Occupational Safety & Environmental Health Advisory Board

OSEH External Advisory Board

OSEH Advisory Board Members

Nancy Adams held many different positions during her 33 year career with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), including field industrial hygienist, Area Director, Deputy Regional Administrator, Deputy Director Safety Standards, National Ergonomics Coordinator, and Director of Management Systems and Operations. She also served as the Executive Assistant to seven Assistant and Acting OSHA Assistant Secretaries.

Upon retiring from Federal service in 2008, she began a consulting career working with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Energy Employee Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICPA), and its Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health. In 2011, she began work with NIOSH’s World Trade Center Health Program (WTC Health Program) and its Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC).

Nancy received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology in 1973, from Millersville University; a Master of Science degree in Occupational and Environmental Health Services in 1995, from Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, N.Y.; and is a 2004 graduate of the Federal Senior Executive Service (SES) Development Program.

 

Mark Ahner is a Northeast Region Manager, Risk Control with Liberty Mutual.  He previously held positions as an EH&S Manager and Emergency Response Leader at W. L. Gore & Associates in Elkton, MD as well as a Senior Risk Consultant at Zurich Insurance supporting the Philadelphia, New York and Boston offices.  Mark has been responsible for risk improvement consulting for national clients in the manufacturing, healthcare, hospitality, real estate, and other key industry verticals.

Mark graduated from Millersville University in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Safety and Environmental Health.  He also holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA), is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Associate in Risk Management (ARM), and Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU).  He is a very active contributor with the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP), receiving numerous volunteer awards at the society level. 

Paul Allen is the Risk Control Product Consulting Director – Industrial Hygiene for CNA Insurance.   A safety professional with over 30 years of experience, Paul has held a variety of positions in insurance loss control, manufacturing, and construction.  From these opportunities, Paul has been able to develop skill and expertise in industrial hygiene, ergonomics, transportation, healthcare, and construction.

Paul holds a BS in Occupational Safety & Hygiene Management from Millersville University and the Associate in Risk Management designation.  Paul is an Accredited Office Ergonomics Evaluator, a Certified Safety Professional, and a Certified Industrial Hygienist.  He is a professional member of the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP), a member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), and a member of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH).  

Frank Baxter joined The Baldwin Group in 2021 as the Director of Risk Mitigation Services – Loss Control and is primarily responsible for leading the development of our risk mitigation services. In this role, he oversees a team of colleagues who specialize in helping owner, developer, and contractor clients identify, assess, and effectively manage the various risks associated with their construction operations. In addition, Frank’s experience managing a team of EHS professionals on large complex construction projects throughout the Northeast will deliver direct results to our clients.

Frank previously spent over 7 years at Skanska USA Building Inc. where he was responsible for the execution of 1 million-to-350-million-dollar projects in sectors such as healthcare, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, higher education,
retail and casino and entertainment enters.

Frank was a key player with Skanska USA developing and delivering training programs for both the building and civil business units. One in particular was focused on understanding OSHA’s  recordability, reportability and electronic
reporting requirements.

Frank is a 1994 graduate of Temple University, having earned a Bachelors’ Degree in Environmental Engineering Technology. In 2001 he received a Master of Science degree from Saint Joseph’s University in Environmental Health and Safety Management. He earned his Certified Safety Professional (CSP) designation in 2008. Frank currently resides in North Wales, PA with his wife Susan. Frank has one daughter who is an emergency room nurse for the Jefferson Health System and a son-in-law who is a Philadelphia Firefighter.

Frank is also a volunteer firefighter and an EMT for the North Penn Volunteer Fire Company and served as the Deputy Chief. Frank for over 20 years has won the highly coveted fire fighter of the year award for his efforts and is an adjunct professor at Temple University’s Civil Engineering Program.

Chris Eberly is Director of Risk Management for I.B. Abel, Inc., where she leads initiatives focused on risk reduction, risk mitigation, and operational resilience. With more than 30 years of experience in environmental, health, and safety leadership across manufacturing, steel mill services, and mining, she brings deep expertise in building and strengthening safety and risk management programs in complex, high-hazard environments. Chris has led the development and implementation of EHS strategies spanning management systems, training, incident investigation and reporting, safety and lean integration, business continuity planning, due diligence reviews, acquisition integration, workplace wellness, and enterprise risk management. Her work has delivered measurable results, including stronger employee engagement, higher safety visibility, improved safety culture, lower injury rates, and reduced workers’ compensation costs.

Chris earned a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Safety and Hygiene Management from Millersville University in 1995. She is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), a board member of the Central PA American Society of Safety Professionals, and holds a Value Based Lean Six Sigma (VBLSS) Green Belt. She has also served voluntarily as a Special Government Employee (SGE) for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) onsite teams conducting comprehensive EHS worksite evaluations. In addition, she is a Prosci Certified Change Manager.

Kelley A Edmier is a safety professional with over 27 years in safety with experience, working for the family owned Construction Company, nonprofit educational safety organizations, and international insurance carriers.  Recently she began to specialize in safety and health in the oil and gas pipeline construction industry. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology in 1986, from University of Colorado; a Master of Science degree in Industrial Management with emphasis in Safety & Training, from Northern Illinois University in 1994.  She also holds Instructor certifications from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for Construction Safety,(OSHA 500 Course), the Red Cross (CPR, AED, and First Aid), is an OSHA Excavation standard Competent Person, and is Certified by the Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation to conduct accurate pure tone, air-conduction audiometry.  Kelley is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Safety Sciences at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, an anticipates earning her PhD in 2018.

Ryan Green, MS, CSP, is a Director-level Environmental, Health, Safety, Security, and Emergency Response leader with more than 20 years of progressive experience in high-hazard industries. He currently serves on the site leadership team for a major biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility, where he leads multidisciplinary teams responsible for industrial safety, occupational health, environmental compliance, physical security, and emergency preparedness. His work integrates regulatory compliance, operational excellence, and business continuity strategies to protect employees, critical operations, and community stakeholders.

 Ryan has built his career leading complex safety and risk management programs across manufacturing environments, with expertise spanning process safety, emergency response systems, security risk mitigation, incident investigation, organizational resilience, and leadership development. He is known for aligning EHS strategy with business performance, developing people, strengthening safety culture, and creating  scalable systems that improve both risk outcomes and operational reliability.

 A proud Millersville University alumnus, Ryan earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Safety & Environmental Health and his Master of Science degree in Emergency Management.  He is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and previously served as an adjunct instructor at Millersville, teaching upper-level coursework in system safety. Ryan remains deeply committed to advancing the OSEH profession through mentorship, curriculum improvement, and helping prepare the next generation of safety leaders for increasingly complex risk environments.

 Dr. Jermaine L. Hunter, PhD, has over 25 years of hands-on leadership experience as a risk management and occupational safety practitioner. His knowledge base includes the construction, non-profit, local government operations, and healthcare industries.

Jermaine began his career at the Department of Labor, Division of Safety in Tampa, Florida where he developed an even greater love for risk management. He then acquired leadership skills and analytics while working at Liberty Mutual and Travelers Insurance companies. While there, he was laser-focused on learning every facet of risk management exposures surrounding property and casualty mitigation, OSHA and DOT policies and procedures, environmental standards, and corrective actions. Additionally, Jermaine also served as Corporate Risk Manager, Safety Director, and Safety Manager for the entire National Park Services in Washington, DC. 

Over the last 12 years, Jermaine has served as Vice President of Risk and Safety at Melwood Horticultural Center, the largest non-for-profit in Maryland. Melwood employs the majority of individuals with differing abilities than any other organization on the upper east coast – and holds some of the largest government contracts in the Washington metropolitan area. His primary focus includes establishing risk management best practices and strategies, OSHA plans of action, and helping to lead CARF initiatives, a critical Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities accreditation. 

When Jermaine is not leading his compliance and safety teams at work, he dedicates his time to training and teaching. He has trained hundreds of employees in commercial operations and teaches government-focused safety, audit, and health compliance strategies at the local community college.

Jermaine earned a bachelor’s degree in safety and environmental management from Slippery Rock University, master’s in management from University of South Florida and a PhD in Leadership from University of Phoenix. In his spare time, Jermaine participates in countless community activities sponsored by his fraternity, Omega Psi Phi, Fraternity Inc., visits his daughter in college, and spends time with his two English bulldogs, Penny, and Marley. He even finds an occasional time to hunt and travel.

Steve High is the President of High Environmental Health and Safety Consulting Ltd., which he established in 1999. The company provides assistance in identifying, evaluating and controlling safety and health exposure risks in various applications. Steve previously held positions of Corporate Manager of Safety, Environment and Industrial Hygiene, and Safety Specialist for the High Companies. He held the position of Safety and Training Coordinator for H.M. Stauffer & Sons.

Steve holds a BS in Business Administration from Elizabethtown College, an MS in Safety Sciences from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a Master's of Public Health (MPH) from Johns Hopkins. Steve is board certified as a Safety Professional (CSP) and as an Industrial Hygienist (CIH). He holds the designation of Associate in Risk Management (ARM) and is certified as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). He acts as an expert witness in safety & health litigation cases, specializing in slips, trips and falls and health exposures. Steve serves on the Board of Directors for the High Companies, the High Foundation and Irex Corporation. 

Darnell Johnson is the Loss Control Field Supervisor- Northeast Region. The Cincinnati Insurance Companies

Darnell is a Loss Control Field Supervisor for The Cincinnati Insurance Companies where he manages the Northeast region’s loss control field consultants.   

Darnell’s team provides extensive loss control services to clients including employee safety and compliance training and program development, fire risk surveys, automatic fire suppression system design evaluation, fleet management services, contractor risk transfer solutions, and product safety and business continuity consultative services.

Darnell has been with The Cincinnati Insurance Companies (CIC) for 7 years. He started his career in construction safety, followed by safety and risk consulting, before ultimately pursuing a loss control career in the insurance industry.

Darnell has a BS in Occupational Safety and Environmental Health from Millersville University, where he was a 4-year member and captain of the football team.  He is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP) granted by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals, is an OSHA Authorized Construction Outreach Trainer, and has his AINS designation in insurance. 

Curtis Moore is the Director of Risk Management at Glenn O Hawbaker Inc. Curt Moore received a B.S. degree in 1987 from Millersville University in occupational safety and hygiene management. Immediately following graduation, Curt was employed for two years in the insurance industry by Commercial Union Insurance Company. In 1989 Curt was hired by Worthington Industries, where he held various and progressive management positions, the last being corporate director of environmental, health and safety. Curt began his career with Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. in 2001 and holds the title of director of risk management. Curt has more than 38 years of diversified safety management expertise in heavy construction, heavy manufacturing and mining. He is an OSHA Authorized Construction and General Industry Outreach Trainer and serves as an Industry Delegate to the National Safety Council (NSC).

Olivia Rozenberg serves as the recent program graduate on the Millersville University OSEH Advisory Board. She is a Risk Engineer with Warfel Construction Company, where she began her tenure as a Safety Intern prior to joining the organization full-time. In her current role, she contributes to the administration of insurance programs, including Subcontractor Default Insurance (SDI) and Contractor Controlled Insurance Programs (CCIP), and supports internal audit and investigation efforts.

 Olivia earned her Bachelor of Science in Occupational Safety and Environmental Health from Millersville University in May 2025. During her time at the university, she served as President of the American Society of Safety Professionals student section for two years, during which the organization received consecutive first-place Outstanding Student Section of the Year awards. She is a member of the Philadelphia ASSP Chapter as well as the Mid-Atlantic Construction Safety Council. She plans to pursue a Master’s degree in Risk Management and Insurance beginning in Fall 2026.

Amanda Scott is the Senior Director, Occupational and Environmental Safety at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She previous held Industrial Hygiene and Safety positions with Sanofi-Aventis, Malvern, PA, East Penn Manufacturing, Lyon Station, PA, and as an Adjunct Professor at the College of Health Sciences, Environmental Health and Safety, West Chester University.

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Health from West Chester University and a Master of Science degree from Temple University. She is a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), as well as holding certification in Medical Laser Safety Officer (CMLSO), Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER), Transportation of Hazardous Materials (DOT/IATA), and Hazardous Waste Management (EPA).

Emily Seiler is an Environmental Compliance Manager for PepsiCo’s North America food and beverage manufacturing sites. She has held several EHS roles at PepsiCo and is currently serving as an environmental subject matter expert and developing strategy for cohesive environmental compliance programs across the US. She focuses on hazardous chemical management, regulatory reporting, waste management, stormwater management, and spill prevention. 

Emily graduated from Millersville University with a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Safety and Environmental Health and is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP).

 

Scott Swanson has over twenty five years of international and domestic experience leading cultural change and management system implementation in complex and challenging chemical, petroleum, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, commercial and institutional environments. He has held progressive environmental, health and safety (EHS) positions for companies in the EHS consulting, heavy industrial manufacturing, technical field service and building product manufacturing industries.  Scott is currently the Sr. Director EHS for Multi-Color Corporation headquartered in Batavia, OH.

Scott received a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Resource Management from the Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering for the Johns Hopkins University. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Maryland and has earned a registration as a Certified Safety Professional from the Board of Certified Safety Professionals.
 

Randi Warner currently serves as a Safety Specialist III at WellSpan Health, where she provides comprehensive safety oversight for more than 300 healthcare practices across South Central Pennsylvania. In this role, she also supports system-wide workplace violence prevention initiatives. Prior to joining WellSpan Health, Randi held safety-focused positions with Campbell’s Soup, Inc. and R.H. Sheppard, Inc., where she gained diverse experience in occupational safety across manufacturing environments.

Randi earned a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Safety and Environmental Health from Millersville University in 2017 and a Master of Science in Technology and Innovation from Millersville University in 2025. She is also a Certified Safety Professional (CSP).

OSEH Faculty Members

Dr. Betty-Jo Bowers earned a Ph.D. in Leadership in December 2016 from Alvernia University in Reading, Pennsylvania where she was awarded the “Ph.D. in Leadership Award” in April 2017.  She earned a master of business administration and a bachelor of science in environmental engineering technology from Penn State University and a post-baccalaureate certificate in medical studies from Drexel University.  Dr. Bowers has over 15 years of industry experience in environmental, health, and safety engineering and management positions at Johnson & Johnson, Cargill, Fairchild Semiconductor, and World Resources Company.  She also taught business, leadership, and math courses as an adjunct faculty member at Lycoming College, McCann School of Business and Technology, and Alvernia University.  Her research interests include ISO 45001/OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001 management systems, construction safety, and leadership styles.

Dr. Mehdi Khalighi joined Millersville University for Fall 2014 as an assistant professor in the Occupational Safety and Environmental Health program at the Department of Applied Engineering, Safety & Technology. Prior to joining Millersville, he served as Research Assistant at San Diego State University, where he conducted research studies in the area of Air Quality by conducting data analysis for air pollution in cross border commuting between US and Mexico. Prior to that Mehdi was working overseas as assistant professor in SBMU Medical University at the department of occupational health and safety.

Mehdi holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering majoring in Thermo-Fluidics. He was working as design engineer at International Civil Aviation Organization prior to starting his graduate studies. Mehdi received his MS and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering majoring in Ergonomics and Safety from University of Utah. His research studies during graduate program were focused on Noise Control and Cumulative Trauma Disorders. He has done extensive study on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. He also recently finished his course work study for another graduate program in Master of Public Health majoring in Environmental Health and Safety and is expecting to get his MPH degree from San Diego State University in 2015.

Areas of specialization and his research interests are Ergonomics, Safety, Human Factors/Engineering Psychology, Public Health, Environmental Health and Air Quality.

Jack O. Ogutu, Ph.D., obtained his BS in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Nairobi (2004) and his MS and PhD in Industrial & Systems Engineering with a concentration in Occupational Safety & Ergonomics from Auburn University, Alabama (2013). His research interests are in the areas of Occupational Ergonomics, Biomechanics, Risk Assessments, Noise Dosimetry, and System Safety Analysis.  Dr. Ogutu has taught a number of classes in the Occupational Safety & Environmental Health (OSEH) program at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, including; Industrial Hygiene, Human Factors, Safety Engineering Principles, System Safety and an Introductory course in Occupational Safety and Health. Jack is an authorized OSHA 10 & 30 hour general industry trainer.

Dr. Ogutu currently serves as department chair for Applied Engineering, Safety & Technology and oversees the NIOSH Training Program Grant for Millersville University.

Dr. Ogutu also volunteers as a Program Evaluator for the ABET-ASAC commission and is a professional member of the American Society of Safety Profesionals.