Building Reporter Founder / CEO
Jerry has worked as a public health, environmental science and occupational health and safety professional for more than 40 years. He is a leading national expert on the issue of adequate building conditions and school facilities.
He works at the local, state and national levels on deficient school facility conditions, the impacts of structural underfunding of capital improvement on school infrastructure, and the risks to stakeholders on school conditions and potential exposures to hazardous environmental contaminants including asbestos, lead in water and paint, air quality, mold, and rodent/pest intrusion and other issues related to conditions and systems. He has provided expert advising to unions, elected officials, journalists, school district facility managers and leaders, parent groups, and community organizations on the scope and scale of issues and provides recommendations for practical, implementable, cost-effective, protective standards and solutions to the problems posed by deteriorated school infrastructure.
He has also served as an expert in legal issues related to school conditions. Jerry created the “Healthy Schools Tracker” - an app that allows stakeholders to document conditions.He serves as the Acting Director of Environmental Science and Occupational Safety & Health for the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Union and Health & Welfare Fund and has served as a long-time technical advisor to the American Federation of Teachers.
He is a current Board Member for the 21st Century School Fund.
Jerry provides consulting, speaking, and coaching services to bring awareness to the state of building conditions, and what to do about it in an engaging and informative manner.
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