CGH Environmental Strategies, Inc.
CGH Environmental Strategies, Inc.
Who Are We?
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Hollie Shaner, R.N., M.S.A.
Ms.
Shaner
had
more
than
fifteen
years
of
nursing
experience
in
a
wide
variety
of
clinical
settings
before
turning
her
attention
to
environmental
and
waste
issues
in
health
care.
She
is
the
co-author
of
the
American
Hospital
Association
publications,
An
Ounce
of
Prevention:
Waste
Reduction
Strategies
for
Health
Care
Facilities
(1993),
and
the
Guidebook
for
Hospital
Waste
Reduction
Planning
and
Implementation
(1996)
.
Ms.
Shaner
first
established
a
basic
recycling
program
at
the
Medical
Center
Hospital
Campus
of
Fletcher
Allen
Health
Care
in
Burlington,
Vermont
in
1989,
and
in
1991
she
and
her
colleagues
implemented
the
first
Medcycle
program
for
waste
reduction
in
surgical
services
and
other
clinical
areas.
Ms. Shaner served as the Waste Reduction Advisor for the 50 sites of the merged Fletcher Allen Health Care organization in Burlington, Vermont, which won state, regional, and national recognition for its innovative recycling and waste reduction programs, including a Governor's award for procurement policies with emphasis on products with recycled components. Later Ms. Shaner was the Environmental Specialist for the health care system's Community Health Improvement Program. As President and Co-founder of CGH Environmental Strategies, Inc., Ms. Shaner focuses her efforts on building capacity in other health care institutions to solve environmental problems, and is an active consultant to government agencies and private industry.
Ms.Shaner is a much sought after speaker, and has presented lectures, workshops and keynote addresses at national and international conferences for the health care, packaging, and solid waste industries. In her role as President of the Nightingale Institute for Health and the Environment she is also addressing the key issues of incorporating environmental health concerns into training and education for nurses, and designing new tools for the health care industry to measure its environmental impact on the local community and in the global system.
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Glenn McRae
Mr.
McRae
is
an
experienced
applied
anthropologist,
who
has
served
as
an
organizational
analyst
and
management
consultant,
working
with
a
wide
range
of
nonprofit,
for-profit
and
public
institutions
to
develop
program
plans,
facilitate
organizational
change
and
strategic
planning,
reinvent
management
decision
making
processes,
and
initiate
new
start-ups.
Working
primarily
in
the
environmental
field,
Mr.
McRae
was
the
first
Executive
Director
of
the
Association
of
Vermont
Recyclers,
where
he
was
responsible
for
developing
and
implementing
a
wide
variety
of
educational
and
technical
assistance
programs
for
municipalities,
waste
districts,
large
institutions
and
businesses
throughout
the
state.
He
was
also
the
founding
director
of
Vermont
Businesses
for
Social
Responsibility,
the
nation's
largest
state
trade
organization
focusing
on
environmental
and
other
social
initiatives
from
the
private
sector.
His
background
as
an
anthropologist,
and
his
research
in
this
field
offers
a
unique
understanding
of
how
organizations
work
internally
and
with
each
other
to
achieve
their
mission.
He was the lead author of the first environmental indicators report compiled for Vermont, and a recipient of the Vermont Governor's Award for Excellence in Pollution Prevention. Along with Ms. Shaner he is the co-author of several manuals on recycling and waste reduction in the health care field for the American Hospital Association. He has worked extensively with NGOs and hospitals in India, serves as a consultant to an international network supporting environmentally sound waste management initiatives throughout the world.
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CGH' s principal staff is augmented by a network of highly qualified independent professionals who share in our philosophy of full customer service and eliminating pollution and risk associated with waste generation and operations at health care facilities. These individuals are established consultants and experts in their respective fields, and bring years of direct experience to solving problems in health care institutions through education, planning and direct program implementation.