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

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 management and audit programs, including training auditors and producing manuals. Her management and audit programs have covered 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 in 1981 and her Master of Science in Environmental Engineering in 2008, both from the University of Cincinnati. 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.  She currently chairs the Women's Professional Development Committee of the Air & Waste Management Association.