Daniel Lawson spent over a decade in the medical device industry, earning unparalleled insight into the intricacies of our health care environment and some of the biggest needs yet to be addressed. Daniel partnered with Viking Pure’s co-executive team to introduce a disruptive, patent protected, and environmentally-conscious technology to transform cleaning and infection control in commercial facilities across a wide range of industries. He is dedicated to creating a movement to remove TOXIC CHEMICALS from the environment and to challenge the status-quo of what it means to truly clean and disinfect safely, sustainably and effectively.

John Scherberger, BS, FAHE, CHESP, CMIP, is the principal at Healthcare Risk Mitigation in Spartanburg, SC. Healthcare Risk Mitigation is a consulting enterprise that assists healthcare, laundry, hospitality, and other professionals in enhancing their operations through education and the incorporation of industry Best Practices into their operations through Risk Mitigation, improvement of healthcare laundry operations, healthcare Environmental Services, and hospitality housekeeping operations, Infection Prevention processes and practices, Personal Care professionals and guest interactions and processes.

He is a Fellow of the Association for the Healthcare Environment (FAHE), T-CSCT, and VPEI from the AHE. Further, John is on the boards of The Pearce Foundation for Scientific Endeavor and the Environmental Services Optimization Playbook (EvSOP) program. He has 13 years in the hospitality and food service management industries and 22+ years in healthcare management and consulting. John is a former member of the Board of Directors for the Certification Center of the American Hospital Association. He is a past board member of the Association for the Healthcare Environment (AHE) and the South Carolina Chapter of the AHE.

Mr. Scherberger is a recognized subject matter expert in Healthcare and Hospitality Environmental Services, infection prevention and control, the manufacturing process of microfiber, on-site generation of Electrolyzed Water, food services safety and hygiene, commercial healthcare laundries, biofilm production and its impact on patient outcomes. He is also highly trained and experienced in Critical Incident Stress Management, emergency preparedness, and contract management.

Richard is a recently retired leader in healthcare support services. During a forty-year career, Richard participated in the evolution of the Environmental Service profession. As a charter member of AHE (Association for the Healthcare Environment) Richard focused on educating himself and his associates. Serving as a board member and president of both the Ohio Society for Support Service Management (1990-1995) and the Florida Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (2005-2012), Richard worked to advance his profession. Always concerned with the safety of his associates and the impact of our profession on the environment, Richard has been focused on researching and adopting new safer technologies throughout his career. His experience in healthcare, academic, and research facilities has provided a variety of environments and opportunities to expand his knowledge and expertise. Serving as EVS Director, (Ascension Health), Corporate Director Building Services, Administrative Director Support Services (Health First), and EVS Director (Lee Health) provided many opportunities to evaluate and implement new safer cleaning and disinfecting technologies. Richard continues to learn and work toward advancing the safety of the cleaning profession for its workers and our environment.

As the Laboratory Specialist at the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) located at UMass Lowell, AliciaMcCarthy works with formulators, manufacturers, companies, and organizations to research and test safer cleaning and disinfection solutions and devices. She has experience training technical assistance organizations about on-site assistance with toxics use reduction identification and implementation. She manages UMass Lowell undergraduate and graduate student employees in the lab; mentoring them on how to apply toxics use reduction within their own department and field while gaining valuable laboratory experience and skills. Aliciaearned a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health and Master of Science (MS) in Occupational and Environmental Hygiene from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She obtained a second MS in Molecular and Cellular Biotechnology at the University of New Hampshire.