Our Staff

Ms. Rachel Okoji

President

Ms. Okoji is President of ERA and an Industrial Hygienist. She has over 12 years of experience in industrial hygiene, site characterization, exposure assessment, exposure modeling and risk assessment. Ms. Okoji has extensive experience in evaluating site conditions and the development of conceptual site models. She is responsible for management of the ERA Industrial Hygiene Program that includes the indoor air and indoor mold program, health and safety consulting and implementation, environmental site assessments and applicable toxicological consulting. Ms. Okoji also supports the ERA toxicological risk assessment practice providing both preliminary human health risk evaluations and site-specific human health risk assessment. Her qualifications are extensive and include knowledge of federal and state Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, NIOSH RELS and USEPA Preliminary Remediation Goals and MCLs. Ms. Okoji’s duties include Phase 1, 2 and 3 Assessments, toxicological assessments, risk assessments, environmental impact statements, industrial hygiene projects, air studies and public relations support. In her time at AMEC Earth and Environmental, Ms. Okoji was promoted to Certified Project Manager and managed or co-managed dozens of industrial hygiene, health and environmental planning related projects in Hawaii. She has worked in collaboration with the Hawaii State Department of Education, Hawaii Department of Health Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response, Solid and Hazardous Waste, Clean Air Branch and Noise, Indoor Air and Radiation Divisions. Ms. Okoji has significant experience in working with public groups and individuals especially as they pertain to the explanation of technical and health related information to the public.

• Email - rachelokoji@enviroriskhawaii.com

• Phone - (808) 783-6840

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Mr. Jeffrey Morrell, P.E.

Engineering

Mr. Morrell is joining ERA as a Principal and Partner focusing on environmental engineering, investigation and remediation. Mr. Morrell is a Hawaii-licensed Professional Engineer with over 25 years of civil and environmental engineering experience. He is a seasoned program manager and project manager who has managed environmental investigations of multiple facilities, remediation of large RCRA and CERCLA-regulated sites, as well as multi-year, multi-facility compliance programs. At a previous firm, Mr. Morrell was the chief engineer for metals and petroleum remediation projects in Hawaii, and was responsible for restoration of hazardous waste-affected sites, and construction of a multi-million dollar sanitary wastewater treatment plant. Mr. Morrell managed the design and permitting for one of the first dam decommissioning projects conducted in Hawaii, and the multi-million dollar design and re-construction of the replacement of a damaged spillway at a large, high-hazard earthen dam.

• Email - jeffmorrell@enviroriskhawaii.com

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