4 5 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 Connecticut 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 New York 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