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TATE BERKAN industrial risk management/occupational safety and health from Eastern Kentucky SPEAKERS Director, Marketing and University. Client Services | Travelers Laboratory Tate Berkan is a certified industrial hygien- ALLISON ist with 30 years of experience in chemical BRESLOFF exposures, IH sampling, and analytical Corporate Environmental, methodology. Prior to her 25 years at Trav- Health and Safety Manager elers, Berkan was a senior occupational JOHN ABLE BRENDA Pitney Bowes Inc. safety and health engineer at UTC and an Occupational Safety BERGERON OSHA inspector. Her current responsibili- As the corporate EHS manager for Pitney Bowes based in Shelton, Allison J. Bresloff Training Specialist | CONN- Principal Attorney | DEMHS ties are varied and include client training has wide-ranging experience within OSHA @CTDEMHS and marketing. multiple industries, including aerospace, John Able has been in the safety and en- As the principal attorney for the Con- Berkan has a bachelor’s degree in biology consumer packaged goods, solid waste vironmental consulting field for 30 years. necticut Department of Emergency from New Mexico State University and a management, and mailing/service opera- He has been a certified safety professional Services and Public Protection, Division of master’s degree in industrial hygiene from tions. since 2002, and occupational safety train- Emergency Management and Homeland the University of Central Missouri. ing specialist with the state of Security, Brenda M. Bergeron serves as Her competencies include risk man- Department of Labor, OSHA Division, since the legal advisor at the State Emergency agement, EHS management systems, 2001. Operations Center during activations. She STEVE BIASI policy development and implementa- tion; ISO14001, regulatory compliance for has also been appointed as the deputy Acting Area Director, Able has been with CONN-OSHA for OSHA, EPA, NFPA, and the DOT, training, state coordinating officer and alternate Bridgeport Area Office twenty-two years, conducting more than auditing, behavioral safety, continuous 700 safety consultation visits prior to governor’s authorized representative in USDOL/OSHA Connecticut’s last six presidential major improvement, and incident investigations. becoming the training specialist. As the Steven Biasi has been with OSHA for more disaster declarations. Bresloff has led EHS initiatives for multi- CONN-OSHA training specialist, Able as- than 20 years and started with the agency site locations as well as distributed work- sists employers with accident and injury In addition to providing legal work, as a compliance officer in the Tarrytown, forces, and supported international opera- prevention measures, regulatory guidance, Bergeron coordinates the planning func- NY Area Office. In 1997, Biasi moved to the tions. In addition to her EHS background, and other safety and health training- tion for DEMHS, including extensive work Bridgeport Area Office, and in 2013 he was she worked as a manufacturing manager related issues. with state, local, federal, tribal, and private promoted to assistant area director, for at Unilever. She led the processing and sector partners. which he supervised a staff of safety spe- Able has taken many courses at the OSHA packaging operations for a complex port- cialists and industrial hygienists. Biasi has Training Institute in Illinois including: She received her juris doctor degree with folio of personal care products. worked on numerous precedent-setting trainer course for construction and general honors from the University of Connecticut OSHA investigations, including the Kleen industry; machine guarding; cranes and School of Law. She is a Phi Beta Kappa, Bresloff holds a master’s degree in oc- Energy explosion in 2010. materials handling; fire protection and magna cum laude graduate of the Univer- cupational safety management from the University of New Haven, a bachelor’s life safety, and electrical standards. Prior sity of Connecticut Honors Program with a Biasi is also a certified firefighter/instruc- degree in safety management from to joining CONN-OSHA, Able worked bachelor’s degree in English. tor/fire officer/hazardous material techni- Keene State College, and is a certified as an environmental consultant, provid- cian/EMT and has been in the fire service safety professional. She is the president ing on-site services to a wide variety of for more than 27 years. Biasi is also a past of the Connecticut Valley Chapter of the companies. Able has a bachelor of science deputy fire chief and member of a regional American Society of Safety Engineers in mechanical engineering from the Uni- hazardous material response team. versity of Connecticut. and is a member of the Women in Safety Biasi received a bachelor’s degree in Engineering group. 6 7

CAROLE BRIGGS Davis is a contributor on Connecticut’s of the American Academy of Industrial aerospace, healthcare, and pharmaceutical WTIC radio, a frequent conference speaker Hygiene and the Society for Chemical industries. Attorney | Anderson, and workshop leader, and has presented Hazard Communication. She serves on the Reynolds & Lynch, LLP Eherts was recently appointed by the U.S. to numerous organizations including MIT, Stewardship and Sustainability Committee. Secretary of Labor to the Federal Whistle- Carole W. Briggs is a gradu- Boston University, the University of Puerto Deeds is a past-president of the Society blower Protection Advisory Committee. ate of the University of Minnesota, The Rico, Goal QPC, IAM Placid Harbor, EO, for Chemical Hazard Communication and He also serves on the board of directors George Washington National Law Center and the Business Council to the UN. He is serves on the SCHC Outreach and Com- for Occupational Knowledge International, (JD, 1985), and University (LLM, degreed in business and engineering from munication Committee. She is a registered an NGO dedicated to preventing overex- taxation, 1986). She has practiced law in Arizona State University and holds two SDS and label author. Deeds was awarded posures to toxic chemicals in developing Connecticut since 1986 and joined the firm patents. the Alice Hamilton Award by AIHA in 2014 countries. in 2007. and the Lifetime Achievement Award by SCHC in 2016. Eherts holds bachelor’s degrees in chem- Briggs’ practice areas include: business DENESE DEEDS istry and biology and a master’s degree and finance, real estate, probate, construc- and doctorate in environmental toxicology tion, OSHA and municipal law. She has Co-Founder | Industrial DAVE EHERTS from Drexel University. He is an adjunct more than 25 years of experience in real Health & Safety Consultants, professor at New York Medical College estate and commercial transactions and Inc. | @denesedeeds Vice President Global EHS and Tulane University, where he teaches dispute resolution representing private Allergan plc | @deherts Denese A. Deeds is co-founder of courses in EHS management, environ- sector and governmental entities. Industrial Health & Safety Consultants, David M. Eherts joined Al- mental toxicology, industrial hygiene, and Briggs is a member of the Connecticut Inc.,where she is the director of chemi- lergan Pharmaceuticals in March 2014 as occupational health. Bar Association (Construction, Real Estate cal regulatory services. In that function vice president of Global EHS. Allergan plc, and Commercial Law Sections) and the she prepares MSDS, labels, and other headquartered in Dublin, is a global phar- American Bar Association (Business, Con- hazard communication documents; files maceutical company and a leader in a new NATHAN FAGUE international chemical registrations, and industry model: growth pharma. Allergan struction, Real Property and Probate, and Manager of Safety & assists companies with overall chemical is focused on developing, manufacturing, Insurance Law Sections). She has been a Security | Mystic Aquarium regulatory compliance. She has 38 years and commercializing branded pharma- frequent speaker and author on construc- @mysticaquarium tion and health and safety-related topics. in the field and is a recognized expert. ceuticals, devices, and biologic products Prior to founding IH&SC she worked as an for patients around the world. Forbes has Nate Fague oversees safety, security, oc- industrial hygienist for General Electric and ranked the company number one in their cupational health, and environmental com- ALDEN DAVIS Westinghouse. list of the top 17 global large cap pharma- pliance for the 45-acre campus of Mystic ceutical companies. Aquarium. Open year-round, 700,000 Principal | MyValueTree Deeds has a degree in chemistry from guests and 12,500 member households @AldenDavis Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. She Prior to joining Allergan, Eherts had enjoy the unique indoor-outdoor campus has lectured at the junior college level worked for more than 30 years in the Known by colleagues and with eye-to-eye and interactive opportuni- and has taught short courses on safety, fields of safety and EHS starting as a toxi- friends as the corporate plumber, Alden ties. The aquarium is the state’s largest industrial hygiene, hazard communication cologist in pre-clinical drug safety assess- B. Davis is a specialist in regenerating non-casino tourist attraction, as well as the including U.S. and international SDS and ment at Merck. He moved to EHS and has institutions. He has more than 30 years largest cultural attraction in New England chemical labeling; and the transportation held positions of increasing responsibility of global expertise in industry, and he outside of Boston. of hazardous materials/dangerous goods. at Merck, sanofi-aventis, Purdue Pharma- designs, orchestrates and leads large-scale She is certified in the Comprehensive Prac- ceuticals and most recently, at Sikorsky Fague provides risk-management guid- institutional change. tice of Industrial Hygiene by the American Aircraft as their vice president and chief ance for the organization. During his The focus of his work is financially-based Board of Industrial Hygiene. safety officer. His experience and expertise tenure he has obtained annual reductions change processes, business turnarounds, span aviation, environmental toxicology, in the frequency and severity of injuries Deeds is a Fellow of the American Indus- collaborative labor-management change, occupational health, potent compound and occupational illnesses; reduced the trial Hygiene Association and a member and leadership development. control, and management systems in the average amount of lost-time per incident; 8 9

and strengthened relationships with the University of New Haven. sional and has a master’s degree in public CHRIS MAYNE aquarium’s insurers and regulators. Fague health. Over the past 23 years, his holistic Vice President | Facility is particularly interested in safety and methods and concepts have been used Support Services LLC occupational health at the human/ani- CHANDRA in the construction, government, service, mal interface and works extensively with GIOIELLO and manufacturing industries to reduce Christopher Mayne is a animal husbandry and research teams to Senior Consultant injuries and control risk. Jacobs special- graduate of Creighton University and ensure the organization is at the forefront Industrial Health & Safety izes in providing high-impact educational Frostburg State University. He holds of the industry. Consultants | @cgioiello seminars and holistic safety talks that are a bachelor’s degree in biology and a not only thought-provoking, but also assist master’s degree in applied ecology and A member of the American Society of Chandra Deeds Gioiello has a bachelor’s with changing mindsets. conservation biology. Safety Engineers, Fague is the current degree in anthropology from Franklin and past-president of ASSE’s Connecticut Marshall College and a master’s degree His holistic safety concepts are chronicled Mayne has more than 20 years of experi- Valley Chapter. He is also a member of the in industrial hygiene from the University in his 2013 employee guide, Milt’s 5 Step ence performing environmental assess- Connecticut River Valley Chapter of the of New Haven. She is vice president of Guide to S.A.F.E.R. Safety. ments and ten years in the health and American Industrial Hygiene Association, Industrial Health & Safety Consultants, a safety consulting field. He is an autho- Connecticut Safety Society, and the Con- small consulting firm. rized OSHA construction trainer and has necticut Biosafety Alliance. PAUL performed numerous training sessions on Gioiello is a registered safety data sheet MANGIAFICO a variety of environmental, health, and Fague regularly provides lectures and and label author and a certified industrial safety issues. His project experience in- training opportunities centered on engag- Compliance Assistance hygienist. She specializes in international cludes resolving safety and environmental ing zoo and aquarium staff to become Specialist | USDOL/OSHA hazard communication regulations and regulatory compliance issues in a variety more safety-conscious and to mitigate the helps clients across the globe, especially in Paul Mangiafico has been in the safety and of business and educational sectors, unique occupational hazards encountered the Asia-Pacific countries. health field for 26 years. He has been a including PSM program development and in these environments. construction health and safety technician Gioiello is active with the Society of auditing. since 1995, and an occupational health and Chemical Hazard Communication and the safety technologist since 2007. Mayne is a member of the CBIA Safety RANDY American Industrial Hygiene Association. Advisory Group. He is a certified Red Cross FERANEC She helped create the SDS and Label Mangiafico has been with OSHA for more first aid instructor, ISO 14001 lead auditor, Author registry for AIHA and is a member than 18 years and has served as a compli- Safety and Environmental and a certified lake manager. Mayne is of the subject matter expert team. She ance officer and as a manager in Region Specialist | Facility Support a member of the North American Lakes was recently elected to the board of the I and V. As the compliance assistance Services Management Society and the Northeast American Conference of Governmental specialist in the Hartford Area Office, Chapter of NALMS and serves on the For more than 30 years Randy M. Feranec Industrial Hygienists. Mangiafico provides compliance assis- board of the Connecticut Federation of worked as a site EHS professional and tance to unions, associations, employers Lakes. a Special Government Employee within and employees on how to comply with OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs MILTON JACOBS the OSHA regulations and the measures at ExxonMobil Chemical. He has been Holistic Safety Speaker necessary to prevent injuries and illnesses PHILLIP employed for the last five years at Facility Safety Solution Consultants, in the workplace. MONTGOMERY Support Services in Hamden. Inc. Prior to joining OSHA, Mangiafico worked Director of Compensation Feranec received a bachelor’s degree in Milt Jacobs is the president of Safety Solu- as a safety director, providing on-site Services | CBIA occupational safety and health with a tion Consultants, Inc., an accident preven- safety and health inspections to general Phillip E. Montgomery is director of minor in American history in 2010 from tion and risk management consulting firm contractors working in the construction compensation services at CBIA. His re- Amherst University. He also holds certi- located in East Granby. industry. Mangiafico also worked as an sponsibilities include providing assistance fications in industrial fire protection and electrician. Jacobs is a board certified safety profes- to CBIA members on compensation and occupational safety and health from the 10 11

benefit issues and working with members and the Edison Electric Institute. Connecticut, a construction industry trade managed the safety and health achieve- to design and conduct employee opinion association. ment recognition program for eight years. A technology devotee, Rollins has pub- surveys and other custom surveys. lished articles dealing with mobile device Soycher is a member of the Society for Tucker has served in the field of occu- Prior to joining CBIA, Montgomery spent security and privacy. He has designed Human Resource Management, currently pational safety and health since 1974. He 10 years in human resources positions in multi-user global EHS/risk management serving as director of legislative affairs on enlisted in the Air Force that manufacturing and other settings where databases and programmed industrial hy- the SHRM-CT HR Council. He is a board same year and served two enlistments. his responsibilities spanned recruitment, giene sampling and audit software for iOS. member of the Connecticut Business While in the military he was responsible salary administration, and employee rela- Leadership Network, a group of Con- for the safety and health of base military A self-taught artist, he has been the con- tions. necticut employers working to increase personnel. tributing illustrator to four books and one employment opportunities for people with Montgomery is a graduate of Dartmouth ANSI standard. disabilities. College. He is a certified compensation DALE VARNEY professional and certified benefits profes- Soycher has a bachelor’s degree in sional. MARK SOYCHER psychology from Rutgers University, a Area Director, Hartford Office, | USDOL/OSHA HR Counsel | CBIA master’s degree in special education @HRHotline from William Paterson College, and a Dale Varney started his MARK ROLLINS law degree from New York Law School. career with OSHA in 1988 as a safety Mark Soycher has more than Founder | A-EHS He is a member of the Connecticut bar engineer for the Springfield Area OSHA 30 years of experience guiding Connecti- association and serves on the executive Office. In this position, he conducted more Mark Rollins has a bach- cut employers and employees through committee of the association’s Labor and than 1,000 safety and health inspections in elor’s degree in environ- the maze of laws and regulations affect- Employment Law Section. both the general industry and construction mental health and a master’s degree in ing their workplace and providing legal environments. environmental science from the University assistance with all workplace problems, of Massachusetts at Amherst. In 2015 he from hiring and firing to determining the KEN TUCKER From 2010 to 2016 Varney was the founded A-EHS, an industrial hygiene/ workplace strategies that will anticipate compliance assistance specialist for the CONN-OSHA Director environmental health and safety consult- and avoid legal disputes. Springfield Area OSHA Office, where he Connecticut Department of ing firm. developed and participated in a variety As HR counsel at CBIA, the state’s largest Labor of safety and health-related outreach and Rollins is a certified industrial hygienist business organization, Soycher responds Kenneth C. Tucker III was appointed as the training events throughout Massachusetts. and certified safety professional, with to thousands of personnel-related inquires director for the Connecticut Labor Depart- global experience spanning more than 30 annually from member companies. He has Varney holds a bachelor’s degree in me- ment’s Division of Occupational Safety years in 27 countries, covering such di- conducted training sessions for thousands chanical engineering from Western New and Health in 2012. He has been employed verse topics as chemical exposures, safety of Connecticut workers on a wide range England University, is a certified safety by the Connecticut Labor Department and risk management, site remediation, of topics, including sexual harassment professional, and is currently the area di- since 1986, beginning his career as an radiation, explosive dust evaluations, and prevention; drug and alcohol abuse pre- rector for the Hartford Area OSHA Office. occupational hygienist primarily working dangerous goods transportation. vention; employment law for managers; as a health compliance officer in the public workplace discrimination; and ADA and Rollins received the American Indus- sector. ethics compliance. CATHERINE ZINSSER trial Hygiene Association’s Outstanding In 2004 Tucker was promoted to the posi- Individual Contributor Award in 2012. He Previously, Soycher was in private law Occupational Safety Training Specialist | tion of an occupational health and safety also received the AIHA’s prestigious Fellow practice for a dozen years, represent- CONN-OSHA manager. He coordinated efforts in both recognition in 2014. ing and counseling both employers and Catherine Zinsser has been with the state the public sector, scheduling enforce- individuals in employment matters. Before Department of Labor, OSHA Division, for Rollins has taught numerous classes for ment and consultation activities, and in that, he was general counsel and lobbyist 13 years. She has a bachelor’s degree in the AIHA and has spoken at events hosted the private sector, being responsible for for the Associated General Contractors of industrial hygiene from Quinnipiac Univer- by organizations such as NASA, SESHA, the on-site consultation program. He also 12 13 sity. Zinsser has worked in the health and COMING EVENTS safety field for 20 years and is currently  How Your Culture Impacts Daily holding a position as occupational safety Operations training specialist for CONN-OSHA. Hartford, 5.23 MAP OF THE Zinsser is an authorized OSHA outreach trainer for both general industry and con-  OSHA 10 Hour General Industry struction and regularly conducts classes Outreach CONFERENCE AREA covering topics such as control of hazard- Hartford, 6.6, 6.7 ous energy, permit-required confined space entry, excavation and trenching, soil  HR & the Workplace: The Trump alternate mechanics, fall arrest systems, electrical Impact entrance/exit standards, and OSHA recordkeeping Hartford, 6.13 restrooms (from parking Prior to joining CONN-OSHA, Zinsser exhibitor hallway & garage) worked as a senior loss control specialist  CBIA 2017 Energy & breakfast/lunch buffett at an insurance company and as a health Environment Conference and safety co-coordinator at an environ- Farmington, 6.16 mental consulting firm providing on-site services to a wide variety of clients. Visit cbia.com/events to register.

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350 Church St. | Hartford, CT 06103-1126 38 Eddy St. | Avon, CT 06001-3804 essex room 860.244.1900 860.677.4619 Tony Barillari | [email protected] Alden Davis | [email protected] additional restrooms Phillip Montgomery | phillip.montgomery@ U.S. Dept. of Labor-OSHA cbia.com highland 915 Lafayette Blvd., Ste. 3 | McMahon Federal Facility Support Services, LLC hotel lobby room Bldg. | Bridgeport, CT 06604-4706 2685 State St. | Hamden, CT 06517-2225 203.579.5581 203.288.1281 Leona May | [email protected] Robin Donnelly | [email protected] U.S. Dept. of Labor-OSHA Industrial Hearing Testing main entrance 450 Main St, Ste. 361 | Federal Bldg. | Hart- 19 Midstate Dr., Ste. 220 ford, CT 06103-3022 Worcester, MA 01501-1865 860.240.2613 508.832.8484 Paul Mangiafico | [email protected] Andi Hengen | [email protected] Concurrent sessions are located in the essex, fife/gwent, and Practical Safety Solutions, LLC highland rooms. Check agenda (page 2-3) and signs for P.O. Box 792 | Old Lyme, CT 06371-0792 specific session locations. 860.434.5092 Mark Haskins | [email protected]