Office of Insular Affairs (OIA)
U.S. Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20240
Office of the Director
- John Brewer - Director, Office of Insular Affairs – john_brewer@ios.doi.gov
Policy Team
- Basil Ottley – Associate Director of Policy – U.S. Virgin Islands – basil_ottley@ios.doi.gov
- Marina Tinitali – Associate Deputy Director of Policy, American Samoa, Accountability Policy, Audit Liaison Officer (ALO), Emergency Management Coordinator (EMC) – marina_tinitali@ios.doi.gov
- Vanitha Sivarajan – Ecologist – vanitha_sivarajan@ios.doi.gov
Budget Team
- Jonathan Dunn – Associate Director, Budget – jonathan_dunn@ios.doi.gov
- Julianna Rice – Associate Deputy Director, Budget – julianna_rice@ios.doi.gov
- Krystina Borja Alfano – Energizing Insular Communities, CNMI Compact Impact/CIP, Guam Compact Impact/CIP – krystina_alfano@ios.doi.gov
- Melissa Braybrooks – Economist – melissa_braybrooks@ios.doi.gov
- Rumana Chattopadhyay-Reid – rumana_chattopadhyay-reid@ios.doi.gov
- Eunbin Morrison, CPA – Audit and Accountability Specialist – eunbin_morrison@ios.doi.gov
- Aimee Munzi – Grant Obligations, Payments, American Samoa CIP/Compact Impact, Hawaii Compact Impact – aimee_munzi@ios.doi.gov
- Virginia Petersen – Administrative Officer – virginia_petersen@ios.doi.gov
Technical Assistance Team
- Vacant – Associate Director of Technical Assistance
- Tanya Harris Joshua – Associate Deputy Director of Technical Assistance Programs – tanya_joshua@ios.doi.gov
- Weihao Jennifer Feng – Republic of the Marshall Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and General TAP and BIL Grants, Maintenance Assistance Grants – weihao_feng@ios.doi.gov
- Hailey McCoy – American Samoa, Guam, and Palau TAP and BIL Grants, Brown Tree Snake Grants – hailey_mccoy@ios.doi.gov
- Merriam Porter – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands & Federated States of Micronesia TAP and BIL Grants, TAP Reimbursable Agreements, Graduate School Contract, Coral Reefs and Natural Resources – merriam_porter@ios.doi.gov
Honolulu Field Office Team
- Stephen Savage – Field Office Lead – Infrastructure, Compact Grants – Stephen_savage@ios.doi.gov
- Ryan Edgar – Education Sector Grants, SEG, and DOI Liaison to IndoPacom – ryan_edgar@ios.doi.gov; ryan.s.edgar@pacom.mil
- Martin Moore, III – Compact Grants – martin_moore@ios.doi.gov
- Rebecca Zepeda – Compact Grants – rebecca_zepeda@ios.doi.gov
OIA Honolulu Office
1003 Bishop Street, Suite 850
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
OIA Field Representatives
- American Samoa – Lydia Faleafine-Nomura – lydia_nomura@ios.doi.gov
- Northern Mariana Islands – Harry Blanco – harry_blanco@ios.doi.gov
- Marshall Islands – Fred Nysta – frederick_nysta@ios.doi.gov
- Micronesia – Cheryl Burkindine – cheryl_burkindine@ios.doi.gov
For more information about the DOI Leadership Team, click here.