Material Handling Expert Witnesses in Maryland

This expert has over 50 years of experience in commercial motor carrier and trucking industry. His work in the industry has focused on customary practices, standard of care, tractor-trailers, and compliance and safety training and practices for drivers, motor carriers, warehouses and forklifts. He received his certificate in traffic & transportation law & management from the University of Virginia and is active in his field as a member of the Association of Transportation Law Professionals and the Cardinal Criminal Justice Academy. He is certified by the Department of Transportation as a breath alcohol technician and factory authorized calibration technician, by OSHA as a train the trainer in forklift safety, and by FEMA through their emergency management institute. He previously served as the vice president of Russell Transfer, Inc., the senior vice president of Valley Transport Associates, and corporate secretary of Fleetmaster Express, Inc. This expert is currently the managing member of a transportation safety and compliance consultancy in Virginia.

This expert has more than 35 years of experience in safety, industrial hygiene, OSHA, construction management, chemical plant, pipefitting, warehouse operations, forklifts, and slip, trip, and falls. He earned a masters degree in safety management from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania and is a certified safety professional. He is currently a private consultant for an environmental health and safety company and Retired Faculty, OSHA Consultation Program at a Indiana University in PA

This highly-qualified expert has extensive experience in the transportation industry as a driver, driver trainer, and safety manager. She received her AAS in business administration from Erie Community College before earning her BS in business administration and marketing from the State University of New York at Fredonia. This expert holds a CDL Class A license and is certified as a director of safety and driver trainer. She is active in her field as a member of several associations, including the North American Trucking Management Institute, the American Trucking Association, and the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association. She has formerly worked as a driver for multiple companies over the course of her career, including Consolidated Freightways, Roadway Express, Midland Asphalt Materials, and Ron Hartman Trucking, where she also served as a manager. Currently, this expert serves as a driver, trainer, and safety director of a trucking company in Pennsylvania and runs her own transportation and trucking safety consulting firm.