Category: Faces of EHS
Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) initiatives are only as strong as the people behind them. Meet some of the professionals who work hard every day to keep their organizations safe, healthy, productive, and compliant.
While attending Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Camille Oakes had her mind set on becoming a pilot. Her heart, however, had other plans. After taking an introduction to occupational safety class, she loved it, and changed her major. Oakes joined the university’s ASSP student chapter and began connecting with other safety professionals in Central Florida. Suffice […]
When we started “Faces of EHS” back in January 2020, we envisioned it as a profile series in which we could chat with professionals who are on the front lines of environment, health, and safety (EHS) work. It was our goal to get many perspectives on the breadth and scope of what EHS professionals are […]
Teddy Amoaning’s passion for environmental, health, and safety (EHS) was ignited after his little brother was exposed to lead-based paint as a child. As a result, his younger brother was, unfortunately, diagnosed with mental illness and experienced a myriad of health and developmental issues. Amoaning’s mother, who works as a CRN, dedicated her life to […]
After graduating from Trent University, Canada with her B.S. in Environmental Science, Tanya Jenke started her career in the environmental, health, and safety (EHS) field as a lab technician for a professor. After two years of analyzing air, water, and soil samples for chemical hazards, Jenke sought another opportunity that would allow her to collaborate […]
Monique Parker started her career as a Product Process Improvement Engineer with Milliken Company after graduating from Tennessee Technological University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. After working for three years as an engineer, she sought an opportunity in the environmental, health and safety (EHS) industry. Once in the field, she didn’t expect the fulfillment […]
Brian Fleck has been involved in the field of environmental, health, and safety (EHS) for more than 25 years. For our latest “Faces of EHS” profile, we sat down with Brian to discuss how he got his start in the industry, his biggest influence, as well as his thoughts on trends and best practices for […]
When Megan Kirby joined Iowa-based Quaker Oats as a frontline Oat Supply Operator in 2010, she didn’t have any prior experience in the environmental, health, and safety (EHS) field. Shortly thereafter, Kirby was tapped to lead her third shift’s team safety initiatives. It was this role that ignited her passion for the industry as well […]
Growing up in Kaduna City, Nigeria, Samson Largo watched his mother, Azumi Largo, now a retired nurse, take care of people and help them in his or her time of need. Largo recalls that while she didn’t work in the environmental, health, and safety (EHS) field, it was her passion that influenced and compelled him […]
Before Jade Nelson got her start in the environmental, health, and safety (EHS) field, she always thought she would work in a private practice as a doctor, creating and maintaining a forward-thinking culture. One day, however, Nelson was invited to participate in a safety committee meeting at her job – and that’s when she had […]
Although Scott Gerard started in the environmental, health, and safety (EHS) field as a fire medic, it was his continued interest in film that put him on the path he walks today. Gerard studied film and theater in undergrad and those skills came in hand when a friend who worked at GE Plastics asked if […]