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Directory: Office of the Executive Director

Contacts and phone numbers for the Office of the Executive Director.

MAIN LINE: 512-239-3900
FAX: 239-3939

The area code for all phone numbers is 512 unless otherwise indicated. MC stands for mail code. Please use the indicated mail code when addressing mail to the agency. See TCEQ address information.

Executive Director Kelly Keel MC 109 239-3900
Deputy Executive Director/Chief of Staff Steven Schar MC 109 239-3900
Senior Counsel Morgan Johnson MC 109 239-0649
Office Manager Dennise Braeutigam MC 109 239-0598
Receptionist Vacant MC 109 239-3900
Special Assistant Susan Johnson MC 109 239-2555

External Relations Division

MAIN LINE: 512-239-0010
MEDIA LINE: 239-5000
Director Ryan Vise MC 118 239-5022
Assistant Director David Greer MC 118 239-5344
Budget Liaison Jennifer Kelly MC 118 239-5973
Creative Media Services Aaron Gallup MC 118 239-6157
Publications Ordering See how to order MC 118
Public Education Section MC 118 239-3143
Manager Calen Roome MC 118 239-4621
Pollution Prevention Planning Shelby Williams MC 118 239-4968
Events and Education Susan Palachek MC 118 239-3106
Recycling (including electronics) Rose Churchill MC 118 239-6454
Toll-Free Number (Television Recycling) 855-887-3292
Household Hazardous Waste Alicia Foley MC 118 239-3104
Public Participation in Permitting Stefania Munoz MC 118 239-5538
Toll-Free Number (Public Inquiries about Permitting) 800-687-4040
Texas Environmental Excellence Awards Susan Palachek MC 118 239-3106
Seminars, Conferences, and Workshops Joe Briseno MC 118 239-6781
Pollution Prevention and Recycling Team Chris Leahy MC 118 239-2427
Waste Exchange (RENEW) Juliana Sampson MC 118 239-2619
Customer Satisfaction Survey Lisa Robinson MC 118 239-5885
Toll-Free Number (Customer Service Compact with Texans) 855-685-8237
Mickey Leland Environmental Internship Program Outreach Juanita Baldwin, SHRM-CP, PHR MC 118 239-0105
National Environmental Policy Act Stefania Munoz MC 118 239-5538
Media and Community Relations Section MC 118 239-5000 FAX: 239-5010
Manager Laura Lopez MC 118 239-5000
Media Relations MC 118 239-5000
TCEQ Blog Editors MC 118 239-5000
Take Care of Texas Program Elizabeth Simmons MC 118 239-2419
TCOT Outreach Specialist Vernon Effenberger MC 118 239-4721
Web and Print Publishing Section MC 118 239-0010 FAX: 239-5010
Manager Khrysi Briggs MC 118 239-0045
This Week and Snaps! Editors MC 118 239-0010
Webmaster/Lead Internet Developer Jeff Spencer MC 118 239-4548
Webmaster Jonathan Smith MC-118 239-0035
Web and Application Usability Team Renee Carlson MC 118 239-4639
Editing and Design Team Rebecca Jarosh MC 118 239-0091 FAX: 239-0055

Intergovernmental Relations Division

MAIN LINE: 512-239-3500
FAX: 239-3335
Director Katherine Thigpen MC 119 239-3500
Executive Assistant Chikaodi Agumadu MC 119 239-1267
Legislative Liaison Vacant MC 119 239-3500
Legislative Liaison Josh Amador MC 119 239-1883
Legislative Liaison Cameron Poursoltan MC 119 239-3970
Border Affairs Eddie Moderow MC 119 239-0218

Sunset Review Division

MAIN LINE: 512-239-3900
Deputy Director for Sunset Elizabeth Sifuentez Koch MC 109 239-4713

Toxicology, Risk Assessment, and Research Division

MAIN LINE: 512-239-1795
FAX: 239-1794
Chief Toxicologist
Sabine Lange, Ph.D. MC 168 239-3108
Manager Darrell McCant, M.P.H., DABT MC 168 239-4477
Special Assistant Mary Leihardt MC 168 239-0556
Environmental Research Library Tony Estrada MC 196 239-0029 FAX: 239-0022
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