Speakers: Brian Golob, MS, CHMM

Susan Kulstad

Presentation: Environmental Health and Emergency Preparedness: Bridging the Gap

Brian Golob is currently a Sr. Environmentalist with Hennepin County’s Human Services and Public Health Dept and has devoted the past year to environmental health emergency preparedness issues. His past work experience reflects both the public and private sectors, having worked at the Twin Cities Metropolitan Council, the city of St Paul Public Works Department, and Ramsey County Public Health as well as two environmental engineering consulting firms, a mercury reclamation company and at a printed wiring board company. His experience reflects solid waste management planning and project implementation, hazardous waste management compliance and permitting, OSHA and DOT compliance, employee training, environmental auditing, and strategic planning. Mr. Golob graduated form the University of Minnesota’s College of Biological Sciences with a BS degree in Biology and earned an MS degree in Environmental health from the Graduate School at the University. He is a qualified legal expert in solid waste management in Minnesota as well as a Certified Hazardous Material Manager.

Susan Kulstad is the owner of an environmental consulting firm in Minneapolis, specializing in strategic planning, innovative programs and performance measurement development. She is currently helping to develop the Twin Cities Metro Advanced Practice Center for emergency preparedness. Susan has over 20 years of experience in environmental programs, managing programs at US EPA New England in air pollution technical assistance and planning and analysis, performing early work on watershed management, sustainability and environmental justice, and providing strategic planning assistance to Hungary’s Ministry of Environment.