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About the author
Frances Alston, PhD, has built a solid career foundation over 25 years
while leading the development of, managing, and implementing environ-
ment, safety, health, and quality (ESH&Q) programs in diverse cultural
environments. This includes working with diverse teams in developing
ESH&Q programs and fostering a safety posture required for working in
high hazard environments with specialty chemicals and radioactive mate-
rials. She designed and championed implementation of an occupational
hygiene program based on the European Health and Safety Standards
used in the United Kingdom. Throughout her career, she has delivered
superior performance within complex, multi-stakeholder situations and
has dealt effectively with challenging safety, operational, programmatic,
regulatory, and environmental issues.
Dr. Alston is effective in facilitating integration of ESH&Q programs
and policies as a core business function while leading a staff of business,
scientic, and technical professionals. She is skilled in providing technical
expertise in regulatory and compliance arenas as well as when determin-
ing necessary and sufcient program requirements to ensure employee
and public safety, including environmental stewardship and sustainability.
She also has extensive knowledge and experience in assessing programs
and cultures to determine areas for improvement and development of
strategy for improvement.
Dr. Alston holds a BS in industrial hygiene and safety, an MSin haz-
ardous and water materials management/environmental engineering,
a MSE in systems engineering/engineering management, and a PhD in
industrial and systems engineering.
She is a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management
(ASEM) and holds certications as a Certied Hazardous Materials
Manager (CHMM) and a Professional Engineering Manager (PEM). Her
research interests include investigating and implementing ways to design
work cultures that facilitate trust.
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