Office of Air Quality Monitoring
Staff and contacts

Mailing Address:
4949-C Cox Road
Glen Allen, Virginia
23060

Fax: (804) 527-5160

Director

Chuck Turner
(804) 527-5178, clturner@deq.virginia.gov

Laura A. Roder , Program Support Technician
(804) 527-5184, laroder@deq.virginia.gov

• Administrative Coordinator
• Vehicle management
• Field operation support

Criteria pollutant instrumentation group

Thomas F. Jennings, Manager I
(804) 527-5182, tfjennings@deq.virginia.gov

• Criteria Pollutant Instrumentation Group supervisor
• Virginia DEQ TSP, PM10, PM2.5 monitoring contact
• Meteorological instrumentation

Anton V. Sorkin , Environmental Engineer, Senior
(804) 527-5180, avsorkin@deq.virginia.gov

• PM2.5 Mass & Speciation monitor operation
• Troubleshooting & repair of monitoring instrumentation
• Particulate data downloads

Vacant, Environmental Engineer
(804) 527-5187, @deq.virginia.gov

• Calibration of monitoring instrumentation
• Referencing of secondary & transfer standards
• Operation of continuous analyzers

Jeff McKnight , Environmental Engineer
(804) 527-5192, jamcknight@deq.virginia.gov

• PM2.5 Mass & Speciation monitor operation
• Emergency Response instrumentation
• Particulate monitor repair

Les C. Widmyer, Air Monitoring Technician, Senior
(804) 527-5189, lcwidmyer@deq.virginia.gov

• Repair & maintenance of monitoring and ancillary instrumentation
• Calibration of monitoring instrumentation
• Operation of continuous analyzers

Tom F. Drake, Air Monitoring Technician
(804) 527-5193, tfdrake@deq.virginia.gov

• Calibration & maintenance of monitoring instrumentation
• Referencing of secondary & transfer standards
• Operation of continuous analyzers

Boris Leonoff , Air Monitoring Technician
(804) 527-5157, bmleonoff@deq.virginia.gov

• Calibration & maintenance of monitoring instrumentation
• Referencing & calibration of secondary & transfer standards
• Operation of continuous analyzers

Hiep Nguyen , Air Monitoring Technician
(804) 527-5158, htnguyen@deq.virginia.gov

• Repair & maintenance of monitoring & ancillary instrumentation
• Referencing & calibration of secondary & transfer standards
• Operation of continuous analyzers

Data processing, evaluation & special projects group

James D. Dinh, Manager I
(804) 527-5190, jddinh@deq.virginia.gov

• Emergency response & special study contact
• Ozone precursors & air toxic monitoring
• Ambient air toxics data analysis & assessment

M. Carolyn Stevens, Environmental Engineer, Senior
(804) 527-5181, mcstevens@deq.virginia.gov

• FOIA Requests (Freedom of Information Act)
• Ozone mapping technical contact
• Criteria pollutant data validation/analysis
• Upper meteorological data contact

Baxter J. Gilley, Environmental Engineer, Senior
(804) 527-5188, bjgilley@deq.virginia.gov

• Emergency response & special study
• Air toxic monitoring
• Upper meteorological monitoring
• Safety Officer

C. Brian King, Environmental Engineer, Senior
(804) 527-5186, cbking@deq.virginia.gov

• Emergency response & special study
• Volatile ozone precursors monitoring (PAMS)
• PAMS data analysis

Kara A. Jones, Environmental Engineer, Senior
(804) 527-5179, kajones@deq.virginia.gov

• Audit of continuous and particulate monitors coordinator
• Emergency response & special study
• NOy contact
• NPAP & precision and accuracy contact

Rudley A. Young, Environmental Engineer
(804) 527-5191, rayoung@deq.virginia.gov

• Particulate filter analysis program coordinator
• TSP, PM10, PM2.5 maintenance
• Particulate monitor repair
• Particulate audit

Frank C. Burbank , Environmental Engineer
(804) 527-5094, fcburbank@deq.virginia.gov

• Air toxic sampling & PAMS field operations
• ERAMS coordinator
• Operational logistics
• Sampling site setup & maintenance

Crystal Y. Sorensen, Statistical Analyst
(804) 527-5183, cysorensen@deq.virginia.gov

• Special data requests & reports
• Virginia's AIRS/AQS contact
• Virginia Ambient Air Monitoring Report contact
• Air Monitoring Program web author
• Field support