Resume of                                            June, 2006

 

ROBERT W. POWITZ

P.O. Box 502 / 8 Pheasant Hill Lane, Old Saybrook, CT 06475-0502

(860)388-0893 / FAX (860)388-9566 / Mobile (860) 295-9214

E-mail: sanitarian@juno.com  Web: www.sanitarian.com

 

EDUCATION

          Ph.D.                 Environmental Health and Epidemiology University of Minnesota (1978)

       M.P.H.               Public Health, University of Minnesota (1974)

       B.S.A.                Agriculture, University of Georgia (1964)

       A.A.S.               Agricultural Production, State University of New York, Cobleskill, NY (1962)

       Diploma              Wildlife, Fisheries and Forest Conservation, North American School of Conservation (1965)

         

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

          Principal Forensic Sanitarian, R. W. Powitz & Associates, P.C., Old Saybrook, CT

       Environmental & Biological Safety Officer, USDA/Plum Island Animal Disease Center, NY

       Director: Environmental Health and Safety; Biosafety Officer, Adjunct Associate Professor

                   Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

       Hospital Epidemiologist, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Detroit, MI

       Vice President and Director of Operations, Health Care Risk Management, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI

       Health Officer, Borough of Ringwood, NJ

       Senior Sanitarian, New Jersey State Department of Institutions and Agencies, Ancora, NJ

       Sanitarian, New Jersey State Department of Health, Newark, NJ

 

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

          Health Director (PT), Towns of Lebanon, Salem, and Franklin, CT

       Terry Plum’s, LLC, Old Saybrook, CT

       Biosafety Systems, Inc., Detroit, MI

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

          Adj. Assoc. Prof., Wayne State University; Ferris State University, MI; St. Clair College, ONT

       Member: Council of Public Health Consultants; Standards Committees, National Sanitation Foundation International

       Member: Corporate Council, Consumer Advisory Council, Standards Committees, Underwriters Laboratories

       Member, Twelve Professional Associations

 

ACCREDITATIONS

          Diplomate:          Professional Sanitarian - AAS

                               American Board of Forensic Engineering and Technology – ACFE

       Licenses:            Sanitarian - CT, MI, OH, NJ

                               Health Officer - NJ

       Registrations:      Sanitarian - NEHA, NY, PA

                               Food Safety Trainer – NEHA, NSF

                               Biosafety Professional - ABSA

       Certifications:      Food Safety Professional - NEHA

                               Healthcare Safety Professional, Executive Level – CHSP

                               Homeland Security Level III - ACFEI

                               Water Quality Specialist, CWS-V - WQA

                                                         

PUBLICATION ACTIVITIES

          Editor, One newsletter and one trade publication

            Contributing Author, Journal of Environmental Health, Correction Manager’s Report, Food Safety Magazine and

                         American Jails

       One hundred plus published papers and more than sixty invited papers

 

HONORS         

          Diplomate Laureate #001; Diplomate #336: American Academy of Sanitarians

       Snyder Award – NSF/NEHA; Wagner Award – AAS; President's Award – ACHMM; Nicholas Award - NJEHA

       Phi Theta Kappa