External Advisory Board

Richard Hirsh, CIH

Director EHS
Nektar Therapeutics
Lecturer at UCSF

Richard is certified in the comprehensive practice of IH and currently works as Sr. Director, EH&S for Nektar Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical firm with operations in the U.S. and India. Before that, Richard served as Global Safety and IH Manager for Stiefel Laboratories and previously worked for Rohm and Haas Company in the Global EHS department for 20 years.

Richard is an AIHA Fellow and currently serves on the board of the California Industrial Hygiene Council (CIHC). He represents CIHC on the California Partnership for Young Worker Health and Safety. He served on the AIHA...

Meg Honan, MS, CPE, PT

Instructor, Consultant
UCSF

Meg is an EH&S specialist for the Department of Occupational Medicine at UCSF. She also serves and an instructor and development team member working with the University of California Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH) Online Ergonomics Education Program. She studied Physical Therapy at Boston University and earned a Masters in Environmental Health Sciences/Ergonomics from UC Berkeley. Meg is a Board Certified Professional Ergonomist.

Lynette Landry, PhD RN

Chair & Professor of Nursing
California State University Channel Islands

Bernyce Peplowski, DO

Occupational and Emergency Medicine Specialist
Honolulu, HI

Nina Townsend

Environmental Health & Safety Engineer
Sila Nanotechnologies Inc.

Steve Wiesner, MD

Retired
The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG)

Steve Wiesner worked for The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG) from April 1994 through May 2020 at which time he retired from TPMG. During that period, he was the Northern California Kaiser Permanente On-the-Job (KPOJ) Medical Director for Workers’ Compensation Services, working closely with the Kaiser Permanente Occupational Health Sales and Account Management Team. Dr. Wiesner served as the Medical Director for the Northern California Kaiser Permanente Health Care Organization (HCO) providing clinical oversight for utilization review and case management services. Dr....