8:00am PDT
Business Tune-up: Staff Training, Media and Promotions
Speakers
Trainer, Kansas State Radon Program KSU)
Brian Hanson has been the coordinator for the Kansas Radon Program at Kansas State University since 2002. Mr. Hanson has also been a primary technical assistance operator for the National Radon Program Services at K-State since 2009. Mr. Hanson has also been involved with introductory...
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Instructor, National Radon Program Services
Kristina Snyder has worked as the Radon Program Assistant for both the National Radon Program Services online education and Kansas Radon Program online since 2011. She manages the radon online entry-level and continuing education courses for K-State as well as the education program's...
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Sunday September 8, 2019 8:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Mt. Harvard
3rd Floor
8:00am PDT
QAQC for Mitigation Professionals
Speakers
Trainer, Spruce Environmental Technologies
Matt Hendrick is an educator and builder with radon testing and mitigation certification and experience who has spent 14 years teaching and developing courses and 15+ years in residential and commercial construction. Senior Training Specialist/Consultant for Spruce Environmental Technologies...
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Sunday September 8, 2019 8:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Mt. Oxford
3rd Floor
8:00am PDT
Advanced Diagnostics and Optimal Mitigation
Speakers
President, Building Performance Co.
Chad Robinson is the founder of Building Performance Co. His education, BS in Mechanical Engineering, along with his passion for the environment and many years of construction design have led him to focus his expertise on radon mitigation and energy efficiency. Chad is currently the...
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Director, National Radon Program Services - KSU
BRUCE SNEAD is Director of Engineering Extension at Kansas State University and has conducted radon industry training since 1989. Bruce has also led K-State’s role in the Kansas Radon Program for 28 years and directs the National Radon Program Services effort for EPA since 2009...
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Sunday September 8, 2019 8:00am - 5:00pm PDT
Mt. Columbia
3rd Floor
8:00am PDT
Radon Measurement in Schools and Large Buildings
Speakers
Trainer, Spruce Environmental Technologies
Matt Hendrick is an educator and builder with radon testing and mitigation certification and experience who has spent 14 years teaching and developing courses and 15+ years in residential and commercial construction. Senior Training Specialist/Consultant for Spruce Environmental Technologies...
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Sunday September 8, 2019 8:00am - 5:00pm PDT
Mt. Princeton
3rd Floor
1:00pm PDT
Radon Fans
Speakers
Trainer, Spruce Environmental Technologies
Matt Hendrick is an educator and builder with radon testing and mitigation certification and experience who has spent 14 years teaching and developing courses and 15+ years in residential and commercial construction. Senior Training Specialist/Consultant for Spruce Environmental Technologies...
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Sunday September 8, 2019 1:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Mt. Oxford
3rd Floor
1:00pm PDT
Understanding Radon Testing Quality Assurance
Speakers
Bowser-Morner, Inc.
Rebecca Turek serves as the manager of the Radon Reference Laboratory at Bowser-Morner where she is responsible for day-to-day operations of the lab, including calibration of radon measurement devices and quality assurance testing. Rebecca graduated from Syracuse University where...
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Sunday September 8, 2019 1:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Mt. Harvard
3rd Floor
6:00pm PDT
8:00am PDT
Welcome
Speakers
Radon Specialists of WI
Married with five children. Air Force Veteran. Started business in 2000. With offices in Neenah and Menomonee Falls WI. Installed over 21,000 systems and 18,000 tests. Board member for 4 members. VP for one year and acting President for the last year. Currently install for 20 different...
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Environmental Protection Specialist, Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
Chrystine Kelley has been an Environmental Protection Specialist with the Colorado DPH & E, Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division for the past 26 years. Serving as Colorado’s Radon Program Manager for 14 years, she also serves on the Executive Stakeholders Committee...
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8:05am PDT
8:20am PDT
Radon: A Look Back and a Look Forward
Speakers
This year’s symposium keynote speaker is Jonathan Samet, M.D., M.S. Dean and Professor of the Colorado School of Public Health, a pulmonary physician and epidemiologist. His professional research has focused on the health risks of inhaled pollutants—particles and ozone in outdoor...
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9:00am PDT
9:25am PDT
Radon Locally and Globally
Speakers
Richelle Tolton currently serves in the Radiation Protection Unit at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) where her work includes projects on radon and radioactivity in food and drinking water in non-emergency situations. Most recently before joining the IAEA, she was the...
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9:45am PDT
10:00am PDT
10:00am PDT
10:45am PDT
Radon Induced Lung Cancer: Survivors' Stories
Speakers
I am from Salt Lake City, though I was born in Denver. I am married, have two adult daughters, and am currently retired. I was diagnosed with radon induced Stage 3A lung cancer in 2007. I am an event planner and advocate for LUNGevity, and a proud member of the Utah Radon Coalition...
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Pennsylvania Representative, Citizens for Radioactive Radon Reduction
On September 9, 2016, I had Lobectomy Surgery for Lung Cancer. Due to early detection I am 100%; no Chemo, Radiation and no Medication. Since then, I became the Citizens for Radio Active Radon Reduction (CRRR) Pennsylvania State Representative. PA is the 2nd largest state in the...
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11:20am PDT
Mitigator-Builder Partnerships
Speakers
David Smith Radon
David Smith Radon Remedies started working with builders to provide radon resistant new construction in 1999. His company has since performed more than 10,000 mitigations. His work with builders has procured two EPA grants to study new construction radon mitigation techniques...
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Radon Specialists of WI
Married with five children. Air Force Veteran. Started business in 2000. With offices in Neenah and Menomonee Falls WI. Installed over 21,000 systems and 18,000 tests. Board member for 4 members. VP for one year and acting President for the last year. Currently install for 20 different...
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Dan Hylland joined the Minnesota Department of Health after 12 years of owning and operating a radon business in southeastern Minnesota. He has tested and mitigated thousands of structures including homes, multifamily buildings, and schools. He entered the radon industry after...
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11:50am PDT
12:00pm PDT
1:30pm PDT
Houses from Heck
Speakers
MN Dept. of Health
Josh Kerber is an Environmental Research Scientist for the Minnesota DOH. Working in radon since 2002 he has worked on the implementation of the Minnesota Radon Awareness Act and the Minnesota Radon Licensing Act. He assists Minnesota contractors with radon and vapor intrusion mitigation...
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2:30pm PDT
2:45pm PDT
Building National Radon Database Progress Report
Speakers
CDC
Michele Monti epidemiologist at CDC's National Center for Environmental Health, Environmental Health Tracking Section, is responsible for national surveillance of contaminants related to chronic disease such as drinking water, pesticides, radon. She has a Master of Public Health from...
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CDPHE Environmental Data Coordinator, Environmental Information Management Unit
Eric Brown is a Physical Science Researcher and Data Analyst with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Mr. Brown has been with the Colorado Environmental Public Health Tracking Program and Environmental Information Management Unit for five years. Mr. Brown has...
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3:00pm PDT
3:15pm PDT
3:15pm PDT
4:00pm PDT
NRPP Compliance Solutions
Speakers
AARST
I work for AARST as Interim Executive Director (May-November 2022) and National Policy Director (2015 to present).
4:20pm PDT
Radon Protection for Renters
Speakers
President, DuPage Radon
A principal on the management team of one of the larger mitigators in the U.S., with extensive personal business and home services background. Currently also Treasurer of AARST, Executive Committee Member, Board of Director Member, on several other committees and V.P. of Midwest AARST...
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4:35pm PDT
Two Truths and One Lie - 800 Line Phone Calls from IL, IA and IN
Speakers
American Lung Association
Angela Tin is an Environmental and Regulatory Compliance professional with a Bachelor’s Degree in Physiology and a Master’s Degree in Cell Biology. She worked for 20 years for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, in managerial and policy levels in the Bureaus of Air...
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4:50pm PDT
5:30pm PDT
8:00am PDT
Radon in Building Codes Progress Report
Speakers
Spruce Environmental Technologies, Inc.
Dave Kapturowski is Vice President & Co-Founder of Spruce Environmental Technologies, Inc. Dave has nearly 30 years’ experience in radon mitigation and testing. He designed the majority of RadonAway fan products and oversaw manufacturing operations. He was also responsible for ra...
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8:00am PDT
Radon in Canada – Protecting Canadians in Their Indoor Environment
Speakers
CARST
A founding member of CARST and a C-NRPP certified measurement professional, Pam Warkentin is the Executive Director of both CARST and C-NRPP, and Project Manager of the Take Action on Radon (TAOR) Program. Pam works closely with the CARST Board of Directors, the C-NRPP Policy Advisory...
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Tuesday September 10, 2019 8:00am - 8:20am PDT
Mt. Sopris
8:00am PDT
8:20am PDT
Sunrise Process
Moderators
Radon Sales Manager, Fantech
Speakers
Jay Hicks- Principal Lobbyist, has over a decade of experience lobbying the Colorado General Assembly, maintaining key bi-partisan relationships with House and Senate Leadership. He focuses on; business operations/insurance/regulation, transportation, construction, information technology...
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8:20am PDT
Diagnostics Before and After Radon Mitigation
Speakers
President of WPB Enterprises, Inc.
Bill Brodhead has been installing radon and vapor intrusion systems in residential, commercialand school buildings since 1984 and the radon mitigation instructor at Rutgers University for 25 years.Bill has authored 17 research papers at AARST conferences. His papers are available...
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Tuesday September 10, 2019 8:20am - 8:40am PDT
Mt. Sopris
8:30am PDT
8:40am PDT
8:40am PDT
Business Management: A Panel Discussion
Moderators
VP of Operations, A-Z Solutions, Inc.
Tony McDonald has 30 years of experience in the radon testing, designing and mitigation field. He has successfully mitigated thousands of homes and commercial buildings. Tony serves as VP of Operations and acts as Senior Project Manager for the companies’ commercial division. Tony’s...
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Speakers
Director of Market Development, Protect Environmental
I am the former owner of Reliant Radon Solutions, LLC which serves the Colorado Front Range. Beginning in a new role at Protect Environmental after a recent acquisition, I'm looking forward to furthering my outreach about the dangers of radon.
9:00am PDT
9:00am PDT
9:30am PDT
Mitigation of Radon in Well Water
Speakers
Director of Sales, Radon Environmental Management Corp
David Innes has spent most of his career in construction and construction related industries. He is Director of Sales for Radon Environmental Management Corp. and a C-NRPP-certified professional in both the measurement and mitigation of radon. He provides the CE training for the CHBA-BC...
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Tuesday September 10, 2019 9:30am - 9:45am PDT
Colorado Foyer
2nd Floor
9:30am PDT
10:15am PDT
Transforming Public Health Systems to Integrate Radon and Tobacco Control
Speakers
Kentucky Dept. for Public Health
Clay Hardwick - is the State Radon Program Coordinator within the Kentucky Department forPublic Health. He works to grow state radon coalition partnerships toward radon contractorcertification and development of measurement and mitigation protocols. In 2017 - 2018, he served as a...
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Tuesday September 10, 2019 10:15am - 10:35am PDT
Mt. Sopris
10:15am PDT
The Science Behind Your Device
Speakers
Spruce Environmental Technologies
Jill Newton is the Radiological Engineer for Spruce Environmental Technologies. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences from the University of Michigan. After graduating, she worked for a nuclear engineering consulting company where she...
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10:30am PDT
Radon Environmental Corp, New Technology for Mitigating Radon in Water
Exhibitors
Director of Sales, Radon Environmental Management Corp
David Innes has spent most of his career in construction and construction related industries. He is Director of Sales for Radon Environmental Management Corp. and a C-NRPP-certified professional in both the measurement and mitigation of radon. He provides the CE training for the CHBA-BC...
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Tuesday September 10, 2019 10:30am - 11:00am PDT
Maroon Peak
2nd Floor
10:35am PDT
Youth as Citizen Scientists to Promote Home Radon Testing in Appalachia
Speakers
University of Kentucky College of Nursing
I am Professor and biostatistician at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing and College of Public Health. I serve as the Co-Director of BREATHE (Bridging Research Efforts and Advocacy Toward Healthy Environments) and have collaborated a variety of community-based research...
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Tuesday September 10, 2019 10:35am - 11:00am PDT
Mt. Sopris
11:00am PDT
11:00am PDT
11:00am PDT
HUD Policy Meets the Field: Round Table
Speakers
CEO, Protect Environmental
Kyle Hoylman has worked on more than 2,500 radon and VI projects over the past 10 years. He serves on the EPA Vapor Intrusion Science Advisory Committee, EPA Federal Radon Leadership Committee, and the AARST Consortium developing ANSI radon standards. Kyle also serves on the board...
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11:20am PDT
11:30am PDT
11:45am PDT
Radon from the Consultant's Perspective
Speakers
Partner Assessment Corporation
Ms. Shavaun Cotter works at Partner Assessment Corp. and currently serves as a Technical Director of Radon Services within the Industrial Hygiene Department. Ms. Cotter currently holds a NRPP Certification with an Advanced Certificate in Multifamily Measurement. Ms. Cotter has conducted...
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12:00pm PDT
1:30pm PDT
Seasonality, Weather Conditions and Indoor Short-Term Radon Measurements
Speakers
University of Kentucky College of Nursing
Nick Conley is the Project Coordinator for the University of Kentucky – College of Nursing’s BREATHE Radon Policy Division. Nick received both his Bachelor of Public Health and Master of Public Health from the University of Kentucky, where he concentrated in Environmental Hea...
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Tuesday September 10, 2019 1:30pm - 1:50pm PDT
Mt. Sopris
1:30pm PDT
Communicating the ‘RADON MESSAGE’ is essential
Speakers
President, Citizens for Radioactive Radon Reduction
Since the death of my husband, Joe, in 2006, from Stage IV lung cancer likely caused by radon, I have devoted my life to the education of the danger of radioactive radon gas and methods to reduce the risk of the inhalation of these radioactive particles in homes, schools, and work...
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Tuesday September 10, 2019 1:30pm - 2:00pm PDT
Maroon Peak
2nd Floor
1:30pm PDT
Mitigation Tips and Tricks
Speakers
President, Building Performance Co.
Chad Robinson is the founder of Building Performance Co. His education, BS in Mechanical Engineering, along with his passion for the environment and many years of construction design have led him to focus his expertise on radon mitigation and energy efficiency. Chad is currently the...
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MN Dept. of Health
Josh Kerber is an Environmental Research Scientist for the Minnesota DOH. Working in radon since 2002 he has worked on the implementation of the Minnesota Radon Awareness Act and the Minnesota Radon Licensing Act. He assists Minnesota contractors with radon and vapor intrusion mitigation...
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Owner, Radon Be Gone
John SeidelContinuing Education Instructor for Radon ProfessionalsOwner of Radon Be Gone Corp.Has taught radon constructions classes for over 5 years. John is nationally certified by NRPP, AARST and the EPA. He has installed over 3500 radon systems including new construction and...
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American Radon Mitigation
Jesse started American Radon Mitigation with his father in 2014. He loves the diagnostics and system design side of radon mitigation. His company specializes in getting radon levels as low as possible and aims to get levels below 1 pCi/L. He is a trainer for Kansas State University...
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1:50pm PDT
Radon Decay Products: Particle Size Really Matters…or Does It?
Speakers
Lisa Gregory, MS, Ph.D. earned her Doctorate in Zoology from the University of Florida in 2002 and has published several peer reviewed papers in the field of stress physiology. Now a professional environmental consultant, Dr. Gregory has overseen multiple teams of scientists/engineers/technicians...
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Tuesday September 10, 2019 1:50pm - 2:10pm PDT
Mt. Sopris
2:00pm PDT
A Tool for Accurate, Reusable and Cost Saving Pressure Field Testing
Exhibitors
Vapor Pin, LLC
Laurie Chilcote serves as Director of Sales & Marketing for Cox-Colvin & Associates, Inc, and is Vice President of Vapor Pin Enterprises, Inc. and Vapor Pin do Brazil. In her role as Managing Director and Vice President of Vapor Pin Enterprises and Vapor Pin do Brazil, she provides...
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Tuesday September 10, 2019 2:00pm - 2:30pm PDT
Maroon Peak
2nd Floor
2:10pm PDT
2:10pm PDT
2:30pm PDT
Case Studies: Certification Policy Changes in the Air
Speakers
CEO, Protect Environmental
Kyle Hoylman has worked on more than 2,500 radon and VI projects over the past 10 years. He serves on the EPA Vapor Intrusion Science Advisory Committee, EPA Federal Radon Leadership Committee, and the AARST Consortium developing ANSI radon standards. Kyle also serves on the board...
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Professional Home Inspection
2:30pm PDT
3:00pm PDT
3:45pm PDT
3:45pm PDT
MS-QA Standard: The Final ANSI-AARST Publication
Speakers
Health Physicist, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, NAU
Melinda Ronca-Battista works for the Tribal Air Monitoring Support Center, providing software tools and online and workshop trainings for Tribal environmental monitoring programs across the US. She has worked for about 30 years in the environmental monitoring and radiation protection...
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3:45pm PDT
4:00pm PDT
How to Choose the Right Products for Challenging Mitigations
Exhibitors
Trainer, Spruce Environmental Technologies
Matt Hendrick is an educator and builder with radon testing and mitigation certification and experience who has spent 14 years teaching and developing courses and 15+ years in residential and commercial construction. Senior Training Specialist/Consultant for Spruce Environmental Technologies...
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Spruce Environmental Technologies, Inc.
Rick Saulen has been with Spruce Environmental Technologies, Inc. for 25 years, initially installing radon mitigation systems and field testing RadonAway fans, AIRaider systems and other products and components for more than 18 years. A licensed and certified mitigator, plumber and...
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Tuesday September 10, 2019 4:00pm - 4:30pm PDT
Maroon Peak
2nd Floor
4:05pm PDT
4:05pm PDT
Correlating Radon Activity with Carbon Dioxide Concentration in an Iowa Cave
Speakers
Professor, Knox College
LAWRENCE E. WELCH holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin at River Falls and a PhD from Iowa State University. He is in his 34th year of teaching at Knox College in Galesburg, IL, where he is the Clara A. Abbott Distinguished Professor of Chemistry.
Tuesday September 10, 2019 4:05pm - 4:25pm PDT
Mt. Sopris
4:25pm PDT
Not Your Standard Trivia Challenge (or is it)?
Speakers
Professional Discount Supply
Brent Ulbert joined PDS in 2017. Before entering the radon industry, Brent had a short but illustrious career in small business marketing. He oversaw the marketing campaigns of over 1,200 businesses during his tenure in Northern Colorado. Brent graduated with honors from the University...
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Matt Koch has worked in the mitigation industry since 2008 performing mitigations in the Southeast in single family, multifamily and commercial buildings. He is a founding member of the SE AARST Chapter. Serving on national radon standards committees, he teaches NRPP certification...
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4:25pm PDT
A Radon Extraction System Retrofit for High and Low Rise Multihousing
Speakers
President, SmartVentilation, Inc.
Wayne Dean, JD, SmartVentilation, Inc. A serious student of Building Science with plenty of curiosity. A tinkerer, inventor, fabricator, indoor air quality problem solver and manufacturer. US Patent US5101712A 7Sub-slab depressurization radon reduction method and apparatus. Currently...
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Tuesday September 10, 2019 4:25pm - 5:00pm PDT
Mt. Sopris
4:30pm PDT
What Doesn't Kansas State and MURC Provide Regarding Radon? Come Find Out!
Exhibitors
Director, National Radon Program Services - KSU
BRUCE SNEAD is Director of Engineering Extension at Kansas State University and has conducted radon industry training since 1989. Bruce has also led K-State’s role in the Kansas Radon Program for 28 years and directs the National Radon Program Services effort for EPA since 2009...
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Tuesday September 10, 2019 4:30pm - 5:00pm PDT
Maroon Peak
2nd Floor
6:00pm PDT
8:00am PDT
8:00am PDT
8:20am PDT
8:20am PDT
Are You Nuts?
Speakers
CERTI
Doug has been in the industry as an investigator, contractor and instructor of all things radon since 1984. And not just in the U.S. but also Europe, Asia and the Pacific. But in his 35 plus years in the radon biz he has seen a lot of weird things and in this presentation he gets...
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8:30am PDT
The Plug-and-Play radon Revolution is HERE!
Speakers
Radon Specialists of WI
Married with five children. Air Force Veteran. Started business in 2000. With offices in Neenah and Menomonee Falls WI. Installed over 21,000 systems and 18,000 tests. Board member for 4 members. VP for one year and acting President for the last year. Currently install for 20 different...
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Wednesday September 11, 2019 8:30am - 9:00am PDT
Maroon Peak
2nd Floor
8:40am PDT
Diagnostics Before and After Radon Mitigation
Speakers
President of WPB Enterprises, Inc.
Bill Brodhead has been installing radon and vapor intrusion systems in residential, commercialand school buildings since 1984 and the radon mitigation instructor at Rutgers University for 25 years.Bill has authored 17 research papers at AARST conferences. His papers are available...
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Wednesday September 11, 2019 8:40am - 9:20am PDT
Mt. Sopris
9:00am PDT
School Testing Policy Progress – IA and IN
Moderators
National Policy Director, AARST
Jane Malone joined the AARST staff in 2015 to help advance federal, state and local policies that will reduce radon risk. She has been involved with healthy homes policy advocacy for two decades, advising Congress, federal agencies, advocates and jurisdictions. Previously she led...
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Speakers
Your Environmental Services LLC
CR3
Gail Orcutt was a special education and reading teacher in Iowa for 33 years. Upon retirement in 2008, she planned to generally enjoy life. Instead, during the spring of 2010, she was diagnosed with radon-induced lung cancer. Since then, she has been an advocate for increased radon...
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9:00am PDT
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9:30am PDT
9:30am PDT
10:15am PDT
OSHA Silica Safety
Speakers
OSHA - Denver Regional Offices
Herb Gibson is the Area Director for OSHA’s Denver Area Office. He has held numerous positions from Field Industrial Hygienist to Area Director in OSHA for the past 39 years. The Denver Area Office is responsible for enforcement of the OSH Act and providing compliance assistance...
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