Group: EHS
Title: Assistant Director, Occupational Safety
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 703-993-9420
Groups: EHS
Douglass O’Neill joined Environmental Health and Safety in September 2019 as the Assistant Director of Occupational Health and Safety. In this role, he has responsibility for the Indoor Environmental Quality, Industrial Hygiene, and Occupational Safety and Health programs on all campuses. Doug leads the Mason Accident/Incident program for non-laboratory incidents.
Doug came to George Mason University with a broad background in EHS and primarily the educational environment. Most recently, he worked as Coordinator for Safety and Environmental Health within the Office of Safety and Security at Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). During his time at FCPS, Doug was involved with all Safety and Environmental Health issues, was the Chemical Hygiene Officer, was the Radiation Safety Officer and was one of the two Emergency Operations Coordinators for FCPS.
Doug’s early career included Industrial Hygiene consulting work and as an Occupational Health Compliance Officer with the Virginia Occupation Safety and Health Safety Compliance Division.
Doug has a BS in Geology from George Mason University, a MS in Systems engineering from George Washington University, a Public Health graduate certificate from Johns Hopkins University and is a Registered Environmental Health Specialist.
Catherine Martini joined the Environmental Health & Safety program in January 2021 to fill the roles of Biosafety Officer and Responsible Official (RO) at George Mason University’s Biomedical Research Laboratory on the Science and Technology Campus. The Biosafety Officer is responsible for maintaining a comprehensive biological safety program in accordance with local, state, and Federal regulations while ensuring biosecurity and biocontainment of the agents and facility. The RO is the designated entity official responsible for ensuring compliance with the Federal Select Agent regulations for work with high risk biological materials, while also ensuring the safety of the personnel.
Prior to joining George Mason University, Catherine worked for almost 20 years at American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) as the Alternate Responsible Official for ATCC’s Select Agent Program. During this time, she also worked as the Manager of Regulatory Compliance, responsible for reviewing Federal permitting requirements for the importation and exportation of biological materials. She also provided biosafety knowledge and support for ATCC’s BSL-2 and BSL-3 High Containment Laboratories biosafety program.
Catherine is an alumni, having graduated from George Mason University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology.
Lisa Martinez Cardenas joined Risk, Safety, & Resilience on March 18th of 2020 as a Laboratory Safety Technician. She is responsible for providing support to laboratories to maintain safety protocols. Her main duties involve conducting routine hazardous waste collection, supply inventories, laboratory equipment testing, and maintaining records associated with inspections and hazardous waste collection.
Before Joining RSR, Lisa graduated in December of 2019 from George Mason University with her bachelor’s degree in chemistry, with a concentration in biochemistry. Lisa worked part-time as a laboratory assistant in the Chemistry Stockroom of the College of Science from 2018 to 2020. Additionally, Lisa worked part-time as a client and operations services team leader at the George Mason Student Service Center from 2015 to 2020.
On Fall of 2023, Lisa will start the master’s degree program in Public Health in Epidemiology at George Mason University.
Mrs. Knight joined Risk, Safety, & Resilience in March 2020 as a Laboratory Safety Compliance Specialist. In this role, Mrs. Knight supports the Responsible Official and Alternate Responsible Official in oversight of the Select Agent Program. She also supports laboratory safety programs to ensure compliance with State and Federal regulations in the Environmental Health Safety Office at the Sci-Tech campus.
Before joining George Mason University, Mrs. Knight worked in the Health Care industry, providing patients with over 8 years of customer service experience.
Terry Hurley joined Risk, Safety, & Resilience in June of 2017. As Laboratory Safety Officer, Mr. Hurley inspects lab spaces to make sure they are compliant with local, state and federal safety regulations. Mr. Hurley also conducts a variety of safety trainings including Lab Safety, Hazard Communication and Hazard Waste. Prior to joining George Mason, Mr. Hurley was a contractor that provided Lab Safety consultation at American and Catholic University.
Mr. Hurley attended Johnson & Wales University in 2001 and received and Bachelor’s Degree in Food Service Management and an Associate’s Degree in Culinary Arts. Mr. Hurley was a manager of various restaurants prior to transitioning to Environmental Health and Safety.