Georgia SBEAP Staff

Teresa Shiflett

Program Manager & Ombudsman

teresa.shiflett@dnr.state.ga.us

Since 2007, Ms. Shiflett has provided overall leadership for the organization's compliance assistance program and serves as the Small Business Ombudsman. She works as an advocate for Georgia's small businesses on environmental regulatory and compliance matters. Prior to joining SBEAP, she was an environmental engineer for Georgia EPD and the Georgia Pollution Prevention Assistance Division. Before entering state government, she was the owner of a private engineering consultant firm. Ms. Shiflett earned both her Civil Enginering and Master of Environmental Engineering degrees from Georgia Tech.

Ann Manigault

Administrative Assistant

ann.manigault@dnr.state.ga.us

Ms. Manigault is respsonsible for all administrative and budgetary functions of the program, and provides administrative support to the SBEAP Compliance Advisory Panel. She is the face of SBEAP and is typically the first person to interact with our customers. She sets a high customer service standard and was awarded the Governor's Customer Service Award in 2008. She has been with SBEAP since 2005.

Vanetra Garrett

Environmental Engineer

vanetra.garrett@dnr.state.ga.us

Mrs. Garrett has been a member of the SBEAP Technical Assistance Team since 2008. She provides multi-media environmental permitting and compliance assistance to small business customers representing a wide range of industry sectors. Before joining SBEAP, Ms. Garrett was a process engineer for Frito Lay and Valspar in Texas. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Tuskegee University.