​BUILDING INSPECTIONS FOR HEALTHY LIVING

RENEW IAQ LLC, Fairfax, VA 2022 – Current

• Provide industrial hygiene and indoor health services to residential and commercial clients by investigating and documenting indoor health risks relating to mold and a variety of indoor air quality-related concerns in homes and commercial facilities.
• Formulate remediation protocols and act as an independent liaison communicating with homeowners, building occupants, insurance companies, remediation personnel, facilities management, and other clients.

INLOGIX Enterprises LLC, Fairfax, VA 2013 – 2022

• Investigated and documented risks relating to mold and a variety of indoor health concerns in over 2,500 site visits.
• Acted as an independent liaison communicating with occupants, insurance, management, and service firms.

GenOn Energy, Landover, MD                                                                              2011 – 2013

• Development and implementation of occupational health and industrial hygiene programs to address potential health risks in company workplace settings with emphasis on occupational illness prevention
• Provision of industrial hygiene and health services to GenOn Mid-Atlantic plants, including development of qualitative and quantitative sampling strategies and IH consultation.
• Performance of personal exposure monitoring to determine environmental safety of workers for noise, dust, chemical hazards and other contaminants per Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards.
• Management of IH Power corporate online database program for industrial hygiene sampling data.
• Management of 3E Online corporate online database program for site chemical inventories and MSDS repository.

Apex Companies, Rockville, MD                                                                         2008 – 2011

• Managed exposure monitoring projects to determine environmental safety of workers in occupational and residential settings for chemical contaminants per OSHA standards.
• Authored project proposals and performed budgeting, invoicing, and project design for industrial hygiene, indoor air quality, and environmental health and safety projects.
• Interpreted data and authored reports for industrial hygiene and environmental safety and health projects.
• Managed and conducted residential, commercial, and industrial indoor air quality assessments to identify potential health and hygiene hazards and offer recommendations for ameliorating air quality concerns.
• Performed indoor air quality testing and sampling for IAQ indicators, chemicals, and aerobiological contaminants.

Environmental Diagnostics Corporation – EDC, Fairfax, VA                          2002 – 2008

• Conducted commercial and residential indoor air quality assessments to identify contaminants and potential health exposure and assess condition of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems.
• Analyzed aerobiological and bulk samples for fungal identification purposes

The Nature Conservancy, Washington, DC                                                        2006 – 2007

• Conducted background research on interface between poverty, health, and the environment to develop fieldwork and qualitative methodologies and conduct field research for comparative study to ascertain impacts of environmental
  issues on people and communities.
• Provided fieldwork advisory in collection of qualitative data, including Key Informant Interviews with stakeholders regarding health, education, and other social factors.

American Red Cross, San Salvador, El Salvador                                                2001

• Managed $400,000 water/sanitation system construction and rehabilitation project for 5,000 beneficiaries; managed personnel and coordinated with CARE on needs assessment, objectives, and monitoring of results.
• Conducted damage and needs assessment, identified beneficiary populations, and developed project proposals.
• Coordinated daily potable water distributions to 5,000 earthquake victims of refugee shelter; coordinated
  environmental health components, including analysis of water samples for chlorine levels and coliform bacterial
  contamination to reduce disease infection risk.

Peace Corps, El Salvador                                                                                       1998 – 2001

• Developed USAID-funded proposal to support biodiversity protection and park management and coordinated with
  environmental NGO in reforestation project to protect threatened regions of national park.
• Organized and managed logistics, funding, and environmental educational components of Peace Corps El Salvador’s
  first Environmental Youth Camp.
• Developed and conducted environment and health education training sessions for Salvadoran Education Ministry.
• Coordinated with local community assembly in design and implementation of park construction project. Authored
  proposal in Spanish, supervised project, and managed USAID Small Project Assistance Funding.

• Licensed DC Mold Assessor #MA-2017-I-043 exp 6-24-2023
• Certified Building Analyst Professional #5062987, Building Performance Institute – BPI, 2019-2022 Building Analyst Professional, (40-hour course) Everblue™ Training Institute, MD, 2019
• Mold Inspector Training (24-hour course) CleanHealth Environmental by Shari Soloman, Esq., Oct. 2016. 4-hour comprehensive refresher as mandated by DC DOEE. Jan 2019, cert #MI-R 19-016
• Healthy Homes Training (16 hour Course) NCHH, Bloomberg School, Johns Hopkins Univ. by Dion Lerman, 2014
• American Industrial Hygiene Association, Conferences 2011 (Portland OR), 2012 (Indianapolis, IN)
• IICRC Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (register#72488)
• Journeyman Textile Cleaner – JTC IICRC advanced designation, 2022
• Advanced Upholstery & Fabric Technician – UFT (16-hour course), Aramsco by Doug Heiferman, 2022
• Health & Safety Technician – HST (16-hour course), Ritcon by C. Sellers, 2021
• Master Water Restorer – MWR IICRC advanced designation, 2021
• Master Fire & Smoke Restorer – MSR IICRC advanced designation, 2021
• Carpet Repair & Reinstallation – RRT (16-hour course), Zack Academy, 2020
• Carpet Cleaning Technician – CCT (16-hour course), 2017
• Applied Structural Drying – ASD (32-hour course) HydroLab by K.Bolden, Indiana, 2014
• Applied Microbial Remediation Technician – AMRT (32-hour course) TM Cleaning & Restoration Schools by K. Sellers, 2013
• Water Restoration Technician – WRT (24-hour course) TM Cleaning & Restoration Schools by T. Macaluso, 2013
• Fire & Smoke Restoration Technician – FSRT (16-hour course) TM Cleaning & Restoration Schools by T. Macaluso, 2013
• Odor Control Technician – OCT (8-hour course) TM Cleaning & Restoration Schools by T. Macaluso, 2013

OSHA 7845 Health and Safety Recordkeeping certification, 2012

40-hour OSHA Hazardous Waste Site Worker certification, 8-hour refresher, 2009

NIOSH 582 equivalent training for collection and analysis of asbestos air samples via PCM, 2009

EPA Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) accredited inspector, 4-hour refresher, 2009, 2010

Maryland MDE certified for the collection of drinking water samples, 2009

Fungal Identification (24 hr course), McCrone Research Institute by J.Shane, Ph.D, Illinois, 2001

• IICRC register #72488, 2005-2007, 2013-current
• American Industrial Hygiene Association – AIHA member #193457, 2011 – 2013