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If you would like to receive automatic email updates on the RESTORE Council activities, grant announcements, public meetings and/or public comment period for one or more of the Gulf Coast states, please subscribe to RESTORE Council eBlasts. This is a two-step process, once you have subscribed, check your email for a one-time link from noreply@restorethegulf.gov. If the email is not in your inbox, please check your spam or junk folder. You can add or delete subscription items at any time.

For General Questions or Comments:

Keala J. Hughes
Director of External Affairs & Tribal Relations
keala.hughes@restorethegulf.gov 
(504) 717-7235

or email us at RestoreCouncil@restorethegulf.gov

Mailing address:

Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
500 Poydras Street
Suite 1117
New Orleans, LA 70130

Council Member Media Contacts:

Melissa Porter 
State of Texas
melissa.porter@tceq.texas.gov
(512) 239-0627

Chris Barnes
State of Louisiana
chris.barnes@la.gov
(225) 342-9036

Jan Schaefer
State of Mississippi
jschaefer@mdeq.ms.gov
(601) 961-5277

Amy Hunter
State of Alabama
Amy.Hunter@dcnr.alabama.gov
(251) 422-2055

Rachel Schmalfuss
State of Florida
DeepwaterHorizon@dep.state.fl.us
(850) 245-2107

TBD
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Tanya Culbert
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tanya.Culbert@usda.gov
(601) 748-9177

LaKeshia Robertson 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Robertson.LaKeshia@epa.gov
(228) 679-5910

Helen Chabot
U.S. Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
helen.chabot@noaa.gov
(301) 427-8616
 
TBD
U.S. Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Coast Guard

Nanciann Regalado
U.S. Department of the Interior
nanciann_regalado@fws.gov
(404) 679-4161