NCSL Executive Committee Task Force on Military Sustainability 

Honorable Gary Banz
State Representative
Room 406
Oklahoma Legislature
State Capitol Building
2300 North Lincoln Boulevard
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Phone: (405) 557-7395
Fax: (405) 521-2720
garybanz@okhouse.gov

Honorable Upendra J. Chivukula
General Assembly Deputy Speaker
888 Easton Avenue
Somerset, NJ 08873
Phone: (732) 247-3999
Fax: (732) 247-4383
AsmChivukula@njleg.org
 

Honorable Dan Flynn
State Representative
PO Box 999
Canton, TX 75103
Phone: (903) 567-0921
Fax: (903) 567-0923
danfromvan@aol.com

Honorable John C. Grange
State Representative
1115 Rim Rock Road
El Dorado, KS 67042
Phone: (316) 321-6230
Fax: (316) 321-2002
johng@carlisleinc.net
 

Honorable John A. Heaton
State Representative
102 South Canyon
Carlsbad, NM 88220
Phone: (575) 887-5983
jheaton@caverns.com
 

Honorable Tom J. Sloan
State Representative
Room 110-S
Kansas Legislature
Kansas State Capitol
300 SW 10th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66612-1504
Phone: (785) 296-7654
Fax: (785) 368-6365
sloan@house.state.ks.us
 

Honorable Leticia Van de Putte
State Senator
Suite 1725
700 North Saint Mary's Street
San Antonio, TX 78205
Phone: (210) 733-6604
Fax: (210) 733-6605
leticia.vandeputte@senate.state.tx.us

Bob Barnes
National Defense Liaison
The Nature Conservancy
4245 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 100
Arlington, VA 22203-1606
Phone: 703-841-7406
 

John Conger
Assistant Deputy,
Under Secretary of Defense
Installations & Environment
3400 Defense Pentagon, Room 3B856A
Washington, DC 20301-3400
Phone: 703-614-8564
 

David Duma
Principal Deputy,
Directorate of Test & Evaluation
Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)
Phone: 703.695.4691
 

Frank DiGiovanni
Director, Readiness and Training
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Phone: (703) 693-4973
frank.digiovanni@osd.mil
 

Lt Col Joe Knott
Sustainability Team Leader
Army National Guard
Headquarters
Phone: (703) 601-1596
joseph.knott@hqda.army.mil
 

Ed Kringer
Director, State Liaison & Educational Opportunity
U.S. Department of Defense
Crystal Blvd. 4, Suite 302
241 18th St, S
Arlington, VA 22202
Phone: (703) 602-4949
ed.kringer@osd.mil
 

Janice W. Larkin
Sustainable Ranges Initiative
Outreach Coordinator
U.S. Department of Defense
1225 South Clark Street #1500
Arlington, VA 22202
Phone: (703) 604-1890
 

Karen Malebranche
Deputy Chief Officer, Office of Legislative, Regulatory,
& Intergovernmental Affairs
Veterans Health Administration
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20420
Phone: (202) 273-8538
karen.malebranche@va.gov
 

Tom Pamperin
Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Programs
Veterans Benefits Administration
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20420
 

Stanley L. Rasmussen
Regional Counsel
US Army - CREO
4701 Turnberry Dr.
Lawrence, KS 66047
Phone: (816) 804-1674
Fax: (816) 389-2006
stanley.rasmussen@us.army.mil
 

Jaime Uss
Communication Analyst
ManTech
Phone: (703) 604-7564
Jaime.uss.ctr@osd.mil
 

Michael Behm
Senior Vice President
Stateside Associates
2300 Clarendon Blvd Suite 407
Arlington, VA 22201-3367
Phone: (703) 525-7466
Fax: (703) 525-7057
mjb@stateside.com

Linda Sikkema
Group Director
Environment, Energy & Transportation
7700 East 1st Place
Denver, CO 80230
Phone: (303)856-1530
Fax: (303) 364-7800 
linda.sikkema@ncsl.orr

Melissa Savage
Program Director
Environment, Energy & Transportation
7700 East 1st Place
Denver, CO 80230
Phone: (303)856-1527
Fax: (303) 356-7800
melissa.savage@ncsl.org