2010 Asbestos Awareness Conference Speakers and Honorees Biographies Jordan Barb, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Administration Jordan Barab joined OSHA as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health on April 13, 2009. He previously served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA from 1998 to 2001, when he helped the Agency to promulgate the ergonomics workplace safety and health standard that was repealed by Congress in March 2001. For the House Education and Labor Committee, he was Senior Labor Policy Advisor for health and safety from 2007 to April 2009. Mr. Barab worked on workplace safety issues for the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board from 2002 to 2007; he was a Health and Safety Specialist for the AFL-CIO from 2001 to 2002; and he directed the safety and health program for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees from 1982 to 1998. He also created and wrote the award-winning weblog, Confined Space, from 2003 to 2007. He holds a master's degree from The Johns Hopkins University and an undergraduate degree from Claremont McKenna College.
Dr. Brad Black, MD, Director of Center for Asbestos Related Disease Dr. Black has been a leading advocate for healthcare, treatment, and research to benefit those impacted by Libby amphibole asbestos. A pediatrician by specialty, he additionally spent 10 years as the Medical Director for the urgent care center and as an emergency room physician. Since 2000, emerging out of his role as County Health Officer, Dr. Black has become dedicated to developing the healthcare infrastructure for asbestos related disease healthcare, including the planning and implementation of the original ATSDR screening program and the developing the CARD. The Libby medical community believes in the importance of the CARD for specialized care and research efforts. Dr. Black brings to Libby a level of experience, enthusiasm, and dedication that is appreciated greatly by the CARD as well as the community.
Jeffery C. Camplin, MS, CSP, CPEA, is President of Camplin Environmental Services, Inc., a safety and environmental consulting firm he founded in 1990. Jeff was one of the first licensed asbestos professionals in the State of Illinois and has been teaching USEPA accredited asbestos training classes since 1987. He has been been a consultant for the Illinois Dunesland Preservation Society since 2003, working to bring resolution to the decades of asbestos contamination found on the entire Illinois Lake Michigan shoreline. Jeff has also worked with the Society to hold the polluters, including state and federal agencies, accountable for issuing rigged studies to downplay the significance of this chronic pollution.
Barry Castleman, ScD, is an Environmental Consultant trained in chemical and environmental engineering. He holds a Doctor of Science degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He has been a consultant to numerous agencies of the US government and other governments, international bodies, and environmental groups dealing with a wide range of public health issues. He has testified as an expert in civil litigation in the US, on the history of asbestos as a public health problem and the reasons for failures to properly control asbestos hazards. Dr. Castleman has spent the past 35 years working on asbestos as a public health problem
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization 1525 Aviation Boulevard, Suite 318 · Redondo Beach · California · 90278 · 310.437.3886 “United for Asbestos Disease Awareness, Education, Advocacy, Prevention, Support and a Cure.” www.AsbestosDiseaseAwareness.org