AHMP MembershipA Network of Professionals Worth Getting to Know

Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals

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The breadth of your environmental responsibilities

is diverse (covering over 130 disciplines) and

contributes greatly to the safety and security of

every man, woman and child in the United States.

Some of these critical areas have been identified as:

• Cleanup and Disposal

• Community Right to Know

• Compliance Management

• Emergency Planning and Response

• Employee Training

• Environmental Auditing

• Environmental Compliance

• EHS Management Systems

• Environmental Permitting

• Hazard Assessment

• Hazardous Materials Transportation

• Hazardous Waste Management

• OSHA Hazard Communication

• PPE

• RCRA Activity

• Regulations and Standards

• Waste minimization

The Alliance of Hazardous Materials

Professionals™ (AHMP) is an

international association representing

more than 2,500 of the world’s leading

experts in hazardous materials

management. AHMP has 46 chapters

in 35 states, the District of Columbia

and an international chapter in

Bangalore, India.

Meet some AHMP members

Brian P. Kaiser, CSP, CHMM, RPIHIn 1990, I retired from Active Military

Service and was employed as a

HAZMAT Responder at the Marion

County Health Department, Indianapolis, IN.

Later, that year I was employed as an

Industrial Hygienist by the US Army at

the USA Environmental Hygiene Agency, Edgewood, MD and

at Kirk USA Health Clinic, APG, MD and at Baltimore District

USA Corps of Engineers. Because of my time and experience

as a HAZMAT Responder I was often called upon to respond

to HAZMAT Incidents.

Barry Taggart, CHMM During my years studying as an

undergraduate majoring in life

sciences and chemistry I had always

envisioned a career in biological

research or continuing my education

to enter the health care industry or

working in a chemistry lab.

However, as I neared graduation the major domestic

industrial environmental events such as Love Canal in Niagara

Falls, NY and WR Grace in Woburn, MA were headline news.

Students getting ready to venture out into the employment

world began speaking of careers in the environmental sector.

The industry was fairly new and opportunities for growth and

advancement were endless.

Elizabeth Marsh, CHMMSo I became an environmental

engineer because I was good at math

& chemistry & it seemed like a

“softer” engineering where I could

make more of a difference. I had

started a recycling program at my high

school. Plus my dad was an environmental attorney so I could

see that there were good career opportunities in this new

field. I was the first of the graduating classes at University of

AHMP is the only U.S.-based

organization devoted exclusively to

the advancement of the hazardous

materials management profession.

AHMP’s growing, active membership spans

from first-responders responsible for

hazardous materials safety at the

community level to hazardous materials

management experts in the private

enterprise, government and consulting

sectors; their common bond being

protection of the environment and the

public from hazardous materials.

Many AHMP members possess an

environmental, health, safety and security

(EHS&S) industry credentials like the

Certified Hazardous Materials Manager®

(CHMM®) credential while some also

possess the Certified Industrial Hygienist

(CIH), Certified Safety Professional (CSP),

Certified Environmental, Safety and Health

Trainer (CET), Certified Professional

Environmental Auditor (CPEA), Professional

Engineer (PE) or Professional Geologist

(PG). In recent years, AHMP has seen

significant growth in non-certified

professionals joining the organization

which brings even greater diversity to the

AHMP membership.

Michigan to have the words “environmental” associated with

my B.S.E. Previous degrees just had B.S.E. in Civil Engineering

& mine had B.S.E. in “Civil & Environmental” Engineering.

Zehra Schneider Graham, CHMM, REM Like many EHS professionals I know

got into the field accidentally. I

happened to take a Graduate

Assistantship in the University of

Massachusetts Boston Safety Office,

which was part of the Facilities

Department, when I entered the Ph.D. program in

Environmental Science at UMass. What I learned very quickly

was that there was a vast array of different issues. Every day

I learned something new. When the office was separated

from Facilities and new positions were posted I applied and

was hired for an Environmental Coordinator position. Once I

started working full-time I decided that I would get a second

Master’s degree rather than finish the Ph.D. That is when I

made the decision that I wanted to remain in the EHS field.

The new position was responsible for all the environmental

issues at the University. At that time it was mainly hazardous

waste management but over the years it has grown to cover

campus-wide permitting, laboratory safety, training,

wastewater management, and many other areas. What I

have learned – and what keeps me motivated is that EHS

really is a mix – technical knowledge, step-wise

decision-making, common sense, peacekeeping,

communicator, lobbyist and so much more. There really is

never a dull moment.

Read their complete stories and others at www.ahmpnet.org/i-am-ahmp.

It doesn’t matter what area you come from. The only thing that matters is we all get there together to

achieve the shared vision of providing global leadership for a sustainable future!

Networking is the main reason why our members joinand renew year after year.

To join this group of more than 2,500 environmental, health, safety and security professionals visit AHMP at

www.ahmpnet.org/membership.