Focus on Health and Safety – An EHS Photographic Audit for Young Professionals PDC Recording

Corey Briggs, a Senior Consultant in Colden’s Boston/New England area office, has been involved in the field of environmental health and safety (EHS) for more than 38 years. He focuses on assisting clients with technical and management problems related to industrial hygiene/workplace exposures, employee, facility, and process safety, loss prevention and emergency response, and training and education. He has extensive experience auditing, evaluating, and developing a wide variety of EHS program elements and developing and presenting employee training seminars. He has provided consulting services around the world to pulp and paper, aerospace, specialty chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, electric utility, manufacturing, food, financial institutions, insurance companies, real estate/property management companies, as well as federal, provincial, state, and local government agencies. Corey has an MSPH in Environmental Health Science from the University of South Carolina and a BS in Zoology from the University of Rhode Island. He is an ABIH Certified Industrial Hygienist, a NESHTA Certified Environmental Trainer, an AIHA Fellow, and an AIHA Distinguished Lecturer. Mr. Briggs is a Past-President and board member of the New England Section of AIHA and is a regular presenter of professional development seminars for national and local sections of AIHA, ASSE, and other health and safety organizations. Mr. Briggs is an assistant adjunct professor in the Department of Geosciences, in the College of the Environment and Life Sciences at the University of Rhode Island, and an adjunct professor at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, and is a guest lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health. Mr. Briggs previously held various positions with other major consulting firms, IT Corporation, and the South Carolina Public Service Authority/Santee Cooper.

As a Project Manager at Colden, Chrisy Walsh specializes in litigation support, health and safety auditing, emergency planning, ergonomic evaluation, and safety program development. She is well versed in occupational hazards and associated controls within numerous industries including the maritime, law enforcement, aviation, manufacturing, and housing environments. Chrisy served as a military officer in the United States Coast Guard for over ten years. She developed emergency plans and supervised response actions during the 2011 Mississippi River Flooding, 2012 Hurricane Isaac, and 2013 Super Bowl XLVII events. During her role as the Pollution Response Assistant Division Chief, she oversaw approximately 1,800 pollution cases annually, supervised oil spill investigations, and enforced federal and state environmental protection regulations. As a Regional Safety and Environmental Health Director, she provided environmental health, safety, emergency response, and industrial hygiene support to 138 Coast Guard facilities and 7,500+ employees across eight states. She also served as the supervising Safety Officer during the 2016 Hurricane Matthew, 2017 Sail Boston Maritime Celebration, 2017 Hurricane Harvey, and 2017 Hurricane Maria incidents. Chrisy holds a Master of Science in environmental health from Harvard University with a concentration in occupational hygiene. Her thesis focused on evaluating and characterizing 3-D printer emissions in the workplace. She earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the United States Coast Guard Academy, graduating with honors. Ms. Walsh is a Certified Industrial Hygienist and an active member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA). Prior to relocating to the Greater Philadelphia area, she served as the President and Executive Committee Adviser of the New England Section of AIHA.