I left Lockheed Martin as the Corporate Vice President of Energy, Environment, Safety & Health (ESH) at the end of September 2011.   In that role I led the ESH organization, set corporate EESH  policies, evaluated the Corporation’s ESH performance and provided leadership to improve corporate-wide performance in EESH.  I also ensured the development of Lockheed Martin positions on emerging regulatory and legislative ESH issues, and guided the Corporation’s interface with public stakeholders on ESH issues.

Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, I was the Director of Operational Sustainability in the Corporate Environment, Health, and Safety Department at GlaxoSmithKline.  In that global role, I championed Environment, Health and Safety support for New Product Development and Supply.  I also led GlaxoSmithKline’s development of programs, systems, tools, and methodologies that integrated sustainability, life cycle inventory assessment, green chemistry, and green technology activities into existing business processes.

During my tenure with GlaxoSmithKline, I held positions of increasing responsibility and global reach within Corporate Environment, Health and Safety.  I first joined SmithKline Beecham, a predecessor to GlaxoSmithKline, in 1991, and worked in the company’s Environmental Research Laboratory, helping to develop environmental fate, effects, and treatability data for drug substances in SmithKline Beecham’s portfolio.

Prior to joining SmithKline Beecham, I served as a Group Leader in the SHEA Analytical Services group of ICI Americas. Under my leadership, the Analytical Services lab at ICI achieved American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) certification as an Industrial Hygiene Laboratory and additional State certification as a clinical laboratory for blood and urine analyses of select chemicals in the ICI portfolio.

I hold a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Connecticut and a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental sciences, air and water pollution from Slippery Rock University.