Garrett Brown is a Certified Industrial Hygienist who has a Master in Public Health for UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. For more than 20 years, Brown worked for the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) as a field compliance officer and later as Special Assistant to the Chief of the Division. Since 1993, Brown has been the volunteer Coordinator of the Maquiladora Health & Safety Network, and he has organized workplace safety projects with worker and community organizations in Mexico, Central America, Indonesia, China, and Bangladesh. Brown is an...
Occupational Medicine Physician & Tesla’s Corporate Physician
Tesla
James Craner, MD, MPH is an Occupational Medicine physician and Tesla’s Corporate Physician, based in Reno, Nevada.
Dr. Craner is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Medical School. He completed residencies in Internal Medicine at Brown University, and Occupational Medicine at Rutgers University, where he received his Master of Public Health degree. He has 25 years of private practice experience in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of occupational and environmental diseases.
At Tesla, Dr. Craner leads the Occupational Health Group within the EHS department,...
Laurel is an EHS Manager at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and has over 25 years of ES&H experience. At Berkeley Lab, she manages a team of Industrial Hygienists and Safety Specialists, who support research operations and a broad range health and safety programs. She has previously worked as an Industrial Hygienist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and in the airline, biotechnology, and chemical manufacturing industries.
Laurel is a past-president of the AIHA Northern California local section, and is currently their Volunteer Coordinator and a representative to...
Kristie is the Systemwide Healthcare Safety Director at the University of California, Office of the President. She is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management as well as a Certified Healthcare Safety Professional and provides management and direction for the university’s enterprise-wide risk and safety programs that impact the five UC Health Systems. Prior to this role, Kristie was the University of California Center of Excellence in Ergonomics. In this role, Kristie led systemwide ergonomic initiatives & programs and provided consultation and leadership to academic...
Hawaii Department of Health, Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response Office
Diana Felton is the State Toxicologist with the Hawaii Department of Health, Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response Office. She works with many federal, state and community partners on issues such as childhood lead poisoning prevention, climate change and health, safe fish consumption, air pollution risks, pesticides, PFASs and other environmental hazards. She also serves on the EPA’s Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee and as the Regional Consultant for Hawaii to the Region 9 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU). Diana is board certified in...
Nora Fenlon holds the position of cco for Via Seating. As a passionate advocate for health and wellness in the workplace; she is involved in all areas of the organization, from product development to sales management. Prior to her time in the US, she held the position of Senior Trainer for Bank of Ireland in Ireland. Training and education is still very much part of her role today. See the Via Seating website for more info and while there, check out the full range of ergonomic seating available from this US based manufacturer.
Andrew Gross Gaitan oversees enforcement of workers rights under both law and collective bargaining agreements for USWW, a statewide union of over 50,000 private sector property service workers. Property service workers are the janitors, security officers and other essential service workers who clean, service and protect California's major commercial properties, hi tech and bio tech campuses, airports, stadiums, arenas, racetracks, supermarkets and amusement parks from San Diego to Redding. Andrew has been with the Union for over 30 years.
Richard is certified in the comprehensive practice of IH and currently works as Sr. Director, EH&S for Nektar Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical firm with operations in the U.S. and India. Before that, Richard served as Global Safety and IH Manager for Stiefel Laboratories and previously worked for Rohm and Haas Company in the Global EHS department for 20 years.
Richard is an AIHA Fellow and currently serves on the board of the California Industrial Hygiene Council (CIHC). He represents CIHC on the California Partnership for Young Worker Health and Safety. He served on the AIHA...
