Elizabeth M Goggins

PO Box ****, Frederiksted, VI 00841 340-***-****, adc4g3@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Profile

Environment, Health and Safety Professional with more than thirteen years of experience planning, developing and implementing EHS compliance, training programs, policies and procedures. Executive Director of a non-profit organization.

Qualifications

• Sales and Customer Relations

• Excel in Environment, Health and Safety Regulations and Compliance

• Computer proficient

• Safety Training

• Environmental Protection

• Management Safety Mentoring

• Documentation and Recordkeeping

• Excellent working relationship with regulatory agencies

• Process implementation

• Strong verbal communication

• Experience as both a member of numerous Non-Profit Boards of Directors and as Executive Director

• Public Speaking

Relevant Experience

Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plans

• Wrote Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plans (SPCC) for twenty -one manned and remote facilities based on US Environmental Protection Agency regulations. Worked with Professional Engineer on technical compliance issues in plans. Responsible for the development of and leader of the Emergency Response Teams on St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John.

Emergency Action Plans

• Wrote Emergency Action Plans for ten manned facilities based on US Occupational Health and Safety Agency regulations. Included Fire Prevention Plan and Emergency Evacuation Plan to create comprehensive booklet for all employees. Developed company -wide training program. Safety Committees

• Chairperson of Safety Committees for St. Thomas - St. John and St. Croix. Modernized committee functions, involved members in the review and updating of existing policies and safe work practices and development of new policies and procedures. Committees held first company-wide Safety Fair and had created templates for additional fairs when scheduling allowed.

• Developed a Worker Fatigue During Disaster Response Operations program. Environment, Health & Safety Training

• Developed training criteria including requirements for different departments and personnel, schedules and materials.

Safety Hazard Reporting and Safety Observation Reporting

• Expanded programs for employee reporting of safety hazards and employees working safely and those needing safety refresher courses up to disciplinary actions. Facility Fire Brigades

• Developed and trained facility specific fire brigades; brigades responsible primarily for evacuation first aid and CPR.

Executive Director of a non-profit organization

• Developed new programs including the Prison Paws Project.

• Performed all Human Resources functions

• Handled accounting and payroll

• Responsible for staff of sixteen plus volunteers

• Hazard Identification and Development of new Safe Work Practices (SWP), revision of existing SWPs

• Developed Job Hazard Analysis Program to update and develop SWPs.

• Worked with Management and Labor to address immediate hazards to employees Experience

Best Furniture and Appliances dba Ashley Homestore November 2017 to March 2020 Sales and Administrative

St. Croix, VI

Built and maintained customer relations, upgraded in-house signage, improved accountability of incoming shipments, became in-house exert on Point-of-Sale system which included not only daily sales but the removal of obsolete and inaccurate data.

Virgin Islands Humanities Council November 2013 to February 2014 Executive Director

St. Thomas, VI

Responsible for all personnel matters.

Managed federal and local grants.

Began process of organizing and simplifying local grants, began search for new offices on St. Thomas and St. Croix. St. Croix Animal Welfare Center February 2012 to May 2012 Executive Director

Kingshill, VI

Responsible for all Animal Welfare Center operations. Supervised staff of sixteen employees, several volunteers and people doing court appointed community service.

Began instituting numerous safety procedures, responsible for Human Resources functions. Researched grants and funding opportunities.

Innovative Telephone March 1998 to October 2011

Environment, Health & Safety Coordinator

Christiansted, VI

Responsible for Environment, Health & Safety compliance, training and implementation. Included fire prevention and evacuation programs. Responsible for Disaster Management Planning. Updated existing Safe Work Practices and developed new policies and procedures. Handled OSHA and EPA inspections. Reduced OSHA fine by almost 90% and no fine at EPA inspection (done at company subsidiary.)

Represented company at Caribbean Regional Response team meetings - federal group of agencies and companies that respond to oil and hazardous material spills.

Represented the company at the Local Emergency Planning Committee. Wrote Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans for more than 20 facilities, manned and remote, each one facility specific. Responsible for the development and training of the company’s emergency response teams for spills.

Atlantic Tele-Network (former parent company of Innovative Telephone) August 1991 to March 1998 Accounting Manager

Christiansted, VI

Responsible for all payables from entering to preparing and signing checks, ten different bank accounts, and special reports as requested by the Chairman of the company. Handled intercompany accounting and reporting for subsidiaries. Did payroll for all contractors for international subsidiary. Education Marist College, Poughkeepsie NY May 1979 Political Science, Bachelor of Arts

FEMA Training and Other Certifications

Numerous Incident Command System Certifications, Numerous Emergency Management Courses, Technical Emergency Response for CBRNE Incidents at the Center for Domestic Preparedness, Wide Area Search, EMS Response to CBRNE Incidents, Healthcare Provider Level CPR certified, Emergency Medical Responder (Scheduled for recertification summer 2016). OSHA Training, HAZWOPER 24 hour certified, Pro Board Certified - Operational Level Response to HAZMAT/WMD Incidents

Affiliations

St. Croix Rescue, Public Information Officer, Rotary Club of St. Croix, Board of Directors, St. Croix Environmental Association, Life Member, Former - Victim Advocate Program, Inc., National Fire Prevention Association, Caribbean Regional Response Team - Industry Representative

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