32nd Annual Sustainability & Environmental Health & Safety Symposium

Final Agenda with Speakers, Session Locations & Menus

General Session

Impact on Business & Industry of U.S. EPA’s Priorities including Combating Climate Crisis, Advancing the Values of Environmental Justice & Equity, Building Environmental Infrastructure

Chuck Chaitovitz, Vice President for Environmental Affairs and Sustainability, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC

Ohio, Indiana & Kentucky … Environmental Priorities & Initiatives; Air, Water & RCRA Permitting Success & Challenges; and Impact of Key U.S. EPA Priorities on Mid-America Facilities, Plants and Manufacturers

Mark S. Johnson, Jr., Assistant Director, Ohio EPA, Columbus, OH

Brian Rockensuess, Commissioner, Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management, Indianapolis

Tony Hatton, Commissioner, Kentucky Dept. for Env. Protection, Frankfort, KY (speaking but no slides) 

Corporate Sustainability Best Practices … PPG’s Steadfast Commitment to Sustainability, Guided by Its Purpose: We Protect and Beautify the World®

Michael Corcoran, Global Manager, Operational Sustainability, PPG Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA

Interactive and Concurrent Workshops

Workshop A - PFAS New & Emerging Issues … Addressing Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Issues and Navigating the New Frontier in Environmental Regulation

Jed Smith, PG, CPG, PMP, Senior Environmental Project Manager, AECOM, Cincinnati and AnnMarie Sanford, Member, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Troy, MI

Workshop B - Air Permitting, Regulations & Compliance … Major Federal Developments

Sherry Hesselbein, Deputy General Counsel, Marathon Petroleum Corporation, Findlay, OH and DJ Wheeler, Managing Consultant, Trinity Consultants, Inc., Westerville, OH

Workshop C - Passionate about Safety -- Keeping Your People Safe: Best Practices in Workplace Safety … Improving Safety Incident Investigations and Follow Up

Danton Campbell, Global EHS & Facility Project Leader, GE Aviation, Cincinnati and Mark Boehner, Vice President, Benchmark Digital Partners, Mason, OH

Workshop D - New to EHS? Environmental & Safety Regulations & Resources to Comply – An Introduction for New EHS/ Environmental Managers

Kathy Wiedemann, Director, Environmental, Health & Safety, ND Paper, Dayton, OH; Anthony DeMarco, Vice President of Consulting Services, BCA Environmental Consultants, LLC, Goshen, IN and Josh Schoenenberger, Vice President, Safety Management Services, Indianapolis, IN

Workshop E - Impacts of Environmental Justice (EJ) and Environment, Social Governance (ESG) Requirements on Businesses/Facilities ... The Road Ahead

Kevin G. Desharnais, Member, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Chicago and Farshid Kiani, PE, Senior Consultant, Trinity Consultants, Inc., Westerville, OH

Workshop F - Practical Tips & Trends in RCRA Hazardous Waste Management & Enforcement

Timothy W. Ling, Corporate Environmental Director & Alexander S. Busby, Environmental Engineer, Plaskolite, LLC, Columbus, OH & Memphis, TN and David M. Edelstein, Partner, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, Cincinnati

Workshop G - Best Workplace Safety Practices … Heat Injury and Illness Prevention: Practical Approaches to Maintaining Employee Wellness in Adverse Conditions

Michael Lindsey, Vice President HSE, ASRC Industrial Services, Tempe, AZ

Workshop H - New to EHS? Clean Water & Hazardous/Solid Waste Regulations – An Introduction for New EHS/ Environmental Managers

Anita Decina, Vice President, Operational, Safety & Environmental Excellence, Heritage-Crystal Clean, LLC, Hoffman Estates, IL and Rajib Sinha, Senior Engineer/Regional Initiatives Manager, Trihydro Corporation, Cincinnati

Workshop I - Ohio, Indiana & Kentucky … Water Quality Standards, Permitting & Compliance Challenges in a New Era of Water Management

Tiffani Kavalec, Chief, Division of Surface Water, Ohio EPA; Martha Clark Mettler, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Water Quality, Indiana DEM; and Kathryn E. Gasior, Attorney, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Troy, MI

Workshop J - Best Practices in Managing Air Permit Compliance … You Have Your Air Permit, Now What?

Kathleen Parsons, Plant/Project Engineering Manager, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis and Ellen Hewitt, Principal, Trinity Consultants, Inc., Westerville OH

Workshop K - Best Practices in Occupational Exposure Protection

Barbara Alexander, PhD, Senior Service Fellow & Eric Glassford, CIH, Industrial Hygienist, NIOSH, Cincinnati and Jun Wang, PhD, PE, CIH, CSP, CHMM, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Industrial Hygiene, Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati

Workshop L - Passionate about Safety … Job Safety Analysis (JSA): Defining How You Do What You Do

David Arthur, CSP, Health and Safety Director, Environmental Quality Management (EQM), Cincinnati

Workshop M - What to Do When an EPA Inspector Calls … Practical Suggestions to Follow Before, During and After an Environmental Inspection

Sharon Newlon, Member, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Detroit and Ryan Markland, Compliance Consultant, August Mack Environmental, Inc., Lewis Center, OH

Workshop N - Corporate ESG/Sustainability Reporting Including SEC’s Proposed Rule Changes – Preparing for the Inevitable

Brent Goetz, HSEQ Manager, Covestro LLC, Newark, OH and Maren Seibold, Managing Consultant, Trinity Consultants, Inc., Covington, KY

Workshop O - U.S. EPA’s Expansive Revision to the Risk Management Program (RMP): “Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention Rule”

Gary Strassell, Manager, Environmental, Health & Safety, The Shepherd Color Company, Cincinnati and Curt Petrosky, P.E., CSP, Management Consultant, Trinity Consultants, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA

Workshop P - New to EHS? Air Permitting and Compliance – An Introduction for New EHS/ Environmental Managers

Sheri Bussard, Environmental Engineer, Utilities, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati and Julie A. Wagner, Project Manager, Environmental Quality Management, Inc. (EQM), Cincinnati

Workshop AA - Clean Water Best Management Practices … Storm Water Permitting; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) Compliance

Anita Evenson, Manager, Environmental Engineer, Anchor Glass Container Corporation, Cincinnati and Stephanie Miller, Senior Consultant, Trinity Consultants, Inc., Westerville, OH

Workshop BB - Passionate about Safety … Effective Behavior Based Safety (BBS) Programs to Enhance Workplace Safety Culture

Melissa H. Olberding, CHMM, Director, EHS, EssilorLuxottica, Mason and Victoria Sparks, Managing Consultant, ALL4 LLC, Lexington, KY

Workshop CC - Navigating the New Frontier in Environmental Regulation … PFAS’s Key Regulatory Development

Matt Traister, Vice President, Ramboll, Cincinnati and Steve Haughey, Partner, Frost Brown Todd, Cincinnati

Workshop DD - New to EHS? Waste Disposal and Transportation Regulations – An Introduction for New EHS/ Environmental Managers

Tim W. McDaniel, CIH, CSP, Environmental, Health and Safety Manager, Navistar Inc., Springfield; OH; Rajib Sinha, Senior Engineer/Regional Initiatives Manager, Trihydro Corporation, Cincinnati and Anita Decina, Vice President, Operational, Safety & Environmental Excellence, Heritage-Crystal Clean, LLC, Hoffman Estates, IL

 

Workshop EE - 53rd Anniversary of the Clean Air Act of 1970 and 33rd Anniversary of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 … What’s on the Horizon for Business & Industry in America’s Heartland?

Moderator: Kirk P. Lowery, Principal Consultant – Northeast Regional Director, Trinity Consultants, Inc., Westerville, OH.   Panelists: Matthew Stuckey, Assistant Commissioner of Air Quality, Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management; Michael Kennedy, Director, Div. for Air Quality, Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, Frankfort; and Robert F. Hodanbosi, Chief, Division of Air Pollution Control, Ohio EPA

Workshop FF - Integrating Environmental, Health and Safety, Energy and Quality through ISO Programs

Molly Harden, HSE Manager, Valeo North America, Inc., Seymour, IN and Anthony DeMarco, Vice President of Consulting Services, BCA Environmental Consultants, LLC, Goshen, IN

Workshop GG - Practical Tips in Managing Hazardous Waste (HW) and Universal Waste (UV)

Terri Sexton, Environmental and Energy Manager, Navistar, Springfield, OH and Colleen Lear, Project Manager, Environmental Quality Management, Inc. (EQM), Cincinnati

Workshop HH - OSHA Compliance in a New Era of Increased Enforcement and OSHA’s Latest Activity including the Current Standard and Rulemaking, Drastic Increases in the Frequency of & Proposed Penalties against Manufacturers and Policies & Interpretations

William (Bill) J. Wahoff, Member & National OSHA Practice for Employers; Nelva J. Smith, Member, Workplace Safety Team, John J. Keeling, Senior Environmental, Health & Safety Consultant, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Columbus, OH & Charleston, WV