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, Charles.Turner@deq.virginia.gov

Laura A. Roder, Environmental Specialist
(804) 527-5184, Laura.Roder@deq.virginia.gov

• Administrative coordinator
• Vehicle management
• Field operation support
• Air Monitoring Program web author 

Criteria pollutant instrumentation group

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

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

James A. Biggs, Environmental Engineer
(804) 527-5189, James.Biggs@deq.virginia.gov

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

Thomas F. Drake, Environmental Engineer
(804) 527-5193, Thomas.Drake@deq.virginia.gov

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

Boris M. Leonoff, Environmental Engineer
(804) 527-5157, Boris.Leonoff@deq.virginia.gov

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

Jeffrey A. McKnight, Environmental Engineer
(804) 527-5192, Jeffrey.McKnight@deq.virginia.gov

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

Hiep T. Nguyen, Environmental Engineer
(804) 527-5158, Hiep.Nguyen@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, James.Dinh@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, Carolyn.Stevens@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, Baxter.Gilley@deq.virginia.gov

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

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

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

Kara A. Jones, Environmental Engineer, Senior
(804) 527-5179, Kara.Jones@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, Rudley.Young@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, Frank.Burbank@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, Crystal.Sorensen@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