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Dr. Joseph Cocciardi, CIH, CSP, REHS, RS
Principal
jcocciardi@cocciardi.com

Dr. Joseph Cocciardi Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Cocciardi has spent more than 30 years in the fields of public safety and public, occupational, and environmental health. An emergency responder himself, he formerly developed and managed the Emergency Response Program for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's largest state agency. Dr. Cocciardi is an internationally published author. He holds various state and federal licenses to work with toxic materials. He has been qualified and testified as both an expert witness and a litigative consultant. Dr. Cocciardi is a Board Certified Safety Professional and a Board Certified Industrial Hygienist.

Steven Strayer, MEPC, CIH, CSP, REHS, RS
Senior Professional
sstrayer@cocciardi.com

Steven Strayer

Mr. Strayer heads the firm's Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania office, where he supervises both Safety Engineers and Environmental Toxicologists. Mr. Strayer has provided legal testimony relative to environmental health issues for both the state and federal judicial system. He is a board Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and a board Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH). He holds licensure as a Registered Sanitarian (RS) and Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS). He holds licensure to work with a multitude of toxic and hazardous materials.
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Rocco DiPietro, CSP
Senior Professional
rdipietro@cocciardi.com

Rocco DiPietro

Mr. DiPietro heads the firm's Scranton, State College and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania offices supervising Emergency Prearedness Professionals, Safety Engineers and Environmental Toxicologists. He holds licensure to work with multiple hazardous and toxic materials, and has practiced industrial hygiene activities nationally and internationally
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Mechanicsburg

Troy Clark
Safety, Health & Environmental Technologist
tclark@cocciardi.com

Mr. Clark provides technical services in the areas of occupational safety and health, air quality, hazardous materials control, and fire protection/prevention.
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Matthew Gainor, CSP
Safety, Health & Environmental Professional
mgainor@cocciardi.com

Mr. Gainor’s duties include management and technical oversight of safety and health staff monitoring hazardous projects and regulated activities.
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Patte Shambaugh, MBA, BS, MT, SLS
Emergency Preparedness Specialist
pshambaugh@cocciardi.com

Ms. Shambaugh’s duties include the development of emergency operation plans, provision of training and education, exercising plans, and providing evaluations in compliance with Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP).
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Jason Smith
Safety, Health and Environmental Technologist
jsmith@cocciardi.com

Mr. Smith’s duties include implementing and conducting emergency preparedness exercises, education, and training. The development, implementation, and revision of written emergency management and public protection programs are essential functions.
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Lynn Stutzman
Safety, Health & Environmental Specialist
lstutzman@cocciardi.com

Mr. Stutzman provides technical services in the areas of fire and occupational safety and health, air quality, and toxic materials control.
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Jon Williams, M.Ed., CFPS, EMT-B
Emergency Preparedness Professional
jwilliams@cocciardi.com

Mr. Williams consults in the areas of emergency preparedness, emergency response, hazardous materials, and public/occupational safety.
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Scranton

Mike Baltrusaitis, CHMM
Safety, Health & Environmental Professional
mbaltrusaitis@cocciardi.com

Mr. Baltrusaitis’ primary duties include management and provision of technical services in the areas of occupational safety and environmental health, air quality, and toxic materials control.
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William Bekanich
Safety, Health & Environmental Technologist
wbekanich@cocciardi.com

Mr. Bekanich consults in the areas of emergency preparedness, emergency response, hazardous materials, and public/occupational safety.
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Dominick DeFazio
Safety, Health & Environmental Specialist
ddefazio@cocciardi.com

Mr. DeFazio provides technical services in the area of occupational and environmental safety and health, air quality, and toxic materials control.
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Colette Kutch, MS
Safety, Health & Environmental Specialist
ckutch@cocciardi.com

Ms. Kutch provides technical services in the areas of occupational safety and environmental health, air quality, and toxic material control.
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Christopher Martis, GSP
Safety, Health & Environmental Technologist
cmartis@cocciardi.com

Mr. Martis provides technical services in the area of occupational and environmental safety and health.
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Evan Brandt
Safety, Health & Environmental Technologist
ebrandt@cocciardi.com

Mr. Brandt provides technical services in the area of occupational and environmental safety and health.
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Jason Tomashunas
Emergency Preparedness Technologist
jtomashunas@cocciardi.com

Mr. Tomashunas provides technical services in the areas of emergency preparedness, fire and occupational safety and environmental health.
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State College

Greg Herman
Safety, Health & Environmental Specialist
gherman@cocciardi.com

Mr. Herman consults in the areas of emergency preparedness, emergency response, hazardous materials, and public/occupational safety.
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Business/Finance

Barbara Pears
Business Manager
bpears@cocciardi.com

 

Pittsburgh

Mike Anderson, LCDR, USCG ret.
Safety, Health & Environmental Professional
manderson@cocciardi.com

Mr. Anderson joined Cocciardi and Associates, Inc. as a Safety, Health and Environmental Professional in February 2011. Mr. Anderson consults in the area of emergency preparedness planning, training and exercising.
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