About EHSWire’s Contributors
Mr. Groves is a Board Certified Industrial Hygienist with over 30 years experience as an EHS professional. This includes over 23 years as President of Emilcott and prior experience in the environmental engineering industry and mining operations. He began his career as an Industrial Hygienist/Compliance Officer with the US Dept of Labor, OSHA. Mr. Groves’ areas of expertise include all facets of industrial hygiene and OSHA, TSCA and DOT compliance. He specializes in the assessment of environmental and human health effects from exposures to hazards and how to measure and control these hazards. He is frequently called upon for expert opinion, expert testimony and OSHA negotiations for fine mitigation. Mr. Groves has a BA in Biology from Lafayette College and an MBA from the University of Connecticut.
Paula Kaufmann, CIH, Sr. Project Manager
Ms. Kaufmann is a Board Certified Industrial Hygienist with over 30 years experience in the safety and health profession. In addition to her 12 years with Emilcott, Ms. Kaufmann was an industrial hygiene professional in the petrochemical industry both domestically and abroad. She began her career in the R&D industry as a bench chemist. Ms. Kaufmann is highly trained it the areas of comprehensive industrial hygiene, OSHA compliance TSCA and REACH. She assists clients in the areas of exposure assessments and hazard control, program development and implementation, emergency response, toxic chemicals and litigation support. Ms. Kaufmann has a BS in Chemistry from the University of Florida, and an MS in Environmental and Occupational Health Science from Hunter College, City University of New York.
H. Dale Wilson, CIH, LEED AP, Sr. Project Manager
Mr. Wilson is a Board Certified Industrial Hygienist and a LEED Accredited Professional with over 15 years comprehensive EHS experience. Prior to joining Emilcott over 10 years ago, Mr. Wilson was a corporate industrial hygienist in the international chemical industry and an EHS field technician in wastewater operations. Mr. Wilson specializes in Indoor Environmental issues related to biologicals, lead, asbestos, and vapor intrusion; fire and life safety for non-industrial facilities; comprehensive industrial hygiene; OSHA compliance and Green Building (LEED) certification. He is frequently called upon for expert opinion and expert testimony. Mr. Wilson has a BS in Biology from the University of South Carolina.
Dian Cucchisi, PhD, CHMM, Sr. Project Manager
Ms. Cucchisi is a Board Certified Hazardous Materials Manager and is Level 3 Certified in Homeland Security. She has over 25 years comprehensive EHS experience, including over 7 years with Emilcott and prior experience in emergency response operations, chemical manufacturing, and pharmaceutical industry. Ms. Cucchisi assists clients with air and waste water permitting, hazardous materials management and reporting, OSHA, RCRA, TSCA, DOT, SPCC/DPCC compliance, and emergency response. Ms. Cucchisi has an MS in Environmental Engineering and a PhD in Safety Engineering from Kennedy-Western University.
Laurie deLaski, CIH, Sr. Project Manager
Ms. deLaski is a Board Certified Industrial Hygienist with over 25 years of experience in EHS training, industrial hygiene and safety. Ms. deLaski also has extensive experience in laboratory / R&D health and safety. In addition to her 12 years with Emilcott, Ms. deLaski was in Corporate Safety Management in the medical laboratory industry and was a Loss Control / IH Specialist in the insurance business. Ms. deLaski specializes in OSHA compliance and program development, EHS assessments and audits, industrial hygiene, and training. She has assisted a wide variety of companies (from consulting engineers, pharmaceutical and telecommunication) to develop their corporate Health and Safety Programs and facility-specific standard operation procedures. Ms. deLaski received a BA in Microbiology from SUNY Plattsburgh, with a minor in Chemistry.
Lee Scott Bishop, CIH, MPH, Sr. Project Manager
Mr. Bishop is a Board Certified Industrial Hygienist and holds a Masters in Public Health. He has over 25 years of experience in environmental health and occupational / public safety. His areas of expertise include industrial hygiene, risk assessment of exposure to hazards, chemical hygiene, all areas of OSHA compliance, TSCA and REACH. In addition to over 10 years of EHS consulting with Emilcott, Mr. Bishop was in corporate health and safety in the petrochemical, chemical and research laboratory industries. Mr. Bishop has a BS in the Applied Sciences from East Texas State University (Texas A&M) and a Masters in Public Health (MPH) from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
Tom Carlson, PE, Sr. Project Manager
Mr. Carlson has over 30 years of experience in process and environmental engineering and related instrumentation and computing technology. He specializes in the design, planning and organizational aspects of process control, systems integration and information technology. Mr. Carlson started his career in the petrochemical industry providing engineering support to manufacturing plants worldwide. He has extensive project management experience that includes business-case development and feasibility studies, scheduling and budgeting, and implementation and oversight. At Emilcott, he is head of engineering and product development for the Greenlight(TM) Environmental Monitoring System. Mr. Carlson is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of New Jersey, and holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota.
Genya Mallach, CSP, Project Manager
Ms. Mallach is a Board Certified Safety Professional and environmental engineer with over twenty years experience in process engineering, health and safety and environmental consulting. Prior to joining Emilcott, Ms. Mallach was in facility health and safety in the environmental engineering field, and chemical engineering in the environmental remediation technologies industry. Her expertise is in all facets of EHS program assessment, development, and implementation; environmental permitting for air emissions and waste water; OSHA, REACH, TSCA, and RCRA compliance; and risk assessment of environmental health issues. Ms. Mallach is fluent in Hebrew and Russian and has a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland.
Carrie Bettinger, CSP, CHMM, Project Manager
Ms. Bettinger is Board Certified as a Safety Professionals and Hazardous Materials Manager and is also an authorized OSHA Construction Standards Outreach Trainer, She has over ten years’ experience in the EHS field including such areas as comprehensive industrial hygiene; safety in general industry, laboratories and construction; radiation exposure; and hazardous waste operation safety oversight. Prior to joining Emilcott, Ms. Bettinger’s experience included environmental laboratory analysis and environmental field investigations. She has extensive knowledge of safety and health issues related to laboratories and R&D facilities. Ms. Bettinger has a BS in Environmental, Health and Safety Management from Rochester Institute of Technology.
Donald R. Hoeschele, Project Manager
Mr. Hoeschele has over 10 years experience in the field of environmental, health and safety specializing in health and safety inspections, construction safety oversight, IH exposure monitoring and lead and asbestos surveys. Mr. Hoeschele’s prior experience includes IH surveys and environmental assessments of commercial properties, utilities and hospitals as well as IEQ investigations, and environmental/IH assessments for construction and environmental remediation sites. Mr. Hoeschele has a BS in Environmental Sciences from William Paterson University, and an MS in Environmental and Occupational Health Science from Hunter College.
John DeFillippo, CHMP, Project Manager
Mr. DeFillippo is a Board Certified Hazardous Materials Practitioner with has over 15 years experience in the H&S industry. His prior experience includes safety management in the transportation/trucking industry, pharmaceutical research and manufacturing, healthcare, and laboratories. Mr. DeFillippo’s areas of expertise include EHS Training, OSHA, DOT, RCRA and Marine Safety compliance. He routinely assists clients in the general industry, utility, healthcare, marine, construction and hazardous waste industries. Mr. DeFillippo has an AS in Electronics Engineering Technology from the National Electronics Institute, Newark, NJ. He served in the United States Coast Guard from 1979 to 1983 as a boat crewman, coxswain stationed at the Manasquan Inlet. He is currently a USCG Licensed Master, a NJ DOH Certified Emergency Medical Technician B, and a PADI Advanced Open Water / Rescue Diver
Martha Hernandez, EHS Training Manager
Ms. Hernanadez has over 10 years experience in the areas of occupational health and safety, fire and life safety, hazardous materials management, security, and EHS training. Prior to joining Emilcott as the Manager of the Emilcott Training Institute, Ms. Hernandez was in facility safety and security in the hotel/hospitality and food sanitation industries. She was also a corporate EHS Trainer in the oil exploration field, and routinely conducts training in both English and Spanish. Ms. Hernandez has a BS in Civil Engineering from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.
Eileen Lucier, EHS Consultant
Ms. Lucier has over seven years experience in the areas of industrial hygiene, safety, and environmental health. Prior to joining Emilcott, Ms. Lucier was a Field Scientist and a Health and Safety Officer in the environmental remediation industry. Ms. Lucier’s expertise includes health and safety oversight on hazardous waste, construction and MGP sites; exposure monitoring; and EHS program assessments and development. Ms. Lucier has a BS in Environmental Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.
Michael Gfroehrer, EHS Consultant
Mr. Gfroehrer is a Certified Microbial Remediation Supervisor, and an EPA AHERA Building Inspector with over 8 years experience in the EHS consulting field. He is experienced in industrial hygiene, indoor environmental quality issues, and health and safety project support for environmental remediation activities. He frequently performs Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) investigations and surveys for a variety of clients including hospitals, hotels, pharmaceutical companies, manufacturing plants, and schools as well as providing safety and health program support at hazardous waste operations, manufacturing, and construction sites. Mr. Gfroehrer has an AS in Chemistry from Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, NJ.
Diego A. Tolosa, CHST, EHS Consultant
Mr. Tolosa is a Board Certified Construction Health and Safety Technician with over seven years of experience in EHS consulting. He routinely provides industrial hygiene services, construction safety oversight, EHS training and health and safety program development and implementation to a wide-variety of clients. He began his EHS career in the United States Marine Corps as a Hazardous Material/Hazardous Waste (HM/HW) and Assistant Environmental Compliance Officer (AECO) in charge of hazardous material storage, disposal and logistics, administrator of the respiratory protection program, emergency response and aircraft integrity inspector. Mr. Tolosa is an OSHA Authorized Outreach Trainer in both English and Spanish.
Jon Quatermas, EHS Consultant
Mr. Quatermas is an environmental, health and safety consultant in the areas of environmental remediation, exposure monitoring, and health and safety in construction. Including three years with Emilcott, Mr. Quatermas has over 9 years experience in the EHS industry. He frequently serves as a Health and Safety Officer on highly contaminated remediation sites and former MGP sites. He provides environmental air monitoring services for CAMP or NAEP compliance as well as health and safety oversight during gas pipeline construction or repair, general construction, excavation/trenching and, heavy equipment operations. Mr. Quatermas is highly trained in all areas of health and safety for hazardous waste operations.
Barbara Glynn Alves, Senior Staff Director
Ms. Alves has over 25 years of administrative and marketing experience – 20 years in the environmental, health and safety industry. Her background includes sales and marketing of environmental consulting services, EHS software and technical products, EHS training programs and EHS expert witness services.
She began her career as a National Technical Sales Representative in the specialty chemical business. Ms. Alves founded and chaired the NJ State Safety Council’s Annual Safety and Loss Prevention Expo’s EHS Career Fair in 2003-2004 to promote the EHS profession to college students. Ms. Alves has a BA in Public Administration form the American University, Washington DC, and Certificates D’Etude in French Studies from the Universite’ D’Aix – Marseille, France.
Sarah Stibbe Damaskos, Senior Marketing Specialist
Ms. Damaskos has over 25 years experience promoting products and services in industrial and commercial business-to-business markets. This includes 10 years of consulting in primarily project management and sales-focused marketing for small businesses, agencies and internal marketing departments. Ms. Damaskos’ additional industrial and commercial experience includes sales engineer for a specialized automation and control products company and marketing and training developer for an industrial software firm. Ms. Damaskos holds a BS in Industrial Design from The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH.