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.

Faces of EHS: Cindi Nandlal on Measuring Safety and Advice for the Future

Cindi Nandlal’s career spans 23 years in the energy and non-energy industries. During that period, her roles expanded beyond health, safety, security, and environment (HSSE) to include a non-executive board of director for three subsidiary companies in a conglomerate. Her passion for safety and process safety is fueled by experiences with fatalities and significant events. […]

Faces of EHS: Waldorf Nelson on Relationships and Heat Safety

Waldorf Nelson originally started his career in construction in 2002 as a structural ironworker with Local Union 263 in the DFW. He stayed there for 14 years, and after seeing several senseless injuries over time, the safety career path began to grab his attention. He was approached to take on the safety manager role while […]

Faces of EHS: Barry Nelson on Innovation and Showing, Not Telling

For our latest Faces of EHS profile, we sat down with Barry Nelson of FactorLab to discuss supporting the EHS professional, the rapidly approaching changes in safety technology, and the importance of showing, not telling, when it comes to valuing safety.

Faces of EHS: Scott Selasky on Modernizing Safety

For our latest Faces of EHS profile, we sat down with Scott Selasky to discuss how he got his start in the industry, learning from new technology, and updating safety standards. Tune in to hear his insights. 

Faces of EHS: Dr. John Howard on the Future of EHS

Dr. John Howard was trained as a physician in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, and occupational medicine and worked in clinical medicine until 1991. From 1991 to 2002, he served as the Chief of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health in the State of California’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency. In 2002, Dr. Howard was […]

Faces of EHS: Jamie Dabbs on Construction and Being Prepared

Jamie Dabbs attended Southeastern Oklahoma State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Occupational Safety and Health. He secured an internship with the Noble Foundation in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and then he obtained a position working as a safety manager within a manufacturing plant in Oklahoma City. Realizing that he wanted to broaden […]

Faces of EHS: Rusti Dyals on Taking Action to Improve Culture

Rusti Dyals is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and a member of the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) with 20 years of environmental, health, and safety (EHS) experience across FM, forest product and semi-conductor industries. She currently serves as ESFM’s National Director of Environment, Health & Safety. Before that, she successfully supported a national […]

Faces of EHS: Suzanne Kilpatrick on Setting the Tone for Safety

Suzanne Kilpatrick feels like she started her career in safety as a child. She grew up on a ranch and helped her parents at an agricultural feed store where she gained experience with confined spaces, powered industrial trucks, chemicals, moving parts, pinch points, and more. When she discovered safety as a field of study, it […]