Stacy Simpson
La Porte
Summary
Experienced Sustainability Manager with background in developing and implementing green initiatives. Possess strong knowledge of sustainable practices, leading teams towards achieving environmental goals. Past work showcases effective communication skills, strategic planning abilities, and commitment to corporate responsibility regarding sustainability pratices. Significant contributions include successfully reducing carbon emissions and fostering company-wide engagement through sustainability education programs.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sustainability Manager
USG
Chicago
03.2018 - Current
- Maintenance and review of USG’s product transparency reports
- Development of product HPDs
- Design of USG’s Sustainability Reporting Tool
- Green product innovation
- Review of sustainability attributes of incoming raw materials
- Impurity and residual testing and reporting of raw materials
- Chemical risk assessment using GreenScreen
- Assist with USG’s waste and recycling program
- Management of transparency documentation
Sustainability Analyst
USG
Chicago
06.2014 - 03.2018
- Development of Product Transparency Reports
- Product LEED review: recycle content calculations and raw material tracking
- Synthetic gypsum and mercury modeling
- Chemical risk assessment using GreenScreen
Product Safety Specialist
USG
Chicago
04.2013 - 06.2014
- Knowledge of chemical formulations for all USG Substrate, Surfaces, and Wallboard products.
- Toxicology and environmental toxicology review of raw materials used in USG products
- VOC calculations using EPA Method 24
- Knowledge of GHS, HCS, and SDS authoring
- Data collection on biocides and FIFRA review on labels and limitations
- Mass transfer calculations
- Review of regulations from IARC, NTP, ACGIH, NIOSH, CAL-65, OSHA, TSCA, and EPA
- Analysis of XRD reports for respirable crystalline silica and calculation of respirable crystalline silica in products
- Industrial hygiene study design for USG Joint Compound Ready-Mixed products
- Data collection and entry on to SharePoint
- Efforts made to remove phthalates from USG products
- Excellent understanding of raw material chemistry
Environmental/Chemical Engineer
Amtech, Inc.
Lake Station
03.2012 - 06.2012
- Quality assurance/quality control
- Troubleshoot equipment problems and implement solutions
- Environmental surveying of working area
- Part of problem solving team of engineers working to assess and solve the submerged entry nozzle clogging problem at the U.S. Steel Caster. During the investigation I reported to the supervising engineer about observations and environmental conditions.
Environmental Engineer Research Assistant
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago
05.2010 - 12.2011
- Performed research in various subjects including: biological contamination, pesticides, air quality, pollution prevention, and human exposure
- Independently worked on the design of laboratory procedures to identify and quantify environmentally hazardous contaminates including: molds, bacteria, and particulates.
- Immunoassay and ELISA design and development
- Spore identification and classification of aerobiological contaminants
- Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
Environmental, Health, and Safety Intern
Pekron Consulting
Whiting
03.2011 - 08.2011
- Evaluated and conducted quantitative measurements of biological and chemical hazards found in the industrial environment including mold, bacteria, lead, asbestos, chromium, antimony, cadmium, arsenic, noise, manganese, calcium oxide, tin oxide, iron oxide, benzene, coke emissions, and positive pressure.
- Reviewed compliance programs and regulatory laws from OSHA and EPA
- Communicated with US Steel workers
- Initiated environmental exposure assessments
- Wrote and submitted reports
- Organized and logged data
Education
M.S. - Environmental Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL01.2011
B.S. - Biology/Chemistry
Purdue University
Lafayette, IN01.2009
Skills
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Excel
- SharePoint
- C
- Jython
- Visual Minteq Chemical Equilibrium Modeling
- ArcGIS
- Minitab
- ChemDraw
- Chemical risk assessment
- Sustainability reporting
- Product transparency
- Environmental regulations
- Green product innovation
- Data analysis
- Quality assurance
- Project management
- Research methodology
- Stakeholder engagement
- Effective communication
- Problem solving
- Critical thinking
- Climate change adaptation
- Corporate social responsibility
- Renewable energy integration
- Emissions tracking
- Life cycle assessment
- Green building design
- Sustainable procurement
- Environmental auditing
- LEED certification
- Waste minimization
- Carbon footprint reduction
- Water conservation
- GHG inventory management
- Toxic substance control
- Multitasking capacity
- Goal setting
Certification
Authorized GreenScreen Practitioner
Affiliations
LEED v5 Design + Construction Consensus Committee
Timeline
Sustainability Manager
USG
03.2018 - Current
Sustainability Analyst
USG
06.2014 - 03.2018
Product Safety Specialist
USG
04.2013 - 06.2014
Environmental/Chemical Engineer
Amtech, Inc.
03.2012 - 06.2012
Environmental, Health, and Safety Intern
Pekron Consulting
03.2011 - 08.2011
Environmental Engineer Research Assistant
Illinois Institute of Technology
05.2010 - 12.2011
M.S. - Environmental Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology
B.S. - Biology/Chemistry
Purdue University