Robert Vest815-753-6250
rvest@niu.edu
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Education: MS, Environmental Health and Safety, Illinois State University, Normal IL
Professional Experience: Rob Vest has been in the Environmental Health and Safety field for nearly 30 years. His management experiences vary from the private industrial sector to education. He has performed various safety duties at larger-scale petro-chemical construction sites worldwide and has also been in charge of environmental health and safety management for an 80-plant fiberboard manufacturer, a Fortune 500 company. Rob has been at Northern Illinois University for 25 years, first as Safety Officer, then in 1989 as Director of Environmental Health and Safety.
His experience at NIU ranges from project management of all aspects of construction safety, environmental health issues, fire safety, training and code requirements, asbestos program coordination, hazardous and biological waste programs as well as radiation issues.