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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

Mr. Steven L. Greeley
Director 
Workplace Safety & Health Division 
Maine Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Standards
45 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0045
Office 207-623-7916
Email: Steven.L.Greeley@Maine.gov

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

MARYLAND

Ellen Flowers-Fields
VP Continuing Education & Workforce Development
College of Southern Maryland
PO Box 910, 8730 Mitchell Road
La Plata, MD 20646
Telephone: 301-934-7475
Email: eflowers-fields@csmd.edu

Melissa Coker
Director, MCET
PO Box 910, 8730 Mitchell Road
La Plata, MD 20646
Telephone: 301-934-7504
Email: mdcoker@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: Michael Fiore
Email: Michael.A.Fiore@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
421 E. Dunklin Street 3rd Floor
Jefferson City, MO 65102
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

Ms. Rebecca Gilchrist
Senior Mining Engineer
Navajo Nation Minerals Department
P.O. Box 1910
Window Rock, AZ 86515
Office Telephone 928 871-7398
Email rkgilchrist@navajo-nsn.gov 

Additional Contact: Richard Carlton
Office Telephone 928 871-7949
Email richardcarlton@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

Ryo Suzuki 
Telephone: (308) 865-9393
Email: suzukir@unk.edu
Website: www.unk.edu/msha