Laura Hughes

Laura Hughes has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. She is an experienced Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) professional and has managed the whole HSE management function for large and small manufacturing industries, including a Tier I automotive supplier and a small aerospace manufacturing center. She is presently working as an EHS Consultant. Her experience has covered all areas of environmental, industrial hygiene and safety. Highlights include developing compliance environmental and safety systems for a plant start-up, achieving ISO 14001 certification and maintaining regulatory safety and environmental compliance. Laura is a member of the Certified Hazardous Materials Managers Institute, the Engineering Society of Detroit and the American Society of Safety Engineers. She graduated from Lawrence Technological University with a graduate certificate in Energy and Environmental Management. She is fully bilingual in both English and Spanish. In her California life, she has worked for the University of California, Richmond Research Center, the City and County of San Francisco Pre-treatment program and the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Control Board in the environmental and safety field.