                (202) 566-1478
   Lament O. Norwood, Direct Team Lead           (202) 566-2933
   Angela Tyler Suber, Program Analyst             (202) 566-2827
   Paula Zampieri, Program Analyst                (202) 566-2496
   Julie C. Taitt, MAI Team Lead                   (202) 564-3697
   Tammy E. Thomas, Administrative Team Lead      (202) 566-1209
   Denean A. Jones, Information Management Analyst  (202) 566-1578
   Bridgette F. Dent, Program Assistant             (202) 566-2819
   Elnora Thompson, Office Automation Assistant     (202) 566-2709

   SEE Enrollees
   Treva Alston, Program Assistant                 (202) 566-2194
   Thelma Harvey, Administrative Assistant          (202) 566-0334
   Barbara Overton, Administrative Assistant         (202) 566-1509
   Esther McCrary, Administrative Assistant          (202) 566-2824
   Tom Nakley, Civil Engineer                    (202) 566-2826
   Samar Chatterjee, Program Assistant             (202) 566-2815
   Lillian Harris, Program Assistant                 (202) 566-1979
   Joyce Coates,  Program Assistant                (202) 566-0206
   David Allen, Program Assistant                  (202) 566-0913
   OSBP Main Number                          (202) 566-2075
   OSBP Toll Free Number                      (866) 618-7870
   Ombudsman Hotline Number                  (800) 368-5888
brown.jeanettel@epa.gov
patrick.kimberly@epa.gov
rogers.joanb@epa.gov
facey.lester@epa.gov
henderson.teree@epa.gov
moultrie-jackson.deanna@epa.gov
nieves.michael@epa.gov
norwood.lamont@epa.gov
suber.angela@epa.gov
zampieri.paula@epa.gov
taitt.julie@epa.gov
thomas.tammy@epa.gov
jones.denean@epa.gov
dent.bridgette@epa.gov
thompson.elnora@epa.gov
alston.treva@epa.gov
harvey.thelma@epa.gov
overton.barbara@epa.gov
mccrary.esther@epa.gov
nakley.thomas@epa.gov
chatterjee.samar@epa.gov
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Regional   DBE  Coordinators
REGION I
(CT, ME, Rl, MA, NH, VT)
Valerie Bataille, SDBUO (617) 918-1674
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
One Congress Street, Boston, MA 02114-02203
(617) 918-1909 (Fax)
REGION II
(NJ, NY, PR, VI)
Michele Junker, SDBUO (212) 637-3418
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 2
290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007-1866
(212) 637-3518 (Fax)
REGION III
(DE, VA, MD, PA, DC, VW)
Kinshasha Brown-Perry (215) 814-5404
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103
REGION IV
(AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Charles Hayes (404) 562-8377
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Atlanta, GA 30303-8960
(404) 562-8370 (Fax)
REGION V
(IL, IN, Ml, MN.OH.WI)
Adrianne Callahan, SDBUO (312) 353-5556
Acquisition and Assistance Branch
77 West Jackson Boulevard (MC-10J)
Chicago, IL 60604-3507  (312) 385-5533 (Fax)
REGION VI
(AR, LA, NM, OK, TX)
Debora N. Bradford, SDBUO (214) 665-7406
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
First Interstate Bank Tower at Fountain Place
1445 Ross Avenue, 12th Floor, Suite 1200
Dallas, TX 75202-2733  (214) 665-7284 (Fax)
REGION VII
(MO, NE, IA, KS)
Chester Stovall, SDBUO (913) 551-7549
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
901 North 5th Street
Kansas City, KS 66101  (913) 551 -7976 (Fax)
REGION VIM
(CO, MT, WY, SD, ND, UT)
Marshell Pullman, SDBUO (303) 312-6499
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
999 18th Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80202-2466  (303) 312-6685 (Fax)
REGION IX
(AZ, HI, CA, NV)
Joe Ochab, SDBUO (415) 972-3761
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
75 Hawthorne Street (P-22)
San Francisco, CA 94105 (415) 947-3556 (Fax)
Martha Villarreall (415) 972-3666
REGION X
(AK, ID, OR, WA)
Greg Luchey, SDBUO (206) 553-2967
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Sixth Avenue (OMP-145),
Seattle, WA 98101  (206) 553-4957 (Fax)
CINCINNATI
Billy Oden (513) 487-2126
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Contracts Management Division
26 West Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45268
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK
Jerry Dodson (919) 541-2249
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
109 TWAlexander Dr., #E110C
Durham, NC 27709  (919) 541 -5539 (Fax)
HEADQUARTERS
Veronica Squirrell (202) 564-5387
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., #3903R
Washington, DC 20460
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