Carol is a registered Professional Engineer (environmental) and has completed ISO 14001 Lead Auditor training (certified by RAB and EARA).

She has over twenty-five years of experience in health, safety and environmental performance improvement from a unique combination of business (plant and headquarters), regulatory agency, and consulting engineering perspectives. Specialty areas include management systems development, training, auditing, and public outreach.

Carol has worked in steel, petrochemicals, and plastics manufacturing, and consulted in industrial sectors including petroleum refining, pharmaceutical manufacturing, military installations, pesticide manufacturing, oil and gas storage and distribution, hazardous waste disposal, rail car manufacturing and cleaning, rubber and tire manufacturing, plus conducted Superfund site investigations and remediation. She also worked for the State of Texas enforcing water and waste regulations.

Her hands-on experience includes facility design, permitting, construction and operation, business and computer system creation, implementation and improvement, and internal and external communications on regulatory and other technical topics.

She has created audit programs, including training auditors and producing manuals. She has conducted audits covering federal and state regulations on air, wastewater, solid and hazardous waste, spill control, emergency response, underground storage tanks, underground injection, toxic substances control, chemical risk management, safe drinking water, sampling and analytical procedures, waste minimization, hazard communication, process safety, noise control, and international regulations on product safety and chemical control. Some systems Carol implemented also addressed ISO 14001, industry programs such as Responsible Care, and strategic priorities including sustainability.

Carol earned her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 1981. She has served in a variety of professional, civic, and academic organizations relating to the environment and education, co-authored a book on plastics recycling, and directed a university program on women in engineering.