TEEA - Key Persons


Abhishek Nakarmi

Job Titles:
  • Manager

Abiba Boumba

Job Titles:
  • Records Management Team

Alejandra Ortiz

Job Titles:
  • Enterprise Reporting and GIS

Alexis Gomez

Job Titles:
  • Staffing / Recruitment / Internship

Aly Huitron

Job Titles:
  • Special Leave Coordinator ( H - O )

Alyssa Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Benefits Coordinator ( C - I )

Alyssa Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director

Andrew Velasquez

Job Titles:
  • Staffing / Recruitment / Internship Work Leader

Andy Goodridge

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Regional Director

Angela Ashley

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Angie Baldwin

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Ann Nguyen

Job Titles:
  • Automation Team 2

Aruna Neerukonda

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Deputy Director

Aubree Avila

Job Titles:
  • Employee Programs - ERP
  • HR Operational Support

Avery Klein-Cloud

Job Titles:
  • Staffing / Recruitment / Internship

Beth West

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Director

Bethany Batchelor

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator

Bobby Janecka

Job Titles:
  • Commissioner
Bobby Janecka Bobby Janecka was appointed to the TCEQ by Gov. Greg Abbott effective Sept. 16, 2019. https://www.tceq.texas.gov/agency/organization/janecka-bio https://www.tceq.texas.gov/@@site-logo/TCEQ-logo-header.png Janecka most recently served as a policy advisor in the Office of Governor Greg Abbott as well as the state liaison officer for Texas, serving as the primary liaison with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Prior to serving in the Governor's Office, Janecka worked for the TCEQ as a section manager in the Radioactive Materials Division. Janecka has served as legislative staff for both Texas State Representatives Geanie Morrison and Tryon Lewis, as a legislative analyst at the Comptroller of Public Accounts, and as a public school teacher in New Orleans, Louisiana. Janecka received a Bachelor of Arts in Historical Studies and Literary Studies from the University of Texas at Dallas, a master's degree in International Affairs from the Texas A&M George Bush School of Government and Public Service, and completed the Governor's Executive Development Program at the University of Texas LBJ School of Public Affairs in 2014.

Brad Patterson

Job Titles:
  • Manager

Brenda Loggins

Job Titles:
  • Accounts Receivable

Brent Candler

Job Titles:
  • Water Section Manager

Brian Pogson

Job Titles:
  • Manager

Brittney Wortham-Teakell

Job Titles:
  • Special Assistant

Carl Ortmann

Job Titles:
  • Air Section Manager

Carmen (Ramirez) Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant
  • Team Leader

Carolyn Regimand

Job Titles:
  • Organizational Development / Training

Catarina R. Gonzales

Job Titles:
  • Commissioner

Charles Roome

Job Titles:
  • Manager

Charlie Adams

Job Titles:
  • Waste Section Manager

Chitra Panigrahi

Job Titles:
  • Agency Software License Manager

Chris Gobert

Job Titles:
  • Manager

Christopher Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Customer Service Representative

Christopher Mayben

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director

Cindy Barringer

Job Titles:
  • Employee Records / Verifications

Claire Mitchell

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Claire Snyder

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Claribel Diaz

Job Titles:
  • Historically Underutilized Business ( HUB )

Corbett Brinly

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Manager

Crystal Alvarado

Job Titles:
  • Manager

Dana Whitaker

Job Titles:
  • Asset Management

Daniel Schroeder

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

David A. Ramirez

Job Titles:
  • Area Director

David Durst

Job Titles:
  • Special Assistant

David Mann

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director

David Van Soest

Job Titles:
  • Area Director

Debbie Hurtado Peña

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Debbie Lewis

Job Titles:
  • Travel Card Program Administrator

Devin Cavanaugh

Job Titles:
  • Benefits Coordinator ( Q - Z )

Diana Azcuy Baeza

Job Titles:
  • Benefits Coordinator ( J - P )

Diana Steele

Job Titles:
  • Team Leader

Diane Kuhl

Job Titles:
  • Business Liaison

Dina Davis

Job Titles:
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Employee Relations Coordinator
  • Performance Management

Donna Romain

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Support

Donna White

Job Titles:
  • Director

Eddie Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Asset Management

Eddy Vance

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director

Edwards Aquifer

Job Titles:
  • Edwards Aquifer Section Manager

Eli Martinez

Job Titles:
  • Senior Attorney

Elizabeth Smith

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Regional Director

Erica Solis

Job Titles:
  • Team Leader

Erin Gorman

Job Titles:
  • Waste Section Manager

Esmeralda Tovias

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Farrah Court

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Frances Duron

Job Titles:
  • Risk Management, Safety, and Security

Gabriela Ornelas

Job Titles:
  • Organizational Development / Training

Garrett T. Arthur

Job Titles:
  • Public Interest Counsel

Gayle Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Information Security Officer

George Ortiz

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director

Gilbert Hueyopa

Job Titles:
  • Manager

Greg Abbot

Job Titles:
  • Governor

Greg Rogers

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Director

Gwen Peel

Job Titles:
  • Budget Analyst

Ian Boles

Job Titles:
  • Audit Services Work Leader

Irfan Ozair

Job Titles:
  • HR Reporting

Jack Higginbotham

Job Titles:
  • Waste Section Manager

Jaime A. Garza

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director

Jaime Salazar

Job Titles:
  • Regional Desktop Support Team

James Janysek

Job Titles:
  • Applications and Database Administration Team

James P. (Jim) Walker

Job Titles:
  • Senior Investigator

Janell Tepera

Job Titles:
  • Contracts Unit

Janice Thomas

Job Titles:
  • HR Reporting

Jason George

Job Titles:
  • Automation Team 1

Jason Ybarra

Job Titles:
  • Special Assistant

Jené Bearse

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Director

Jim Rizk

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor to Chairman Niermann

Joel Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Area Director

Jon Niermann - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chairman of the Texas Commission
  • Fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers
Jon Niermann serves as chairman of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. He was first appointed to the Commission by Governor Greg Abbott in 2015 and appointed to a second term in 2021. He has served as chairman since August 31, 2018. Niermann represents the agency on the Environmental Council of the States and serves as Governor Abbott's appointee to the Western States Water Council, the Western Water Cooperative Committee, and the Good Neighbor Environmental Board federal advisory committee. He is also responsible for the administration of funds that Texas receives from the Volkswagen State Environmental Mitigation Trust. Niermann is a fellow of the American College of Environmental Lawyers. He has represented Texas' natural resource agencies in prior roles at the Texas Attorney General's Office, including assistant attorney general and chief of the Environmental Protection Division. In these roles, he led the Texas delegation to negotiations that resolved the state's claims relating to the Deepwater Horizon disaster. He has also represented the state of Texas before federal appellate courts, including as the lead attorney on several petitions for review of EPA rulemaking actions under the federal Clean Air Act. Before entering public service, Niermann was an environmental attorney in private practice. He began his regulatory career as the safety and environmental manager for a heavy-equipment manufacturer. Niermann earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He earned a master of business administration and juris doctor from the University of Oregon.

Joseph Doby

Job Titles:
  • Air Section Manager

Joy Thurston-Cook

Job Titles:
  • Water Section Manager

Karina Rocha

Job Titles:
  • Waste Section Manager

Kathryn Sauceda

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director

Katie Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator

Katie Richardson

Job Titles:
  • Organizational Development / Training

Kelly Ruble

Job Titles:
  • Air Section Manager

Kellye Chandler

Job Titles:
  • Information Specialist

Ken Fox

Job Titles:
  • Operations and Data Center Services Team

Kent Heath

Job Titles:
  • Audit Services Work Leader

Kim McInnis

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Kimberli Fowler

Job Titles:
  • Air Section Manager

Kimberly Robertson

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Krista Kyle

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor to Commissioner Janecka

Kristie Shackelford

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Laura Bergman

Job Titles:
  • Organizational Development / Training

Laura Gomez

Job Titles:
  • Staffing / Recruitment / Internship

Laurie Gharis

Job Titles:
  • Chief Clerk

Leroy Biggers

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director

Lillian Butler

Job Titles:
  • Edwards Aquifer Section Manager

Linda Elder

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Deputy Director

Lori Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director

Luis Espinoza

Job Titles:
  • Staffing / Recruitment / Internship

Lynn Varian

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Deputy Director
  • Public Information Officer

Mark Cook

Job Titles:
  • Manager

Mark Staedtler

Job Titles:
  • Special Assistant

Marty Evans

Job Titles:
  • Organizational Development / Training

Mary McKelvy

Job Titles:
  • Application Development and Support

Mary Smith - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel

Mehgan Taack

Job Titles:
  • Manager

Melanie Edwards

Job Titles:
  • Water Section Manager

Melinda Johnston

Job Titles:
  • Special Assistant

Melissa Chao

Job Titles:
  • Special Assistant

Melissa Schmidt

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Michael Martin

Job Titles:
  • Team Leader

Michael Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director

Michelle Flores

Job Titles:
  • Accessibility Coordinator

Mike Hardison

Job Titles:
  • Chief Auditor

Monique Ortiz

Job Titles:
  • Receptionist

Negeen Hogan

Job Titles:
  • Staffing / Recruitment / Internship

Nichole Batista Nunes

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Manager

Nicole Bealle

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director

Nicole Immer

Job Titles:
  • Manager

Patrick McSorley

Job Titles:
  • Manager / Data Management Officer

Patty Love

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Paul Worrall

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Rachel McMath

Job Titles:
  • Technical Specialist

Raegan Ammons

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Randy J. Ammons

Job Titles:
  • Area Director

Rebecca Gonzales

Job Titles:
  • Benefits Coordinator ( a - B )
  • Personnel Action Processing

Rebecca Herrera-Canonizado

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Richard Monreal

Job Titles:
  • Water Section Manager

Rita McBride

Job Titles:
  • HR Operational Support

Robert Bradshaw

Job Titles:
  • Central File Room Project Manager

Ronald Hebert

Job Titles:
  • Water Section Manager

Ross Morgan

Job Titles:
  • Water Section Manager

Ryan Menefee

Job Titles:
  • Manager

Sabra Stefek

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Samantha Jorgens

Job Titles:
  • Organizational Development / Training

Sarah Kirksey

Job Titles:
  • Air Section Manager

Scott Infinger

Job Titles:
  • Manager

Shameika Brown

Job Titles:
  • Special Assistant

Sharon Childers

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Sharon Dunn

Job Titles:
  • Payroll and Travel Audit Unit

Shaun Gordon

Job Titles:
  • Manager

Shawn Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Water Section Manager

Sheila Moczygemba

Job Titles:
  • Travel Coordinator

Sherry Davis

Job Titles:
  • Special Leave Coordinator ( P - Z )

Sonya Czikesz


Stella Castro

Job Titles:
  • Staffing / Recruitment / Internship

Stephanie Holmes

Job Titles:
  • Manager
  • Accounts Payable - Team 2

Stephen Sepulveda

Job Titles:
  • Special Assistant

Susan Clewis

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director

Susie Smith

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Sylvia Leal

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Tabitha Martin

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Teresa Nemec

Job Titles:
  • Special Projects

Tim Perdue

Job Titles:
  • Waste Section Manager

Vanessa Edeker

Job Titles:
  • Special Leave Coordinator ( a - G )

Veronica Barnes

Job Titles:
  • Records Management Coordinator

Walter Perry

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal Advisor

Westin Massey

Job Titles:
  • Water Section Manager

Yolanda Davis

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Director

Yvette Rodriguez

Job Titles:
  • Staffing / Recruitment / Internship