KENYA M. HAIRSTON
Manteca, CA 209-***-**** adgrjy@r.postjobfree.com
LOGISTICS LEAD SECRET CLEARANCE USAF VETERAN
Attentive Inquisitive Motivated Committed Integrity Innovative Motivating and inspiring team lead focused on mission success. Advanced organizational skills. Able to prioritize in dynamic environments. Charismatic and exceptional communicator. Thrives in and welcomes diversity. Comfortable with time-sensitive projects and missions. Fosters healthy relationships with teammates and stakeholders. Experienced professional responsible for the logistics of flight, supply, maintenance, inventory, and hazardous materials handling. Dedicated to ensuring mission success through an all-hazards, encompassing approach to safety and preparation. Enthusiastic and ambitious problem solver able to arrange projects and priorities in a fluid, dynamic environment. Highly experienced in programs such as MS Office Suite to include Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and equipment tracking software. Honorably discharged USAF veteran. Willing to relocate as needed.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior Health and Safety Technologist Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 02/2020 - Present
Monitor operations; provide health, safety, and technical guidance to assist workers in safe work practices by analyzing the safety environment; assisting in writing safety procedures and reports; as well as participate in emergency response activities and abnormal events
Write and prepare safety policies and procedures including safety controls, Radiation Work Permits, and safety routine requirements
Conduct field training and training evaluations in support of worker qualifications
Provide advanced technical support and perform advanced radiological tests and sample analysis
Assist in evaluating and providing technical guidance in the safe performance of facility and experimental operations
Operate, maintain, and calibrate radiological, industrial hygiene detection instruments, and sampling equipment
Observe and take measurements of and analyze basic data from radiological and industrial hygiene monitoring equipment, systems, or operations to determine safety compliance with standard procedures
Initiate appropriate corrective action to assure adherence to procedures and design criteria
Implement and maintain safety discipline programs known as Discipline Action Plans
Perform tests and sample analysis associated with experimental operations
Provide safety criteria for the design, fabrication and test of experimental equipment Emergency Management Specialist (Program Specialist/Analyst) USAF Whiteman AFB 2016 – 2020 Logistics Lead
Accountable for creating, implementing, purchasing, and maintaining functional database and inventory for $6.5 million in equipment
Review, audit, and self-assess program efficiency to ensure compliance with local, state, federal, and Department of Defense regulations and policies
Provided technical and managerial oversight to logistics section to include maintenance, equipment preventative care, and document management
Streamlined processes and warehouse organization and/or rapid deployment
Arranged the disposal of hazardous waste, surplus or outdated equipment
Designed, developed, conducted, and evaluated the testing, training, and exercising for Emergency Management Support Team, Whiteman Air Force Base Personnel, and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Personnel
Maintained emergency response equipment with detailed records and consistently thorough preventative maintenance
Sensitive Operations & Administrative Functions
Provided excellent, professional communications between agencies for policy and practice inquiries in verbal and written formats
Generated, communicated, and proofread documents to include intelligence reports, memos, and recordings
Superior ability to foster and sustain professional relationships with customers, clients, and coworkers
Effective organizational skills to ensure classified materials are properly labeled, handled, and processed
Compiles, tracks, and maintains controlled and/or classified documents and revisions to procedures, facility safety plans, and facility documents, as well as troop intelligence and movements
Maintained utmost discretion with documenting and communicating sensitive information
Briefed deployed military personnel heading into areas with a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and/or Nuclear
(CBRN) or terrorist threat
Manned 24-hour station to respond to Red Cross, safety, and emergency phone calls in a deployed environment Emergency Manager
Led, supervised, trained, motivated and equipped teams of 30 – 60 people that range from E-1 to O-2
Sustain wing emergency management and disaster preparedness programs by creating and disseminating presentations, pamphlets, and general media to inform and educate base and surrounding populace
Medically qualified to wear respiratory and protective equipment
Experience with and medically qualified to work with toxic and radioactive materials
Prepared, trained, and supported an all-hazard approach to emergency and disaster situations
Conducted reviews of existing programs, checklists, and processes to recommend and correct deficiencies
Excellent in teaching technical materials in non-deployed and deployed situations
Monitor, track, and research in conjunction with Department of Defense and Air Force Technical Orders, manuals, and policies as well as administrative, fiscal, and management procedures
Led Flight safety by providing technical support in building and environment safety; Flight Respirator Protection Program; and technical guidance in everyday, exercise, and training activities
Well-experienced in CBRN monitoring, detection and sampling, taking measurements, obtaining and preparing samples, and analyzing basic data from equipment with special attention to radiological threats
Expert in monitoring operations and provide safety guidance to ensure safe practices in emergency response actions
Daily practice in operating, maintaining, and calibrating radiological detection instruments and sampling equipment and practicing radiological contamination control practices
Perform radiological surveys and measurements to ensure personnel safety and determine compliance to local, state, Air Force, and Department of Defense standards and procedures EDUCATION
B.A. in East Asian Studies University of Maryland Global Campus Adelphi, MD In Progress
A.S. in Emergency Management Community College of the Air Force Montgomery, AL 2019
A.A. in General Studies Portland Community College Portland, OR 2015 JOB RELATED TRAINING
Department of Energy Radiological Technician Worker Level I and II
Asbestos Inspector Certified
Combat Lifesaver Course United States Army 5th Brigade
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Responder Course US Army CBRN School
Toxic Agent Training US Army Chemical Defense Training Facility US Army CBRN School
Emergency Management Apprentice Course US Air Force FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATIONS
Introduction to Hazardous Materials IS-00005.a
Military Resources in Emergency Management IS-00075
Hazard Mitigation Flood Insurance in Disaster Operations IS-00158
Hazard Mitigation Floodplain Management in Disaster Operations IS-00162
Forms Used for the Development of the Incident Action Plan IS-00201
Emergency Planning IS-00235.c
Introduction to CERT IS-00317
Wildfire Mitigation Basics for Mitigation Staff IS-00320
Flood Mitigation Basics for Mitigation Staff IS-00322
Hazardous Materials for Medical Personnel IS-00346