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Lynn L. Bergeson, Principal.  Education:  Michigan State University (B.A., magna cum laude); Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America (J.D.).  Ms. Bergeson has practiced chemicals regulation and occupational safety and health law for over two decades.  She assists individual companies and a wide range of trade groups or ad hoc consortia on chemical-specific legislative and regulatory matters.  Ms. Bergeson’s practice areas include Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), and Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) compliance and litigation matters.  Ms. Bergeson is widely published and lectures frequently on regulatory and policy issues affecting chemicals under federal, state, and international regulatory programs.

Lisa M. Campbell, Principal.  Education:  University of Arizona (B.S.); Stanford Law School (J.D.). Ms. Campbell has practiced chemicals regulation and compliance matters under TSCA, FIFRA, RCRA, OSHA, and assists corporations and trade groups on a wide variety of matters in these areas. Ms. Campbell writes frequently on chemical regulatory issues.

James V. Aidala, Vice President, Policy and Government Affairs.  Education:  undergraduate and graduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Brown University; and Harvard University.  Former Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) (2000-2001); former Associate Assistant Administrator for OPPTS (1993-2000); worked on the Subcommittee on Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he was in charge of oversight of EPA’s implementation of FIFRA and TSCA (1991-1993); Director of Policy Development at the Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture (1990-1991); policy expert on FIFRA and TSCA at the Congressional Research Service (1983-1990), which is part of the U.S. Library of Congress; Professional Staff member for the U.S. Senate Committee on Government Affairs, Subcommittee on Energy (1981-1983). 

Lisa Rothenberg Burchi.  Education:  Tufts University (B.A., cum laude, 1990); The National Law Center, George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1995).  Ms. Burchi has over 10 years of experience in domestic and international chemical and pesticide regulation.  Ms. Burchi also assists corporations in conducting corporate-wide TSCA and FIFRA compliance audits and manages various consortia on chemical-specific legislative and regulatory matters.  Ms. Burchi is a co-author of “The TSCA Basic Practice Book,” ABA (2000) and “TSCA and the Future of Chemical Regulation” (2000). 

Sheryl Lindros Dolan.  Education:  Cornell University (B.A. in Chemistry); The National Law Center, George Washington University (J.D.).  Ms. Dolan has significant experience in chemical regulation and pesticide registration matters.  She has assisted both domestic and international clients in obtaining pesticide registrations through EPA.  Ms. Dolan worked previously for The Shaw Group and Stone & Webster-JSC Management Consultants, Inc. (formerly Jellinek, Schwartz & Connolly, Inc.).  Ms. Dolan regularly manages corporate-wide TSCA and FIFRA compliance audits, prepares and obtains TSCA PMNs and related TSCA submissions, and is heavily engaged in developing compliance strategies involving TSCA’s new Inventory Update Rule requirements.  Ms. Dolan also has particular expertise in federal environmentally preferable and bio-based product procurement programs and in assisting clients in leveraging product attributes into sales opportunities.

Henry M. Jacoby. Education: St. Norbert College (B.S. in Chemistry); Frostburg State University (M.S. in Management). Mr. Jacoby has over 34 years of experience in assisting pesticide, insecticide, herbicide, fungicide, antimicrobial, wood preservation, and antifouling paint manufacturers and formulators in the area of environmental science and applications for federal and state pesticide registrations and tolerance petitions. Twenty-five years of his experience were gained at EPA, where he worked in the Office of Pesticide Programs as a Chemist, Product Manager, Senior Staff Member, and Branch Chief. Upon retiring from EPA, Mr. Jacoby joined the consultant firm of Charles, Conn & van Gemert, LLC as Director of Environmental Affairs. In 2001, Mr. Jacoby established his own regulatory consultant business.

Leslie S. MacDougall. Education: Old Dominion University (B.S., 1988); The University of Maryland (post-graduate education in Toxicology, 1990); John Hopkins University (post-graduate education in Risk Assessment, 1992). Ms. MacDougall has extensive experience in chemical-related matters. Previously, she was the Programs Manager for the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Screening Information Data Set (SIDS) Program and the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) Initiative for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) (1997-2006). During her tenure at EPA, Ms. MacDougall functioned as a liaison for EPA, industry representatives, OECD, and OECD member country governments. Also, Ms. MacDougall served as the U.S. representative on technical REACH-related issues; reviewed OECD and ICCA programmatic directives to formulate the U.S. position; performed peer review of assessments for test plans, dossier/robust summaries, and SIDS Initial Assessment Reports for individual chemical and categories; and functioned as an advisor to the High Production Volume Chemicals Branch Chief and Risk Assessment Division Director. Ms. MacDougall performed health and environmental effects screening level assessments of existing chemicals in support of other office programs, which included: the High Production Volume Challenge Program (HPV Challenge Program), TSCA Sections 4 and 8(e), the Risk Management 1 (RM1) process, and data evaluations on FYI submissions. After leaving EPA, Ms. MacDougall established her own regulatory consultant business, M8, Inc., where she consulted clients on international developments in chemical management, direct industry submissions under the OECD SIDS Program, TSCA Section 4 matters, and REACH-related issues.

Joseph E. Plamondon, Ph.D. Education: Loras College (B.S. in Chemistry); University of California at Berkeley (M.S. in Bio-organic Chemistry); University of California at Davis (Ph.D.). Dr. Plamondon has a long and distinguished career, and is well known in the industrial chemical community. As Director of Regulatory Affairs for CERM, Dr. Plamondon was responsible for research and development and new product development activities. He also provided strategic preparation and submission of PMNs designed to avoid TSCA Section 5(e) consent orders and other adverse regulations. Prior to joining CERM, Dr. Plamondon was a staff scientist at Keller and Heckman LLP. Dr. Plamondon also brings a wealth of experience from his prior positions with Akzonobel Chemicals, Inc, Technology Sciences Group Inc., and Rohm and Haas Company. Dr. Plamondon has presented at many conferences and professional meetings, e.g., the American Chemistry Council’s Global Chemical Regulations Conference (Living with TSCA), among others, and has written extensively on chemical regulatory matters. His most recent article, “The DuPont TSCA Enforcement Action: Implications for the Chemical Industry,” was published in Environmental Quality Management.

Susan Hunter Youngren, Ph.D.  Education:  Michigan State University (B.S. in Microbiology and Public Health); Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (M.S. in Environmental Sciences and Engineering); and George Mason University (Ph.D. in Environmental Biology and Public Policy).  Dr. Youngren has significant experience in the field of risk assessment, with particular emphasis on exposure assessment.  Dr. Youngren has served as the project manager/senior scientist for a diverse range of risk assessments required under FIFRA, including residential, dietary, and microbial exposure assessments, under Proposition 65, including Maximum Allowable Dose Level (MADL) and No Significant Risk Level (NSRL) development, and under RCRA, including Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)/RCRA hazardous waste site assessment.  Dr. Youngren is well-versed in the preparation of individual, aggregate, and cumulative residential and consumer product exposure assessments using deterministic and Monte Carlo techniques.  Dr. Youngren has managed and conducted many residential and occupational exposure assessments on behalf of corporate clients and trade associations to assess dermal, inhalation, and oral exposures to humans from pesticide products, such as termiticides; flea and tick products for pets, carpets, and turf; fungicides for turf and home gardens; indoor and outdoor insecticide fogger products; and a wide range of non-pesticide consumer and personal care products.  Dr. Youngren has held positions with environmental science consulting firms involving the conduct of exposure assessments to support human health risk assessments responding to a wide range of regulatory requirements.  She is a member of the Society of Risk Analysis (SRA) and the International Society of Exposure Analysis (ISEA), and is a Counselor for the ISEA.  At the SRA, Dr. Youngren served on the Editorial Board of the SRA Residential Exposure Assessment Project and as post-Chair of the SRA Exposure Assessment Specialty Group.

Allison MacDougall Davidson, Business Manager.  Education:  Bentley College (A.S. Degree in Paralegal Studies).  Ms. MacDougall Davidson has practiced as an environmental professional since 1991.

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