Alex has been a friend and fixture and colleague in our environmental , health and safety community for years.  He has been with Rutgers University Environmental, Health and Safety since 2002 working as a health safety specialist, biosafety , safety officer, for 22 years.  He now runs the program as Executive Director, where he oversees the operation and program development of health & safety programs, and staff, on multiple campuses & research stations at Rutgers, NJ’s major State University . He also serves on EHS related state, regional, national and consensus standard committees, and has been adjunct professor in Safety Engineering at Rutgers for 10 years.