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The Executive Committee
The Executive Committee of the
Association is comprised of the
President, Vice-President, immediate Past President, and Secretary-Treasurer. A Vice-President is elected annually from a slate of candidates by
a majority voteof the Association's State representatives. The Vice-President serves a one-year term
before advancing to the role of President. At the conclusion of the
President’s one-year term he/she advances to the position of immediate
Past President for a one-year term. The Secretary-Treasurer position is
elected to a two-year term by a majority vote of the Association's State representatives.
Ed Thamke (MT), President
ethamke@mt.gov
Ed Thamke has been engaged in public service for twenty years and currently administers seven environmental programs within the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) as the chief of the Waste & Underground Tank Management Bureau. Those programs are: Asbestos Control; Methamphetamine Cleanup; Hazardous Waste Permitting, Compliance, Corrective Action; Solid Waste Permitting, Compliance, Corrective Action; Motor Vehicle Wrecking and Recycling; Septic Pumper and Land Application; and, the Underground Storage Tank Leak Prevention Program.
Prior to being hired as the Waste & Underground Tank Management Bureau Chief in 2004, Mr. Thamke managed the MDEQ’s environmental complaint and spill investigation section and 24-hour duty officer program for seven years. From 1991 to 1997, he served the State as a landfill inspector, then gained responsibility for supervision of licensing and technical review under MEPA/NEPA and implementation of RCRA-D.
Mr. Thamke joined the ASTSWMO Board of Directors in 2005 and has actively participated in guiding the association through changes of the organization’s Executive Director, strategic planning, and other decisions to facilitate our mission and enhance our effectiveness. He has served as Board liaison to the Hazardous Waste Subcommittee and currently serves as liaison to the Sustainability and Tanks Subcommittees. Ed has participated in several ASTSWMO work groups and is currently a member of the Coal Ash Ad-Hoc Work Group.
Mr. Thamke is an avid outdoor recreationist with emphasis in family, skiing, and friends. Ed has an Associates of Arts degree from Indian Hills Community College in Centerville, Iowa, and a Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
Jeffery Steers (VA), Vice-President
jeffery.steers@deq.virginia.gov
Jeff Steers has nearly 30 years of environmental policy and operational experience in public service and is currently the Director of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s Land Protection and Revitalization Division. In this leadership role, Mr. Steers is responsible for administering the solid, hazardous and underground storage tank regulatory programs under RCRA, cleanup programs under CERCLA/Superfund including federal facilities, the state’s voluntary remediation programs and DEQ’s risk assessment programs. Jeff has extensive experience in strategic planning and team consensus building both in the public and private sectors and is a trained professional facilitator. His prior experience includes serving as the Director of DEQ’s Northern Regional Office, where he provided management oversight for operational aspects of permitting, compliance and ambient monitoring programs in all environmental media and has participated in numerous waste and air/water multi-media civil and criminal enforcement cases.
Prior to joining DEQ, Mr. Steers spent 20 years with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency working in the Agency’s water and waste programs as well as serving as the Assistant Chief of a District Office with management responsibility for 140 staff in the agency’s air, water, waste and drinking water programs. His experience includes conducting RCRA solid/hazardous waste inspections and permitting as well as cleanup oversight under CERCLA. In these roles, he represented the agency on several technical and citizen advisory boards, including a restoration advisory board at a Formerly Used Defense Site. Jeff has conducted numerous technical training sessions across the country on a variety of RCRA and multi-media topics. He previously served as a faculty member for US EPA’s RCRA Training Institute.
Mr. Steers holds a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from the University of Toledo. He is an active member in ASTSWMO and serves on the Municipal D Waste Task Force. He also serves as a Board Member of the Virginia Chapter of the Solid Waste Management Association of North America (SWANA).
Stephen A. Cobb (AL), Past-President
sac@adem.state.al.us
Steve Cobb serves as the chief of the Governmental Hazardous Waste (GHW) Branch of the Land Division at the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM). The GHW Branch is responsible for implementation of ADEM’s various hazardous waste permitting, compliance and enforcement, and cleanup programs at local, State, and federal government facilities, which include those owned or operated by the US Department of Defense, other federal agencies, various departments and agencies of the State of Alabama, public colleges and universities, local governments, and fund-lead CERCLA NPL sites. The GHW Branch manages RCRA programs, CERCLA remedial programs, SACA remedial programs, voluntary cleanup/Brownfields remedial projects, DSMOA, chemical weapons demilitarization, DERA, BRAC, MMRP, and FUDS. Mr. Cobb has worked with ADEM since 1987.
Mr. Cobb earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in agricultural engineering from Auburn University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer and a Certified Public Manager. He has actively participated in various EPA-State workgroups on various hazardous waste management and cleanup issues, was the State-lead of the first RCRAInfo Design Team, and he served as the chair of ASTSWMO’s Hazardous Waste Subcommittee prior to being elected as vice-president.
Nancy Marker (DE), Secretary-Tresurer
Nancy.Marker@state.de.us
Regional Representation
Members of the Board other than officers are elected by a State
regional caucus and consist of one representative from each of the 10 EPA Regions.
Each Board member serves an initial 3-year term and may serve a maximum
of two full consecutive 3-year terms with the consent of their regional caucas. Board members are vested with the
authority to carry out the affairs of the association and to exercise leadership
in raising and exploring policy issues of potential concern to the membership.
Region 1
Michael Wimsatt (NH), mwimsatt@des.state.nh.us
Region 2
Ken Kloo (NJ), Ken.Kloo@dep.state.nj.us
Region 3
Paul Connor (DC), paul.connor@dc.gov
Region 4
Chris Sanders (MS), chris_sanders@deq.state.ms.us
Region 5
Mark Giesfeldt (WI), mark.giesfeldt@wisconsin.gov
Region 6
Ryan Benefield (AR), benefield@adeq.state.ar.us
Region 7
William Bider (KS), wbider@kdheks.gov
Region 8
Joe Schieffelin (CO), joe.schieffelin@state.co.us
Region 9
Conchita Taitano (GU), conchita.taitano@epa.guam.gov
Region 10
Wendy Wiles (OR), Wiles.Wendy@deq.state.or.us
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