RON GREENBERG
Chief Operating Officer and TDSHS Consultant

Mr. Ron Greenberg is Astex Environmental Services, Inc.'s Chief Operating Officer, and is the primary financial/developmental principal and director of policy and operations management. As Astex Environmental Services Inc.'s Asbestos Consultant, his responsibilities include Project Management, Bid Specifications, Risk Analysis, and Operations and Maintenance Planning. In addition, he coordinates all aspects of the company's projects and interfaces between the contractors and sub-contractors on behalf of the client. He also conducts and supervises Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments and Lead Based Paint Surveys.

His background includes Chief Operating Officer of several specialty businesses and several small startup companies in which he performed all company duties of development, operations and marketing. In addition, he was one of four Principal/Partners for Paragon Properties, Inc., a commercial real estate brokerage firm that had sales/leasing exceeding 400 million dollars.

EDUCATION
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
College of Architecture (non degree)

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DEBORAH CHAMBERS
Secretary/Treasurer

Ms. Deborah Chambers is the Secretary/Treasurer for the Corporation. In this role, she manages the Finances and Human Resources for the Corporation. She is responsible for finance, banking operations, day-to-day accounting, payroll management and Human Resources.

Her background within the banking industry (Frost Bank and Citizens Bank) has equipped her with the knowledge and experience to handle these responsibilities.

EDUCATION
Texas Women's University
Denton, Texas
Bachelor of Science
Major in Political Science, Minor in Accounting
 

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ
Environmental Scientist

Mr. Benjamin Hernandez conducts or manages all aspects of environmental site assessments including the inspection, collection and interpretation of suspect asbestos materials, lead-in-paint, and related sample results in schools and commercial buildings. In addition, he performs occupational and safety surveys of industrial environments to include radiological monitoring, noise, illumination, ventilation, toxic substance, and air contaminants sampling. Other responsibilities include soil and water/wastewater sampling, and testing, disposal, and remediation of contaminates, i.e., PCBs, TPH, VOCs, etc. In addition, he is responsible for water/wastewater projects.

Mr. Benjamin Hernandez has a background in the technical and management aspects of environmental sciences with training in occupational safety and health, environmental compliance monitoring, industrial hygiene, water, wastewater, air and hazardous waste projects.

EDUCATION: Community College of the Air Force Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama Associate in Applied Science (Environmental Health)

Wright College Chicago, Illinois A.A. Liberal Arts

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JOSEPH J. LARKIN
Staff Professional Engineer

Mr. Joseph Larkin is a Professional Engineer / Industrial Hygienist, test certified by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene in comprehensive practice and is an expert in indoor air quality assessments, remediation and environmental design. His managerial expertise is in budgeting, planning, implementing and administrating safety and health systems. During his career he has developed a close relationship with key government officials in OSHA, EPA, NIOSH, BOM, MSHA, and NRC. His responsibilities include the preparation and administration of contracts awarded by government agencies.

BACKGROUND: Thirty-two years experience in the environmental and plant maintenance engineering fields. Of these, approximately thirteen years were spent within industrial corporate and plant environments, and nineteen years as environmental and plant maintenance consulting engineer. Responsibilities within these positions included approximately twenty years experience in technical and administrative management roles.

EXPERIENCE
5/02-Present Joseph J. Larkin & Associates. Independent environmental consultant, responsible for site assessment and remediation projects, and risk based assessments. Staff engineer for Astex Environmental Services, Inc.

5/00-5/02 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Environmental Center of Excellence. Senior HSE Advisor, responsible for all environmental issues.

3/97-5/00 Halliburton Company, Manager, Environmental Management, responsible for all environmental issues, including remediation of active and excess properties.

11/87-3/97: Independent Environmental Engineering Consultant. Served as project manager for soil and groundwater assessment and cleanup, wastewater treatment plant process and facility design, construction and operation. Designed and implemented operations training programs.

2/95-10/95: Operational Technologies, Inc., Senior Project Engineer responsible for process and equipment design for groundwater extraction and treatment at the Massachusetts Military Reservation in Cape Cod, MA.

10/86-11/87 Nabisco Brands, Inc., Plant Maintenance Manager responsible for total plant and equipment maintenance and repair.

7/84-10/86 Frito-Lay, Inc., Plant Engineer responsible for total plant, equipment, and personnel management.

6/78-7/84 Frito-Lay, Inc., Senior Project Engineer responsible for environmental engineering applied research and development projects.

6/70-6/78 Hydroscience, Inc., Project Engineer responsible for wastewater treatment plant assessment, wastewater characterization, treatment plant design, construction, operation, and training.

EDUCATION
Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, NY, 1966
Bachelor Civil Engineering (Structural Design) 1970
Master Environmental Engineering 1973
Both from Manhattan College, Bronx, NY

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