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ABOUT ALLIANCE

 Enrique Medina is President of Alliance Consulting International in San Diego, California. He is an environmental and occupational health and safety professional with extensive international experience. He has consulted for corporate and government clients in the United States and Mexico in the areas of compliance auditing, environmental siting and permitting, industrial hygiene, indoor air quality, and occupational safety and health.

Mr. Medina is a Certified Industrial Hygienist in comprehensive practice. He is a member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, and the American Society of Safety Engineers. He is a past President of the San Diego Section of AIHA.

REGISTRATIONS

Certified Industrial Hygienist: American Board of Industrial Hygiene, 1995, No. 6952.

Certified Lead-in-Construction Inspector and Risk Assessor: California Department of Health Services, No. I-5472, 1999-2007.

OSHA Construction Outreach Trainer for 10- and 30-hour Construction Safety Training: OSHA Training Institute, UCSD, 2003-2007.

Hazardous Materials Management: Professional Certificate, UCSD, 1990.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Mr. Medina began his consulting work in the environmental and health & safety areas in 1990 by assisting clients in the US-Mexico border "maquiladora" manufacturing industry. Since that time he has been involved in numerous audits, risk assessments, and site remediations at private and government-owned facilities, and has assisted US Fortune 500 companies in siting and permitting new or acquired facilities in Mexico. He has also worked with environmental NGOs on environmental policy issues.

Mr. Medina started Alliance Consulting International in 1998 to provide expertise in environmental and occupational health and safety to US and international clients. He has worked extensively in regulatory compliance, industrial hygiene, indoor environmental quality, and safety and health. In 2000, Mr. Medina started MexRegs, an online provider of Mexican environmental and health and safety laws, regulations, standards and related information in English and Spanish.

He is also the publisher of Pulse Point, a free internet newsletter specialized in providing timely regulatory reviews, news, and analysis on environmental and health and safety regulations in Mexico.

Community and NGO Experience

Mr. Medina has worked with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on issues of food, nutrition, health care and bi-national environmental policy over the past 28 years. From 1978-80, he worked with migrant farm worker families in Central California in the areas of food outreach, nutrition education and health care, and helped start Salud Para La Gente, a migrant farm worker health clinic in Watsonville. He later headed a project to bring aquaculture technology to rural communities throughout Mexico. In 1990 he helped start Proyecto Fronterizo de Educación Ambiental, a Tijuana-based NGO focusing on community environmental education and advocacy. He also assisted environmental NGOs in efforts to develop Mexico’s “Right-to-Know” program that became law in 1996. Mr. Medina is a volunteer guide with the San Diego Natural History Museum Canyoneers, leading interpretative nature hikes for the public to promote stewardship and conservation of the region’s unique natural resources.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Medina, E., 2007. “Vapor Intrusion: Environmental and IAQ Challenge”. The Synergist, February & April 2007. AIHA.

Medina, E. J., 1996. "Overview of Pollution Issues on the Mexico-US Border", in Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Fourth Volume. Thomas W. LaPoint, Fred T. Price and Edward E. Little, Editors. American Society for Testing and Materials STP 1262.

Medina, E., 1996. "Environmental Regulations in Mexico Tackle Medical Waste Issues". Environmental News, Fall 1996, EEMI.

Medina, E., 1995. "Mexican Environmental Agencies Reorganize: Enforcement to Continue". NAEP News, Sept./Oct

American Society for Testing and Materials, A-47 Committee, Symposium on Toxicology and Risk Assessment, "Overview of Pollution Issues on the Mexico-US Border Region," Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1994.

U. S. Capitol, "Forum on Mexican Environmental and Health Issues: Options for North American Solutions," Washington, D.C., 1993.

Congress of Mexico's Health & Ecology Commission Border Forum, "The Problems of Infectious Waste on the Border," Mexicali, Baja California, 1992.

U.S. House of Representatives' hearings on NAFTA. "Testimony on Environmental Compliance and Occupational Health in Mexican Border Industry," Washington, D.C., 1991.

EDUCATION

San Diego State University: MS Biology, 1976

San Diego State University: BS Biology, 1973

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Alliance Consulting International, President, 1998-present

Levine·Fricke de Mexico, Director of Operations, 1993-1998

Levine·Fricke·Recon, Senior Environmental Scientist, 1993-1998

Industrial Ecology International, Principal, 1990-1993

Consulting Health Services, Staff Industrial Hygienist, 1989-1993

Mar-Cal Seafood, Inc., President, 1984-1989

Royal Pacific Seafood, Inc., Sales Manager, 1982-1984

Natural Systems, Inc., Technical Manager, 1981-1982

Food and Nutrition Services, Project Director and Administrator, 1978-1980

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

For additional information on Mr. Medina's professional experience in the areas of auditing, regulatory compliance, industrial hygiene and safety, indoor air quality, site assessments, risk assessment, and training you may download Alliance's Statement of Qualifications, and project descriptions below.

Alliance's SOQ and Mr. Medina's Resume (PDF 97KB)

Additional Project Descriptions (PDF 136 KB)