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Key People Edward Barnes Associates Claire Marcussen |
At Avatar, we understand that our people are our most important asset. We have created an atmosphere that encourages innovation, fosters a variety of opinion, and demands ethical and honest behavior. Avatar is employee-owned, which gives everyone both a stake in our success and a responsibility to contribute to the overall well being of the company. The following brief professional profiles describe our key people.
Edward Barnes, CIH, PE Mr. Barnes has 37 years work experience in the environmental industry; the past 17 years in consulting and the previous 20 years as an officer in the United States Air Force. He has worked across a broad spectrum of engineering, environmental, occupational and community health programs including: industrial hygiene, occupational health compliance, Title I and Title II services, risk assessment, natural/cultural resources, air quality, hazardous materials/waste, pesticides, PCBs, asbestos, water quality, radiation protection, noise/vibration, and environmental management systems.
Charles Dobroski Mr. Dobroski has 30 years of varied experience in the environmental field. He has directed and/or managed numerous risk assessments for hazardous waste sites for both CERCLA and RCRA projects, focusing on both human health and ecological aspects of the process. He has a strong NEPA background and has managed numerous field investigations in support of risk assessments and ecological evaluations. His ecological background provides the basis for developing and managing aquatic and terrestrial sampling programs to effectively evaluate impacts of industrial activities to these environments. In addition, Mr. Dobroski provides a breadth of experience in supporting negotiations and resolution of technical issues within the regulatory arena.
James Walsh Mr. Walsh has been involved in the environmental industry for more than 27 years. He has broad experience in environmental compliance issues, and has directed and/or managed numerous assessments for hazardous waste sites for both CERCLA and RCRA projects, with a focus on the human health aspects of the risk assessment process. He has also directed many comprehensive risk assessments for combustion sources. These projects have typically included risk communication strategies and associated public information and participation efforts. Additionally, he has used risk assessment methodologies for research institutions that have resulted in significant savings to industry, while maintaining strict environmental compliance. He also has a technical background in NEPA services, air permitting and industrial hygiene.
Tod DeLong Mr. DeLong has 22 years of varied experience in the environmental field. He has been the technical manager for numerous risk assessments for hazardous waste sites for both CERCLA and RCRA projects, with a focus on the ecological aspects of the risk assessment process. He has also managed numerous field investigations, toxicity assessments, and bioaccumulation studies in support of the ecological risk assessment process. Mr. DeLong has a strong statistical background and is experienced in performing probabilistic risk assessments for both ecological and human health risk assessments. He is also experienced in the environmental assessment (EA) process.
Deborah Jones Ms. Jones has 23 years of experience in environmental consulting, primarily in the areas of environmental assessments, environmental compliance and remedial investigation. Her skills include developing work plans and other project planning documents; evaluating and interpreting soil and groundwater geochemical data to assess extent of contamination; analyses of remedial alternatives; project management; and organizing and coordinating subcontractors and team members for large complex projects, meeting budget and schedule. She has completed many complex projects for federal clients such as EPA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Federal Communications Commission.
Florence Sevold Ms. Sevold has 16 years of experience in the risk assessment field. She has performed many human health and ecological risk assessments for CERCLA and RCRA, including hazardous waste incinerator sites. As part of the risk assessment process, she has derived reference doses, reference toxicity values for mammalian and avian receptors, and human health criteria for short-term occupational exposures to inhalation toxicants. Ms. Sevold also has experience in technical review; material safety data sheet (MSDS) preparation and review; and toxicological profile development.
Timothy Woods Mr. Woods has over 10 years experience in all aspects of CERCLA and RCRA human health risk assessments as well as experience performing risk assessments for a number of state agencies. He has managed a number of risk assessment projects as well as large field and data management tasks. Mr. Woods also has experience with ArcView GIS and Global Positioning System (GPS) applications and has creatively incorporated their use into the risk assessment process. In addition, he is experienced in the development and administration of computer networks and virtual private networks.
Kristina Early Ms. Early has over 9 years of experience conducting CERCLA and RCRA human health and ecological baseline and screening level risk assessments. She has experience with various statistical programs and probabilistic risk software, such as @Risk. Additionally, she has experience in utilizing EPA’s IEUBK and Adult Lead Model to evaluate lead risks and their implications in human health risk assessments. Her experience also includes management, analysis and interpretation of large databases for various environmental media.
Michael Nassry Mr. Nassry has 2 years of experience analyzing soil and water pollution data, preparing reports, charts, and maps, as well as performing quality assurance checks. He also has experience in field work including the collection of sediment, water, and biological samples. Mr. Nassry also has experience with various computer programs such as AutoCAD, ArcView, Minitab, and HEC-HMS.
Kathy Campbell Ms. Campbell has 17 years of technical expertise in hazardous waste site assessments using the U.S. EPA Hazard Ranking System. She also has experience with site reconnaissance and information collection, preparation and implementation of health and safety plans and field sampling plans, including environmental media sampling of groundwater, surface water, sediment, soil, and waste sources, and interpretation of media sampling analytical results for presentation in technical reports, primarily HRS evaluations.
Kimberly Randolph Ms. Randolph has provided consultation and technical assistance on Chemical, Biological, and Radiological hazards to several clients as well as maintaining Homeland Defense assets for Air Force installations. She has conducted IH investigations and developed recommendations to mitigate impacts on human health. She is experienced in communicating complicated technical findings and reports to various individuals in the chain of command throughout DoD, as well as to workers to improve their understanding of hazards in the workplace.
Cynthia Woods Ms. Woods has 17 years of experience in the risk assessment field. She has extensive experience preparing human health risk assessments and risk-based preliminary remediation goals for hazardous wastes sites including superfund sites, military bases, and commercial sites both under EPA Superfund guidance and under state environmental programs. As part of the risk assessment process, she has utilized the EPA’s IEUBK and Adult Lead Model to evaluate lead risks and their implications in human health risk assessments and the Johnson and Ettinger model and EPA’s vapor intrusion guidance to evaluate potential indoor air risks from contaminants in groundwater and soil gas. Ms Woods also has experience in the preparation of 5-year reviews, remedial investigation work plans, record of decision documents, and proposed response action plans. She also has 8 years experience in medical research as a laboratory technician, performing experiments involving a variety of techniques including electron microscopy, histopathology, animal surgery, animal behavior, microbiology techniques, viral studies, and LD50 studies.
OUR ASSOCIATES In addition to full-time and part-time staff, Avatar has brought together a group of highly skilled, senior-level individuals, who bring significant additional capability to our company. These individuals do most of their work outside of Avatar, but welcome the opportunity to work together as Avatar Associates, when needed. They all have long working relationships with Avatar members and are used to performing assignments as a seamless project team. These individuals greatly expand our ability to meet our clients’ needs.
Claire Marcussen Ms. Marcussen has 21 years of industrial and environmental consulting experience in risk assessment, toxicology, and chemistry. She specializes in managing and conducting a broad spectrum of risk assessment applications to address various aspects of the CERCLA, RCRA, and state remedial response programs for private, municipal, and government clients. In addition, she has utilized risk assessment to develop regulatory accepted site-specific cleanup goals and permit criteria for chemicals which do not have established standards.
Robert Warwick, DABT Dr. Warwick has been involved in the evaluation of chemical effects on human health for 30 years. For thirteen years, he conducted pharmacological and toxicological research related to pre-marketing efficacy and safety testing of drugs in animals while at the University of Illinois and the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science. He advised masters and doctoral graduate students and taught numerous undergraduate and graduate courses in pharmacology, toxicology, and anatomy & physiology. For sixteen years, he was a Technical Manager with a major environmental consulting firm where he conducted multi-pathway human health risk assessments on hazardous waste sites, incinerators, and contaminated buildings.
Eva Snyder Ms. Snyder’s experience includes 14 years assessing effects of chemical exposures on human, animal, and ecosystem health to meet state, EPA, and FDA requirements, and 15 years of experience in technical writing, editing, and report coordination. She has conducted and/or managed various human health and ecological risk assessments under CERCLA and RCRA, performed toxicological assessments for chemicals and food additives, performed radiological risk assessments, and developed and implemented chemical fate and exposure models.
John Cassels Mr. Cassels has 22 years of experience supporting scientific staff in ecological and human health risk assessments for government and industry. He is an expert in GIS development, database analysis, and cartographic presentation. Mr. Cassels’ strong ecological foundation, along with an appetite for ever-expanding technologies allows him to provide effective spatial information management resources to risk assessors and technically-oriented clients, including sophisticated spatial analysis tools, real-time data acquisition, database design, automation, and access, as well as the highest quality cartographic presentation available.
Gary Lage, DABT Dr. Lage has more than three decades of experience in toxicology, both in its academic development as a scientific discipline and in consulting activities in risk assessment for industry and government. He is founding Principal of ToxiLogics, Inc., a firm that incorporates current toxicology of chemicals and modern risk assessment into scientific decisions. Dr. Lage is a recognized expert in the field of toxicology and risk assessment and holds numerous professional memberships and advisory positions. He has experience developing innovative solutions to environmental problems through the use of risk assessment and is widely recognized for communicating complex issues of toxicology and risk assessment to nonscientific audiences.
Joseph Germano Dr. Germano has more than 30 years of varied experience in domestic and international marine environmental programs. His technical expertise is in the areas of benthic ecology, organism-sediment relationships, ecological risk assessment, and environmental impact assessment of ocean disposal. His project experience includes environmental baseline, impact, and site designation studies for diverse open-water dredged-material disposal projects and sediment quality surveys in a number of estuaries. Dr. Germano also has broad expertise in diverse aspects of marine biology and ecology, oceanographic sampling, sampling design and statistics, data analysis, and program management for offshore, estuarine, and coastal environmental impact analysis, monitoring, and research.
Joseph Loeper Dr. Loeper has more than 22 years of experience in analytical chemistry and environmental consulting. His experience includes the technical management of chemists performing validation of organic and inorganic data for a variety of projects, coordination and oversight of laboratory support for non-routine analysis, development of QAPP's, and responsibility for laboratory audits and laboratory approval processes. Dr. Loeper has provided Quality Assurance oversight for numerous projects and managerial/technical support for fixed laboratory and field analytical events. Specific program experience includes RCRA, DOE, CERCLA, and numerous state environmental agencies.
Henry C. Woodcock, CIH Mr. Woodcock has over 30 years experience in managing industrial hygiene programs at Air Force installations, including two Air Logistics Centers, and in providing heath and safety services for a range of clients. Managed projects that have involved hands-on monitoring and exposure evaluations and complex engineering analyses. Mr. Woodcock is Board Certified in the comprehensive practice of Industrial Hygiene and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Industrial Hygiene.
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