EEHS School 2021 Day 1

Mr. Ronald Reed is The EI Group’s Senior Program Manager for Workplace Violence and Active is accustomed to working with individuals from diverse backgrounds and is known for his dynamic verbal communications skills.  He maintains a Security Clearance of Top Secret, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) as of 1 March 2014 with Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI).  Ron received a bachelor’s degree in History & Political Science from Old Dominion University and served in the Special Operations Marine Training Group based in Camp LeJeune. 

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PJ is a registered Professional Engineer, a Certified Energy Manager and has worked in the manufacturing business for 6 years, all with Corning.  Prior to joining Corning, PJ worked for AECOM, formerly URS, in electrical design for the nuclear power industry for 6 years.  PJ graduated from University of New Orleans with a BS in Electrical Engineering.

PJ is currently the Business Continuity Program Manager for Corning’s Optical Fiber and Cable business as well as the Assistant Division Energy Manager.  He is responsible for Corning’s business continuity initiatives inclusive of managing and evaluating risk to global operations.  Previously, PJ was a Facilities Electrical Engineer also in Corning’s Optical Fiber and Cable business. His previous responsibilities included oversight of the facilities power distribution system for ten facilities worldwide including executing electrical and multi-discipline projects.

PJ married Denise in October 2015 and they have two daughters, Keegan (4) and Palmer (2).

CONTACT PJ KLEIN

Global Responsibilities for Environmental, Safety and Product Compliance for STM, Inc.
~25 years
Mark is a registered professional engineer and has been in the leadership role for STM in the areas of Environmental, Safety, and Product Compliance.  He has been with Shurtape since November 1996.

Founding member of the Unifour Air Quality Committee ~17 years
Chair of the Science and Technology Committee for the NC Manufacturer’s Alliance. ~15 years
Chair of the Regulatory Committee for the North American Pressure Sensitive Tape Council. ~ 18 years
Past President of the Carolinas Air Pollution Control Association >20 years.
Committee Chair for the Lake James Ducks Unlimited Chapter
B.S. Biological and Agricultural Engineering, NCSU
Burke County
Married with four wonderful daughters

CONTACT MARK HAWES
mhawes@shurtape.com
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Ryan joined Clearwater Paper in April 2019 as the EHS Manager. He’s previously held Environmental, Health and Safety roles in Metal Recycling and Manufacturing, Aviation, Textile Manufacturing and Pulp and Paper. He graduated from Western Carolina University and has been in Western NC for all of his life. He is married to his high school sweetheart. They have two kids and three dogs. He loves to travel but after work most days you will find him outside playing with the kids, grilling or tinkering with his Jeep. He is active in his church and community and loves to relax with family and friends.

CONTACT RYAN BUMGARDNER

Amy Orders is a senior director in Environmental Health and Public Safety at NC State University.  With extensive experience in laboratory and campus safety, she employs practical strategies that extend creativity into health and safety programming, to manage beyond compliance and build long-standing partnerships.

Amy earned her doctorate from NC State University, maintains professional certifications in radiation safety and has earned numerous awards in health, safety and emergency management areas.   Amy is an adjunct professor in the College of Education at NC State, serves on international safety working groups and keeps pace with two highly energetic teenagers and two dogs!

CONTACT AMY ORDERS

Greg Lathan is the President of the EI Group, a full service occupational safety & health, industrial hygiene and environmental engineering consulting firm, with headquarters located in RTP, NC and branch offices strategically placed in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. EI’s client base includes private sector manufacturing, health care and commercial businesses. Prior to launching the EI Group in 1988, Greg was the EHS Director of General Electric Company’s Electrical Distribution and Control Division ED&C), with over 70 domestic and international manufacturing locations. Greg hold a BS Degree in Chemistry and MS in Public Health, both from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

CONTACT GREG LATHAN

With over 40 years of experience in facilities planning and engineering design for municipalities, state agencies, cultural institutions, and private clients, Draper Aden provides civil, environmental, geotechnical, solid waste, and structural engineering; surveying and subsurface utility engineering; site planning and engineering; and construction inspection services throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.  As Corporate Health and Safety Director, Mr. Butts provides health and safety leadership to ensure field team members have the tools necessary to identify hazards and safety training aimed at preventing injuries.  He also collaborates with customers to ensure field team members safely perform their work activities. Mr. Butts holds a Bachelors Degree in Building Construction Management from Michigan State University.

Mr. Barry Maxwell has 29 years of experience in developing and facilitating occupational safety programs for the fields of general industry, construction, education, and healthcare.  He has a Bachelor of Science in Production and Marketing Management and a Master of Science in Occupational Safety.

His professional specialties include inspection and evaluation of construction sites and industrial facilities for potential safety hazards, development of safety and occupational health programs, conducting safety training programs, and scaffolding and trenching inspections.

Some specific training experience includes: (1) develop, market, and present occupational safety & health programs to train personnel from the general industry, construction, and healthcare fields on any / all occupational safety topics, such as confined space, fall protection, trenching, scaffolding, respiratory protection, and cranes & rigging; (2) teaches the OSHA 10 / 30-hour Voluntary Compliance courses for General Industry and Construction since 1996; (3) taught an undergraduate safety class at East Carolina University.