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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Mr. Runyon is an Environmental Engineer and brings JVR Health Readiness customers over 24 years of specialized experience, including contingency/disaster preparedness, emergency response, and emergency management planning for “All Hazards” disasters. He is an expert regarding technical and health aspects of potable water supplies, hazardous materials/waste operations, medical waste treatment technologies, and the storage, handling, and assessment of chemical agent materials. He serves as a subject matter expert responsible for developing and testing emergency management plans for Department of Defense facilities. Tom became a Certified Business Continuity Professional in 1999. Subsequently, he developed a comprehensive, concise healthcare disaster preparedness plan for DOD/DA healthcare organizations. His plans exceeded JCAHO standards existing at that time. In 2001, JCAHO standards were revised to reflect the topics advocated in Tom’s initial guidance.
Tom performs evaluations of emergency management plans as part of pre-JCAHO reviews, and assists in their revision for many healthcare organizations. He has performed several organizational and healthcare facility vulnerability assessments, as well as presented effective mitigation measures and developed and audited semi-annual emergency exercises. In support of Homeland Defense initiatives, he has served as a primary reviewer of DOD and DA emergency healthcare guidance and has been actively involved in the performance of emergency vulnerability assessments for select Army installations. Such work has led to the development of a “Commander’s Guide” to facilitate localized planning.
Mr. Runyon has played an integral part in combating the threat of intentional contamination by biological warfare materials. He was responsible for much of the initial mailroom sampling for anthrax occurring in government offices around Washington, and was subsequently responsible for establishing national anthrax sampling and decontamination guidance and training information that was adopted by the CDC and the USEPA. He served as a key member of the Incident Command team deployed at the onset of anthrax contamination identified at the Brentwood Postal Facility and at the Department of State Overseas Mail Distribution Center. Currently, he serves as a SME for decontamination, monitoring, and mitigation of biological contamination, and fills the SME role on the DOD Smallpox Epidemiological Response Teams.
In addition to his expertise and management experience in the areas of potable water supply systems; hazardous waste and Regulated Medical Waste characterization, mitigation, and disposal; human and ecological health risk assessment; and safety program development; Mr. Runyon served as the liaison officer between the Department of Defense and the Health and Human Service’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). During this time, he was responsible for determining/prioritizing the need for health assessment and toxicological studies amongst all three military Services and for overseeing the Congressionally-mandated support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He routinely briefed authorities from all listed organizations.
Mr. Runyon has conducted onsite training and workshops providing guidance and instruction to administrative, engineering, and operations personnel pertaining to facility utility systems, emergency management, safety programs, and Weapons of Mass Destruction issues. This training has been performed throughout the U.S. and overseas.
EDUCATION:
Master of Public Health (Environmental Health Engineering), The Johns Hopkins University, May 1987.
Master of Science, Environmental Systems Engineering, Clemson University, May 1980.
Bachelor of Science, Marine Science/Ecology, Univ. of South Carolina, December 1977.
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