Events
The WI AIHA group typically holds 2-3 dinner meetings, an all-day Professional Development Course (PDC), and one summer picnic in Lake Mills, WI. Please see the list below of upcoming and past events. Click on the register button if you would like to participate.
IAQ Projects Can Frustrate and Educate
Presented by: Mike Russell, MS, CIH, CSP
and
Adventures in Silica Land: What I’ve Learned about Assessing Silica Exposures for 40 Years
Presented by: Kay Rowntree, MS, CIH
The November meeting of the Wisconsin Local Section is a double-header. It includes lessons learned by two seasoned industrial hygiene/indoor air quality consultants.
In the first talk, Mike will focus on three IAQ projects that helped frame the way he has managed other projects and clients. He will also discuss how clients can address issues proactively and communicate risks more effectively, even if no “smoking gun” is ever found.
Kay’s talk will cover what she has learned, sometimes the hard way, about assessing respirable crystalline silica (RCS) exposures. You will hear about how the sampling methods have been, and continue to be, fraught with problems and pitfalls. The good news is the sampling methods have become much easier to use but there are so many options, choosing the best one can be challenging to someone not familiar with their proper applications and an understanding of their limitations.
4:00 to 5:00 pm Board Meeting
5:00 to 6:00 pm Social Hour/ Networking 6:00 to 7:00 pm Dinner
7:00 to 8:30 pm Program
Breakwater - Monona
6308 Inland Way
monona, WI 53713
Date & Time:
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Mike Russell, MS, CIH, CSP is a Managing Consultant with Ramboll Americas Engineering Solutions, Inc., reporting to the Milwaukee office. He earned an MS degree from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health in Environmental Health, focusing on Industrial Hygiene. He is a CIH, one of the few to earn a Sub-Specialty certification in Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ). He has been a member of the AIHA IEQ Committee for over 30 years. He also earned a MS in Biotechnology degree from the UW-Madison Medical School in 2005.
Kay Rowntree, MS, CIH is the owner of the industrial hygiene consulting firm Industrial Hygiene Sciences, LLC in Waterford, Wisconsin. She has over 46 years of experience in the field of industrial hygiene, conducting air and noise exposure assessments in a wide variety of workplaces, assisting employers with OSHA compliance, and preparing Safety Data Sheets. Ms. Rowntree has been certified industrial hygienist since 1983. She holds a B.S. degree in Bacteriology from UW-Madison and a M.S. degree in Environmental Health-Industrial Hygiene specialty from the University of Minnesota. She is a co-author of the American Foundry Society's (AFS) "Control of Silica Exposures in Foundries" and has done many silica presentations for the foundry and construction-related industries. She was awarded the prestigious Byron Berg Award in 2013 for meritorious service to the local AIHA section and to the IH profession. She is based in Waterford, WI.