Who We Are

Zender Environmental Health and Research Group is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The purpose of our organization is to provide environmental program services for underserved Tribal and isolated-rural populations where the need exists. Click here to see our mission statement.

STAFF (To contact staff, email addresses are given below or call 907 277 2111). Click here for bios of staff members.

Dr. Lynn Zender, Executive Director [email protected]
Capacity building & analysis, health risks, environmental impacts, special projects

Simone Sebalo, M.S., Deputy Director [email protected]
Engineering logistics, planning, capacity building, and special projects

April Reed-McCoy, M.S. Program Manager [email protected]
Environmental education, training certification & job skills, training coordination

Sean Peterson M.S., Environmental Scientist [email protected]
Water quality, solid waste business operations, contaminated sites, social marketing

Reilly Kosinski B.S., Environmental Scientist [email protected]
Backhaul & recycling, hazardous wastes, Freon removal, rural logistics

Lina Shea, Environmental Scientist [email protected]
Toxics, tribal risk assessment, climate change, permafrost dynamics

Hazel Flynn, Environmental Scientist [email protected]
Backhaul, recycling, solid waste program administration

Paul Berry, Environmental Scientist [email protected]
Rural landfill operations, composting, recycling, solid waste program budgeting

Sergei Shiryayev, Programmer
Web programming and graphic design

Charla Kewan, Office Manager [email protected]
Office virtual networking, file organization & sharing, recordkeeping