Marianne Santarelli

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A highly experienced, Environmental, Health and Safety professional, Certified Industrial Hygienist and Certified Safety Professional, with applied comprehensive skills, a strong commitment to excellence and progressive functional managerial experience with a specialization in the arena of Global EH&S Management Systems. Technical proficiencies in industrial hygiene, safety and environmental disciplines, regulatory compliance analyses, product EH&S program development, permitting, training, ergonomics, EH&S audit and gap analysis, corrective action development, risk management analysis, workers compensation claims management and wellness programs and construction EH&S within a multitude of manufacturing, construction, research and development, governmental and administrative environments. Owner/President – 2021-present- Marianne Santarelli Safety, Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Consulting Services, LLC • A full-service Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental Consulting Service that provides personal one on one comprehensive consulting on the complete range of EH&S issues, topics, and problems. Safety Director New York Division – 2015 - 2021 - Gilbane Building Company New York, New York • Recruited into the Position to assess, mitigate and create a Safety culture for the New York Division of GBC, the largest division of the organization. Accomplished a 45% increase in the use of a project auditing tool by all project team members across the Division, management and integration of projects associated with a major acquisition (and a different safety culture) and achieved over a 70% and 60% reduction, respectively, in Total and Lost time incident rates. Vice President Loss Control and Safety – 2013 - 2015 - Silverstein Properties Inc. New York, New York • Recruited into the position of Vice President of Loss Control and Safety in the Risk Management group of the Silverstein Properties organization. Responsibilities include liaison with general contractors and insurance brokers and insurance companies providing Owner controlled Insurance program coverage for multiple high rise construction projects throughout New York City including three buildings at the world trade center redevelopment site and other sites around the greater New York area as well as sites throughout the United States and Asia Pacific region. Goal of a reduction in the incident rate of total and lost time incidents was achieved through a zero-tolerance policy for infractions of a variety of high hazard activities including working at heights, drug, and alcohol use on the job (Silverstein Properties were the first union sanctioned testing sites in New York City), crane safety, tool safety and use of PPE. Senior Risk Manager - 2008-2013 - Port Authority of New York/New Jersey • Supporting risk reduction at WTC reconstruction site 365/24/7 by managing a dedicated construction safety/industrial hygiene/environmental staff and providing technical and administrative leadership to and management of this support team for the entire project. Directly Responsible for the safety, health and environmental issues associated with Tower 1 (Freedom Tower), Vehicle Security Center, Streets project, Tower 2, Central Chiller Plant, and Water Pump House construction projects. • Lead EH&S post hurricane Sandy efforts World Trade Center (WTC) recovery operations Global Director EH&S/Senior Manager 1993-2008 - AT&T Bell Laboratories/LSI Corp/Agere Systems