Rights-of-Way Contact List

As of April 27, 2025

Alaska State Office

Bettie Shelby - Branch Chief, Lands, Realty, and Pipeline Monitoring (Acting)
email: bshelby@blm.gov

Brittany Templeton - Section Chief, Lands & Realty (Acting)
email:  btempleton@blm.gov

Hattie Schmidlkofer - Section Chief, Pipeline Monitoring & Environmental Compliance (Acting), & TAPS Realty Lead
email:  hschmidl@blm.gov

Jacalynn C. Parks - Rights-of-Way Lead
email: jcparks@blm.gov

Arizona State Office

Rick Selbach – Branch Chief, Lands & Minerals 
email:  rselbach@blm.gov

Roberta Lopez - Rights-of-Way Lead 
email: rlopez@blm.gov

California State Office

Melissa Bleier - Realty Supervisor 
email: mbleier@blm.gov

Nancy Robledo – Broadband, Commsite & Renewable Energy Lead (Acting)
email: lrobledo@blm.gov

Colorado State Office

Malia Burton - Branch Chief, Lands
email: mkburton@blm.gov

Veronica Vogan - ROW & Renewable Energy Lead, Film Permit
email:  vvogan@blm.gov

Eastern States Office (all states east of and adjacent to the Mississippi River)

Dave Radford - DSD, Geospatial, Lands and Realty
email: fradford@blm.gov

Gretchen Gallineau – Realty Specialist 
Email: ggallineau@blm.gov

Idaho State Office

Aimee Betts - Branch Chief, Minerals, Land Tenure & Water Rights 
email:  abetts@blm.gov

Melissa Davis - Supervisory Realty Specialist
email:  melissadavis@blm.gov

Becky Lazdauskas - Rights-of-Way Lead/Commsites/Permits & Leases/FERC 
email:  rllazdauskas@blm.gov

Montana/Dakota State Office

Adam Carr - Chief, Branch of Realty, Lands, and Renewable Energy 
email: acarr@blm.gov

Lisa Schierer - Rights-of-Way Lead
Email: lscheirer@blm.gov

Nevada State Office

James Ration – Lands & Realty Program Lead  
email: jration@blm.gov

Virginia Morales - Rights-of-Way/Comm Sites/Film Permit Lead 
email:  vmorales@blm.gov

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

Ruben Sanchez - Branch Chief, Realty 
email: rjsanche@blm.gov

Tammie Hochstein, Right-of-Way Lead
email: thochste@blm.gov

JJ Kendall, Commsites/Film Permit Lead
email: jkendall@blm.gov

Oregon/Washington State Office

Dustin Wharton - Branch Chief, Lands and Minerals  
email: dwharton@blm.gov

Tara McLain - Lands Section Chief/Supervisor 
email: tlmclain@blm.gov

Joel Krestik - Rights-of-Way Co-Lead 
email:  jkrestik@blm.gov

Christie Hardenbrook - Rights-of-Way Co-Lead
email:  chardenb@blm.gov

Utah State Office

Brendan Willig Branch Chief, Lands & Realty 
email: bwillig@blm.gov

Michelle Campeau - Project Manager 
mail:  mcampeau@blm.gov

Wyoming State Office (including Nebraska)

Travis Bargsten - Branch Chief for Lands and Realty 
email: t75bargs@blm.gov

Carol Montgomery – ROW Lead
email: cmontgom@blm.gov

BLM Headquarters (HQ-350, ROW)

Jeremy Bluma – Branch Chief, Rights-of-Way (Acting)
email: jbluma@blm.gov

Katie White Bull - BLM FAST-41 Lead  
email: kwhitebull@blm.gov

Crystal Hoyt – Broadband Coordinator (Acting)
email: choyt@blm.gov

Kerri-Anne Thorpe – Hydropower Lead
email: kthorpe@blm.gov

Beth Ransel – Electric Infrastructure, Power Systems & Emerging Technology Program Lead
email: bransel@blm.gov

Communication Sites

Kerri-Anne Thorpe – Communication Site Lead
email: kthorpe@blm.gov

Marcus Tobey - Communication Site Plans/UAS Pilot
email: mtobey@blm.gov