2023 BGC Board of Directors

Subena Colligan, CIH, CSP, BGC Chair is the Principal Coach and Consultant at S. Colligan Coaching. She is an Air Force Veteran and (Vice-Chair) Director for the Board for Global EHS Credentialing. Subena is a member of the AIHA minority special interest group, Women in IH, and the Total Worker Health Advisory Group. She has dedicated her efforts to the belief that occupational environmental health and safety professionals impact the world by providing safe and healthy environments for people to innovate and thrive in. She has funneled her passion for the profession through leadership and community outreach, well-being, and equity related to occupational health and safety. Her most recent presentations include Mitigating Burnout using Industrial Hygiene Principles. In addition to delivering content in person, she is a blogger at SubenaColligan.com, a blog designed to relate industrial hygiene to daily activities.

Joseph (Joe) Cotier, CPEA, BGC Vice-Chair is a Director of The Elm Consulting Group International LLC. Mr. Cotier’s responsibilities have included providing health, safety and environmental compliance and auditing services to a broad range of industrial clients for almost 30 years. During his career, Mr. Cotier has managed and led more than 750 multi-media HSE regulatory compliance and management systems audits at facilities in more than 35 States and more than 50 countries. Mr. Cotier has a B.S. in Engineering from Western New England College and is a CPEA as issued by BEAC which now operates as part of the Board for Global EHS Credentialing (BGC). He served eight years on the Board of Directors of the Auditing Roundtable having held the elected offices of Secretary, Vice President and President. He currently sits on the BEAC Committee having served as Chair-Elect and Chair for five of the previous six years.

Thomas (Tom) Grumbles, CIH, CPPS, FAIHA, BGC Past Chair has over 40 years’ experience in industrial hygiene and product safety compliance in the chemical industry. He has led the implementation of global product stewardship programs and REACH compliance efforts for the Global Chemicals business of Sasol. He also led compliance efforts with chemical regulations in North America under the US Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), state regulations such as California Proposition 65, and multiple Global Chemical regulatory schemes.

He has served as the Company Chair of the Health, Products, and Science Policy Committee at the American Chemistry Council, President of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, and President of the International Occupational Hygiene Association. He is a 2015 winner of the AIHA Distinguished Service Award and is the Past President of the Product Stewardship Society.

Tehzin Chadwick, MHSc, CRSP, CIH, ROH, is the Senior Vice President of Safety at United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI). In this role, she is responsible for setting the strategic vision and direction for UNFI’s Environmental Health & Safety (EHS), Food Safety & Quality Assurance (FSQA), and Fleet Safety & Compliance programs. She has over 20 years of experience developing safety management systems and leading diverse high performing teams for a wide range of global, public, and private sector organizations. Tehzin previously served as a Board Governor for the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (BCRSP). Tehzin holds an MHSc specializing in Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety from the University of Toronto as well as a BSc in Kinesiology from Waterloo University. In addition, she has earned a Certificate in Leadership and Inclusion from Centennial College. In her spare time, Tehzin enjoys volunteering, traveling, and cheering on the Toronto Raptors!

Kelly Fernandes, MSc, CIH is an Occupational Hygienist at Workplace Safety and Prevention Services, a not-for-profit health and safety organization in Ontario, Canada. She has over 15 years of experience as a health and safety professional, providing her expertise in a variety of occupational hygiene projects including airborne exposure assessments, indoor air quality and mold assessments, noise assessments and respiratory fit testing. Kelly has been a speaker for a range of health and safety topics including health and safety concerns in the cannabis industry, personal protective equipment in industrial settings and pandemic response. Kelly was previously a board member for a women’s networking group and is happy to serve her term on the BGC Board of Directors.  (Kelly is grateful to live and work as a settler in the territory of the Anishinabewaki, Attiwonderonk (Neutral) and Haudenosaunee First Nations.)

Joseph Muggli, CPEA, is an Associate Vice President with AECOM who partners with global clients to provide support for EHS audits and compliance assessments, general environmental compliance, air quality permitting, and sustainability needs. Joe is the West Region Strategy Leader for AECOM’s Air and Environmental, Health and Safety Practice, driving strategy and growth of his team across 31 states of the Central/Western U.S. His work has included the development, implementation, and assessment of EHS audit programs, policies, and procedures. Joe has performed over 100 audits for numerous industry sectors, including transportation, petroleum, chemical, nuclear power, and general manufacturing, and provided technical reviews of hundreds of EHS audits. He focuses on connecting technical experts across the globe and partnering with diverse teams to solve problems and implement sustainable solutions.

Caitlin Prigge CSP, QEP, CCPSC is the United States and Canada Logistics, Fabrication & Facilities EHS Manager and Systems Lead at 3M. In 14+ years at 3M, she has held roles of increasing responsibility across multiple organizations ranging from EHS Engineer at manufacturing sites, Environmental Permitting Engineer for 3M Corporate, and Process Safety Management Engineer at a Business level. Caitlin has been a speaker and poster presenter at numerous professional EHS conferences and a QEP Procter in 2018 and 2021. She was chosen to use her skills in project management to benefit her community as a member of 3M’s Impact program.

Ujwal Ritwik QEP, CRSP is an award winning professional with multi-faceted capability encompassing Process Safety, Environmental Health & Safety, Quality Management System (QEHS), Risk Management and Performance Improvement. He has over thirty-five years of track-record championing successful PS and QEHS programs and processes at refineries, petrochemicals, oil & gas and related industries. Currently Ujwal is the Principal at Center for Professional Excellence in Risk and Sustainability, Arlington VA. Before this he was the EHS advisor for Kuwait National Petroleum Co. a company he served in many roles for 30 years.  Ujwal has talent for directing paradigm shift in organisations’ EHS culture/operational excellence, leading and conducting superior risk-based PS, EHS and ISO certified audits, managing and imparting training, delivering management systems solutions, helping organizations improve performance, regulatory compliance, achieve certification, and increase profit. He is the founder President and current Advisory Board Member of ASSP Kuwait Chapter the largest international chapter. He has a BSc in Chemical Engineering and higher diplomas in management and environment. A purpose led influencer and thought leader, he has an active professional network with large following.

Robert (Bob) Skoglund, PhD, DABT, CIH, CPPS is the Head of Product Safety and Regulatory Affairs for Covestro LLC, a world-leading manufacturer of high-tech, durable polymer materials.  With over 30 years of experience in the EHS field, he has developed a strong background in regulatory and applied toxicology, environmental chemistry, industrial hygiene, and chemical management regulations.  Dr. Skoglund serves as an adjunct professor in the Schools of Public Health at the University of Minnesota and Indiana University and has served as an advisor to the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the National Academy of Science.  In addition, he has published a number of peer reviewed abstracts, articles, and book chapters and is active in a number of relevant professional and trade organizations.  Dr. Skoglund earned his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and is board certified in toxicology and industrial hygiene.

Paula Steven, MSE, RS/REHS, CIH, CSP is a Certified Industrial Hygienist, a Certified Safety Professional, and a Registered Sanitarian. She possesses 17 years’ experience as an environmental scientist and 17 years as an industrial hygienist. Paula has worked in a variety of public health settings ranging from Environmental Compliance, SUPERFUND cleanup, State Public Health Department, and Department of Defense Occupational Health Sciences. Paula has a Master’s Degree from Southern Methodist University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). She works as a Defense Health Agency enterprise-level industrial hygienist assisting with staffing models, service level sampling data integrity, service level exposure assessment legal defensibility, competency alignment, and is leading change in Occupational Health and Safety staff development.

Donald (Don) Weekes, CIH, CSP, FAIHA has worked for forty-six years in the environmental and occupational health field in the US and Canada. His specialties include indoor air quality investigations; mould inspections, project designs, and remediation monitoring and post-remediation verification; asbestos and lead paint inspection, project specification, and abatement and post-abatement monitoring. He is an AIHA Fellow, a CIH, and a CSP who most recently worked for InAIR Environmental, Ltd. in Ottawa, ON. He has now retired and works on volunteer efforts full-time. Don attended New York University for his Masters in Occupational Safety and Health. Don is a former Chair of the AIHA IEQ Committee, a past Vice President for Practitioners for ISIAQ, and a Co-Editor of the AIHA Book entitled, ‘Recognition, Evaluation and Control of Indoor Mold’ published in 2008. He was on the ACGIH Board of Directors (2017-20). He is also the President of the Indoor Environmental Quality – Global Alliance (IEQ-GA) (2016-Present).

Phillip J. (Phil) Almeroth, BA, BGC Public Member is the Director of Capabilities for Logisolve, LLC, a leading management and technology consulting firm headquartered in Oakdale, Minnesota (www.logisolve.com). He has broad and deep experience across a wide variety of industries in helping organizations navigate through transformative change, while increasing their customer and partner satisfaction and engagement. He has presented his methods and learnings to a variety of industry, professional, and educational groups, and has served on multiple professional and non-profit boards and committees, where his expertise in program management and strategy implementation have helped them grow and improve their services.