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Patrcia Bradshaw
John Rodell
Michael C. Marable
Ross Dimmick
Chris Edgmon
Ben Dettorre
Bill Rigby
Melissa Lopez
 

Patricia Bradshaw, President & Chief Executive Officer

 

Patricia Bradshaw is a leader who has dedicated herself to advancing the economic and leadership roles of woman-owned
and minority enterprises. As President and CEO of Environmental Dimensions, inc. (EDi), Mrs. Bradshaw has strived to deliver “best value” environmental support services with quality results through valued client relationships. Under her leadership, EDi has successfully identified new markets and has broadened core services to further meet the growing needs of our clients.

Over the past ten years, EDi has experienced strong growth, which she attributes to the quality and dedication of her employees and the ability to maintain long-term business relationships.

EDi is an active member of the Minority Business Association and Northern New Mexico Minority Supplier Alliance. Patricia is very family-oriented. She enjoys spending free time with her husband, two sons, many family members and friends.

Mike Bradshaw, Vice President Development

 

With 30 years of experience in the environmental industry, Mike Bradshaw brings a broad range of project management, business development and business operations expertise to EDi. Mike Bradshaw’s technical experience ranges from serving as Project Manager for many of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) sites to regulatory oversight and compliance for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act of 1978 (UMTRA) Program. His technical expertise includes health physics, radiation engineering, and industrial hygiene consulting services to federal and commercial clients.

As Vice President of Business Development for EDi, Mike is responsible for indentifying new opportunities, developing winning strategies, maintaining strategic teaming alliances with both small and large firms, and forging new relationships to expand our client base. During his tenure with EDi, Mr. Bradshaw has been successful in capturing contracts in new market sectors for clients such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). He is also responsible for identifying and developing new corporate capabilities and services such as EDi’s beryllium support services. EDi has won and successfully completed over 20 beryllium characterization, decontamination and decommissioning projects for clients such as Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico (SNL/NM), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), the Y-12 Security Complex, and confidential commercial clients across the country.

Mr. Bradshaw continues to provide operational support for special projects focusing on unique sites and facilities contaminated with both radioactive and hazardous constituents. Furthermore, he is responsible for identifying new and innovative technologies keeping EDi on the cutting edge of the industry while bringing best value environmental services to our clients.

When not on a plane, train, or automobile… Mike enjoys spending time with his two sons fishing, snowboarding, riding dirt bikes, boating, and jet skiing. He is also an avid college football fan and has been sighted on occasion wearing anything orange and white.

John Rodell, Chief Operating Officer

With more than 30 years of experience in the energy and environmental industries, John Rodell brings a broad range of project management, business development and business operations expertise to EDi. John holds a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo. John received his Masters Degree in Nuclear Engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

John’s energy industry experience ranges from serving as Site Engineering Manager for a nuclear power plant restart project to leading federal, state, and local permitting efforts for the construction and operation of proposed nuclear, natural gas, geothermal, solar and wind power plants.

His environmental industry experience includes Program Manager for a $20 million restoration and waste management project at a DOE site, senior positions on numerous large proposal capture teams, especially those focused on DOE, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Navy contracts. Mr. Rodell’s operations experience includes profit and loss responsibility for a five-state region of a Fortune 500 firm. He also has extensive management background of companies under compliance of U.S. governmental contracting requirements.

John’s role at EDi shapes the strategic direction and establishes the organizational structure and operating systems needed for growth. He identifies and forms strategic alliances with key business partners and diversifies EDi’s market areas along with our client base.

John is very active volunteer and was recognized by the City of Denver for his community efforts at the City Zoo and Natural Science Museum. John has coached or managed many youth teams including soccer, baseball, lacrosse, and ice hockey. He served on the Colorado Amateur Hockey Association and the Littleton Hockey Association Board of Directors for ten years.

Stanley Waligora, Jr., Certified Health Physicist

 

Mr. Waligora has over 50 years of diversified experience in applied environmental and occupational health physics and industrial hygiene. He has a B.S. in Physics from Siena College and graduate studies in Physics at the University of New Mexico. He is certified by the American Board of Health Physics and a Registered Expert with the New Mexico Radiation Control Bureau.

He was a Nuclear Weapons Officer-Instructor in the military and then Training Supervisor and Health Physicist at the Nevada Test Site. He also provided off-site surveillance of NTS with EPA as the Chief of Physics and Data Analysis. He served as Chief of Health Physics and Industrial Hygiene at the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute. He built, staffed and managed a commercial radiochemistry laboratory, which also provided radiation detection instrument maintenance and calibration.

He then became the Technical Director for a broad scope of services including radiochemistry, radiation dosimetry, training, and an array of occupational and environmental consulting tasks. He has provided services for DOE and DOE contractors and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensees. He has assisted Bechtel and the USACE for FUSRAP remedial actions at many locations with principal involvement at the Niagara Falls Storage Site. Full time on-site support, for several recent years, was provided at Oak Ridge TN, Paducah KY, Portsmouth, OH, the Fernald Environmental Management Project, and as a subcontractor to Oak Ridge Associated Universities for dose reconstructions for the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program for the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. Currently, he is principally involved in site characterization, remedial action, and mixed waste management He has served on a number of standards and certification committees and has testified as an expert witness for civil radiation litigation.

 

Michael C. Marable, Vice President Operations


Mr. Marable has over 27 years experience ranging from extensive fieldwork in the health physics arena to management of multiple projects throughout the United States. Before his arrival at EDi, Mr. Marable was the Engineering Projects Coordinator and Project Manager for CH2M Hill in Houston and Port Arthur, Texas. Currently, Mr. Marable is the Vice President of Operations for EDi. He has served as Project Manager on a number of high-profile projects such as DOE Small Technical Services Contract (including West Valley Demostration Project, Separations Processing Research Unit, and Brookhaven National Laboratory), DOE Oak Ridge Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Project, NASA Health and Safety and Radiological Support Project, and several FUSRAP projects in New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Missouri. He is currently the Project Manager for the EDi’s work at Brookhaven National Laboratory, EPA Rad Net Project and NASA Goddard Space Center.

 

Mr. Marable is located in the EDi Oak Ridge office and is responsible for the management and supervision of day-to-day operational issues for all EDi programs and projects outside of New Mexico nationwide. Mike manages all Oak Ridge DOE projects including those with Oak Ridge Associated Universities and UT-Battelle at ORNL and B&W Y-12 at the Y-12 NNSA site. Other projects managed out of the Oak Ridge office include the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, EPA Rad Net, and the USACE Shpack FUSRAP site.

Ross A. Dimmick, Sr. Project Manager

Mr. Dimmick joined EDi with 21 years of experience in the environmental industry—extensive project management and technical experience. Ross earned a Bachelor of Science Degree and Masters Degree in Geological Sciences from the University Washington and Rutgers University, respectively.

For nearly eleven years, he supported DOE on a variety of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents. He served as manager, lead author and technical lead on four Site-wide Environmental Impact Statements (SWEISs) and numerous Environmental Assessments (EAs) for national laboratories around the country.

Prior to joining EDi, Ross was project manager of an environmental report, which was part of a Combined Operating License Application (COLA) for the construction and operation of a nuclear power plant. He also served as program manager on many hazardous waste investigations under Resource, Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and CERCLA regulatory agencies for the DoD and the EPA.

Of particular interest, during a three-year stint, Ross was the only American in a newly formed east-German environmental company after the fall of the Berlin Wall. While there, he served as technical adviser on the investigation of the former soviet military base, a mustard gas disposal site, and modeled rates of groundwater recovery in open-pit coal mines.

In his spare time, Ross sings in a choir and quartet, is an avid football fan, and an automobile aficionado.

Chris "Edge" Edgmon, Sr. Project Manager

To his friends and co-workers, Chris Edgmon, better known as just “Edge,” joined EDi with more than 19 years of program and project management and supervision within the environmental and construction fields. Chris has successfully implemented extensive environmental, decontamination and demolition activities for governmental and private sector clients alike. He holds Bachelors of Science Degree in Safety Education from the University of Central Oklahoma.

Mr. Edgmon began his career in 1988 in the environmental industry working on projects dealing with waste management and remedial actions. Chris has gained valuable experience over the years working with various government agencies including the DoD, USACE, DOE and its national laboratories. He has managed small and large, simple and complex projects.

Throughout his career, Mr. Edgmon has been responsible for all the ins and outs of project management including cost estimates, budget tracking, constructability review, cost/benefit analysis and control, schedule, and pre-bid/construction meetings, coordination of field purchasing and oversight of onsite operations. Edge is strong in project implementation from project inception through closeout. Chris is based out of our Albuquerque Corporate Headquarters and he primarily supports EDi’s Federal Projects Program.

When not at work, Edge enjoys downhill skiing, is an avid golfer, and enjoys watching and playing a variety of sports. He also enjoys spending time with his wife, Vickie, and their three daughters.

Ben Dettorre, Program Chemist/Sr. Project Manager

 

Ben is a Senior Management professional with over 25 years experience in nuclear facility and environmental projects, both domestic and abroad. He has a proven history in managing labor and field work and supported website and web application development projects.

 

Ben completed his education at the University of Tennessee, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, has 2 years of MBA coursework from the University of Tennessee and will soon complete the Construction Management Program at ITT-Tech.

 

When he started his career in 1985 as a Field Engineer performing outage and maintenance services for nuclear power facilities, he was assigned to the TMI Unit 2 Recovery Project in support of post-accident decontamination and defueling operations. He participated in the qualification and application of chemical cleaning processes for nuclear power steam generators in the United States, Belgium, Spain, and Sweden. Ben transitioned to DOE projects initially working on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Remedial Investigation / Final Survey (RI/FS) and then on to the FUSRAP program at various sites providing site construction supervision and technical subject matter expertise. Ben then continued his career managing construction and environmental projects in support of the DoD, USACE, and EPA programs. Most recently, Ben managed the Sample Management Office (SMO) in Oak Ridge, TN. The SMO annually managed approximately seven million dollars in analytical services supporting a full range of project data quality objectives and data management requirements.

Currently, Ben is managing a prime contract for the DOE in Oak Ridge, TN related to the generation and regulatory approval of CERCLA documents in support of associated Record of Decision (ROD) actions. In addition to his project management responsibilities, Ben also provides Subject Matter Expertise (SME) input to a wide range of subcontract, proposal, and field planning/procedural documents, and personnel training in areas of competence.

Bill Rigby, Business Development/Project Manager

Bill Rigby has primarily focused his 19-year career in radiological decommissioning and environmental remediation. While his formal training originated in the U.S. Army, Mr. Rigby was a decorated non-commissioned officer. Bill taught at West Point Military Academy and was named "Instructor of the Cycle."

After his military stint, Bill began his private-sector career at the very first commercial nuclear power plant construction, and later worked on the same—as it was also the first to be decommissioned. Bill has a versatile skill set in project management; radiological and hazardous waste logistics and brokering, health physics, decontamination, demolition, engineering, quality assurance/quality control; and safety.

Mr. Rigby has managed decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) projects with upwards of 400 individuals and valued at more than $130 million. In particular, the prior-mentioned project consisted of a five (5) MW Reactor and Associated Hot Cells. Bill simultaneously became the manager of Health Physics, Rad Waste, and D&D Operations on this challenging, high-rad, mixed-fission product project.

Bill’s role at EDi is business development and a project specialist. He is responsible for marketing and building strategic relationships for the company.

When not at work, Bill designs humanitarian projects, is involved with minority inventors and new technologies, as well as spending time with his amazing family.

Dorothy Montaño, Accounting/Office Manager

 

With more than 30 years of experience in accounting and business management, Dorothy Montaño brings a broad range of expertise to EDi. Dorothy holds a Bachelors of Science in Business Management from the University of Phoenix.

Dorothy’s experience in all aspects of accounting include accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, all areas of federal and state tax compliance, and governmental accounting and audits. She also brings a large knowledge base of contract and proposal preparation and maintenance. Her business management knowledge and skills assist the company in obtaining the best information to make decisions regarding insurance coverage and banking requirements.

As an EDi employee since 1998, her environmental industry experience includes involvement in EDi’s beginnings as an 8(a) business entity in 2001 through growth and graduation in 2010. Dorothy is familiar with every aspect of the company. This historical knowledge proves invaluable regarding every department at EDi.

Dorothy enjoys spending time with family and volunteering in her church, where she is known as the “food lady.” She also enjoys traveling and takes every opportunity to do so. Her most memorable travel experience was a mission trip to India.

Melissa Lopez, Project Controls Manager

Melissa Lopez joined EDi with a little more than five year’s experience working for LANL, where she acquired an extensive background in Contract Auditing. Her primary responsibilities included reviewing and auditing cost proposals, claims, requests for equitable adjustments, and contract terminations; performing price comparisons; and performing financial capabilities of prospective contractors.

Melissa joined EDi in September of 2009 as a Project Controls Manager. During her time with EDi, Melissa has been responsible for building a Project Controls Department, which is responsible for collecting data and producing analysis for tracking costs for all projects including subcontract commitments and expenditures; assessing project performance; and schedule/profitability while providing feedback through monthly progress reporting. She also serves as the primary point of contact during financial audits with external entities such as the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA). In addition, she is responsible for completing all financial management reporting requirements driven by contract directives.

Melissa earned a Master’s degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science—both from New Mexico State University. Melissa is a former “certified” Lean Six Sigma Yellow belt and has lead and/or participated in various process improvement projects related to procurement activities.

When not working, Melissa enjoys reading books, watching movies, and spending time with her husband and two young children.

Karol-Lynn Reed, Proposal & Communications Coordinator

 

Karol-Lynn Reed joined EDi’s Albuquerque Corporate office as Proposal & Communications Coordinator in September of 2009. Karol-Lynn brings with her 25 years of professional experience with expertise and focus on communications, advertising, marketing, and technical writing / editing — 15 years served in the environmental technical support services industry.

Ms. Reed has an extensive project portfolio including the DOE’s Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico in 1999; contributions to numerous environmental assessments for national laboratories and DOE facilities; and proposal management leading capture teams to successful bids on major solicitations for local, state, and federal government agencies.

Karol-Lynn’s background includes marketing programs for commercial firms and governmental agencies, advertising campaigns for high-tech computer equipment and machinery, and support and promotional collaterals.

Ms. Reed coordinates major projects and provides proposal management and support to EDi and its satellite offices. She is also responsible for the Communications and Media Relations Program at EDi.

In her spare time, Karol-Lynn spends as much time as is possible with her daughter, Aubrey. The two enjoy the outdoors and Karol-Lynn enjoys reading and film, is a retired jazz dancer, and has an appreciation for the Arts—especially theatre, dance, and music.

   
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