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Louis DiBerardinis
Director, Environment, Health and Safety Office, MIT
Mr. DiBerardinis received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from Northeastern University in 1970 and a Master of Science Degree in Industrial Hygiene from Harvard University in 1975. He received his Certification in Industrial Hygiene in 1976 and certification as a Safety Professional in 1984.

Mr. DiBerardinis has been affiliated with M.I.T. since 1989 advancing from an Associate Industrial Hygiene Officer, Industrial Hygiene Officer and Associate Director within the Environmental Medical Service. He assumed the position of Director, Environment, Health and Safety in 2001. Mr. DiBerardinis was an Industrial Hygiene Engineer for Polaroid Corporation from 1986-1989. He joined Harvard University in 1970 as part of a research group at the School of Public Health and from 1976 to 1986, he established and directed the Industrial Hygiene Program within the Harvard University Health Services.

Mr. DiBerardinis has been a visiting lecturer at Harvard University School of Public Health since 1986 where he currently teaches in several graduate courses and continuing education programs. He is the author of numerous technical publications and co-authored the text “Guidelines for Laboratory Design: Health and Safety Considerations” and is editor of the "Handbook of Occupational Safety and Health", both published by John Wiley and Sons. He has served as chair of the ANSI Z9.5 subcommittee on Laboratory Ventilation since 1984.

Mr. DiBerardinis maintains professional affiliations with the American Academy of Industrial Hygiene (president 1991-1992, secretary/treasurer 1983-1986), American Industrial Hygiene Association, the British Occupational Hygiene Society, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists and American Society of Safety Engineers.




Elizabeth C. Girardi Schoen
Senior Director, Environmental Affairs, Pfizer, Inc.
Elizabeth Girardi Schoen is Senior Director Environmental Affairs of Pfizer Inc. Liz is responsible for setting strategy, establishing programs & systems for all environment matters, and for ensuring environmental issues are fully integrated into business strategy to maintain and advance Pfizer’s leadership position. Liz is also engaged in other strategic activities such as Corporate Citizenship.

Liz’s key mandates include: providing technical regulatory support to business group and facilities in assuring 100% compliance; managing risk, reducing environment footprint, designing and ensuring the quality of our management systems, partnering with external organizations and influencing environmental policy where appropriate for Pfizer.

Liz joined Pfizer in 1982 at Pfizer’s birthplace, the Brooklyn Plant. Liz manufactured chemicals and pharmaceuticals in Brooklyn, started at Pfizer headquarters in New York in Corporate Environment, began the EHS program for Pfizer’s medical device business, and moved back to the Corporate EHS function in 1998. Liz had served on Pfizer’s EHS Executive Committee at its’ inception, was instrumental in creating Pfizer’s EHS policy, internal standards and management system. She is a chemical engineer with a Bachelors and Masters degree. A Registered Environmental Manager, and a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Liz been on the Board of the Global Environmental Management Initiative, and is now the Chairman of the Board.

A native New Yorker, Liz lives on Long Island, New York, with her husband Robert Schoen, and her four children, Matthew, Catherine, William and Robert Jr.




Pam Greenley
Deputy Director Industrial Hygiene Program, MIT
Pam Greenley has Master Degrees in Chemical Engineering and Industrial Hygiene from the University of Michigan. She has worked at MIT since 1984 with a focus area in laboratory ventilation. She currently manages the IH group at MIT and has been working on the training component of the management system. She is an active member of the AIHA’s Laboratory Health and Safety Committee and EPA’s Colleges and University Sector Strategy Group.




Brian Lesinski
EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc.
Brian is EA's New England Operations Manager and a Senior Consultant who specializes in assisting clients recognize, understand, manage and improve the business and technical aspects of their Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S) programs. He has over 15 years of experience in EH&S process improvement, strategic planning, regulatory compliance management and auditing, project management, and management systems design, implementation and auditing. Prior to EA he was a Manager with KPMG, a Big Five Professional Services firm where he provided consulting and EMS audit services with KPMG's Quality Registrar. He has worked with a number of public and private sector organizations in assessing, designing and implementing improved EH&S management systems, most noteably Cornell University, the Rhode Island School of Design, Pfizer Global Research & Development, and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport. Brian has a M.S. in Resource Chemistry and B.S. in Environmental Management, and is an American National Standards Institute-Registration Accreditation Board (ANSI-RAB) Certified Environmental Auditor. He has served as a member of the American National Standards Institute, U.S. Sub-TAGs to ISO/TC207-(SC1) Environmental Management Systems and (SC2) Environmental Auditing since 1998.




Craig Ruberti
Craig Ruberti serves as the Environmental Management System Coordinator for the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Prior to UMass he worked with the Global Environment & Technology Foundation in Arlington, VA. At GETF he promoted the adoption of EMSs in the local government sector under the US EPA and facilitated the implementation of an EMS at the NASA Stennis Space Center. Craig holds a BA from Hobart College and an MS in Resource Management from Antioch College.




Dwight Hagihara
1992-Present
Director
Environmental Health and Safety Department
Washington State University (WSU)
Pullman, Washington
Currently leads a team of 23 professionals to develop and implement a comprehensive environmental health and safety program for four campuses, 12 research stations, and extension offices throughout Washington.
Adjunct Faculty and Instructor
WSU Environmental Science and Regional Planning Program
1. Develop and provide pollution prevention, environmental management system and sustainability courses.
2. Assist with grants.
3. Sit on graduate student committees
Chair
Chair Reactor Safeguards Committee
Chair Asian American Pacific Islander Faculty Staff Association
1983-1992
Manager
Environmental Services Program
Environmental Health and Safety Department
Washington State University
Developed and implemented comprehensive chemical waste management and emergency response programs. Acquired, implemented, and closed a Part B hazardous waste permit, the first in the state of Washington.
1978-1983
Senior Environmental Specialist
Idaho Division of Environment
Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho
Helped implement air quality, water quality, drinking water, and hazardous materials response programs for the five northern counties in Idaho’s panhandle.

Education 1987 - 1990 Masters of Science Environmental Science Washington State University Pullman, Washington

1974 - 1978 Bachelors of Science Environmental Health Colorado State University Ft. Collins, Colorado

John Morelli
Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology
Qualifications
Ph.D. Environmental Science, State University of New York
MS Environmental Resource Engineering, State University of New York
BS Engineering (Environmental) and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
Professional Engineer (PE), NYS Registration
Diplomate of Environmental Engineering (DEE), American Academy of Environmental Engineers
Experience

Dr. Morelli, a member of the faculty of Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management, is a full-time lecturer and researcher at RIT. His principal areas of interest include voluntary, private sector, strategic environmental management, and environmental management system design. For nine years, he served as academic chair for the Department of Environmental Management and has been the lead developer for RIT’s BS degree program in Environmental Management and Technology, and its MS program in Environmental, Health, and Safety Management. In 1999, Dr. Morelli authored a book entitled Voluntary Environmental Management: the Inevitable Future, and has written and presented professional papers on environmental management and environmental management education in the US and abroad.

Prior to coming to RIT, he was a Senior Research Project Manager at the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority in Albany.