What to know
ATSDR maintains a joint office with the Director of the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH). There are five offices and five program-specific divisions located throughout the U.S. This provides coverage in all states, territories, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Overview
Keep reading: About ASTDR Regional Offices
ATSDR staffs a regional office within each of the Environmental Protection Agency’s 10 regional offices. Our regional representatives provide unique expertise, and special technical and field experience from their assigned regions. They work with all NCEH/ATSDR divisions and offices and help implement specific programs in each region.
Eastern section
Eastern Section Contact
Caitlin Mertzlufft, PhD, MPH
Section Chief, Eastern Section
ATSDR Office of Community Health and Hazard Assessment (OCHHA)
4770 Buford Hwy, NE (MS F59)
Atlanta, GA 30341-3717
(404) 498-5416
iwe5@cdc.gov
ATSDR Region 1 – Boston
5 Post Office Sq., Ste. 1010
Mail code: ATSDR 10-1
Boston, MA 02109
Includes: Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont.
Contacts:
CAPT Tarah Somers, RN, MSN/MPH
Regional Director
(617) 918-1493
(617) 918-1494 – FAX
tvs4@cdc.gov
LCDR Christopher Mugford, MSc, CIH, REHS, DAAS
Regional Representative
(978) 427-8715
yhp6@cdc.gov
Robert Thistle, PhD
Environmental Health Scientist
(617) 918-1493
AI61@cdc.gov
ATSDR Region 2 – New York
New York office:
290 Broadway, North, 20th Fl.
New York, NY 10007
Edison office:
2890 Woodbridge Ave., Bldg. 209
Edison, NJ 08837
Includes: New Jersey, New York, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John).
Contacts:
Leah Graziano, RS
Regional Director
Edison
(732) 906-6932
lge2@cdc.gov
Luis Rivera-Gonzalez, PhD
Environmental Health Scientist (Toxicologist)
Regional Representative
Edison
(732) 906-6933
lqx8@cdc.gov
CDR Michelle Dittrich, MPH, REHS
Environmental Health Scientist
Regional Representative
Edison
(732) 551-5803
yhf8@cdc.gov
ATSDR Region 3 – Philadelphia
Four Penn Center
1600 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Mailstop 3SD00,
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2852
Includes: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia.
Contacts:
Michael Byrns, PhD
Regional Director
(404) 498-1681
ab79@cdc.gov
Emily Adler
Environmental Health Scientist
Regional Representative
(215) 814-2927
(215) 814-3003 – FAX
qgk3@cdc.gov
Central section
Central Section Contact
Jack Hanley, MPH
Section Chief
ATSDR 4770 Buford Hwy, NE (MS S101-2)
Atlanta, GA 30341-3717
(770) 488-0736
jah8@cdc.gov
Region 4 – Atlanta
Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center
61 Forsyth Street, SW
9th Floor EPA mailroom
Room 16T50
Atlanta, GA 30303
(770) 488-3000
Includes: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee.
Contacts:
Vacant
Regional Director
Leann Bing, BS
Health Scientist
Regional Representative
(770) 488-3002
kgb0@cdc.gov
John Kotval, MPH
Environmental Health Scientist
Regional Representative
(770) 851-8073
TZF0@cdc.gov
ATSDR Region 5 – Chicago
77 West Jackson Blvd.
Room 433, M/S 4J
Chicago, IL 60604
Includes: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin.
Contacts:
Motria Caudill, PhD
Regional Director
Environmental Health Scientist
(312) 886-0267
ldu1@cdc.gov
Kendra Hubbard, MPH
Environmental Health Scientist
(312) 886-0886
kie8@cdc.gov
ATSDR Region 6 – Dallas
EPA Region 6, Suite 500
1201 Elm Street
Dallas, Texas 75270
Includes: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas.
Contacts:
Norka Paden, PhD
Environmental Health Scientist
Regional Director
(208) 373-0579
PQT6@cdc.gov
CAPT James (Patrick) Young
Environmental Health Specialist
Regional Representative
(214) 665-8562
pay9@cdc.gov
Jennifer L. Lyke
Public Health Advisor
Regional Representative
(214) 665-8362
jlf1@cdc.gov
Western section
Western Section Contacts
CDR Elizabeth Irvin, PhD
Acting Section Chief, Western Section
ATSDR Office of Community Health and Hazard Assessment (OCHHA)
4770 Buford Hwy, NE (MS F59)
Atlanta, GA 30341-3717
(770) 488-3684
jcx0@cdc.gov
ATSDR Region 7 – Kansas City
11201 Renner Blvd.
Lenexa, KS 66219
Includes: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska.
Contacts:
CDR Erin Evans, MPH
Environmental Health Scientist
Regional Director
(913) 551-1311
isb5@cdc.gov
Matt Ferguson, PhD
Environmental Health Scientist
Regional Representative
(913) 416-2118
qcb9@cdc.gov
LCDR Cory M. Kokko, MPH, REHS/RS
Environmental Health Scientist
Regional Representative
(913) 551-1312
guc0@cdc.gov
ATSDR Region 8 – Denver
1595 Wynkoop Street
Denver, CO 80202-2466
(303) 312-6956 – FAX
Includes Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming.
Contacts:
CDR Kai Elgethun, PhD, MPH
Regional Director
Denver, Colorado
(303) 312-7019
irz6@cdc.gov
LCDR Irene Lee, PharmD, BCPS
Environmental Health Scientist
(303) 870-9890
xrt2@cdc.gov
Chris Maniglier-Poulet, MS
Environmental Health Scientist
Regional Representative
(303) 312-7013
cgp8@cdc.gov
ATSDR Region 9 – San Fransisco
75 Hawthorne Street, Suite 9410
San Francisco, CA 94105
Includes: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), U.S. Territory of Guam, Marshall Islands, Palau, American Samoa.
Contacts:
Jamie Rayman, MPH
Regional Director
(415) 290-0680
fpe7@cdc.gov
Benjamin Gerhardstein, MPH
Environmental Health Scientist
(415) 290-3360
fty9@cdc.gov
ATSDR Region 10 – Seattle
Seattle office:
1200 6th Avenue, Suite 155, Mailstop 505
Seattle, WA 98101
Anchorage office:
222 W. 7th Avenue Suite 261 (Annex), Mailstop 45
Anchorage, AK 99513
(Physical address: 222 West 8th Avenue, Social Security Building, Suite 261)
Includes: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and 271 Tribal Nations.
Contacts:
Rhonda S. Kaetzel, PhD, DABT
Regional Director
Sr. Toxicologist
(206) 553-0530
vnc2@cdc.gov
Debra Gable, MEng
Sr. Environmental Health Scientist
Health Assessor
(206) 553-1796
dfg0@cdc.gov
Taylor Lamb, MPH
Environmental Health Scientist
Regional Representative
UCR7@cdc.gov
Washington DC Office
William Jefferson Clinton Building
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
M/C 5202P
Washington, DC 20460
Contacts:
Steve Jones, MS
Regional Director
ATSDR Liaison Office to EPA HQ
(202) 566-0844
sxj6@cdc.gov
LCDR Dana Williams, MPH, REHS
Environmental Health Specialist
Regional Representative
(202) 566-1144
ihh6@cdc.gov