The Conference Planning Committee is made up of a mix of non-profit organizations, for-profit companies and levels of state, federal and local government that deal with a common goal of reclaiming Pennsylvania’s Abandoned Mine Land Problems.

Arielle Avishai — Office of Surface Mining
Shaun Busler — Stream Restoration, Inc.
Donna Carnahan — PA Department of Environmental Protection-NPS Program
Kate Feissner — Eastern Middle Anthracite Regional Recovery (EMARR Inc.)
Jeffrey Gerard — WPCAMR (OSM/VISTA)
Bruce Golden — WPCAMR
Tim Gourley — Dietz-Gourley Consulting, LLC
Tom Grote — Kiski Basin Initiative
Mike Hewitt — EPCAMR
Bernie Hoffnar — Six Mile Run Area Watershed Committee
Robert Hughes — EPCAMR
Beth Kern — PA Department of Environmental Protection-Cambria DMO
Mark Killar — Western PA Conservancy
Andy McAllister — WPCAMR
John Stefanko — PA Department of Environmental Protection