Education

• MS in Environmental Health, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 1981
• BS in Environmental Health, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 1974

Professional Experience

• President, 2001 - Present, Industrial Hygiene Concerns, Inc. Full service Industrial Hygiene consulting company, specializing in employee exposure monitoring and safety training.
• Present - Visiting Instructor, East Carolina University - teach Toxicology, Air Pollution, Introduction to Environmental Health, Industrial Hygiene, Construction Safety and Onsite Water Water for the Environmental Health Sciences and Safety Program, Department of Health Education and Promotion.
• Lecturer, 2000 - 2003. East Carolina University - teach classes in Toxicology, Air Pollution, Epidemiology, Industrial Hygiene, and Onsite Waste Water for the Department of Environmental Health Sciences.
• Senior Industrial Hygienist, 1997 - 2001
  Catalytica Pharmaceuticals, Inc., PO Box 1887, Greenville, NC 27834. Responsibilities: provide regulatory classroom training on technical topics including 16 hour asbestos operations and maintenance, respirators and hazard communication laboratory fume hood and ventilation systems certification collection and dissemination of suppliers material safety data sheets and writing MSDSs for products, intermediates and project compounds supervise industrial hygiene technicians
• radiation safety officer - provided oversight for technical transfer of analytical methods for products with established occupational exposure limits
• Chairman of Catalytica Toxicology Committee which reviews hazards of new products and chemicals
• Industrial Hygiene Technician - Senior Industrial Hygienist, 1982 - 1997 Burroughs Wellcome Company - Glaxo Wellcome, Inc., PO Box 1887, Greenville, NC 27834 - all inhouse air monitoring for exposure to hazardous substances - respiratory protection program - monitoring of asbestos abatement projects - conduct hazard operability studies (HAZOPS) on chemical intermediates batch processes - write MSDS's for marketed projects and project compounds. Collect and interpret toxicology data for inclusion in MSDS and determine personal protective equipment requirements
• Quality Assurance Control Scientist - Bacteriology Lab, 1981 - 1982 Burroughs Wellcome Company - PO Box 1887, Greenville, NC 27834 - conduct antibiotic microbial assays of Burroughs Wellcome products to determine potency
• Quality Assurance Internship - 1981
  Burroughs Wellcome Company - PO Box 1887, Greenville, NC 27834 - identify microorganisms isolated from Burroughs Wellcome products and environmental samples from the sterile products department - assisted with validation projects
• Sanitarian 1976 - 1978 Edgecombe County Health Department, Tarboro, NC - inspect and grade restaurants - inspect and test wells and public water systems - conduct soil tests and issue improvement permits for new construction projects - inspect septic tanks - educate county food handlers in sanitation through Edgecombe County Technical Institute

Continuing Education

• Beginning and Intermediate Industrial Ventilation - North Carolina State University
• NIOSH 582, Sampling and Evaluation of Airborne Asbestos - University of North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Educational Resource Center
• Asbestos Supervisors - University of North Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Educational Resource Center
• Chemical Protective Clothing - American Industrial Hygiene Association
• Hazard and Operability Studies - Burroughs Wellcome Company
• Member of Emergency Medical Response Team - First Responder - trained as HAZMAT responder - Burroughs Wellcome Company

Certifications and Accreditations

• Certified in Comprehensive Aspects of Industrial Hygiene
• Accredited as a Supervisor Asbestos Air Monitor and an Asbestos Inspector in North Carolina Affiliations
• American Society of Safety Engineers
• American Academy of Industrial Hygiene
• Eastern Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers - serviced as secretary, vice-president and president