Thomas F. Lomangino of Laurel, Maryland has been named as the Director of the USEF Equine Drug Testing and Research Laboratory in Ithaca, New York effective August 15, 2006. He will be responsible for the administration and management of the facility as well as the daily supervision of all tests, analyses and research programs.

Since 1988, Lomangino has been the Director of the Maryland Racing Commission Laboratory in College Park, Maryland. In this role he also served as a Technical Consultant to the Racing Commissioners International Drug Testing and Quality Assurance Program; as an Adjunct Professor Toxicology at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine; and as a Principal Member of the Medication Committee for the Maryland Racing Commission. Previously, Lomangino was the Director of Laboratory Operations, Equine Drug Testing and Research Program, at Cornell University