Staff Profiles

Kimberly Wood, CEO/Senior Emergency Preparedness Advisor

Ms. Wood is Trinity's Owner and CEO, and in that role is the company's business manager and contracts specialist. She is also the project lead for the company's largest practice area, emergency response. Ms. Wood has a B.S. in Nursing and is a Registered Nurse in addition to being a certified radiological emergency response evaluator and plan reviewer. She has been part of over a dozen emergency response exercises for Federal clients and has special expertise in medical drills and hospital preparedness activities. Prior to her work at Trinity she was a critical care nurse in Charlotte, NC and Cincinnati, OH, and has over 20 years of experience with medical and emergency response activities.

Andrea Aikin, Senior Technical Consultant

Ms. Aikin has an extensive background in RCRA, including management and performance of projects such as Part B Permit application reviews and preparation, closure/post-closure permit applications, public meeting planning and involvement, and other RCRA projects, including RCRA Facility Assessments (RFAs), RCRA Facility Investigations (RFIs), and Corrective Measures Studies (CMS). Activities in these areas have provided Ms. Aikin with expertise in several of the proposal expertise areas, including but not limited to RCRA Subtitle C regulations/guidance, risk assessment (both human health and ecological), geologic and hydrologic reports, all waste analysis/sampling related areas, monitoring report review, and corrective action.

David Back, Senior Technical Associate

Mr. Back has over 20 years of experience reviewing and evaluating hazardous and nuclear waste disposal technologies; performing groundwater contamination and risk assessments, developing and implementing remedial measures and evaluating remedial effectiveness; conducting aquifer tests, geophysical surveys, tracer tests, and soil and water sampling; performing numerical and analytical simulations of groundwater flow and contaminant transport; and implementing quality assurance and quality control procedures.

Richard McPeak, Emergency Preparedness Advisor

Mr. McPeak has over 30 years of experience in emergency preparedness and disaster response activities, including holding positions as an American Red Cross Chapter Manager. He has been involved with numerous emergency response actions to both natural and man-made events. Mr. McPeak is a certified FEMA REP evaluator, and has also completed FEMA Incident command training and additional training on the National Incident Management Systems.

Adrian Miron, Radiological Engineer

Dr. Miron is an accomplished researcher with experience in several professional fields, including nuclear and radiological engineering, health physics, and emergency planning. He was the recipient of the Argonne National Laboratory Pacesetter Award for excellence in achievement and performance in 2004. His work at Argonne included developing several computer codes, Quality Assurance documents, and safety analysis reports, with two asserted copyrights. He has been part of the IAEA radiological emergency preparedness program as the representative from Romania. As part of his IAEA experience he has contributed to the development of comprehensive methodology for dose assessment following radiological incidents, coordinated development and implementation of national nuclear emergency plans, and authored numerous technical procedures. He has an extensive knowledge and understanding of US and international regulations in nuclear safety and safeguards. Dr. Miron is fluent in Romanian, English and French. Dr. Miron's work at Trinity has included evaluation of modeling methods and supporting emergency response evaluations. He is a certified REP technical evaluator and subject matter expert.

Eugene Rutz, Senior Technical Associate

Mr. Rutz has over 20 years of engineering experience, with 12 years in the nuclear power and radiological engineering fields. Mr. Rutz has served a variety of roles for General Electric (GE) Nuclear among them developing system test programs for the Zimmer Nuclear Power Station; a test and quality assurance engineer; and a design engineer. Mr. Rutz has also been a research associate and project manager in radiological and nuclear engineering for the University of Cincinnati (UC). Mr. Rutz has an extensive background in project management, procurement, and quality assurance program development and is currently supporting EPA efforts to reduce the use of radiological materials in industrial sources and gauges.

Janet Schramke, Senior Technical Consultant

Dr. Schramke has experience in both chemistry and geochemistry. Her recent studies have included an ongoing evaluation of the potential effects of chelating agents in waste on potential groundwater transport of heavy metals at a low level waste disposal facility. This project included research in chemical constituents of concern, contaminant fate/transport, waste management, waste treatment, and waste disposal. She has also supported the USEPA ORIA technical evaluation of geochemical data related to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, New Mexico and has reviewed data generated by U.S. Department of Energy and provided input to EPA regarding the impact of these data on repository performance. In support of these projects Ms. Schramke’s responsibilities have included evaluation of available data; assistance in technical meetings between DOE, EPA, and public interest groups; and preparation of technical reports.

David Stuenkel, Radiological Engineer

Dr. Stuenkel, a Certified Health Physicist, has evaluated the use of nondestructive assay (NDA) systems to characterize transuranic waste, performed dose assessments to estimate the risks to workers from low levels of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) and technically-enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM), and has supported EPA and U.S. Customs in a pilot program evaluating the use of plastic scintillators to monitor scrap steel imports at the Port of New Orleans. He has been the lead analyst in the preparation of a number of reports and reports and documents for EPA, including an engineering bulletin on depleted uranium and a report on energy production fuel cycle costs using the total cost accounting principal, including a thorough description of the nuclear fuel cycle and the processes involved in producing, using, and disposing of nuclear fuel. Additionally, he has also been a technical specialist in support of FEMA evaluations of Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) exercises.

Robert Thielke, Quality Assurance Specialist

Mr. Thielke has over 20 years experience applying quality assurance principals to environmental and health physics related activities. Mr. Thielke has developed the Trinity corporate Quality Management Plan, developing project and program quality assurance plans for dose assessment modeling software review and modification projects, preparing standard operating procedures for technical document review activities, and conducting surveillances and audits of Trinity work products. In addition to his quality activities, he also has extensive experience in regulation/criteria/guidance development; modeling exposure assessment and source characterization support; contaminated site support/technology assessment; compliance and site audit support; and training and information management support.

Beth Thompson, Technical Editor

Ms. Thompson is an experienced technical editor who has drafted and edited numerous technical and nontechnical reports and documents. She also has experience in graphical design, advertising, and web development.

Connie Walker, Program Manager

Ms. Walker has more than 20 years of professional experience, including performance and management of environmental work. As Program Manager, Ms. Walker has been responsible for work assignment staffing, work assignment oversight, Agency liaison, budget management, meeting monthly technical reporting requirements, quality control including review of final deliverables, management of subcontractor personnel, subcontractor contract development, COI review/resolution, subcontractor invoice review/approval, review of weekly LOE and ODC expenditures, and invoice preparation and review. Ms. Walker also has a M.S. in geology and has provided significant technical support to Trinity's clients, managing hundreds of individual projects and work assignments, including over 600 formal and informal deliverables.

Doug Williams, Software Developer

Mr. Williams’ computer experience extends from technical programming to web-site architecture and management. He has implemented a Fortune 100 dynamic web site; re-architected CAP88-PC to use new dose and risk tables; co-designed, architected, and implemented a start-up company web service; has architected and co-implemented a Jewelry manufacturing system; co-implemented a Fortunate 100 inventory system; written dozens of small applications for repetitive task automation; developed large databases for public access; and implemented database structures into software.

Raymond Wood, Senior Technical Associate

Dr. Wood is Trinity Engineering Associates, Inc. lead for projects involving nuclear sciences and nuclear quality. Dr. Wood has a Ph.D in nuclear engineering and is a registered Professional Engineer with more than 25 years of experience. In addition to his work at Trinity, he has a background in nuclear operations from ten years at Duke Power Company, and has been involved with supporting radiation assessment programs for the EPA. Dr. Wood currently holds an Adjunct appointment at the University of Cincinnati teaching graduate courses in nuclear engineering/health physics. He teaches subjects including Radiological Engineering, Radiation Effects, and Nuclear Design. He is also a Principal Investigator for the design of an advanced fuel burnup detection and analysis system for the Modular Pebble Bed Reactor project. Since 1993, Dr. Wood has been involved in developing and authoring over 50 technical reports and training programs for various clients.