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Thursday June 23 at 1:00pm - 2:30pm EST
Pollinator Habitat & Food Security: What’s All the Buzz About?

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Pollinators provide critical food production services for humans.  Yet, in 2013-14, Monarch Butterflies sank to their lowest recorded population level. The continued loss of commercial honey bee colonies can undermine food security and farming.

In this webinar, celebrating National Pollinator Week, get inspired by the White House’s federal strategy to restore or enhance 7 million acres of land for pollinators over the next 5 years, tune in to public and private facilities with pollinator habitat, and learn about the Pollinator Partnership’s pollinator-friendly, eco-regional planting guides.

Presenters:


Dr. Bruce Rodan
Assistant Director of Environmental Health in the White House Office of Science & Technology (OSTP).

Dr. Rodan’s priorities with OSTP center on risk assessment and environmental regulation, with a current focus on nutrient management and pollution challenges, vector control to prevent Zika infection, and implementing the Presidential Memorandum on protecting the health of pollinators. Bruce was a U.S. technical delegate in negotiations leading to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.  He is a physician (U. Melbourne) with Masters Degrees in Environmental Studies (U. Melbourne) and Public Health (Harvard).  


Dr. Vicki Wojcick
Research Director, Pollinator Partnership (P2)

Dr. Wojcik has been working to protect and promote pollinators with P2 for over five years. Her work focuses on Best Management Practices for stakeholders in land management that can improve habitat for pollinators. She has also led the expansion of P2 into Canada, and works closely with Mexican partners for a continental perspective on pollinator conservation. Vicki received her B.Sc. Honors from the University of Guelph in 2004 and her Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Policy, & Management from University of California Berkeley in 2009.


Ms. Monica Pech
Realty Specialist/Project Manager, U.S. General Services Administration

Ms. Pech has served at GSA’s Public Buildings Service, Region 9, for over ten years, and is responsible for developing and executing real estate utilization and disposal solutions for land holding federal agencies. She recently completed an eight-week assignment at U.S. EPA Region 9 where she supported Federal Green Challenge initiatives in outreach, and conducted pollinator habitat research. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from University of California Berkeley.


Mr. Jamar Jackson
EMS Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Mr. Jackson joined EPA in 2007 where he is the  National Environmental Management System’s (EMS) Coordinator, which oversees and supports thirty-eight EMSs across the country. Jamar assisted four of EPA’s Headquarters Federal Triangle facilities to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design:  Existing Building Operations and Maintenance certifications.  As a Graduate of Hampton University with a B.S. in Biology and a Master’s of Public Administration from Southeastern University, Mr Jackson was excited to begin work on the Agency’s internal Pollinator Plan in 2015, which he feels allows him to serve two of his great loves: Biology and Public Service.