LCBP Committee Membership
May 2026
Steering Committee
Stéfanos Bitzakidis*, Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs
Breck Bowden*, Chair, VT Citizens Advisory Committee
Laurie Earley, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lake Champlain
Susan Evans McClure*, Chair, Heritage Area Partnership Advisory Committee
Joe Flynn, VT Agency of Transportation
(Jennifer Callahan, Designee)
Blake Glover, USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service (NY)
Buzz Hoerr*, Chair, Education & Outreach Advisory Committee
Stephen Hunt, Empire State Development
(Brendan Olson, Designee)
Anne Jefferson, Lake Champlain Sea Grant
Neil Kamman*, Chair, Technical Advisory Committee
Lindsay Kurrle, Agency of Commerce and Community Development
(Laura Trieschmann, Designee)
Michael Latham, NYS Dept of Agriculture and Markets
(Brian Steinmuller, Designee)
Javier Laureano*, US Environmental Protection Agency Region 2
Louise Leblanc, Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pecheries et de l’alimentation
(Gerardo Gollo Gil, Designee)
Simon Lajeunesse*, President, Quebec Citizens Advisory Committee
Walt Lender*, Chair, New York Citizen’s Advisory Committee
Regina Lyons*, US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1
Dan Mackay, NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
(Phil Giltner, Designee)
Leslie Morlock, National Park Service
Julie Moore*, VT Agency of Natural Resources
(Emily Bird, Designee)
Evan Nelson, US Army Corps of Engineers
Jean-François Ouellet, Ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs
Gilles Rioux, Mayor, Stanbridge Station
Susan Sullivan**, NEIWPCC
Anson Tebbetts, VT Agency of Agriculture
(Laura DiPietro, Designee)
Travis Thomason, USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Service (VT)
Vacant, Local Government representative for NY
Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, Mayor, Burlington, VT – Local Government representative for VT
(Megan Moir, Designee)
Joeseph Zalewski*, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
(Kris Alberga, Designee)
*Executive Committee Members
** Non-voting Members
New York Citizens Advisory Committee (NY CAC)
Walt Lender, Chair
Colin Powers, Boquet River Association
Fred Woodward
Jackie Bowen, Adirondack Council
Jim Dawson, SUNY Plattsburgh Emeritus
Laura Klaiber, Miner Institute
Rick Lauren
Steve Kramer, Miner Institute
Tom Metz
Vic Putman
Quebec Citizens Advisory Committee (QC CAC)
Jean Asnong, Syndicat de l’UPA de Brome Missisquoi
Andrej Barwicz, Vice-président, Association pour la protection du lac Parker
Monique Bergeron, Pourvoirie Courchesne
Nathalie Fortin, Citoyenne
Louise Herbert, Carrière Omya
Simon Lajeunesse, Président
Jacques Landry
Francis Mailloux, Conservation baie Missisquoi
Ana Maria Martin, Maire Patton, MRC Memphrémagog
David Largy-Nadeau, MRC Memphrémagog
Gilles Rioux, Maire de Stanbridge-Station, MRC Brome Missisquoi
Caroline Rosetti, MRC Brome Missisquoi
Urbain Swennen, Secrétaire / trésorier, Syndicat de l’UPA de Brome Missisquoi
Vermont Citizens Advisory Committee (VT CAC)
Sen. Randy Brock
Sen. Martine Laroque Gulick
Rep. Carol Ode
Breck Bowden, Chair, Watershed Scientist
Denise Smith, Vice-chair, Nonprofit Executive Director
Evan Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald Environmental Associates
Jane Clifford, Dairy Farmer & Consultant
Robert Fischer, Water Facility Operator
Lori Fisher, Lake Champlain Committee
Andrew Milliken, Ecologist
Hilary Solomon, Poultney-Mettowee NRCD
Alison Spasyk, Graduate Student
Lynne Rapoport, Community Sailing Center
Education & Outreach Advisory Committee (E & 0)
Karen Bates, VT Department of Environmental Conservation, Water Quality Division
Julie Berlinski, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Tom Collins, Adirondack Watershed Institute
Buzz Hoerr, Chair
Bruce Lawson, WPTZ NBC5, retired
Elizabeth Lee, Cornell Cooperative Extension
John Little
Betsy Lowe
Ken Mirvis
Julie Reinling, OBVBM
Kristine Stepenuck, Lake Champlain Sea Grant
Alison Thomas, VT Fish & Wildlife Department
Theresa Vander Woude, US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 1
Fenwick (Hap) Wheeler
Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)
Heritage Area Partnership Advisory Committee (HAPAC)
Susan Evans McClure, Chair, Vermont Arts Council*
Guylaine Beaudoin, CLD Brome-Missisquoi
Lou Bresee, cycling expert
Monika Derrien, University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Whitney Doel, Vermont Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation
Phil Giltner, New York State Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation*
Catherine Hays, Bixby Memorial Free Library (retired)
John Krueger, historian and former HAPAC Chair
Gauthier Melin, Adélard, Frelighsburg, Quebec
Suzie O’Bomsawin, Odanak official
Nancy Patch, Franklin-Grand Isle County Forester (retired)
Celine Paquette, museum director
Cole Trager, Cornell Cooperative Ext. of Essex County
Laura Trieschmann, Vermont State Historic Preservation Officer*
*Lake Champlain Steering Committee member