Kelli A. Gallion

Ms. Gallion was born and raised in San Clemente, California (home of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. She is currently the Manager of Emergency Planning for the facility. Kelli has over 24 Years experience in Radiological Protection and is a Certified Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) Instructor. Kelli is very active in related professional groups, being past Chairman of the National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists (NRRPT), a member of the NRRPT Board of Directors, and a member of the Health Physics Society.

Stacey Geis

Ms. Geis is an Assistant United States Attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Francisco and is the Office's Environmental Crimes Coordinator. She was hired in March 2004 with a specific mandate to strengthen the Office's environmental enforcement program. Since that time, she has criminally prosecuted dozens of pollution cases, including the 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill, as well as wildlife and fisheries cases. She prosecutes both individuals and corporations for environmental violations. Before joining USDOJ, Ms. Geis spent five years as the Senior Prosecutor for the State of California's Environmental Circuit Prosecutor Project. In that position, she handled over 100 criminal and civil environmental cases.

Ms. Geis teaches environmental enforcement throughout the United States to prosecutors, regulatory agencies, law students, and industry, and has written several articles on the subject. Earlier this year, she was named one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California. She did her undergraduate work at Brown University and received her juris doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1994. From 1994-1995, she was law clerk to the Honorable Samuel Conti of the Northern District of California in San Francisco.

Dr. John Howard

Dr. John Howard is the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Howard also serves as the Administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program. Dr. Howard was first appointed NIOSH Director in 2002 and served until 2008. In 2008 and 2009, Dr. Howard worked as a consultant with the U.S. Government's Afghanistan Health Initiative in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Prior to his appointment as Director of NIOSH in 2002, Dr. Howard served as Chief of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health in the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency from 1991 through 2002.

Dr. Howard received a Doctor of Medicine degree from Loyola University of Chicago, a Master of Public Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health, a Doctor of Law degree from the University of California at Los Angeles, and a Master of Law degree in Administrative Law and Economic Regulation from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Michael Kosnett

Michael Kosnett, MD, MPH, is a medical toxicologist and occupational medicine specialist with a clinical and research interest in the toxicology of lead and other heavy metals. He is a member of the CDC Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention, the US EPA Science Advisory Board lead review panels on lead in air, water, and dust, and a member of the NIOSH Board of Scientific Counselors. He has been a longtime consultant to the California Department of Public Health Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, and currently participates on the CalOSHA Advisory Committee for Revising the Occupational Exposure to Lead Requirements. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Colorado School of Public Health.

Lisa Krueger

Lisa Krueger is Vice President, Sustainable Development, First Solar Chair of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) Environmental, Health & Safety Committee.

Lisa Krueger joined First Solar in June, 2006 and currently serves as Vice President of Sustainable Development. In this role Lisa leads First Solar's product life cycle management approach and global efforts on ensuring that the environmental attributes of PV are understood and valued from a technical, public policy, and customer perspective. Under Lisa's leadership, First Solar implemented its vision of creating a pre-funded collection and recycling program for its modules. She has actively worked on the development and implementation of PV CYCLE, the European industry association focused on the development and implementation of a voluntary industry-wide module take back and recycling program, and has supported numerous studies on the environmental aspects of PV, many involving life-cycle assessment.

She is currently the Chair of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) Environmental, Health & Safety Committee. Prior to joining First Solar, Lisa worked in a variety of leadership roles including wholesale and retail marketing, energy and emission trading and environmental resources for Dynegy Inc., a merchant generation company. Prior to Dynegy, Lisa spent 10 years at Illinois Power, an investor owned utility, where she held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility in transmission services, wholesale marketing, electric system operations, generation resource planning, and environmental resources. Lisa received her M.B.A. from Rice University, and holds an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology.

Matthew Q. Lentz

Matthew Q. Lentz, Registered Environmental Manager (REM), Certified Professional in Stormwater Quality (CPSWQ), Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC), and Registered Environmental Assessor (REA) Mr. Lentz is a senior scientist with AMEC and has more than 15 years experience providing environmental compliance consulting services for a wide variety of projects and clients. He has assisted more than 400 municipal, construction, and industrial clients comply with various aspects of NPDES permit compliance including evaluation and recommendation of BMPs, development and review of compliance documents, analytical data evaluation, review and comment on new regulations/permits, and regulatory agency interaction and support. As co-chair of the California Stormwater Quality Association's Industrial subcommittee, he is also heavily involved in the re-issuance California's Industrial General Permit, working with industrial dischargers, SWRCB staff, and other interested stakeholders.

Dr. Philip Martien

Dr. Philip Martien is a Senior Advanced Projects Advisor and manager of the Community Air Risk Evaluation (CARE) program at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, where he coordinates the development of local- and regional-scale emissions of toxic air contaminants, plans modeling and measurement programs, and develops mitigation measures to reduce toxic emissions. He has over 15 years of experience as an atmospheric modeler, applying chemical transport models and evaluating modeling results against observations. He has authored a number of journal articles on the application and sensitivity analysis of air quality models in California. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from U.C. Berkeley.

Kenneth F. Martinez

Kenneth F. Martinez currently serves as a Senior Industrial Hygienist with the NIOSH Nanotechnology Research Center (NTRC). He received a BS in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University and a MS in Environmental Engineering from the University of North Carolina and is certified in the practice of industrial hygiene. During his 30 year NIOSH career, he has served as a research engineer assessing and developing engineering techniques for control of worker exposure to harmful chemical and biological agents, and an industrial hygiene team lead conducting and coordinating hazard evaluation studies. More recently, he has served as the Acting Associate Director for the NIOSH Emergency Preparedness and Response Office and as the Deputy Director of the NIOSH Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies.

Martinez primary area of research during these years was bioaerosol exposure, characterization, and health effects. Since 2001, he served in numerous CDC field leadership roles including the World Trade Center collapse, the response to the anthrax letters terrorist event of 2001, international activities in response to SARS, response activities in 2005 to Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma, the 2007 extremely drug resistant tuberculosis case, the 2010 New Hampshire African drum anthrax case, and the recent gulf oil spill. He has produced, as author or co-author, 35 scientific manuscripts that have been published in peer-reviewed journals or as chapters in published books.

Dr. Barbara L. Materna

Barbara Materna, PhD, CIH, is the Chief of the Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program in the California Department of Health Services. She has worked in the field of occupational health for over 17 years, since obtaining a Masters degree in Environmental Health Science at Hunter College, City University of New York. She also holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Health Science from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Materna's work experience has been primarily as an industrial hygienist within local and state public health agencies. She has worked on research and education projects involving toxic exposures to wildland firefighters, prevention of pesticide illness in agriculture, ergonomics and back injury prevention, perchloroethylene exposure of dry cleaners, as well as occupational lead poisoning.

Steven Messner

Steven Messner has over 30 years of environmental industry experience—the past 10 of which have been dedicated to climate change issues. He is an internationally recognized figure in the fields of greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting, GHG offset methodology development and climate change adaptation planning. His current focus is on climate action planning for communities and port authorities, climate adaptation and sea-level rise studies and carbon and energy efficiency planning and tracking tools. He led the San Diego Foundation's Focus 2050 regional adaptation study and summary report that was included in the 2008 California State Climate Assessment, and is scheduled for publication in the scientific journal Climatic Change. He also served as technical support manager for the California Adaptation Study—a multi-agency review of planning issues that must be changed or revised in response to climate change. He co-authored a US Department of Energy report on carbon capture and storage issues and potential. Steve has a BS in engineering from Stanford University. He is a California-registered environmental assessor, and serves on the Climate Registry's Verification Advisory Group, and on ANSI's GHG Verification Advisory Group.

Dr. Ellen Papper

Ellen Papper received her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Bowling Green State University and has worked as both an internal and external consultant for more than 25 years. Clients have included human resources, insurance, finance, retail, manufacturing, health care and information services. Her consulting has focused primarily on selection system development, talent acquisition, orientation and training, leadership development, effective work environment, program improvement, communications research and customer satisfaction. In addition to her consulting work, she has conducted seminars on a variety of topics including employee selection, job analysis, behavior-based interviewing, performance management, survey feedback and action planning, and professional ethics. She presented a workshop on Professional Ethics at the CIHC conference in 2009, which was well received. She is currently an independent consultant based in the San Francisco area with clients throughout the United States.

Mark Pheatt

Mr. Pheatt, Principal, Atlantic Pacific Environmental, has over 30 years of experience in industrial hygiene and medical laboratory science. Recognition of the work-relatedness of the diseases and the laboratory diagnostic methods employed to evaluate the MRSA and MSSA exposure risks are routine parts of the Atlantic Pacific Environmental's services.

Walt Rostykus

Mr. Rostykus has over 28 years of experience delivering and managing ergonomics, occupational safety, industrial hygiene, and environmental programs. He has provided technical services, established management programs, and conducted process and compliance reviews of ergonomics programs and health and safety programs in a wide variety of industries. Walt is a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE), a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), and has served as an Environmental Management System Lead Auditor. He is a member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, the American Society of Safety Engineers, and the Semiconductor Environmental Safety & Health Association.

Michael Russell

Mr. Russell is a Certified Health Physics working at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. He received a B.S. degree in Physics from Duquesne University and M.S. in Radiological Health from the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health. He has worked in the nuclear power reactor industry for over 30 years and has been an active member of the Nuclear Energy Institute, Health Physics Society, and Electric Power Research Institute. His current work includes the advancement of radiation safety practices, regulations, and standards at commercial nuclear power reactors.

Donna Seid

Donna Seid, is Director of Global Product Stewardship for Life Technologies, a global biotechnology tools company. Based in Foster City, California, she is responsible for her company's programs in Design-for-Environment (DfE), Product Safety and Product Compliance. Leveraging on the company's product commercialization process, these programs ensure R&D and product development staff consider environmental, health and safety impacts throughout the life stages of a product—from ideation to end-of-life. Focus is made to incorporate environmental features based on customer input. She has over 25 years of experience in the field of Environmental, Health and Safety previously working in the industrial sector for Raychem Corporation and Unocal, and consulting, at ENVIRON. Donna received her B.S. in Environmental Health Sciences from the School of Public Health at UCLA and her M.S. from UC Berkeley, specializing in toxicology.

Martin Suen

Martin is a Certified Industrial Hygienist and LEED Accredited Professional providing environmental and health and safety support to various industry sectors ranging from semiconductor, solar, traditional manufacturing, commercial buildings, residences, among others. His primary focus is on indoor air quality, but is also experienced in assessing hazards related to chemical, physical, and radiological agents. Martin has performed human health risk assessments and exposure reconstructions associated with consumer product safety. A graduate of the University of California, Davis with a BS in Environmental Toxicology and minor in Nematology, he also earned a MS in Environmental Management at the University of San Francisco, focusing on air and environmental quality related to emerging green issues. He is the first year director for the Northern California Section of AIHA and currently a consultant with Environmental and Occupational Risk Management, an environmental, health and safety, and sustainability firm based in San Jose.

Dr. Michael Sullivan

Dr. Sullivan is Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at California State University at Northridge. He teaches in the area of industrial hygiene, toxicology, epidemiology, hazardous waste and risk assessment. His areas of research are on understanding variability in environmental data and historical dose reconstruction. He has recently published a paper on his research on heavy metals in bottled water. His Ph.D. is in Toxicology from the University of Michigan and he is a CIH.

Aaron Trippler

Aaron Trippler is Director of Government Affairs for the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA).  Aaron directs government affairs for more than 70 local sections and is chief liaison with Congress and federal agencies. He has served in this capacity since 1992, when he developed the AIHA government affairs program.

In directing federal affairs, Aaron is responsible for following all federal legislation and regulations, as well as drafting AIHA Congressional testimony and working with numerous federal agencies on the public policy issues of AIHA. Aaron also directs state government affairs for AIHA, annually reviewing nearly 5,000 pieces of state legislation and regulations affecting the profession of industrial hygiene and testifying when needed. Aaron has 30 years experience in federal and state government affairs and has developed government affairs programs for three national associations.  He holds a BS degree in Business Administration.

Ellen G. Widess

In April of this year, Governor Jerry Brown appointed Ellen G. Widess to serve as the Chief of Cal/OSHA. She is a recognized expert in labor law, occupational safety and health law and regulation. Prior to her appointment, she was the senior program officer for the Rosenberg Foundation where she specialized in low wage labor market, immigrants rights and immigrants integration. While serving as a consultant for the Centers for Disease Control, Widess worked on updating child labor standards to regulate health and safety standards. She also served as executive director of Lead Safe California, and the Director of Health Policy at the Children's Advocacy Institute. This is Widess' second assignment with Cal/OSHA as she previously served as the chief of the pesticide program. Ms. Widess has also served as Adjunct Professor in Occupational Health and Safety Law at the University of Texas and as a Lecturer in Environmental Law and Occupational Health and Safety Policy at the University of California, Berkeley.