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Bernalyn McGaughey
President / Lead Consultant – Founder Emeritus

With a career that began in regulatory and field support of agricultural chemicals, Bernalyn has a wealth of experience in US Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) registration and strategic analysis and support of pesticide registrations. She moved from information technology to field technical sales and then to regulatory study development and management. Much of her work now involves the complicated intersection of the FIFRA and the Endangered Species Act (ESA) with respect to product defense and species protection. Bernalyn serves as an expert witness in pesticide regulatory and data compensation matters. 

EDUCATION
B.S., Biology (specializing in Entomology), California State University.

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Robin Blake

CEO – Europe

Principal Consultant

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Leah Duzy

CEO – North America

Principal Consultant

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Jeremiah Wilson

COO

Principal Consultant

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Barbara Holt

CFO

Human Resources

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Bernalyn McGaughey

Founder Emeritus

Advisor to the Board

North American Headquarters

7501 Bridgeport Way West
Lakewood, WA 98499
+1-253-473-9007

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Larry Brewer

Senior Science Fellow

Oregon

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David Campana

Senior Consultant

Washington State

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Andrew Clawson

Principal Consultant

Colorado

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Robin Clower

Senior Consultant

New Mexico

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Cameron Douglass

Principal Consultant

Maine

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Leah Duzy

Principal Consultant

Alabama

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Ashlea Frank

Principal Consultant

Texas

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Cliff Habig

Senior Science Fellow

Maryland/Maine

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Rick Kemman

Senior Consultant

Washington State

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Annie Krueger

Senior Consultant

New Mexico

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Bernalyn McGaughey

Founder Emeritus

Washington State

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Lia Murty

Senior Consultant

Texas

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Jennifer Stafford

Principal Consultant

Washington State

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Angelika Valdovinos

Consultant

Washington State

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Pentlands Science Park
Penicuik, Nr. Edinburgh EH26 0PZ
+44 (0)131-445-6053

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Melanie Anderson

Senior Consultant

United Kingdom

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Michaela Benton

Principal Consultant

United Kingdom

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Robin Blake

Principal Consultant

United Kingdom

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Jamie Brown

Consultant

United Kingdom

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Stuart Green

Senior Consultant

United Kingdom

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Nick Keeble

Senior Consultant

United Kingdom

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Roly Oliver

Principal Consultant

United Kingdom

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Lorna Phillips

Senior Consultant

United Kingdom

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Warren Scott

Principal Consultant

United Kingdom

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Marc Stockwell

Consultant

United Kingdom

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Katherine Carr

Consulting Scientist

Missouri

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Frank Galloway

Senior Science Fellow

United Kingdom

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Ron Kobylnyk

Regulatory Consultant

British Columbia, Canada

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Greg Watson

Senior Associate

Missouri

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

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Amy Baidoo-Essien

Administrative Assistant

Texas

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Connie Botello

Administrative Assistant

Washington State

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Barbara Holt

CFO

Washington State

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Jeremiah Wilson

COO

Oregon

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Message from the President / Lead Consultant – Founder Emeritus

Benjamin Franklin included a version of this proverb, sometimes cast as a rhyme, in Poor Richard’s Almanac (June 1758), but it appears in many cultures and languages throughout time. It has been used as a reminder to troops, an encouragement to those providing support to a “larger cause,” and as a chastisement on skipped details. In case you haven’t read it, Franklin’s version is

For the want of a nail the shoe was lost,
For the want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For the want of a horse the rider was lost,
For the want of a rider the battle was lost,
For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe-nail.

As the founder and continuing President of CSI, I’ve often thought that as a company, we’re in the nail business. We are a small company serving the regulated chemical sector, primarily in the registration and defense of crop protection and other pesticide products. This means that we are, for the most part, assisting companies that are tremendously bigger than we are. But we bring some very important talents and experience – the nails that keep a loose shoe on – to our clients, both scientifically and strategically as we assist them with regulatory and scientific challenges.

Over 30 years of Compliance Services operations, we have been presented some interesting questions and applied some novel, and ultimately successful, approaches to answering them. CSI’s team has had the opportunity to see, over time, the connections between “the nail” and “the kingdom,” enabling our staff to keep learning, keep exploring, and keep adopting new tools and strategies to better serve our clients.

Initially composed as a longer guest blog for CAST, 2020.  Click here to read Bernalyn’s complete post.

Lia Murty
Senior Consultant

Expertise: Regulatory Affairs / Plant Pathology & Microbiology

Lia is a regulatory and scientific professional specializing in the development, positioning, and market access of agricultural and biological products. With her background spanning chemistry, microbiology, and industry laboratory testing and operations, she brings a multidisciplinary approach to complex regulatory challenges. Her work often sits at the intersection of science, regulation, and business strategy, where she helps organizations navigate evolving regulatory landscapes while maintaining credibility with regulators, partners, and end users.

Her expertise includes US EPA pesticide registrations, multi-state regulatory compliance, and product stewardship for a wide range of agricultural inputs, including microbial products, biostimulants, fertilizers, and emerging biological technologies. She has supported clients through the full regulatory lifecycle, from early-stage product evaluation, data gap analysis, to label development, risk mitigation strategy, and submission management. She regularly helps companies align scientific data with compliant market positioning.

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M University.
M.S., Pharmacy, Oregon State University. Specialized in Natural Products Chemistry.
B.S., Chemistry, Oregon State University.

Larry Brewer
Senior Science Fellow

Expertise: Terrestrial Ecotoxicology

Larry specializes in wildlife, pollinator, and endangered species risk assessment; pesticide registration/re-registration support; and regulatory study placement and oversight.

Larry has over 40 years of experience spanning terrestrial ecotoxicology, laboratory ecotoxicology testing, ecological risk assessment and endangered species assessment. He is well known for designing and implementing full scale (Tier III) ecotoxicology field studies throughout North America with particular focus on avian, small mammal, pollinator, and terrestrial invertebrate studies. Larry served as Director of Wildlife Toxicology for Smithers (17 years), and as President and Senior Scientist at Ecotoxicology and Biosystems Associates, Inc. directing domestic and international ecotoxicology field research, and ecological risk assessment (8 years). He was an Assistant Professor at the College of Human Health and Environmental Toxicology, Clemson University and the Wildlife Toxicology Section Lead in The Institute of Wildlife and Environmental Toxicology. He taught graduate courses in Wildlife Ecotoxicology and Field Research Techniques. He served as Field Research Leader for the Institute of Wildlife Toxicology, Western Washington University, and spent 17 years as a Wildlife Research Biologist with the Washington State Dept. of Wildlife. Larry has authored numerous publications and book chapters on topics of wildlife and pollinator ecotoxicology field research, and ecological risk assessment.

EDUCATION
M.S., Wildlife Science, University of Washington.
B.S., Fish and Wildlife Biology, Iowa State University.

David Campana
Senior Consultant

Expertise: Geospatial & Economic Analysis

David is an environmental scientist and geospatial analyst whose work focuses on the application of spatial data, economic analysis, and environmental modeling to support complex regulatory and business decisions. His project background includes endangered species habitat and range mapping, environmental cost-benefit analysis, agricultural market access development, chemical fate and exposure modeling, statistical analysis, efficacy study review, database management, and technical project development.

Working at the intersection of science, technology, and policy, David develops and implements advanced GIS methodologies, automated analytical workflows, and data-driven decision-support tools for environmental and agricultural projects. He regularly collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to translate complex datasets into actionable insights, leveraging geospatial technologies, programming, and artificial intelligence-assisted workflows to improve efficiency, reproducibility, and scientific defensibility. His work is characterized by strong analytical rigor, attention to detail, and a commitment to practical solutions that withstand technical and regulatory scrutiny.

EDUCATION
M.S., Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawaii.
BSc, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University.

Andrew Clawson
Principal Consultant

Expertise: Technical Consulting (Software & Data), Mathematical Modeling & Project Management

Andrew provides technical direction and leadership across all domains of CSI to support internal and external needs as they arise in areas such as software engineering, data analysis, database management, and project management.

Andrew has a passion for solving complex problems across a wide variety of disciplines. His background includes software and database engineering, mathematical modeling, statistical analysis, and project management. His experience includes work in education (both as a teacher and a researcher), oil and gas (research), pesticides (software), endangered species (software and data), business / marketing, transportation and mechanical engineering. He has provided technical consulting for government agencies, private sector businesses, and non-profit organizations.

EDUCATION
B.S., Applied Mathematics; Minor in Computational Physics, University of Colorado Denver.

Robin Clower
Senior Consultant

Expertise: Web Development & Software Design

As a member of our software engineering team, Robin uses his years of experience to make our products intuitive, accessible, and responsive to our clients’ needs. He excels at removing frustrations from applications, both for other developers and the end user. He actively maintains AMMPS and FESTF Lens, has multiple projects in the development phase, and works to spin up other applications as our business needs evolve. 

Robin has spent 10 years working on websites, both big and small, some receiving a few dozen views a month, others receiving millions of views a day. He enjoys bringing ideas to life and improving websites to make them user-friendly. He’s particularly proud of his work on AMMPS, cutting load times down from 30+ seconds to under a second, while simultaneously improving the site’s look and feel. In his free time, you’d probably find him running in the mountains of New Mexico.   

EDUCATION
B.A. (Honors), German (summa cum laude), Oklahoma State University.
B.S., Mathematics (summa cum laude), Oklahoma State University.
B.S., Secondary Education (summa cum laude), Oklahoma State University.

Cameron Douglass
Principal Consultant

Expertise: Endangered Species, Environmental Toxicology and Ecological Risk Assessment

Cameron assists clients with technical and regulatory strategic support for both agrochemical product development and endangered species issues.

Cameron has spent almost a decade working in the federal government, first as a biologist and risk assessor with the Environmental Fate and Effects Division in the EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs, and then as an agronomist and weed scientist in the USDA’s Office of Pest Management Policy. During his time at EPA, he wrote numerous ecological risk assessments to support pesticide registrations and worked on issues related to pollinator risk assessments, statistical methods, and terrestrial plant toxicology studies. While as USDA, Cameron focused on regulatory and policy issues, especially for herbicides, and also led work on pesticide resistance management and regulatory issues with biological control agents. Prior to his time at EPA and USDA, Cameron taught in the Environmental Sciences Program at Trinity College, including courses on research methods in environmental toxicology and Geospatial Information Systems (GIS).

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Bio-agricultural Sciences and Pest Management (Weed Ecology), Colorado State University.
M.S., Horticulture (Weed Science), Cornell University.
B.A., Human Ecology, College of the Atlantic.

Leah Duzy
CEO – North America / Principal Consultant

Expertise: Agricultural Economics, Endangered Species, Production Agriculture

Leah’s primary work focuses on offering mitigation strategies and technical support for pesticides with the goal of regulatory predictability and environmental stewardship. Building from her background in production agriculture, working lands conservation, and economics, Leah communicates regulatory policy and decisions to diverse audiences including pesticide registrants, agricultural commodity groups, state regulators, non-agricultural users of pesticides, and a variety of other stakeholders. Leah applies economic principles to risk and conservation decision-making to support agrochemical product development, assessment, and defense including pesticide benefit assessments and endangered species assessments. She also provides applied economics research support through collaboration on federal grants and other projects.

Prior to CSI, Leah worked for the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service and the USDA Agricultural Research Service as an agricultural economist for 15 years. She has worked in both the Federal conservation program and agricultural research arenas conducting applied economic research on conservation production systems, cover crops, and herbicide-resistant weed management, and preparing cost-benefit analyses for Federal conservation programs as part of the rulemaking process. 

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, Auburn University.
M.S., Agricultural Economics, Purdue University.
B.A., Economics, The University of the South.

Ashlea Frank
Principal Consultant

Expertise: Endangered Species

Ashlea helps clients navigate complex environmental and regulatory challenges related to pesticide registration, endangered species compliance, ecological risk assessment, and environmental policy.

With expertise spanning environmental science, regulatory strategy, and technology-driven solutions, Ashlea has led initiatives focused on Endangered Species Act implementation, mitigation development, conservation programs, and emerging EPA regulatory requirements. She is passionate about leveraging data, mapping technologies, and innovative information systems to improve regulatory transparency, streamline decision-making, and help clients successfully adapt to an evolving environmental landscape.

Before joining CSI, she held positions as a Researcher for Texas A&M Extension Service and Queensland Institute of Technology, where she gained experience in agricultural science, vector control, data analysis, and stakeholder communications. This diverse background provides her with a unique perspective on developing practical, science-based solutions that achieve regulatory compliance while supporting business, agricultural, and conservation objectives.

EDUCATION
M.S., Entomology, University of Queensland.
B.A., Physical Anthropology, Southwestern University.

Cliff Habig
Senior Science Fellow

Expertise: Environmental Risk Assessment, Ecotoxicology,
Environmental Fate & Residue Chemistry

Cliff provides consulting expertise for environmental risk assessments and dietary risk assessments, including overseeing GLP studies in ecotoxicology, environmental fate, and residue chemistry. Cliff also provides expertise on endocrine disruptor (EDSP) issues.
 
Cliff has over 30 years of experience in overseeing testing in ecotoxicology, environmental fate, and residue chemistry, providing analysis and strategic support to US and international clients to determine appropriate studies to support and register their products with US, California, and international regulatory agencies. This work includes conducting regulatory agency modeling, particularly EPA modeling, modeling for standard environmental risk assessments, dietary risk assessments, and proposing tolerances or tolerance exemptions for conventional chemical pesticides, biopesticides, microbial pesticides, and non-pesticide products. Cliff also conducts higher-tier and probabilistic risk evaluations to support clients’ products. Cliff previously worked at Jellinik, Schwartz, and Connolly (JSC), Novigen, and Exponent. Cliff has numerous publications and presentations at professional conferences, participates in chemical industry workshops, and serves on expert panels.
 

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Environmental Toxicology, Duke University.
M.S., Biology, University of Georgia.
B.S., Biology, University of Southern Maine.

Rick Kemman
Senior Consultant

Expertise: Environmental Science

Rick is a curator of threatened and endangered species status, distribution, and natural history, including habitat, reproduction, diet, and location. Rick maintains up-to-date records on the listing status, distribution, and the latest rules and guidance issued from USFWS, state agencies, and local species experts. 

Rick has been with CSI for over 32 years and has been involved with a myriad of projects including preparation of analytical chemistry reports, data compensation, and managing FIFRA RAC (Raw Agricultural Commodities) and PF (Processed Fraction) studies. Rick also served as Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) Quality Assurance Specialist.     

EDUCATION
M.S., Environmental Toxicology, Clemson University.
B.A., Biology, Whitworth University.

Annie Krueger
Senior Consultant

Expertise: Environmental Toxicology & Endangered Species Risk Assessment

Annie assists clients with technical and regulatory planning and strategic support for risk and conservation decision making related to agriculture, pesticides, and endangered species issues.

Annie has spent more than 6 years working in environmental toxicology, pesticide regulation, and pollinator risk assessment.  She has worked in a contract research laboratory and in pollinator safety for an agrochemical company where she conducted Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) effect studies with non-target arthropods and non-target plants and assisted in GLP field residue trials to comply with FIFRA.  Annie has 8 years of research, conservation, and product stewardship experience working with honey bees, bumble bees and monarch butterflies.  Annie has authored numerous publications and made presentations at various industry trade associations.

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
B.S., Zoology, Minor in Chemistry, University of Wyoming.

Bernalyn McGaughey
Founder Emeritus / Advisor to the Board

With a career that began in regulatory and field support of agricultural chemicals, Bernalyn has a wealth of experience in US Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) registration and strategic analysis and support of pesticide registrations. She moved from information technology to field technical sales and then to regulatory study development and management. Much of her work now involves the complicated intersection of the FIFRA and the Endangered Species Act (ESA) with respect to product defense and species protection. Bernalyn serves as an expert witness in pesticide regulatory and data compensation matters.

EDUCATION
B.S., Biology (specializing in Entomology), California State University.

Jennifer Stafford
Principal Consultant

Expertise: Regulatory Compliance, Terrestrial Ecotoxicology, & Wildlife Science.

Jennifer leads CSI’s North American Regulatory Affairs team, managing FIFRA and non-FIFRA product registrations, including conventional, biological and antimicrobial products, devices, and minimum risk pesticides, supporting clients through all stages of federal and state registration from initial registration through long-term registration maintenance. She participates in projects related to ecotoxicology, wildlife biology/ecology, GLP Compliance, database management, study management, pesticide risk assessment, endangered species assessments, and data compensation.

Prior to joining CSI, Jennifer gained 24 years of field research and laboratory ecotoxicology experience, which began with landscape-level GLP pesticide field studies, expanding to endangered species habitat restoration work and Section 7 consultation, then to avian and wildlife GLP regulatory study directorship and laboratory management. She has experience with sample collection and data generation under a wide range of conditions, developing and utilizing large data sets, and is thoroughly familiar with EPA regulatory testing guidelines, Good Laboratory Practices guidelines, and EPA risk assessment processes.

EDUCATION
M.S., Biology/Ecology, Utah State University.
B.S., Environmental Biology, Grand Canyon University.

Angelika Valdovinos
Consultant

Expertise: State Registration Specialist

Angelika provides regulatory support for product registrations, renewals, label amendments, and compliance reporting for pesticides and crop nutrition products.

Prior to joining CSI, Angelika worked in the medical field supporting patients with their nutritional needs and gaining valuable experience in communication, documentation, and working with detailed information. Angelika later expanded her professional experience into accounting and business operations, working in property accounting, accounts payable and special projects, further refining her record-keeping, compliance, and financial processes skills.

EDUCATION
B.S., Nutrition Science; Minor in Exercise Science, Central Washington University.

Melanie Anderson
Senior Consultant

Expertise: Ecotoxicology – Pesticides and Biocides

Melanie has over 17 years in lab-based testing roles and consultancy. Melanie has consultancy experience working mainly with plant protection products and, in the biocide and REACH sectors. She has been involved in study design, monitoring, data interpretation, risk assessments, and dossier writing. She has also acted as an endocrine disruption (ED) specialist, conducting evaluations for industry clients. At CSI, she is a member of the Regulatory Consulting team with a focus on ecotoxicology.

Melanie also previously worked as a Study Director in aquatic ecotoxicology for Smithers Viscient on a wide range of studies, particularly chronic pharma. She started her career at OPUS Plus Ltd. working on offshore chemical testing and hatchery facility management.

EDUCATION
BSc (Hons) Zoology, University of Aberdeen.

Michaela Benton
Principal Consultant

Expertise: Pesticide & Biocide Toxicology

Michaela specialises in pesticide and biocide toxicology.

Michaela has over 15 years’ experience in regulatory toxicology. She previously worked for the UK Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) of the Health and Safety Executive evaluating pesticide and biocide active substance and product dossiers for UK and EU regulatory regimes, including input into classification dossiers and attendance at EU expert meetings.  She also has previous consultancy experience at Battelle, providing mammalian toxicology expertise for the preparation of pesticide dossiers for EU submissions including non-dietary exposure risk assessment, endocrine disruption, study monitoring, and (Q)SAR and read-across assessments of metabolites and impurities. 

EDUCATION
MSc Toxicology, University of Surrey.
BSc (Hons) Biochemistry (Toxicology), University of Surrey.

Robin Blake
CEO – Europe / Principal Consultant

Expertise: Registration Dossier

Robin specialises in regulatory affairs strategy and registration dossier preparation for plant protection products, biocides, and fertilisers.

Robin  has over 20 years’ experience in the Crop Protection industry and consulting sector, having previously held various R&D leadership positions at Syngenta and Cyanamid Agriculture UK. He has a broad range of expertise encompassing laboratory and field trials for efficacy, pesticide resistance, and herbicide research, as well as terrestrial ecotoxicology where he was a Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) Study Director specialising in laboratory, semi-field, and field trials on a range of non-target arthropods, earthworms, honeybees and non-target plants. 

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Agricultural Ecology, University of Reading.
BSc (Hons), Applied Biology, University of Bath.

Jamie Brown
Consultant

Expertise: Industrial Chemicals (REACH), Cosmetics

Jamie provides regulatory consultancy support across CSI’s Industrial Chemicals (REACH) and Cosmetics sectors, specialising in chemical substance registrations, cosmetic product notifications, Safety Data Sheet (SDS) authoring, CLP label development, and Poison Centre Notification (PCN) submissions.

Jamie has previous experience working in the pharmaceutical industry, specifically in contract development and research organisations as a development analyst. He also has experience working in the energy storage sector as a materials scientist, developing QC methods and designing experiments to determine material properties.

EDUCATION
MChem, Chemistry with Materials and Nanoscience, Heriot-Watt University.

Stuart Green
Senior Consultant

Expertise: Biocides, REACH & Plant Protection

Stuart specialises in the preparation of dossiers for Biocides and provides technical support for REACH and Plant Protection.

Stuart has over 16 years regulatory affairs experience and previously worked as a Biocides Regulatory Manager for Lonza (now Arxada) and has held Regulatory positions with BWA (now Italmatch) Water Additives and ThermoFischer Scientific. He has experience with active substance registrations under the EU-BPR Review Program, and notification/authorisation of biocidal products, as well as classification and labelling and SDS authoring. Stuart is an industry advocate and active member of trade association expert groups and task forces.

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Newcastle University.
MSc, Environmental Toxicology & Pollution Monitoring, Ulster University.
BSc (Hons), Chemistry, University of St. Andrews.

Nick Keeble
Senior Consultant

Expertise: REACH, Chemistry & Biocides

Nick is a Senior Consultant at Compliance Services International, serving as an Account Manager for EU/UK REACH clients in the industrial chemicals sector. He specialises in the preparation of technical dossiers for REACH, Biocides and Plant Protection Products, providing end-to-end support from strategy development through to post-submission engagement with regulatory authorities.
 
With a strong focus on delivering practical regulatory solutions, Nick works closely with clients to navigate the evolving chemical regulatory landscape, ensuring submissions are robust, compliant, and aligned with business objectives.
 
Nick also supports CSI’s marketing activities, contributing to technical content and helping to communicate complex regulatory topics to a wider audience.
 
Prior to joining CSI, Nick was an Environmental Fate Study Director at Charles River Laboratories, where he led studies on the behaviour of active substances and metabolites in water, light and soil environments under Good Laboratory Practice (GLP).
 
Nick is a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC) and holds Chartered Scientist (CSci) status.
 

EDUCATION
BSc (Hons), Chemistry, Heriot Watt University.

Nick Keeble
Senior Consultant

Expertise: REACH, Chemistry & Biocides

At CSI Nick is the Account Manager for our Industrial Chemicals (REACH) clients. He specialises in the preparation of technical dossiers for REACH, Biocides and Plant Protection Products, including post-submission support during evaluation by regulatory authorities and designing strategies to assist companies in the evolving world of chemical regulations.

Nick previously served as an Environmental Fate Study Director at Charles River Laboratories, testing new active substances and associated metabolites in water, light and soil matrices working to Good Laboratory Practice (GLP). Nick is also a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC) and currently holds Chartered Scientist (CSci) status.

EDUCATION
BSc (Hons), Chemistry, Heriot Watt University.

Roly Oliver
Principal Consultant

Expertise: Environmental Fate – Pesticides & Biocides

Roly has 20 years’ environmental fate experience in various areas of the chemical industry. He previously worked as an environmental fate Study Director for AstraZeneca, Environmental Risk Assessor for Syngenta and as a Regulatory Affairs Specialist for Battelle. Roly has experience of writing active substance dossiers for pesticides and product dossiers for pesticides and biocides, for both EU and UK regulatory regimes.

Roly is a scientist with a passion for understanding the fate and behaviour of chemicals in the environment. His career has covered a wide range of areas, including sewage/wastewater treatment, release of active pharmaceutical ingredients into the environment, use of plant protection products in agriculture, and the use of biocidal products in aquaculture. He has also previously been a Project Advisory Committee (PAC) Member for two Water Research Foundation projects.

EDUCATION
PhD Environmental Fate, University of Portsmouth.
BSc (Hons) Environmental Microbiology, University of Aberdeen.

Lorna Phillips
Senior Consultant

Expertise: Biocides and plant protection dossier preparation

Lorna specialises in the preparation of dossiers for Biocides and Plant Protection Products, including post-submission support for clients during evaluation by regulatory authorities. Lorna has over 25 years of relevant GLP and regulatory affairs experience.

She has served as a QA auditor for Field Trials, Animal Health Product Development, Environmental Fate and Metabolism, and Chemistry and toxicology departments and as a scientist and Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) Study Director in the Environmental Fate and Metabolism department at Charles River Laboratories (CRL).

EDUCATION
BSc (Hons), Life Sciences, Napier University.

Warren Scott
Principal Business Development Consultant

Expertise: Business Development, Marketing & Regulatory Consulting

Warren shares a direct consulting role for Industrial Chemicals (REACH), Biocides and Cosmetics, with a Business Development remit for CSI’s European office.

Warren has over 30 years’ experience in laboratory contract research, business development for contract research organizations, and the consulting sector. His experience encompasses projects in various business sectors including plant protection, chemical, biocidal and cosmetic products. Warren qualified as a Soil Scientist and prior to joining CSI held scientific and business development positions at Inveresk Research and Wildlife International.

EDUCATION
BSc (Hons) Soil Science, University of Aberdeen.

Marc Stockwell
Consultant

Expertise: Biocides, Plant Protection & Industrial Chemicals (REACH)

Marc provides regulatory support in relation to CSI’s activities in the Biocides, Plant Protection, and Industrial Chemicals (REACH) sectors. Marc specialises in the analytical chemistry data requirements for the aforementioned sectors.

Marc has previous experience with contract research and contract development and manufacturing organizations, working as a development analyst both before and after completing his doctoral studies at the University of Edinburgh in the chemical analysis of Scotch Whisky using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Marc is also a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC) and currently holds both the Registered Scientist (RSci) and Chartered Chemist (CChem) status with the RSC.

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Edinburgh.
MChem, Chemistry with Forensic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Strathclyde.

Katherine Carr
Consulting Ecotoxicology & Exposure Modeling Scientist

Expertise: Ecotoxicology & Exposure Modeling

Katherine spent over 33 years in the agrochemical industry, working primarily in support of registration of crop protection products in the US, Canada, and Europe.  She has extensive experience in exposure assessment methodology (environmental waters, drinking water, soil, sediment), degradation kinetics, ecological risk assessment, US endangered species analysis, spatial analysis software, environmental data analysis and management, dossier preparation for European registration, and technical report preparation. Her experience includes the conduct and monitoring of environmental fate, metabolism, and ecotoxicology studies under Good Laboratory Practice (GLP). In her industry positions, Kathy contributed for many years to industry work groups regarding exposure modeling and endangered species issues.

EDUCATION
M.S., Chemistry, University of Missouri.
B.S., Chemistry, Indiana University. 
B.S., Computer Science, Maryville University.

Frank Galloway
Senior Science Fellow

Expertise: Plant Protection & Pharma Sectors

Frank is a life member of The Organisation for Professionals in Regulatory Affairs, Chartered Biologist and Life Member of the Royal Society of Biology. He specializes in regulatory and registration project management and consulting to the plant protection, biocides, industrial and specialty chemicals, consumer, and pharma sectors.

Frank previously worked for Shell Research screening novel organic compounds for plant growth regulatory activity. He then joined the UK Pesticides Safety Directorate (now part of the Chemicals Regulation Directorate of the Health and Safety Executive), conducting operator, consumer, and environmental risk assessments for agricultural pesticides, and preparing recommendations to government departments. He also worked for Inveresk Research (now part of Charles River Laboratories). While working for Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac), sequentially part of the Global Investment Banking divisions of National Westminster Bank (NatWest), BT Alex. Brown and Deutsche Bank, Frank conducted regulatory economic impact assessments and merger and acquisition due diligence.

EDUCATION
B.A., Science, The Open University (one of 3 UK institutions accredited by the US Middle States commission on Higher Education).
Higher National Diploma (HND), Biology, Bell College of Technology (now University of the West of Scotland).

Ron Kobylnyk
Canadian Regulatory Consultant

Expertise: Canadian Pesticide & Fertilizer Registrations

Ron worked for 10 years in the Pesticides Branch, Agriculture Canada (now known as PMRA, Health Canada) evaluating new insecticides. Ron served as director of the Pest Management Branch, B.C. Environment, for an additional 17 years.

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Environmental Biology, University of Guelph.
MSc, Environmental Biology, University of Guelph.
BSc, Zoology, University of Calgary.

Greg Watson
Senior Associate

Expertise: Global Crop Protection Regulatory Affairs, Policy, & Advocacy

Greg is a seasoned expert in global crop protection regulatory affairs, policy, and advocacy, with a distinguished career at leading companies such as Bayer Crop Science, Monsanto, Syngenta, and legacy companies CIBA-Geigy and Novartis. With advanced degrees in Plant Pathology and a deep knowledge of US, NAFTA, EU, and global regulatory landscapes, he played a pivotal role in advancing crop protection tools and securing approvals for 11 new active ingredients with the US EPA. He founded three industry-wide task forces, spearheading global initiatives, and leading groundbreaking regulatory projects.  As an active member of the OECD WPP Drone / UASS Subgroup and dsRNA Expert Group, Greg developed regulatory guidance for UAV-based applications and dsRNA-based active ingredients.  As a former Global Crop Protection Regulatory Policy Lead at Bayer, Greg worked globally with stakeholders to drive regulatory reforms, improve risk assessments, and shape the future of crop protection policy.

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Plant Pathology, University of Florida.
M.S., Plant Pathology, The Pennsylvania State University.
B.S., Biology, Greensboro College.

Amy Baidoo-Essien
Administrative Assistant

Expertise: Graphic Designer & Web Administrator

In addition to her many administrative duties, Amy serves as administrator of the CSI and FIFRA Endangered Species Task Force (FESTF) websites, bringing expertise as a web administrator and graphic designer. She provides database and document management support, graphic design services for digital and print communications, as well as marketing and business development support.

Amy previously worked for MultiCare Health System as an assistant to the Director of Neurosciences and the Manager of Surgical Services. Her work required coordination of patients, doctors, medical device manufacturers, and hospital staff to ensure thorough completion and compliance with all necessary documentation and procedures.  She coordinated multi-departmental consolidation of surgical supply procurement, staff training, vendor vetting, implant/transplant storage monitoring, and maintained databases for device and tissue storage, tracking, and certification compliance.

EDUCATION
A.A., Business, Pierce Community College.
A.A., Medical Secretary/Transcriptionist, Pierce Community College.

Connie Botello
Administrative Assistant

Expertise: Administrative Services

Connie’s career includes experience in childcare, food service, and administrative support duties with various employers.  Over time, Connie focused her career on her administrative assistant role with CSI, which she has maintained for over 28 years.  In this role, Connie maintains vendor and client agreements and contracts, prepares and submits invoices, files registration fee and agency letters, and works alongside marketing staff to direct call-in inquiries to the appropriate technical contact.  During the COVID remote-working period, Connie independently operates in the Lakewood office to ensure all documents and packages are safely received, and all shipments stay on schedule.

Barbara Holt
CFO / Human Resources

Expertise: Accounting

Barb began her accounting career at Weyerhaeuser headquarters as an administrative assistant in the tax department.  After receiving her accounting degree, she was promoted to state income tax compliance manager.  Barb left Weyerhaeuser to become manager of the tax department of a leasing company, and ultimately left to join CSI as the accounting department manager.  Since joining CSI, Barb has become Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and continues to manage accounting, tax, insurance and HR matters, while also managing administrative staff and operations at the Lakewood, WA office.

EDUCATION
B.S., Accounting, Central Washington University.

Jeremiah Wilson
COO / Principal Business Development Consultant

Expertise: Operations, Business Development, Marketing & Regulatory Consulting

Jeremy is a Partner and acting Chief Operating Officer (COO) for CSI, overseeing daily operations, aligning cross-functional teams, and driving strategic execution across international offices to ensure organizational efficiency and growth. Jeremy leads global marketing and business development for CSI and represents the company at various industry trade associations and professional societies.

Jeremy has over 29 years of experience creating marketing campaigns, managing social media accounts, and implementing digital strategies to foster B2B relationships in addition to regulatory affairs and product registration compliance with Federal, State, and International chemical regulations. His experience includes government agency interactions and determination of appropriate regulatory pathways to meet product registration objectives. He has prepared numerous registration submissions, placed and monitored necessary Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) studies to develop data and documentation, and served as the primary agency liaison for the registration process. Jeremy has expertise with biorational/biopesticide registration in the US, Europe, South Africa, and Latin America regulatory requirements.

EDUCATION
B.S., Environmental Science; Minor in Biology, Washington State University.

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