Superfund Section Staff

The Superfund Section is divided into three units:  Budget Tracking and Site Management Unit, Geological and Defense Site Management Unit, and Site Assessment and Site Management Unit. 

Administration

The Administration provides supervision and management of all units in the Superfund Section.

David Kline, Section Chief, (517) 373-8354

Gloria Gonzales-Gray, Secretary, (517) 373-8815

Budget Tracking and Site Management Unit

The Budget Tracking and Site Management Unit manages the federal Superfund program for the sites that are assigned to this unit, and is also responsible for the coordination of the application, tracking, and administration of all Superfund Cooperative Agreements (grants) and Superfund State Contracts between the EPA and the state.  The Unit also provides coordination of the response to Freedom of Information Act requests for the Remediation Division.

Robert Franks, Unit Chief, (517) 335-3392

Diana Reid, Secretary, (517) 373-8449

Carol Burghdoff, (517) 335-6600

Project Managers

Mary Schafer, (517) 373-9832

Walelign Wagaw, (517) 373-9896

Matthew Williams, (517) 373-4821  

Elizabeth O'Brien-Mead, (517) 335-3098

Cindy Fairbanks, (517) 335-4111

Budget and Grant Tracking

Esther Bradsher, Project Coordinator, (517) 373-9834

Site Assessment and Site Management Unit

The Site Assessment and Site Management Unit staff manages the federal Superfund program for assigned sites that are listed on the NPL.  The Unit also manages the Superfund Site Assessment program that assesses sites for potential scoring and nomination to the NPL; and performs brownfield site assessments.

Daria Devantier, Unit Chief, (517) 373-8436

Kathie Chamberlain, Secretary, (517) 373-8166

Project Managers

Paul Bucholtz, (517) 373-8174

Nic Dawson, (517)373-4818

Keith Krawczyk, (517) 335-4103

Autumn Lawson, (517) 241-2120

Dan Rockafellow, (517)335-3390

Kristi Zakrzewski, (517) 373-8427

Brownfields Redevelopment Assessment Program

Joseph Walczak, (517) 335-2151

Site Assessment Program

Joseph Walczak, Pre-Remedial Program Specialist, (517) 335-2151

Teresa Ducsay, (517) 373-4809

John Spielberg, (517) 373-4951

Field Technician Services

Leni Steiner-Zehender, (517) 241-7803

Geology and Defense Site Management Unit

The Geology and Defense Site Management Unit provides geological and other technical assistance and recommendations to the Superfund Section project managers, DEQ management, the EPA, and the public, as requested.  The Unit also manages the state's involvement in the Federal Defense Sites cleanup program, including managing the Defense State Memorandum of Agreement (DSMOA).

Erick Alexander, Unit Chief, (517) 241-7733

Beth Place Secretary, (517) 373-8448

Project Geologists 

Matthew Baltusis, (517) 335-3140  

Charles Graff, (517) 335-259 6

Carol Hefferan, (517) 335-3396

Barbara Vetort-Tiffany, (517) 335-1807

John Bradley, (517) 335-3146

Federal Defense Sites Program

Robert Delaney, DSMOA Coordinator (517) 373-7406

Bill Harmon, FUDs Coordinator, (517) 335-6237