Senior Executive Program Management

June 24-26, 2025
Fort Collins, CO

Audience

New and experienced senior-level state, territory, and tribal pesticide program managers with direct responsibility for the implementation of their agency’s pesticide program.

Course Goal

To provide participants with an opportunity to build and foster relationships and communication networks and to strengthen and enhance leadership skills.

Information to be covered in this course includes:

• Addressing key programmatic and communication topics between EPA & coregulators
• Adapting to programmatic changes and challenges
• Strategies for leading strong teams and managing conflict

Nominations and Participants

Nominations

Nominations must be submitted electronically. It is best to prepare your justification for selection before starting your nomination application.

Before starting the nomination form, please have the following ready:

• The nominee’s name, job title, agency or tribe, email, number of years working in pesticide regulatory programs, and number of years in nominee’s current position.
• Responses to the following questions:
  • What are the nominee’s job responsibilities and how are they relevant to the course? (750 characters maximum)
  • Why is this training essential to the nominee’s job responsibilities? (750 characters maximum)
  • What are 2 topics you wish to see offered during the course? (750 characters maximum)

Nominations for the this course open Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Mountain Time and close Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time.

The PREP Team will make selections no later than Thursday, March 20, 2025 based on how closely the nominees fit the target audience and why the training is essential to their job responsibilities. Accepted nominees must confirm their participation no later than Thursday, March 27, 2025. If accepted nominees do not reply by this date, the PREP Team cannot guarantee them a spot in the course.

Nominations are closed

Participants

Planning Group

• Bob Blankenburg, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation

• Africa Dorame Avalos, Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona

• Stephanie Ende, Minnesota Department of Agriculture

• David Huber, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets

• Patrick Jones, North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

• Brian Kennedy, Arizona Department of Agriculture

• David Cobb, EPA Region 8

Travel and Lodging Information

State, Territory, Tribal Participants

Participants’ lodging, travel, and per diem will be paid for by the PREP Team.

More course information will be shared via email after accepted participants complete the course registration form. Please pay close attention to your email, including your junk/spam folders for this information. Your quick response to these emails is vital to ensuring you receive your preferred travel arrangements.

EPA Participants

EPA Participants are responsible for reserving their own flights, ground transportation, and hotel. Please plan to arrive on Monday, June 23 and depart on Friday, June 27. EPA participants must also pay a course registration fee.

More course information, including how to reserve your hotel room, will be shared via email after accepted participants complete the course registration form. Please pay close attention to your email, including your junk/spam folders for this information. Your quick response to these emails is vital to ensuring you receive your preferred travel arrangements.