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 lzender@zendergroup.org
Capacity building & analysis, health risks, environmental impacts, special projects

Simone Sebalo, M.S., Deputy Director ssebalo@zendergroup.org
Engineering logistics, planning, capacity building, and special projects

April Reed-McCoy, M.S. Program Manager areed@zendergroup.org
Environmental education, training certification & job skills, training coordination

Sean Peterson M.S., Environmental Scientist speterson@zendergroup.org
Water quality, solid waste business operations, contaminated sites, social marketing

Reilly Kosinski B.S., Environmental Scientist rkosinski@zendergroup.org
Backhaul & recycling, hazardous wastes, Freon removal, rural logistics

Lina Shea, Environmental Scientist lshea@zendergroup.org
Toxics, tribal risk assessment, climate change, permafrost dynamics

Hazel Flynn, Environmental Scientist hflynn@zendergroup.org
Backhaul, recycling, solid waste program administration

Paul Berry, Environmental Scientist pberry@zendergroup.org
Rural landfill operations, composting, recycling, solid waste program budgeting

Sergei Shiryayev, Programmer
Web programming and graphic design

Charla Kewan, Office Manager ckewan@zendergroup.org
Office virtual networking, file organization & sharing, recordkeeping