Directorate of Standards & Guidance

Directory of Offices & Staff

U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
Directorate of Standards & Guidance
200 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20210

Dorothy Dougherty, MS
Director

William Perry, CIH
Deputy Director / Industrial Hygienist

Andy Levinson
Acting Deputy Director

Office of the Director | 202-693-1950
Caroline Freeman, Health Scientist
Christie Garner, Program Analyst
Stacy McGuire, JD, Special Assistant
LaJuane Paige, Program Analyst
Valentine Schaeffer, PhD, Advisor to the Director
David Wallis, Advisor to the Director
Administrative Staff | 202-693-1950 (Health) or 202-693-2222 (Safety)
Theresa Clark, Management and Program Analyst
Anissa Harmon, Program Analyst
Keisha Mingo, Control Correspondence
Nishelle Spencer, Program Analyst

Office of Biological Hazards | 202-693-2091
The mission of the Office of Biological Hazards is to contribute to assuring safe and healthful working conditions in covered workplaces through the development of workplace standards, regulations and guidance addressing exposures to harmful biological agents.

Janet Carter, Acting Director
Andrew Levinson, MPH, Director
Sharon Carr, MT(ASCP), Health Scientist
Margy Lambert, Health Scientist
Tom Nerad, MS, MPH, PhD, Health Scientist
Natalia Stakhiv, MPH, Health Scientist

John Steelnack, Industrial Hygienist

Office of Chemical Hazards - Metals | 202-693-2093
The mission of the Office Of Chemical Hazards (Metals) is to contribute to assuring safe and healthful working conditions in covered workplaces through the development of workplace standards, regulations and guidance addressing exposures to harmful chemical (metal) agents.

Maureen Ruskin, Director/Supervisory Industrial Engineer
David Valiante, Health Scientist
Peter Andrews, Industrial Hygienist
Estelle Berman, Program Analyst
Janet Carter, MPH, Health Scientist
Tiffany DeFoe, Health Scientist
Deana Holmes, MT, Health Scientist
Kathy Landkrohn, Health Scientist
Jennifer Lawless, CSP, Industrial Hygienist
Jeff Snyder, Health Scientist

Office of Chemical Hazards - Non Metals | 202-693-2090
The mission of the Office of Chemical Hazards (Non-Metals) is to contribute to assuring safe and healthful working conditions in covered workplaces through the development of workplace standards, regulations and guidance addressing exposures to harmful chemical (non-metal) agents.

David O'Connor, MPH, Director
Amanda Anthony, Program Assistant
Chris Brown, MPH, CPH, Health Scientist
Neil Davis, CIH, Industrial Hygienist
Annette Iannucci, MS, DABT, Health Scientist
Rebecca Reindel, MS, MPH, CPH, Industrial Hygienist

Office of Engineering Safety | 202-693-2277
The mission of the Office of Engineering Safety is to contribute to assuring safe and healthful working conditions in covered workplaces through the development of workplace standards, regulations and guidance addressing engineering safety areas.

Lisa Long, Director
Bob Bell, Safety Engineer
John Bugno, PE, Chemical Engineer
David Chicca, Chemical Engineer
Daniel Newman, JD, Technical Writer-Editor
Ken Stevanus, Mechanical Engineer
Blair Thompson, Mechanical Engineer

Office of Information Quality & Paperwork Reduction | 202-693-2222
The mission of Paperwork Reduction Staff is to analyze and evaluate workplace standards and regulations to ensure compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, to perform surveys and studies to obtain data and information needed to close gaps in the rulemaking record identified during or subsequent to hearings, and to assess and manage collection of information requirements imposed by Agency rules and regulations.

Todd Owen, Director
Belinda Cannon, Program Analyst
Rose Darby, Program Analyst
Doris Edwards, Regulatory Specialist
Jeanette Jones, Program Assistant
Theda Kenney, Regulatory Specialist
Rachel Showalter, JD, Regulatory Specialist
Robert Washington, MPH, Regulatory Specialist

Office of Maritime and Agriculture | 202-693-2086
The mission of the Office of Maritime and Agriculture is to contribute to assuring safe and healthful working conditions in covered workplaces through the development of workplace standards, regulations, and guidance materials addressing the occupational risks in the maritime and agricultural industries.

Amy Wangdahl, CSP, Director
Jeffrey Doranz, MLIR, JD, Safety & Occupational Health Specialist
Shannon Lindey, Safety & Occupational Health Specialist
Danielle Watson, Safety & Occupational Health Specialist
Vanessa Welch, Safety & Occupational Health Specialist
Acie Zachary, Safety & Occupational Health Specialist

Office of Physical Hazards & Others| 202-693-2092
The mission of the Office of Physical Hazards is to contribute to assuring safe and healthful working conditions in covered workplaces through the development of workplace standards and guidance addressing exposures to harmful physical hazards, e.g., non-ionizing and ionizing radiations, noise, vibrations, temperature extremes, pressure extremes, etc., as well as the development of workplace standards and guidance addressing exposures to other designated health hazards.

Lyn Penniman, RN, MPH, Director
Surender Ahir, PhD, DABT, Health Scientist
Joanna Gorse, Health Specialist
Brian Mattes, Health Scientist
Stephen Schayer, Health Scientist
Joanna Sznajder, PhD, CPE, Health Scientist
Ryan Tremain, MPH, Health Scientist
Iona Young, Program Assistant

Office of Regulatory Analysis – Health

Robert Stone, Director
Bob Blicksilver, Economist
Greg Kuczura, Economist
Bryan Lincoln, Economist
Tom Mockler, Economist
Bogdan Tereshchenko, Economist

Office of Regulatory Analysis – Safety

Robert Burt, Director
Cherron Cox, Economist
Michael Martell, Program Analyst
Chuck McCormick, Economist
Tom Ransdell, Economist
Jessica Stone, Economist

Office of Safety Systems | 202-693-2255
The mission of the Office of Safety Systems is to contribute to ensuring safe and healthful working conditions through the development of standards, regulations, and guidance for the identification, prevention, and control of safety hazards regarding fire protection, explosives, hazardous materials, chemical processes, fall protection personal protective equipment, emergency response, and other fundamental workplace safety issues.

Mark Hagemann, Director
Robert Brandenburg, GSP, ASHM, Safety & Occupational Health Specialist
Marva Bundy, Program Assistant
Mat Chibbaro, Fire Prevention Engineer
Bill Hamilton, Fire Prevention Engineer
William Zettler, Safety & Occupational Health Specialist

Office of Technological Feasibility | 202-693-2222

Bill Perry, Acting Director
Joseph Coble, ScD, CIH, Industrial Hygienist
Patricia Downs, Industrial Hygienist
Luis Martinez, Mechanical Engineer
Dalton Moore, Industrial Hygienist
Jessica Schifano, Health Scientist
Chris Shaw, Program Assistant
Deborah Tackett, Program Analyst

Last updated: January 22, 2013