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State Grant Participants

Listed are the states participating in the MSHA grants program with links to each state program Summary. Also program officials and contact persons are listed with phone numbers and e-mail addresses.

State Grants Participants Contact list
State Contact Information
MAINE

Ms. Mary S. Matthews

Program Manager 

Workplace Safety & Health Division 

Maine Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Standards

45 State House Station

Augusta, ME 04333-0045

Office 207-623-7915

Email: Mary.S.Matthews@Maine.gov

Website: www.safetyworksmaine.gov

Mr. Michael Roland

Bureau Director

Maine Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Standards

45 State House Station

Augusta, ME 04333-0045

Office: (207) 623-7932

Fax: (207) 623-7934

Email: Michael.Roland@Maine.gov

MARYLAND

Ellen Flowers-Fields

Associate VP Continuing Education & Workforce Development

College of Southern Maryland

PO Box 910, 8730 Mitchell Road

La Plata, MD 20646

Telephone: 301-934-7580

Email: eflowers-fields@csmd.edu

Jane Pierce

Training Coordinator, MCET

College of Southern Maryland

PO Box 910, 8730 Mitchell Road

La Plata, MD 20646

Telephone: 301-934-7504

Email: tjpierce2@csmd.edu

https://www.mcet.org/mining-program/index.html

 

MASSACHUSETTS

Mr. Michael Flanagan

Director

Department of Labor Standards

100 Cambridge St, Suite 500

Boston, MA 02114

Telephone: 617-626-6958

Email: Michael.Flanagan@Mass.gov

Website: www.mass.gov/dols

Additional Contact: Merrill MacInnis

Email: Merrill.Macinnis@Mass.gov

MICHIGAN

Matt Portfleet

Program Director

Department of Mining Engineering - Mine Safety

Michigan Technological University

Room 620, DOW Building

1400 Townsend Drive Houghton, MI 49931-1295

Telephone: (906) 231-7127

Email: mgportfl@mtu.edu

Additional Contacts: Dave Carlson(for scheduling classes), Jake Drenth, Ron Gradowski and Marisa Roerig

Emails: dcarlson@mtu.edu, jdrenth53@gmail.com, rfski2@yahoo.commrroerig@mtu.edu

https://www.msha.gov/michigan

MINNESOTA

LeAnn Snidarich

MSHA Program Director

Minnesota State Colleges & Universities

30 East 7th Street,

St. Paul, MN 55101 

Telephone: 651-201-1464

Email: LeAnn.Snidarich@minnstate.edu

Website: www.minnstate.edu

Additional Contacts: Ashley Gillund

Northland Community & Technical College 

1101 Highway One East

Thief River Falls, MN 56701

Email: Ashley.Gillund@northlandcollege.edu

Telephone: 218-683-8642

Fax: 218-683-8989

Cell: 218-242-0114

www.northlandcollege.edu/wds

Robert Weston, CSP, CMSP, CIT

South Central College

Customized Workforce Education

1920 Lee Blvd. North Mankato, MN 56003

Telephone: 507-389-7320

Cell: 507-327-9093

Email: Robert.Weston@southcentral.edu

Terry Weston CSP, CMSP, CIT

South Central College

Customized Workforce Education

1920 Lee Blvd. North Mankato, MN 56003

Telephone: 507-389-7425

Cell: 507-317-5529

Email: Terry.Weston@southcentral.edu

Additional Contact: Terry Meschke 

Email: Terry.Meschke@southcentral.edu 

Colleen Gerzin

Northeast Higher Education District

Advanced Minnesota

1515 East 25th Street

Hibbing, MN 55746

Telephone: 218-749-7716

Email: colleen.gerzin@advancedmn.org

MISSISSIPPI

Mr. James Matheny

Director

Mining and Reclamation Division

Office of Geology

Department of Environmental Quality 

700 N. State Street

P.O. Box 2279

Jackson, MS 39225-2279

Telephone: (601) 961-5527

Email: jmatheny@mdeq.ms.gov

Website:  https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/geology/work-areas/mining-and-reclamation/

Additional Contact: Karen Stephens

Telephone:  (601) 961-5679

Email:  kstephens@mdeq.ms.gov

MISSOURI

Mr. David K. Attebery, M.S., CSP

Program Manager

Division of Labor Standards, Mine and Cave Safety

Department of Labor and Industrial Relations

3315 W. Truman Blvd., Suite 205

Jefferson City, MO 65102-0449

Telephone: (573) 751-1422

Cell:  573-508-9468

Email:  david.attebery@labor.mo.gov

Website: www.labor.mo.gov/workplacesafety/minecave

MONTANA

Jake Sandau
Safety Compliance Manager
Employment Standards Division
Montana Department of Labor and Industry
301 South Park Avenue, Floor 5
Helena, MT 59601
Office Telephone: 406-444-6595
Email:  jsandau@mt.gov   
Website:  https://erd.dli.mt.gov/safety-health/mine-safety-and-health  

Additional Contact:    
Ms. Theresa McGowan-Sroczyk
Compliance Bureau Chief
Employment Standards Division
Montana Department of Labor and Industry
301 South Park Avenue, Floor 5
Helena, MT 59601
Office Telephone: 406- 444-1389
Email:  tsroczyk@mt.gov   
Website:  https://erd.dli.mt.gov/safety-health/mine-safety-and-health

 

NAVAJO NATION

Richard Carlton

Minerals Department

Navajo Nation

P.O. Box 1910

Window Rock, AZ 86515

Office Telephone 928-871-7949

Email richardcarlton@navajo-nsn.gov

Additional Contact:  Rebecca Gilchrist

Office Telephone 928-871-7398

Email rkgilchrist@navajo-nsn.gov

NEBRASKA

Mrs. Darla Morris

Business Manager

Nebraska Safety Center, West Center, Rm 227E

University of Nebraska at Kearney

1917 West 24th St.

Kearney, NE 68849-4915

Telephone: (308) 865-8267

Email: morrisd@unk.edu

Additional Contacts:

Marshal Barth

Telephone: (308) 865-8755

Email: barthmj@unk.edu

Erin Howard

Telephone: (308) 865-1550

Email: howarder@unk.edu

Website: www.unk.edu/msha