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Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

Provided strategic leadership and management for team of 176 consultants, instructors, lab scientists, and researchers, executing corporate EHS strategy with $2.5M operating budget to reduce health risk, maximize OSHA, EPA, and DoD compliance, and continuously improve programs for 75 worldwide sites. ► Executed corporate EHS training/education; established lifelong learning strategy for 1400 managers and technicians► Provided EHS policy/process executive review; enabled corporate risk reduction strategy execution ► Forged partnership with state fire academy; leaned HAZMAT curriculum, saved 2.6K hrs & $192K/yr► Provided technical review and approval of industrial hygiene, environmental health, and radiation safety technical reports for a 37-consultant team serving 75 worldwide locations

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

Led 33 instructors and curriculum developers; managed $2M Air Force ESOH training for 1400 technicians and managers. Advised corporate leadership, adapted human resource development initiatives, and evaluated EHS training needs to meet strategic program objectives. Managed multiple development projects; optimized $406K training budget by balancing in-residence and distance learning. ► Designed and executed advanced Industrial Hygiene course; 62 students awarded college credit ► Launched & instructed EHS management course; amplified effectiveness of 86 operational managers ► Deployment health expert; advised 5 M.S. students/peer-reviewed pub; improved air monitoring design ► Instituted EHS training continuous improvement cycle; cut major rework needs 25%; saved $99K ► Presented at international NIOSH toxicology conference; innovated exposure assessment technique; granted $400K project

Air Force Institute Of Technology, Wright-Patterson Afb, Oh

► Presented research on environmental exposure assessments in GIS to international audience at NIOSH tox conference; established EPA & Navy partnerships—fed $400K AF research efforts► Thesis: “Retrospective Geospatial Modeling of Burn Pit Exposures from Open Burning at Joint Base Balad, Iraq”; 3.8 final GPA; inducted into Sigma Iota Epsilon National Honorary Fraternity

Dover Air Force Base, Delaware

Led 16-member EHS team; provided 5.1K workers occupational, environmental, and radiological health protection through surveillance and risk management. Directed response team as Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear medical defense official; planned & developed emergency response procedures and checklists. Planned exercises and coordinated real-world responses. Led staff development program. Executed installation EHS budget. ► Directed completion of 120 industrial hygiene, 45 noise, 84 ventilation, and 150 air sampling surveys and reports; protected 5K workers ► Systematically reduced risk through exposure assessment prioritization; saved $78K and 3.1K hours per year while ensuring 100% on-time survey completion ► One of four change agents leading 5,000 personnel in Lean transformation; led 4 improvement events; cut pharmacy fill times 400%; base secured $1M Commander-in-Chief Installation Excellence Award ► Trained 355 personnel on continuous improvement; 90% of Medical Group trained within 1 year

Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland

Managed industrial hygiene program encompassing over 300 case files. Scheduled routine assessments and IH surveillance for a team of 15. Ensured OSHA and DoD compliance. Responded to HAZMAT incidents.► Planned IH response for the 9/11 Pentagon attack; ensured first responder exposures were monitored and documented► Responded to Capitol Hill anthrax attacks in 2001; sampled Longwood building, confirmed hot zone and protected national leadership► Lifted program from zero to full operational capability in ESOH Management Information System in less than 1 year

Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland

Protected 8,000 personnel through extensive industrial hygiene work, including air sampling, noise dosimetry, PPE and engineering control evaluation, including noise controls and ventilation. Ensured environmental compliance through drinking water and waste water program management. Conducted asbestos and lead inspections and sampling. Authored 72 written survey reports per year.

Bethesda, Maryland

Managed safety, industrial hygiene, and environmental programs for a tri-service medical school with over 300 research laboratories. Reviewed/coordinated university chemical hygiene plan. Managed HAZMAT usage and storage programs; ensured compliance with EPA and state law. Managed infectious waste program. Responded to chemical spills. Trained staff and students on lab safety.► Maintained university hazardous waste storage site; inspectors found no discrepancies/3 years► Assisted animal care, pathology, and biosecurity inspections; certified safe/ethical research procedures with industrial hygiene support; enabled "outstanding" animal care inspection result► Ensured safe biosafety level 3 infectious agent operations; monitored engineering controls; instituted standardized just-in-time training & respirator fit-testing procedures

M.S., Industrial Hygiene

B.S., Biological Science

Education record

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology/Biological Sciences, General