Safety Coordinator Class A

Kelly M. Horton

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Sayre, PA 18840

570-***-**** (C)

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Education: Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology December 1996

Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA 16933

Associates of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice May 1988

Corning Community College, Corning, NY 14830

Work Experience:

Laboratory Director/Safety Coordinator November 2018 to November 2019

Binghamton-Johnson City Joint Sewage Treatment Plant

4480 Vestal Road

Vestal, NY 13840

Responsibilities: Operation and certification of the waste water treatment plant laboratory through New York State Department of Health following the NELAC 2016 Standard. Review of daily, weekly, monthly reporting of laboratory testing results from both internal and external laboratories. Review of external laboratory bids and contracts. Coordination of plant safety training program. Internal auditing of laboratory operations, quality improvement program, and CAPA. Organization of lab quality meetings and training of new lab protocols and procedures. Safety audits of plant and construction operations. Management of chemical and petroleum bulk storage system. Safety audits of sewage plant and construction work site, management of gas and radiological monitoring. Management of chemical and petroleum bulk storage system (Class A/B Authorization # 4QY-FCE). JSA, injury safety incident investigation and reporting, noise management evaluations, SDS/Right to Know Record Keeping, hazard communication, Liaison with the New York State PESH and Department of Labor Inspectors and Union Representatives, and some EPA Permit Limits and Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) data sets for Clean Water Act. Updating and review of the Quality Manual and Sewage Plant Safety Manual.

Contract Assessor April 2018 to present

Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation, Inc.

755 West Big Beaver Road, Suite 1325

Troy, MI

Responsibilities: Technical Advisor or Lead Assessor for ISO-IEC 17025:2017 Accreditation assessments.

Senior Chemist January 2016 to September 2017

Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services

100 North Point Parkway

Buffalo, NY 14228 Accreditation

Responsibilities: The start-up of a latex testing and Gluten laboratory and establish Accreditation to ISO 17025, toxicology report reviews, and internal document review. Other duties similar to the LEAP Testing Service. Document review of outgoing reports for accuracy and completion. Co-chairman of two ASTM D11 Rubber subcommittee work groups - ASTM D6499 and Guayule Natural Rubber method validation.

Laboratory Director August 2009 to January 2016

Donald Guthrie Foundation for Education and Research

LEAP Testing Service

Sayre, PA 18840

Responsibilities: Overall oversight for the LEAP Testing Service. Duties consist of reviewing reports, writing research proposals related to latex and reporting of laboratory results in scientific papers, designing of research protocols for customers seeking individualized studies and answering their questions, and liaison between the Testing Service and other agencies. Maintaining A2LA ISO-IEC 17025: 2005 Accreditation. Co-chairman of two ASTM D11 Rubber subcommittee work groups - ASTM D6499 and Guayule Natural Rubber method validation.

Technical Manager/Deputy Lab Director January 2005 to August 2009

Guthrie Research Foundation for Education and Research

Laboratory of Oncology Research/LEAP Testing Service

Sayre, PA 18840

Responsibilities: Immunofluorescence microscopy, phage display assays, MTT assays, tissue culture, SDS-PAGE, Western blotting, method validation of research protocols, sample preparation, analysis of latex products by Lowry and ELISA assays, data entry, report generation, internal audits, S.O.P. writing, invoicing, general lab maintenance, ordering supplies and quality assurance/quality control.

Research Technician August 2003 to January 2005

Guthrie Research Foundation for Education and Research

Laboratory of Molecular Immunology

Sayre, PA 18840

Responsibilities: Plasmid preparation, PCR, SDS-PAGE, Western blotting, DNA sequencing, general lab maintenance, and ordering supplies.

Research Technician March 2000 to August 2003

Guthrie Research Foundation for Education and Research

LEAP Testing Service

Sayre, PA 18840

Responsibilities: Sample preparation and analysis of latex products by Lowry and ELISA assays, data entry, report generation, general lab maintenance, ordering supplies and quality assurance.

Technician IV September 1999 to March 2000

Department of Food Science

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY 14853

Responsibilities: Routine cell culture, culture of food born pathogens, plaque assays, cell

adhesion assays, inoculation of laboratory animals, isolation of pathogens from animal tissues, immunofluorescence microscopy, teaching laboratory techniques to undergraduates and data entry.

Technician II January 1997 to September 1999

Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY 14853

Responsibilities: Routine cell culture, culture of intracellular protozoa, primary pathogen isolation from animal tissues (isolated and deposited to American Type Culture Collection (Sarcocystis falcatula isolate ATCC# 50701), handling of laboratory animals mice and guinea pigs, PCR, agarose and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, western blotting, soil analysis for parasite extraction, sample collection and inoculation of horses, parakeets, mice, guinea pigs, along with trapping, handling, and collecting samples from wild birds and opossums, routine laboratory maintenance, metrology of laboratory equipment, equipment repair and maintenance, development of SOP’s, application of GLP standards to laboratory operation, overseeing lab safety and MSDS materials. Handling of pathogens include: Cryptosporidium parvum, Sarcocystis neurona, Sarcocystis falcatula, Toxoplasma gondii, Giardia sp. and Ascaris sp.

Assistant Laboratory Director August 1992 to January 1997

Arrow Analytical, Inc (no longer in business, closed 2005)

RD 2, Box 371

Gillette, PA 16925

Responsibilities: Same as below. (Requested reduction in responsibilities while in college)

Laboratory Director May 1990 to August 1992

Arrow Analytical, Inc.

Barton, NY

Responsibilities: Co-management of an environmental laboratory dealing with the asbestos abatement re-mediation. Duties include: field sampling, sample preparation, and analysis of asbestos in air samples, statistical handling of data, data entry, report presentation, bidding and monitoring of asbestos removal projects, billing, data entry and other clerical work. Also: Acted as liaison between building owners, contractors, and governmental officials.

Field Technician May 1988 to May 1990

Friend Laboratory Inc. Environmental Services

1 Research Circle

Waverly, NY 14893

Responsibilities: Environmental sampling of dairy, potable water, sewage, organics, asbestos in air, bulk asbestos, metals, formaldehyde, radon, landfills, hazardous waste, and route pick- up of samples.

Training and Honors:

Eagle Scout, District Award of Merit

A2LA Introduction to Measurement Uncertainty

A2LA Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Actions

A2LA Assessment of Laboratory Competence

A2LA ISO/IEC 17025 and Accreditation

A2LA ISO 15189 and Medical Laboratory Accreditation

A2LA Guide 34

10 Hour OSHA General Industry Safety & Health

Professional Membership:

ASTM D40.11 on Rubber and Rubber-like Materials Co-Chair of Extractable Proteins and Biological Testing Sub-Committee.

ASTM D37 on Cannabis

Publications and submissions:

Lindsay D.S., Dubey J.P., Horton K.M., Bowman D.D., Development of Sarcocystis falcatula in cell cultures demonstrates that it is different from Sarcocystis neurona. Parasitology 118(3), 1999, 227-234.

Werre S.R., Bowman D.D., Mohammed H.O., Jenkins M.B., Quimby F.W., Horton K.M., Dubey J.P., Transmission to guinea pigs of very low doses of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts in drinking water. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 46 (5), 1999, 71-72.

Dubey J.P., Speer C.A., Bowman D.D., Horton K.M., Venturini C., Venturini L, Experimental Transmission of Sarcocystis Speeri, Dubey and Lindsay, 1999 from the South American Opossum (Didelphis albiventris) to the North American Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), J. of Parasitology, 86(7), 2000.

Bowman D.D., Iordanescu M.A., Chou H.H., Horton K.M., Sarcocystis neurona and Sarcocystis falcatula: Monitoring of schizogony in cell culture using fluorescent nuclear labeling, Vet Parasitology., 2001 Feb 26;95(2-4):353-6.

Norton DM, Scarlett JM, Horton K, Sue D, Thimothe J, Boor KJ, Wiedmann M., Characterization and Pathogenic Potential of Listeria monocytogenes Isolates from the Smoked Fish Industry.

Appl Environ Microbiology, 2001 Feb;67 (2):646-53. Submission to the American Type Tissue Collection, ATCC Number: 50701, Organism: Sarcocystis falcatula.

Beezhold D.H., Horton K.H., Hickey V.L., Daddona J, Kostyal D., Glove Powder's Carrying Capacity for Latex Protein: Analysis Using the ASTM ELISA Test, Journal of Long Term Effects of Medical Implants, 13 (1), 21-30, 2003.

Cornish, K, McMahan, C.M., Xie, W., Williams, J., Kostyal, D., Horton, K.M., and Marsh, T. ASTM D1076 Category 4 Latex and Quantifying Guayule (NRG) and Hevea (NR) Latex Proteins. 2006. Proceeding International Latex Conference, Charlotte, NC

Kostyal, D., Horton K.M., Beezhold D.H., Lockwood S., Hamilton R.G., Latex Toy Balloons and Dental Dams are a Significant Source of Hevea brasiliensis Allergen Exposure, Annals of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, (submitted 2/16/2009)

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