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External Advisory Board

Bill Gerhard

Bill Gerhard

Chair

Lisa Henning

Lisa Henning

Director of Development - Lincoln Children's Zoo

Alysha Meyers

Alysha R. Meyers, MS, PhD, CPE

Research Epidemiologist - National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health

Nathan Gross

Nathan Gross, PhD, MSN, RN, COHN-S/CM

Occupational Health Clinic Coordinator and Case Manager - Traekos Workforce Medicine

Jim Withers

Jim Withers, PhD, CIH, CSP

Director of Environment, Health & Safety - Daybreak Foods Inc.

Claudia Corwin

Claudia Corwin, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor - Carver College of Medicine & College of Public Health

Paul Richmond

Paul Richmond, CIH, CSP

Assistant Vice President - Environmental Health and Safety Iowa State University

Jessica Cole

Jessica Cole, MS, BS

Corporate Manager of Occupational Health & Industrial Hygiene - Freeport McMoRan

Rich Gassman

Rich Gassman, MS

Director of ICASH - University of Iowa College of Public Health

Lauren Gant

Lauren Gant, PhD, CPE, WELL AP

Senior Workplace Advisory Manager

Angela Leek

Angela Leek, Ph.D., CHP

Quantum Radiological Solutions

Aimee Stark

Aimee Stark, MS, CIH

Regional 8 OSH Manager, EPA

Dwight Ferguson

Commander, US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, Regional Emergency Coordinator, Region VII

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