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Leslie Anderson, is a IICRC Chairperson and a highly respected learning, and development professional She has been driving positive outcomes in the restoration industry for over 25 years. Her journey with Paul Davis Restoration, Inc. began in 2010, where she coached franchises to achieve profitability, capitalize on new revenue streams, and effectively manage their operations. In 2016, she transitioned to training and played a pivo...

Joe Spurgeon, PHD, has a multidisciplinary doctorate degree in Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Health from the University of Pittsburgh; and was a Certified Industrial Hygienist from 1993 - 2013. His career has included working as a research chemist on the NBS Lead-Paint Poisoning Program, directing the FAA’s Combustion Toxicology Laboratory, performing Health Assessments for CDC/ATSDR, implementing US EPA’s Laboratory Expos...

Dr Irene Grant is an Infectious Disease specialist with expertise in infectious complications in the immunocompromised and unusual infections in the immunocompetent. In the 1980’s, in the midst of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, she trained at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, under Dr. Donald Armstrong (former President of the Infectious Disease Society of America) where she acquired training in Microbiology and Hosp...

Scott Maysura is a seasoned business consultant and advisor with over 20 years of experience in the restoration and services industry. Beyond owning and operating restoration companies, Scott successfully grew a plumbing and HVAC startup, providing him with firsthand knowledge of the challenges and opportunities faced by trade businesses.

Scott works closely with clients to drive growth and operational excellence by developing and ...

This week we welcome back Jon Isaacson the Intentional Restorer, to discuss an issue that comes up across disciplines and project management. With all the new tools available today what seems to be working and what is a waste of time lets LEARN MORE this week on IAQ Radio+.

The Intentional Restorer, is a contractor, author, educator, and host of The DYOJO Podcast. The goal of The DYOJO is to help contractors shorten their DANG lear...

As President and Chief Acquisitions Officer for ATI, Jeff Moore drives the company’s growth and spearheads key initiatives that focus on the future of the organization. His current role involves overseeing mergers and acquisitions and ensuring ATI’s continued expansion. In his current role, Jeff leverages his industry expertise to identify growth opportunities, forge strategic partnerships, and expand ATI’s footprint across the Uni...

Derrick A. Denis, a Senior Vice President with Clark Seif Clark, Inc. (CSC) and is an internationally recognized environmental health and safety (EH&S) expert. CSC is a full-service industrial hygiene (IH) and environmental testing/consulting company with locations in Arizona and multiple locations in California. CCS has extensive expertise working across the country in anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of haza...

Carl Zimmer is the author of  fifteen books about science. His latest book is Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe. Zimmer writes the “Origins” column for the New York Times. His writing has earned a number of awards, including the Stephen Jay Gould Prize, awarded by the Society for the Study of Evolution. During the Covid-19 pandemic, he contributed to the coverage that won the New York Times the public service Pul...

A graduate of the Institute of Technology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Wane A. Baker is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) and Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH retired) with four decades of experience in the operation, maintenance and evaluation of various building types. This includes more than 30 years at a professional level in environmental consulting, construction and energy conservation. Wane offers hi...

Barry Costa's distinguished career in carpet installation, cleaning, and restoration spans over 50 years, including 39 years as an instructor. He has served on and chaired numerous national committees, contributed to national water damage standards, been a key speaker at conventions and special events, and authored many articles in industry publications. Since becoming an IICRC-approved instructor in 1986, Barry has taught thousand...

Good Day and welcome to IAQ Radio+ episode 753. This week we welcome Tom McGuire of Large Loss Mastery for an interview on major disaster restoration projects. Large losses can make or break companies, today we learn from one of the best how to handle these business making or breaking events. LEARN MORE this week on IAQ Radio+.

Tom McGuire is the founder and owner of At Large Loss Mastery. He is a Trainer, Teacher, mentor, and Lear...

Kenneth Mendez became CEO and President of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) in 2018. Mendez’s career has bridged the corporate and non-profit sectors. Since joining AAFA, he has led the organization in establishing a new multi-year strategic plan that emphasizes dramatically reducing the impact of asthma and allergies on the underserved and tripling the size of AAFA’s online asthma community. The new strategic pl...

John T. Hull, RRO has 25+ years in the roofing, waterproofing, and coatings industries. He is a recognized authority on building envelope inspections and assessments, roof restoration, quality assurance, roof asset management; reroof assessments, and roof restoration scope of work and specification development. Specialties include moisture detection within the roof and building envelope as well as roof condition assessments. Mr. Hu...

Delphine Farmer, PhD is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Colorado State University. Her research focuses on understanding the air we breathe both indoors and out, and how the chemistry of air impacts human health, ecosystems, and even climate. Her recent work has focused on wildfire smoke, starting with aircraft projects flying in large wildfire plumes, and more recently looking at how smoke interacts with building sur...

Implement4's Chief Revenue Officer, Jenny Andrawis has over 16 years in the restoration industry and 20 years as a Marketing Executive. Prior to leading Revenue generation initiatives at Implement4, Jenny has held Chief Revenue Officer, Marketing Leadership, Customer Success, and Sales Enablement roles with restoration companies ranging from $20M to over $800M. 

Her strengths include driving integration and alignment between all re...

Jim Akey is Senior Sales Manager for Particles Plus. He has over 25 years of industry experience working with his customers sharing his application experience and providing solutions for their controlled environment particle counting. Before joining Particles Plus, Jim spent 5 years as Inside Sales Manager for ART Instruments, a particle counter manufacturer that revolutionized the way that particle counters were assembled. Jim als...

Good Day and welcome to IAQ Radio+ episode 746. This week we welcome S700 Consensus Body (CB) Chair Bran Lynch, Vice Chair John Pletcher, Restoration Renaisance Man Mark Springer and CB member Cliff Zlotnik. We also welcome special guest Co-host Rusty Amarante for a look behind the scenes at the development of the ANSI/IICRC S700 Standard for Fire and Smoke Damage Restoration. LEARN MORE this week on IAQ Radio+.

John Pletcher has 4...

This week we welcome Elliott Horner, PhD & Nicholas Nassikas, MD for a discussion about Indoor air: Guidelines, policies, and regulation from their Paradigms and perspectives article in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI).

Nicholas Nassikas, MD is an attending physician in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at BIDMC and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His...