Planning Committee

2026 CLEAN Americas Week Planning Committee

The CLEAN Americas Week Planning Committee represents all aspects of the environmental and hazmat response communities, bringing together the expertise needed to ensure the event’s content and programming is relevant, timely, and impactful. We are grateful for their dedication and the critical role they play in bringing this event to life.


Autumn Albright, MPLX Compliance Specialist, Marathon Petroleum Company

Emily Anderson, Emergency Response Specialist-Global Tier II/III IMAT Coordinator, Phillips 66

Scott Andrews, Manager Emergency Management, Trans Mountain Canada Inc.

Eugene Barlow, Crisis & Continuity/Emergency Management Advisor for the Gulf of Mexico & Canada, bp GoM

Danene Birtell, Preparedness Manager, International Bird Rescue

John Gerken, Vice President, Pace Analytical Services, LLC

Blake Cellars, Environmental Investigator, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)

Sam Dinkins, Technical Program Manager, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO)

Anya Douglas, Emergency Response EHS, Hess Corporation

Cody Fisher, Manager of Special Projects, E3 Environmental

Barry Forsythe, National Spill Response Coordinator, US Fish & Wildlife Service

Nicole Franks, President, NJ Resources, Inc.

Ian Frazier, Managing Director, Colorado Preparedness & Response Network (CPRN)

Travis Hallam, Director, Three Affiliated Tribes Pipeline Authority

Logan Hanneman, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Marathon Petroleum Company

James Hanzalik, Vice-President, Clean Gulf Associates

Nick Hatten, State On-Scene Coordinator, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality

Mark Johnson, Environmental Program Analyst, Field Services Unit, Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Clint Linder, Emergency Response Coordinator, Shell Pipeline Company LP

Robert May, Senior Vice President, Branch Services and Sales, Clean Harbors

Chris Norton, Director of Compliance & QI, Ingram Barge Company

Ed Owens, President, OCC

Heather Parker, Research Program Manager, Oil Spill Recovery Institute (OSRI)

Bob Patterson, Sr. Managing Director, Witt O’Brien’s

Stephen Pepper, Sr Consultant, CTEH, LLC

Britnee Powell, Crisis Management & Emergency Response Specialist, L48, ConocoPhillips

Billy Powell, Regional Emergency Management Manager – Americas, Shell Emergency Management

Allyson Purcell, CMER Director, ConocoPhillips

Nick Roff, Federal On-Scene Coordinator, U.S. EPA, Region 6

Patty Simmons, Wildlife Responder, Wildlife Response Services, LLC

Shannon Straube, GM Planning & Corporate Affairs, Marine Well Containment Company

KC Sullivan, Senior Advisor, Crisis & Emergency Management, Woodside Energy Ltd.

Chad Tameling, Executive Vice President, SET Environmental, Inc.

Chris Tracy, Environmental Engineer, Arcwood Environmental

Michael Walker, Vice President – Gulf Region, Marine Spill Response Corporation

Clinton Williams Jr., Director of Emergency Response, T&T Marine Salvage Inc.