Dale Johnson has over 35 years of experience specializing in providing technical consulting services to commercial industries and the federal government in the areas of occupational safety and health. These services have included safety and health program development, implementation, and review, on-site regulatory compliance inspections and risk assessments, industrial hygiene exposure assessments, safety and health training, and product risk assessments.
Mark Nealley is a project manager in the EHS group, provides occupational and environmental health and safety technical consulting and project management services to existing clients, and develops working relationships both within and outside the company. He holds a Master of Science in Environmental Biology from Hood College, is a board-certified industrial hygienist (CIH), and has provided diverse occupational health, safety, and environmental consulting services to industrial and commercial clients for over 30 years.
Marc provides industrial hygiene, safety & health, and environmental risk management consulting services to commercial, industrial, and government clients. His work experience includes industrial hygiene surveys and exposure assessments, facility audits, risk analysis, and research for decision-making support. He also develops health and safety plans, performs indoor environmental quality evaluations, and protocol development for site auditing.
Arnold "Barney" E. Beermann III specializes in product stewardship evaluations, field monitoring, and occupational health and safety litigation support. He is also proficient in diverse computer programs and platforms such as Adobe (InDesign, Premier Pro, Photoshop), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, blogs), and in Stata & IHMOD statistical software, and in AIHA Stat statistical software.
Robert G. Costello is a Certified Industrial Hygienist with over 43 years of experience in developing and executing Environmental, Health & Safety programs within governmental, academic, and manufacturing industries. Within the governmental sector, he conducted compliance industrial hygiene inspections across the State of Maryland and oversaw the first Asbestos worker training certification program in the nation for the Maryland Department of Health. Within the academic sector, he was the industrial hygienist for The Johns Hopkins Institutions, including the university and medical operations and campuses. Within the manufacturing sector, he has been responsible for developing the EHS programs for a multi-national specialty chemical company’s corporate R&D site. He also provided global H&S support and execution of industrial hygiene programs for a multi-national manufacturing operation. He has also developed comprehensive EHS programs for start-up e-scrap/e-waste operations resulting in industry certification.
Luisa Sarmiento is an Environmental Scientist and Industrial Hygienist for J.S. Held. Luisa has a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering from Universidad de Los Andes and a Master of Public Health with a focus in Environmental Health from Emory University.
HaYoung Nam is an Environmental Health Specialist at J.S. Held. She has a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from Boston University School of Public Health, MA, and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Gordon College, MA.
Reagan Butcher Maloney is an environmental and safety specialist with project management experience in the assessment of asbestos-containing materials (ACM), surface and groundwater quality, soil contamination, water and mold damage, Chinese drywall, and other contaminants. Reagan’s involvement in these projects includes initial and follow-up field assessments; interpretation of analytical data; research; development of audits, permitting, reports, scopes of work, remediation protocols, and operations and maintenance plans; project management, project monitoring and document review. Reagan has additional experience that includes assistance to clients synchronizing and navigating the Section 106 (NHPA) and NEPA Review Processes, development of extensive Environmental Assessments (EA) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS), Phase I and Phase II environmental assessments; occupational safety assessments, in-plant industrial hygiene services, assisting clients with EPA audits, and extensive research of surface water pollutant point sources.
Mr. Al-Banna joined J.S. Held in March of 2022 as part of J.S. Held's acquisition of Ocean Tomo. Noor Al-Banna is a Managing Director in the Management Consulting and Valuation practice of Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held. Ocean Tomo is an Intellectual Capital Merchant Banc™ firm, providing industry leading financial products and services related to intellectual property including valuation, investment due diligence, strategy consulting, patent analytics, transaction brokerage, and financial expert testimony. | | Noor’s experience includes valuation, strategy, and transaction advisory assistance to companies, investors, and governments in a variety of industries including life sciences, energy and climate tech, sustainable materials and production, software, and retail, among others. Noor’s analyses have been used to support investment decisions, capital raises, IP monetization, M&A, bankruptcy & restructuring, IP licensing, JV formation, litigation, and tax matters.
Santiago Puerta-Garcia is an Environmental Scientist and Industrial Hygienist with expertise in environmental site assessments and remediation projects across the United States and Colombia. His work focuses on supporting property transactions and regulatory compliance through detailed environmental investigations and documentation. He specializes in conducting Phase I Environmental Site Assessments and Preliminary Assessments, as well as Phase II Subsurface Investigations, primarily within the commercial real estate sector.