Rights-of-Way Contact List

As of March 28, 2025

Alaska State Office

Paul Degner - Branch Chief, Lands, Realty, and Pipeline Monitoring
email: [email protected]

Bettie Shelby - Section Chief, Lands & Realty
email: [email protected]

Hattie Schmidlkofer - TAPS Realty Lead
email:  [email protected]

Jacalynn C. Parks - Rights-of-Way Lead
email: [email protected]

Arizona State Office

Rick Selbach – Branch Chief, Lands & Minerals 
email:  [email protected]

Roberta Lopez - Right-of-Way / Use Authorization Lead 
email: [email protected]

California State Office

Melissa Bleier - Realty Supervisor 
email:[email protected]

Erik Pignata - Rights-of-Way / Film Permits Lead
email: [email protected]

Colorado State Office

Malia Burton - Branch Chief, Lands
email: [email protected]

Veronica Vogan - ROW & Renewable Energy Lead, Film Permit
email:  [email protected]

Eastern State Office
all states east of and adjacent to the Mississippi River

Dave Radford - DSD, Geospatial, Lands and Realty
email: [email protected]

Gretchen Ward – Realty Specialist 
Email: [email protected]

Idaho State Office

Aimee Betts - Branch Chief, Minerals, Land Tenure & Water Rights 
email:  [email protected]

Melissa Davis - Supervisory Realty Specialist
email:  [email protected]

Becky Lazdauskas - Right-of-Way Lead/Film Permits/FERC 
email:  [email protected]

Montana/Dakota State Office

Adam Carr - Chief, Branch of Realty, Lands, and Renewable Energy 
email: [email protected]

Nevada State Office

James Ration - Realty Program Lead  
email: [email protected]

Virginia Morales - Rights-of-Way/Comm Sites/Film Permit Lead 
email:  [email protected]

New Mexico State Office (including Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas)

Ruben Sanchez - Branch Chief, Realty 
email: [email protected]

Oregon/Washington State Office

Dustin Wharton - Branch Chief, Lands and Minerals  
email: [email protected]

Tara McLain - Lands Section Chief/Supervisor 
email: [email protected]

Joel Krestik - Rights-of-Way Co-Lead 
email:  [email protected] and [email protected]

Christie Hardenbrook - Rights-of-Way Co-Lead
email:  [email protected]

Utah State Office

Brendan Willig Branch Chief, Lands & Realty 
email: [email protected]

Mike Utley - Rights-of-Way/Withdrawals Lead (detail)
email: [email protected]

Wyoming State Office (including Nebraska)

Travis Bargsten - Branch Chief for Lands and Realty 
email: [email protected]

BLM Headquarters (HQ-350, ROW)

Diann Rasmussen - Branch Chief, Rights-of-Way (Acting) 
BLM FAST-41 Lead 
email: [email protected]

Katie White Bull - Broadband Lead 
email: [email protected]

Crystal Hoyt – 368 Corridor Project
email: [email protected]

Kerri-Anne Thorpe – Hydropower Lead
email: [email protected]

Communication Sites

Kerri-Anne Thorpe – Communication Site Lead
email: [email protected]

Rob Wilson – Communication Site Plans
email: [email protected]

Marcus Tobey - Communication Site Plans/UAS Pilot
email: [email protected]