June 2006

Resume of

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